WELCOME!

Mrs. Amy Acker

5th Science/Social Studies

NIS School Rules

1. Show respect to everyone.

2. Keep hands, feet, objects, and comments to yourself.

3. Follow directions the first time.

4. Allow teaching and learning to take place at all times.

5. Maintain NIS as a safe and clean school.

NIS Expectations

Respect

Organized

Accountable

Reliable

Dress and Grooming Highlights (K-6 Handbook pg. 21) The district’s dress code is established to teach grooming and

hygiene, prevent disruption, and minimize safety hazards.

Hair should be clean and neatly groomed and colored only in a natural hair color.

Clothing that does not adequately cover the body or that has tears or rips that are higher than mid-thigh, such as:

i. Low cut, see-through, spaghetti straps or backless dresses, or other revealing tops. Midriffs are to be covered.

ii. Sleeveless shirts for boys.

iii. Baggy/oversized pants or pants that hang on the hipbone, or unhemmed shorts.

iv. Shorts, skirts, or split skirts shorter than mid-thigh in length. Skirts should be slit no higher than mid-thigh. Parents will be contacted if a student’s dress or grooming is not

in accordance with district policy.

Motivational Math & Science Workbooks

With a goal to increase each student’s understanding of math and science processes through application, NIS has purchased a math and science workbook for each student in 5th grade.

Although we want the students to show how they solved the problems by writing directly in the workbook, we cannot afford to replace lost ones.

There will be a charge (to be determined) to replace which is similar to how we do lost textbooks.

NIS Conduct and Behavior Expectations

Planners will be used by your children to keep track of homework. Please check it daily.

Wednesday folders will be sent home with student work each week.

Progress reports will be sent home every 3 weeks including grades and conduct.

Home Access letters were sent home this summer. This information (including your personal password) allows you access to your child’s grades online. Please keep this information in a secure spot.

Students will be receiving individual conduct grades for each content area.

Conduct scale for each week based on marks received:

0-1 E 2 - S 3 - N 4 or more - U

Let’s ROAR into the 2014-2015 school year!

Team Information

Reward System- STAAR Bucks

(students may use these to purchase different privileges)

Behavior – Warnings/Marks

(3 Warnings = 1 Mark; 2 Marks = Parent Contact)

Each week behavior starts over, we take the average of all 9 weeks to determine Report Card Behavior Mark.

Transportation Changes to front office in writing in the morning (we can not accept changes over the phone or via email)

Lunch Time (11:05-11:35)

Classroom Organization

Schedule

Warm – Up

Homework and Objective

- Filled out at the start of every week

- Science and SS homework is not as routine as Math/ Reading

Lab

www.pearsonrealize.com

(Science textbook website)

Science/ SS books

Motivation Science (Consumable)Pearson Textbook (Consumable)Science Interactive notebookHistory Alive TextbookSocial Studies Folder

Science Scope and Sequence

1st Semester:

- Nature of science Physical Science:

Classifying matter, circuits, types and uses of energy, mixtures and solutions, Forces

- Earth Science (Pt. 1):

- Changes to land, weathering and erosion, Sedimentary Rock formation

Science Scope and Sequence

2nd Semester

Complete Earth Science

- Alternative energy, Fossils, Weather/ Climate, Sun, Earth, Moon.

* Life Science Ecosystems, life cycles, human/nature interactions, how

humans change the land

Social Studies Scope and Sequence

Early Colonization

Events that led to the American Revolution

The American Revolution

The Constitution/ Bill of Rights

The Civil War

Industrial Revolution

20th century America

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

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updates, links, and information!