OPA 2017-18 Week#2 Aug. 28-Sept.1

“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” ----Bill Bradley

Dear Parents and Students,

What a great first week of school to start the year! Thank you so much for your donations to our classroom. I also appreciated your taking your time to help your child gather photos of themselves to share with me in class. The project of Multiple Intelligence Silhouettes have helped me to understand your child's strengths and get to know them better. Thank you.

 










This year we are emphasizing school-wide expectations: Be Safe, Be Prepared, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible. Students are responsible to get their planner signed by their parents daily and turn in their work on time to their classes. As stated in the disclosure statement,  Late work will receive half credit. Students will have one week from the date of assignment to turn in late work. After which, zero points will be assigned.

Please check Aspire Gradebook online weekly at home, and as regularly as possible with your child, to teach them to be responsible, and to take ownership of their learning. Students will also have opportunities to log-in to Aspire and check their grade weekly in Math/Science class. Students will learn how to log in and access Aspire this week.

If students don't have an ASPIRE account, please click the link below for steps for creating an account in ASPIRE: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ALqEOaTg82fBUk9PVA

If you have already created an ASPIRE account, the ASPIRE website is:
  http://ogdenprep.usoe-dcs.org/Login/
Login Information:Username: Student ID
Password:  Eagles+School ID (Example: Eagles43653449)

Math

This week, we will review multiplication facts, place value chart, and math vocabulary words on operations and the concept for multiple and factors. Please have your child bring  ADs to class for the upcoming place value project.

We will use Prodigy to practice math skills and concepts that we learned in math class. Please include Prodigy Math games in your child's daily math homework routine for 20 minutes. Students will learn how to log in and access Prodigy at school and at home this week in class.

OPA students have their own student account to log in to Prodigy.
Go to: https://www.prodigygame.com/
User name: first name.last name@OPAEAGLES.org
Password: Eagles+School ID ( (Example: Eagles43653449)
* **Aspire passwords are updated to match user account passwords on OPAEAGLES.ORG

Science

This week, we will learn about the scientific method, and learn how to fill out a lab sheet, as well as discuss lab safety and expectations. 

Aguilas of Excellence

Rewards Day Schedule for 5th - 6th grades,  2017-2018 (All rewards are 11am-noon)

Friday, September 1st

Friday, October 6th 

Friday, November 3rd

Friday, December 1st

Friday, January 5th

Friday, February 2nd

Friday, March 2nd

Friday, April 13th

Friday, May 4th

To earn an Aguilas of Excellence reward day, students must demonstrate “Above the Bar” achievement in three areas: attendance, grades, and behavior. "Above the Bar" criteria is defined as follows: 

• Attendance: Students must have fewer than 2 absences and no unexcused tardies within the tracking period. (Field trips do not count as absences for Aguilas of Excellence.)
• Grades: All grades must be 73% (C) or higher at the end of the tracking period. If students are absent or on a field trip, they are still expected to keep their grades within this range.
• Behavior: Students must have zero detentions within the tracking period. 

Please note, there is a 4-5 day delay between the date this data is pulled and the actual reward day. This delay is necessary to assign reward rooms, plan activities, and allow students to sign up. Students must have "Above the Bar" qualifications on the day the data is pulled, to attend a reward room. 

For more details about the Aguilas of Excellence Program, please refer to the "Aguilas of Excellence Community Flyer 17-18" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JO95EZgVOlFqFo9-1wV_3ZsEuLcYzW5Q-v7BybLL4uY/edit

Reminders:

9/1 Minimum Day, Aguilas of Excellence.  School dismissal @12:45.
9/4 No school-Labor Day
9/21 Minimum Day- Jr. High Parent Teacher Conferences
9/22 No School- Jr. High Parent Teacher Conferences

Ms. Chiang's blog will be updated weekly on Mondays at:  https://mschiangmathandscience.blogspot.com 
It will include information about upcoming school events, classroom activities, or parent volunteers and donations needs for projects. 

OPA 2017-18 Week#1 August 21-25

Welcome Back to School 2017-18

“Believe you can and you're half way there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to Fifth grade!!! The first week of school we will be discussing classroom rules and practicing classroom procedures as well as going over school rules listed in student's planner and practicing opening lock on their locker. Remember, the lock should be kept on students' assigned locker at all times. 
Instruction for opening a lock:
1) Spin dial to the right a few times
2) Turn to right to 1st number
3) Turn to left pass 1st number, & then stop on 2nd number
4) Turn to right & go directly to 3rd number

This week, your child will bring home math and science disclosure statements after we have discussed it in class. Please read through math and science disclosure statement with your child at home. Disclosure Statements need to be signed and returned by Friday, August 25.

We will decorate our Math & Science Binders in class and set up binders this week. You will decorate whatever way you want to personalize your binder. You can bring some photos of you and your family to make a collage, you can bring some magazines and stickers to cut out pictures and words for your collage, or make a unique drawing in colors. Be creative and have fun.

Be Prepared & Be Responsible 
Being prepared for class is part of being a proactive learner. Students are expected to be in their assigned seat on time and ready to learn with their learning tools. Below is the 5th Grade Supply list for this year.
Two Pencil pouches - one to keep in LA/SS classroom and one to keep in Math/Science classroom.
Please include:
      Pencils
      Erasers
      Red pens
      Highlighter
      Colored pencils or colored markers-12 PK
     Enclosed Pencil Sharpener
These supplies will be utilized in Homeroom:
2-3  packs of lined loose leaf paper
1    3-hole homework folder with pockets
1    scissors
1    dry erase eraser
1    bottle of Hand Sanitizer
2    Paper Towels
2    boxes of tissues
1    container of disinfectant wipes
Language Arts/Social Studies
1 Colored 1 inch binder
2 packs of 5-Tab Dividers
1 box   Ziploc Bags (Gallon size)
Math/Science
1 1 ½  inch binder
2 packs of 5-Tab Dividers
1 box    Ziploc Bags (Gallon or Quart size)

Note: These supplies are encouraged for your 5th grade students to be successful.  

Please Be On Time to Class
There is approximately 15 minutes for homeroom. It is essential for your child to be on time, and in our classroom by 8:10 a.m. Within these 15 minutes, we will do our leadership roles, such as attendance, lunch count, planner signature checking, ID/uniform checking,  and morning announcements to start our wonderful day. We will learn about Leader in Me uses Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Please make sure you have a reading book, student's planner, and student ID EVERYDAY upon your arrival to homeroom.

Parent-teacher communication throughout the school year is the key to student success. Research has shown that students do better in school when their parent or guardian is involved. Here is what you can do to help your child be successful throughout this school year.

1) Check and sign your child's planner daily. Ask your child what they learned in math and science classes. Students' planners are required to be signed daily by guardians, or parents. Students are required to have their planner in every class to record homework assignments, or project due dates. Students will earn one point for having their planner in class and one point for having their planner signed. Planner will be checked during homeroom and points will be recorded in homeroom grade.

2) Check Aspire Grade book online weekly, and as regularly as possible with your child, to teach them to be responsible, and to take ownership of their learning. Late work will receive half credit. Students will have one week from the date of assignment to turn in late work. After which, Zero points will be assigned. Students have their planners signed by their teachers everyday as well as by their parents. They should have no problem getting their work in on time.

The ASPIRE website is:  http://ogdenprep.usoe-dcs.org/Login/
Login Information:Username: Student ID
Password:  Eagles+School ID (Example: Eagles43653449)

3) Check and read Ms. Chiang's blog at https://mschiangmathandscience.blogspot.com weekly about upcoming school events, classroom activities, or parent volunteers and donations.

Reminders:
Monday, Aug. 21: No school. SOLAR ECLIPSE
Tuesday, Aug. 22: First Day of School.
Thursday, Aug.24: Back to School Night, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 25: Math & Science Disclose Statement  due

Thank you so much for your support of your child's education. Let's have a great year!

Sincerely,
Ms. Chiang
5th Grade Math & Science Teacher
https://mschiangmathandscience.blogspot.com