Friday, September 1, 2017

Late Work and Retake Policy

Many students have not been completing their work in class.  Graded work is coming home today, and many of their test scores are directly related to their classwork.  If student are not turning work in, or have late work, they are to complete it over the weekend.  Please remember that my request to retake and late work policies are as follows:

Request to Retest: students may retake a test with a grade of 70% or lower.  Students must fill out the “requests to retest” sheet and return by the following Monday after the grade is received.  Students will have the remainder of the week to study and the retest will be on Friday.  The retest may be the same test, but it is highly unlikely.  Students may not retake classwork assignment or redo projects.


























Late Work: Each Friday, missing assignments from the week will be written on a list and posted in the back of the room by our turn in bin.  Student’s may ask for 1 additional copy if needed, but the assignment must be turned in by the following Tuesday to receive credit with no penalty.  After Tuesday if the assignment is not turned in, the missing assignment will result in a 0% in the gradebook and the assignment cannot be retaken or turned in at a later date.

In 5th grade, students must be more independent and responsible for their late work.  We have things in the classroom to help them with their late work, and being able to track what they are turning in.  

Again, please do not forget to submit your order for books, I will place the orders on Wednesday, September 6th. Have a wonderful labor day weekend.

Scholastic Book Club Extension

I have extended the deadline to order books until Wednesday, 9/6/2017.  I have received a few emails about some of the codes not working so I wanted to clarify.  Once you are on the page, you can either search by code, or search by book name.  Here are the updated codes, book titles, and authors.  It is ESSENTIAL that ALL students have one copy of each of the books.  These titles will be used in  most 5th grade classes this year. If you are having a hard time purchasing the books, please let me know, and we can work together to come up with a solution.


  1. Holes-Louis Sachar-#039258
  2. The Witches-Roald Dahl-#84V2
  3. Out of the Dust-Karen Hesse-#058597
  4. The One and Only Ivan-Katherine Applegate-#53Y1
  5. Love the Dog-Sharon Creech-#058647
  6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone-J.K. Rowling-#039134
  7. Three Times Lucky-Shelia Turnage-#73Y2
If you search the title of the book, these should be the first ones that appear.  Thank you so much for all of your help, support, and assistance in making this year fun, and engaging for our students.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Learning Targets and Updates

A few graded papers are coming home today.  Please check ParentVUE for additional grades.

Next Weeks Learning Targets

Math-  We will be looking at place value again next week.  This will hopefully help us to move onto to multiplication the following week using partial quotients.

Below you will find links on the standards to an instructional video for the standard.  Your child is coming home with a login for LearnZillion today.

5.NBT.1
Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

5.NBT.2 
Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.

Reading - We will be looking at summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, and inferences next week.  Students will get a brief introduction to each during whole group, and will learn more specifically during our small group time

5.RL.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

5.RL.2
summarize the text.

Writing - We will be continuing our grammar boot camp.  Students will have a quiz on Monday regarding adverbs and adjectives.  We will then move on to pronouns and preposition next week.

5.L.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Social Studies - We will continue our work with the Civil War. Next week, we will focus on key historical figures, and their importance in relation to the Civil War.

5.H.1
The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War.

Science - We will continue to work on Constructive and Destructive forces.

S5.E.1
Students will identify surface features of the Earth caused by constructive and destructive processes

S5.E.1.A
Identify surface features caused by constructive processes.
S5.E.1.B
Identify and find examples of surface features caused by destructive processes.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017-2018 DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN AND PEARLS INDUCTEES

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017-2018 
DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN AND PEARLS INDUCTEES
Adrian Colonel
5th
Haider Nehman
5th
Karimou Ndoye
5th
Mallory Akamba
5th
Moore, Jonathan
5th
Ayden Baxter
5th
Bryant, Evan
5th
Kaiden Gregory
5th
Melvin Washington
5th
Milan Everhart
5th
Nautalia Johnson
5th
Que Howard
5th
Milan Everhart-Chappelle
5th
Morgan Jaylen 
5th
Harriford, Jaylen
5th
Johnson, Nyeemah
5th
Collins, Khalil
5th
Daniel Corporan
5th
Spencer, Ava
5th
Charles Pierce
5th
Alanna Smith
5th
Brea Houston
5th
Hayley Wilson
5th
Pilaar Sparks
5th
Daniel Woghiren
5th
Chloe Smith
4th
Nagathil, Advait
4th
Cutno, Brooke
4th
Wells, Ky'Lee
4th
Edens, Jonathon
4th
Mason, Marcus
4th
Newton, Brayton
4th
Kaila Mitchell
4th
Edward Ryleigh
4th
Palmer-Addy, Jamaiis
4th
Ashanti Henderson
4th
Massey, Aysia
4th
Nelson,London
4th
Young, Zaydn
4th
Georges,Noa
4th
Rome, Grier
4th
Coleman, Cameron
4th
Cutno, Bailee
4th
Franklin, Xavier
4th
Gray, Sofia F.
4th
Olivia Grant
4th
Benkhayal  Suliman
4th
Zion Robinson
4th
Luke Ramsey
4th
Siri Kalli
4th
Robinson, Madison
3rd
Madison Grissett
3rd
Pratt, Desire
3rd
Vijaykarthikk Sai Sruthi 
3rd
Basker, Sanjith
3rd
Jackson, Elijah
3rd
Rolls, Justin
3rd
Calderon, Zachary
3rd
Vargo, Emerson
3rd
Green,Ameir
3rd
Daniel Andrew
3rd
Antwan Simmons
5th

MENTOR MEETINGS WILL START THE FIRST Wednesday IN SEPTEMBER.  
Mentees are asked to wear khaki bottoms and a white collared shirt (girls) 
and a white collared button down shirt (boys).

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Attendance!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Coming to school every day on-time is a key ingredient to student success. The Teasley Attendance Team wants to reward those students who come to school ready to learn and on time every day. Any student who has perfect attendance through the end of the 1st 9 weeks, Friday, October 6th, will receive recognition for their attendance. These students will receive a free dress down day, a surprise treat, and their pictures will be featured on the WWTN news broadcast. Students who have perfect attendance for the entire school year will be invited to a special celebration during the last week of school to praise their commitment to their education. Thank you for your support in getting your student to school every day!

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Distinguished Gentlemen and P.E.A.R.L.S.

Congratulations to these Teasley Leaders from Ms. Kraftschik's Class for being selected into Distinguished Gentlemen and P.E.A.R.L.S.

  • Khalil
  • Daniel
  • Ava

The Distinguished Gentlemen and P.E.A.R.L.S. induction ceremony is Thursday afternoon at 6:30.