ACCORDIANS, MONDAY FOLDERS, and PLANNERS! OH, MY!!

WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE!! I enjoyed meeting all of you at Back to School Night. I look forward to an exciting year of learning and getting to know your child. Please refer to your child's accordian file for papers that need to be returned to school with your signature. They should be stored in the front inside pocket of the Monday Folder (found in the back of the accordian file). This folder will be coming home each Monday (or first day of the school week) filled with your child's work from the previous week. In the brads, will be the parent signature sheet, copy of the Homework Routines, and an updated grade sheet. If your child has a zero recorded for an assignment, your child will have until that Wednesday to turn in the missing assignment or the zero will be recorded. Your child will be bringing the accordian file home each night and returning with it each morning to school. They will also carry their student planner home in this folder. The planner will be completed each Monday morning for the entire week. This will allow your student to manage HW assignments with any other events they may have going on throughout the week. The Homework Schedule will also be posted each Monday on our Tarver website under 5th grade classrooms. I do not require a parent signature on the planners each night. My hopes are to teach students to take more responsibility in managing their work and to prepare them for middle school. However, if a student is having difficulty using the planner to help keep up with homework, I will call the parent and set up a signature policy with them. If you have questions regarding these routines, feel free to call me at 720-972-8462 or email me at cheryl.stanley@adams12.org.