Upcoming Events
1/15 - ELA MAP testing
1/16 - MATH MAP testing 1/17 - Math Quiz 1/17 - House Meetings 1/20 - NO SCHOOL - MLK Holiday 1/21 - Science Quiz 1/22 - Science Test 1/23 - Topic 7 Math test 1/24 - No School - Teacher Work Day 1/27 - ELA Check-in (not graded) 1/28 - Math Quarter Test (not graded) 1/29 - Science Check-in (not graded) 1/30 - Math Check-in (not graded) 1/30 - ELA Quarter test (not graded) 2/5 - Science Quiz 2/7 - $148 trip payment due; Donut Fundraiser Due 2/10 - Donut Fundraiser Items sent home. Final balance due sent home. |
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** Presented at curriculum night on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 ** CHARLESTON REMINDERS: 2/7 - $148 trip payment due; Donut Fundraiser Due 2/10 - Donut Fundraiser Items sent home. Final balance due sent home. 3/6 - $149 trip payment due, Trip is paid in full |
Lunch & Recess Schedules
To maximize safety and supervision in the cafeteria and at recess, lunch and recess are split across the grade level.
Lunch
10:35-11:05 - Steed, Kennedy, Coronado
11:05-11:35 - Prelipp, Lipton, Houston
Recess
10:35-11:05 - Prelipp, Lipton, Houston
11:05-11:35 - Steed, Kennedy, Coronado
Lunch
10:35-11:05 - Steed, Kennedy, Coronado
11:05-11:35 - Prelipp, Lipton, Houston
Recess
10:35-11:05 - Prelipp, Lipton, Houston
11:05-11:35 - Steed, Kennedy, Coronado
VOLUNTEERING
**In order to volunteer in your child's classroom as a field trip chaperone, tutor, party helper, guest reader, etc., you MUST be registered and approved as a CMS Volunteer. If you have been registered in the past, you MUST RE-REGISTER each school year in order to remain active. CLICK HERE in order to register. Make sure you choose Cotswold as the school. Approval will take about 2-3 days.
ABSENCES
**Absence excuse notes this year can ONLY be accepted in the form of handwritten notes (on paper or in your child's agenda), emails to your child's teacher or the attendance secretary ([email protected]), or through the Cotswold App (can be downloaded from iTunes or the Google Play store!) Unfortunately, absence excuses through Remind messages, text messages, and verbal communication cannot be accepted.
**In order to volunteer in your child's classroom as a field trip chaperone, tutor, party helper, guest reader, etc., you MUST be registered and approved as a CMS Volunteer. If you have been registered in the past, you MUST RE-REGISTER each school year in order to remain active. CLICK HERE in order to register. Make sure you choose Cotswold as the school. Approval will take about 2-3 days.
ABSENCES
**Absence excuse notes this year can ONLY be accepted in the form of handwritten notes (on paper or in your child's agenda), emails to your child's teacher or the attendance secretary ([email protected]), or through the Cotswold App (can be downloaded from iTunes or the Google Play store!) Unfortunately, absence excuses through Remind messages, text messages, and verbal communication cannot be accepted.
Links Worth Clicking
What are we learning?
Click on each subject for a detailed description of what we learn in 5th grade
MathWe are adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.
Next up... multiplying and dividing with fractions! Integrated Studies
We will begin 5th grade exhibition, which will continue for several weeks.
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ScienceWe are learning about the different types of heat transfer - conduction, convection, and radiation.
Next up... The human body systems! LiteracyComing soon!
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International Baccalaureate -The Primary Years Program
The Learner Profile The Learner Profile is at the heart of the PYP program. It unites us with a common focus: the whole purpose, to be a lifelong learner. It applies to us all - student, teacher, or parent - for we are all continually learning
5th Grade IB Units
- How We Express Ourselves: An inquiry into culture.
- Where We Are In Place & Time: An inquiry into the interaction between Native Americans and European Explorers.
- How the World Works: An inquiry into forces and motion.
- How We Organize Ourselves: An inquiry into the American Revolution and the developing of the US Government.
- Who We Are - 5th Grade Exhibition: An inquiry into body systems and healthy living.
- Sharing the Planet: An inquiry into the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The Cotswold Cougars' Essential 5 and PAWS
Students at Cotswold are expected to follow our school-wide behavior plan, The Essential 5 and PAWS. These guidelines should be upheld throughout all areas of the school (classroom, cafeteria, Connect, hallways, recess, assemblies, and field trips). Students who are not meeting these expectations are subject to consequence following the 3 strike system. Students who go above and beyond and exhibit consistent use of The Essential 5 can be awarded Class Dojo points.
Below is the list of these expectations.
Below is the list of these expectations.