Welcome Parents!

Classroom Expectations
and Procedures

Fifth Grade with Mrs. Kimionakis

 What is Differentiation?

• Differentiation is recognizing that students have

varying knowledge bases, readiness levels,
languages and cultures, preferred learning styles,
and interests.
• We maximize each student’s growth and learning
potential by creating a classroom that recognizes
and supports those differences through small
group instruction and choice.

Our goal for your child is to build a

safe community where each student
can grow and learn successfully.
General Expectations

• Students need to be prepared for class; have

materials and required items ready to learn!
• All students are expected to complete up to 50
minutes of homework each night as assigned
by district guidelines.
• Students are learning to be more responsible
this year. Along with responsibility comes more
independence. This will take time and effort to
manage.

Let Your Child Make Mistakes!

They Will Learn From Them!
 Classroom Rules
and
Consequences

• Class generated rules and expectations.

• If you break it fix it; Logical Consequences
• Taking a Break
• Fifth-Grade Study Hall
• Fifth-Grade Detention
Communication
Communication is KEY to your child’s success this
year. Here are ways to communicate with your
child’s teacher:
• E-mail: quickest and most efficient way to communicate
with your child’s teacher.
Mrs. Kimionakis- jodi.kimionakis@milfordk12.org
• Phone: 603-673-1811
• Classroom Website
• Communication Slips
• Thursday Folders
• Agenda Book
 Core Subjects
What will your child be learning this year?

Reading and
Language Arts Math
➢ Strategies for ➢ Numbers and
Comprehension Operations
➢ Main Idea and ➢ Geometry and
Summarizing Measurement
➢ Informational text ➢ Functions and
Structures Algebra
➢ Literary Devices ➢ Data Statistics
➢ Writing Traits and and Probability
Process
 Core Subjects Continued…

Science Social Studies

➢ Spaceship Earth ➢ Regions of
➢ Web of Life U.S.A

➢ Chemical Magic ➢ Important

Documents
➢ Watery Planet
➢ Canada and
Mexico
Grading
• Standards based reporting reports the degree
to which the student meets each standard. We
DO NOT supply percentages.

Our Grading Scale

• PD- Meets the GOAL and
exceeds.

• P- Meets the GOAL.

• PP- Meets the GOAL with help.

• AC- Does not meet the GOAL

at this time.
 Grading Rubrics
My Learning Rubric

Proficient Partially Proficient

with Distinction Proficient in meeting curriculum Area of Concern
in meeting curriculum standards in meeting curriculum standards in meeting curriculum
standards standards
Can meet the standard
Consistently and independently
Meets the standard with teacher support BUT Not yet meeting the standard
performs beyond the standard.
consistently and often does not meet the with support or on their own.
Student is able to analyze,
independently. Student is standard when working
evaluate, and apply their work to
working towards independently.
other areas of the curriculum.
analyzing, evaluating and
applying their work to
other areas of the
curriculum.

Consistently Usually Sometimes Rarely

Class Work: contributes and listens during contributes and listens contributes and listens contributes and listens during
group work and discussions during group work and during group work and group work and discussions
discussions discussions
Group work, Consistently Rarely
discussions, provides new and relevant Usually Sometimes provides relevant information
information provides relevant provides relevant and ideas
assignments, and
and ideas information and ideas information and ideas
other teacher-directed
experiences Produces high quality Produces limited
assignments demonstrating Produces quality Produces adequate assignments
advanced understanding and assignments assignments with insufficient
mastery of content demonstrating good demonstrating reasonable demonstration of
understanding of content understanding of content understanding of content

Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates

an extensive level of knowledge a satisfactory level of a partial level of a minimal level of knowledge
and mastery of content knowledge and knowledge and of content
Formal Assessments:
understanding understanding
Consistently
Tests, quizzes, and expresses information and ideas Usually Sometimes Rarely
other final products clearly, fully, and correctly expresses information and expresses information and expresses information and
ideas clearly and correctly ideas clearly and correctly ideas clearly and correctly
Creates
high quality final products that Creates Creates Produces
are organized, thorough, and quality final products that final products that inadequate and/or
well-presented are organized and demonstrate partial incomplete final products
complete understanding

Projects, Exceeds Meets Meets some Meets few or none

the requirements of the specific the requirements of the of the requirements of the of the requirements of the
Presentations and
classroom-generated rubrics specific rubrics specific rubrics specific rubrics
other teacher-
designated activities:
Based on specific
rubrics
Classroom Parties
Birthday Celebrations
• A Birthday Social will be • We will have typical
held during lunch and
recess periodically. Your
child will get a notice to
take home and have the
opportunity to bring in a
treat and invite a friend
from fifth grade to come
and celebrate.
Holiday Celebrations
holiday parties with treats
and sometimes a craft.
We will send home
permission forms with
volunteer options before
each party.
Communication = Success!