Digital Planners
Each week, I will share a digital planner with you so you know exactly what your student will learn in the classroom. I’ll post two of them, one for students who start their day in my room and one for students who start their day in Mr. Young’s room. Students will also learn to access these in Canvas which will be their starting point each day once we get those procedures and expectations in place. There will be digital links to any assignment they access in those digital planners. This week, you’ll see no links as most of what we do will be on whiteboards. We will create our expectations together for Chromebook use before we use them.
Boelter/Young AM Digital Planner (if your student starts their day with Ms. Boelter in the morning): Boelter Young Digital Planner
Young/Boelter AM Digital Planner (if your student starts their day with Mr. Young in the morning): Young Boelter Digital Planner
Welcome!
Welcome to your student’s first week of 5th grade! This week, we will focus on classroom community. We will define what that looks like as a class to make sure every student has a voice in that process. Students will engage in growth mindset activities which help then understand why experiencing delayed success can change their brain.
We will also start the year with some self reflection about our math process and how we feel about math. Each day, we’ll engage in a number talk, where students engage in a mental math activity and then share their strategies with one another verbally. This helps us strengthen number sense and better understand our own strategies.
As we progress through the week, we will reinforce our norms and expectations. It is important students understand our classroom expectations so they know what they need to do to meet them. Students will attend a SOAR expectations assembly on Wednesday. Students will be assigned Chromebooks on Wednesday and we’ll talk to students about running for House Leader. Every student can be a house leader! We encourage all interested to apply for this opportunity. On Friday, we’ll have our first House Challenge!
I have included a link to my Amazon Wish list, but know we’re pretty well set to start the year. We will be engaging in a Pringles Challenge this week. If you’d like to send in some Pringles, we can use them.
We will MAP test starting the week of August 19, and that will likely start on Tuesday, August 20th.
Please reach out if you have any questions via Dojo!
Quick Links
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/dH7oR4M?ref_=wl_share
If you’ve not yet completed the beginning of the year survey, please do so here: https://forms.gle/2VXgSAb6mr3xhbms5
I know that we’ll have an amazing year. I can’t wait to help your students find success and confidence!
Ms. B. in Class 