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When does school start? |
The school day begins at 7:50 and
ends at 2:55. Students should not arrive at school prior
to 7:20 in the morning. Ossun asks that students not be
checked out at 2:30pm or after. |
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Can I eat lunch with my child? |
Yes, our class goes to lunch
at 12:05. You may come and eat lunch with your child any
day of the week. Parents and visitors need to sign in
the office for a visitor's badge and meet us in the
cafeteria. |
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Can I volunteer in the classroom? |
Please do! We depend on it!
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis. If you are
interested, please let me know by a note to school or
you can email from this website. |
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Can I send a treat for my child's birthday? |
Birthdays are special for children and feel free to send in a treat to help
celebrate. Anything with nuts are not allowed since some
of our children are allergic to nut products. Please do not send party invitations to
school unless the entire class is invited. We appreciate
your understanding. |
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How many recesses do we have? |
We will have 1 recess. We have
recess before going to lunch. The recess bell rings at
12:45 then the children
play until 1:15. |
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Do
we get to work on computers? |
We spend a lot of time on the computer. You will explore many things on
the computer through scavenger hunts, games, webquests
and more. You will also have computer time during center
time. |
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What is the best way to contact Mrs. Carter? |
The best way to reach me is by
e-mail at b.carter7@ymail.com or click on the
contact us button on the top of any of the pages. If you need to
call the school for time sensitive issues please do not
hesitate to reach me at (337) 521-7770 and leave a
message for me. |
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How much homework will I have? |
Every evening you will be expected
to read 20 minutes in "Just Right" books. You will also
have Spelling, Math and Journal every night. You will be
given time during class to do most of your homework. So
if you use your time wisely, you won't have much
homework at night. |
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How will my child be evaluated? |
The evaluation tools are selected on
the basis of the appropriateness for the concept that is
taught. Teacher observation, oral reports, projects
or reports, rubrics, conferences with
students, open- ended question responses, class
participation, and performance are examples of
evaluation tools that may be used. Reading and
Mathematics assessments will be given at the end of each
unit of study. Re-teaching and re-testing strategies are
used to remediate and strengthen weaknesses. |
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Will you have book orders each month? |
Books are very enjoyable in our
classroom! Almost everything we do centers around
reading wonderful literature! And there's no better way
to build up both our classroom and your home libraries
than with school book clubs! During the year we will use
the Scholastic Book Clubs, which offer wonderful,
current literature appropriate for the fifth grade
reader! GREAT NEWS! You have 2 CHOICES to place your
orders each month from Scholastic Books.
#1 Normally each month I will send home one book order
form.
The book clubs have different names but there is one
parent company Scholastic Books. Please make your checks
payable to Scholastic Books. There is no need to write
different checks for different clubs, they all go
together so one check will work great. OR #2 Use the
information below to access the Scholastic Book Clubs
website. Browse the titles with your child and place
your order with your credit card. Your order will come
to me and your credit card payment goes directly to
Scholastics SECURE server. No need to send any money
into school.
www.scholastic.com/parentordering Class User Name:
carters_class Password: books
Ordering online is convenient and you can take advantage
of exclusive online- only offers. The best part is that
you can order any time, right up until the online order
due date. |
