Barry 5th Grade News Team Silver
Team Silver Hayes/Robertson - Friday, August 27, 2021
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Welcome to 5th Grade Team Silver!
We are so excited to welcome our Fifth Grade students and families to Team Silver at Barry School! Ms. Robertson and Mrs. Hayes look forward to partnering with you to help your child have an amazing year of learning and growing in Fifth Grade! Ms. Robertson will teach Math and Science to both classes this year, and Mrs. Hayes will be teaching Reading, Writing, and Social Studies to both classes on Team Silver. This year will bring many exciting learning opportunities for fifth graders as we begin departmentalizing to help prepare for middle school next year. If you should have questions throughout the year, you are welcome to contact Ms. Robertson and Mrs. Hayes. The contact information and email addresses for both teachers can be found at the end of this Newsletter. Your child's Homeroom teacher will be the main point of contact for questions, but if you should have a question about a particular subject, it is helpful to contact that teacher to help with providing the information you need to help answer specific subject questions. Please note that email is one of the best ways to contact us with questions you might have throughout the year. We look forward to working with all of you to help the children have a fantastic year in Fifth Grade!
Ms. Robertson's Class First Day of Fifth Grade August 24, 2021
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Important Dates
Tuesday, August 24
- First Day of School
Friday, August 27
- Live School Parent Log In and Student Log In information goes home to students and families in backpacks.
Monday, August 30
- Live School Incentive Program Begins at Barry in Grades 5-8
Tuesday, August 31
- 5th Grade Individual Fall Pictures
(Flyer with ordering information went home this week in backpacks. Information about how to order pictures online can be found on the back of the form.
Friday, September 3
- CNN 10 Permission Form Due for Social Studies
(These went home either at Back to School Night or the First Day of School - let Mrs. Hayes know if you have any questions. A link to a copy to print out to sign at home and send in with your child can be found here if you have not already completed a permission form for you child.)
- Fifth Grade Tshirt Order (The flyer was on desks at Back to School Night or went home with the children on the First Day of School)
Monday, September 6
- NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY
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Reminders
- Please send your student a refillable water bottle each day!
- Check your child's trapper every night for important information
- Please go through your child's trapper WITH them as there are important papers that need to return to school. Make sure you don't throw anything away without checking with your student first.
- Students should be reading for 30 minutes every night.
Team Silver Daily Schedules 2021/2022
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5th Grade Handbook Team Silver
All About Your Teachers
Mrs. Hayes - ELA and Social Studies
This year will be my sixth year here at Barry School, and I am proud to be part of such a fantastic learning community in Platte County School District! I have 14 years of teaching experience here in Missouri at both the fourth and fifth grade level. I received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Missouri Western State University in 1996 and also received a Masters of Education in Elementary Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2001. In 2005, my husband and I were transferred to London, U.K. During the course of our time there, I was very fortunate to have been able to substitute teach at the American School of London and travel to many other parts of Europe. It was truly an amazing experience to have been able to live and teach abroad!
I am also a parent of two boys. My oldest son is now in 9th grade, and my youngest son is a seventh grader. Both boys play baseball, and our family can often be spotted cheering them on from the ball field on the weekends. We love to spend time as a family and can often be found outdoors exploring new places together. We enjoy going on walks, fishing, boating, riding bikes, or playing kickball or baseball in the backyard. We also enjoy music and like to attend concerts and plays. When we’re not outside, we can sometimes be found just watching TV together or reading.
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Ms. Robertson - Math and Science
My name is Ms. Robertson. This year will be my first year at Barry School and I feel welcomed already. I have 5 years of teaching experience here in Missouri, all at the 5th grade level and in math and science. I received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Missouri Western State University in 2015 and I am hoping to further my education by starting my Masters Degree this year. I am also a parent of four children. My oldest son Clayton will be starting his senior year, Carson will be a junior, Caiden will be starting high school as a freshman and my only daughter Adilynn will be a 7th grader. My children keep me busy with their sports schedules. Between all four of them they play football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, gymnastics and track and field. I can’t wait to cheer them on this year! I am looking forward to watching your child grow this year. If you have any questions, please let me know. I will get back with you as soon as I can. GO PIRATES!
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LIve School
ELA - Reading & Writing
Our first topic of study for first quarter will be making inferences using fiction texts. We will be focusing on using specific details from the text and text evidence to help prove our thinking while answering questions about our reading. We will practice creating SMART answers using a strategy called RACE (Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain) to help provide evidence from the text to support our thinking in our answers. We will focus on this skill with our reading work throughout the year.
Students will be expected to read for 30 minutes a day each day of the school week at home as a weekly Homework assignment. Having time to read and practice reading skills both at home and at school can help students continue to grow in their reading this year. In the next few weeks after taking the STAR Fall Reading Assessment, your child will have an Acceleratated Reader reading goal for Independent Reading. In order to help with meeting the AR goal each quarter, your child will need to read consistently both at home and at school.
We will begin the year in Writing with reviewing skills with complete sentences, parts of speech, and paragraph writing to help review writing skills for preparation with our writing units this year. Our first writing unit will focus on narrative writing.
Math
We are starting off this school year with Place Value! We will review 4th grade standards to get everyone a refresher before hitting new standards. We will start with word form, standard form and expanded form to the millions place, and we will add on to the billions place. We also will review decimals and add on to the thousandths place.
Science
In Science we are starting off the year with a fun experiment and introducing the scientific method. Students will be able to identify testable questions and be able to create an experiment based on their hypothesis.
Social Studies
We will begin the year in Social Studies class with reviewing some key concepts and ideas relating to maps and geography. Some of the ideas we will be exploring in the first weeks of school include cardinal and intermediate directions, compass rose, relative versus absolute location of a place on Earth, map key, title, map symbols, map scale, and oceans and continents.
I am including some of the other concepts we will be studying in 5th Grade Social Studies as we move through the year below:
😊 5th Grade Social Studies Units of Study 😊
CNN 10/Current Events
Maps Skills and Geography
Economics
Government and the United States as a New Nation
American Revolution (Native Americans, Colonies, Causes of the Revolution, and Battles of the Revolution)
Westward Expansion
Civil War and Reconstruction
Twentieth Century History (1900 - 2000)
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening skills will also be practiced with nonfiction Social Studies text.
Electoral Process
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Google Classroom Information
Technology Help Center
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Mrs. Hayes
5th Grade - ELA and Social Studies
Team Silver
(816)-436-9623 Ext. 3145
Email: hayesa@platteco.k12.mo.us
Website: http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
Location: 2001 NW 87th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri
Phone: 816-436-9623
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlatteCountyR3/
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Ms. Robertson
5th Grade - Math and Science
Team Silver
(816)-436-9623 Ext. 3144
Email: robertas@platteco.k12.mo.us
Website: http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
Location: 2001 NW 87th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri
Phone: 816-436-9623
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlatteCountyR3/