Welcome to Fifth Grade!
You'll have the best time this year in Room 20!
Ms. Heistand, Your New and Awesome Teacher!
5th grade has the best teachers. Your teacher will be Ms. Heistand, a charismatic woman, who's great at technology. She teaches every subject equally well! Because of Ms. Heistand's awesomeness, you'll do so many amazing projects. She'll help you be successful in sixth grade and beyond.
Follow the Fifth Grade Expectations!
The fifth grade expectations are pretty much the same as fourth grade. Respect the teacher, listen, don't talk too much, finish work on time, be safe and responsible, etc. As long as you try your best and work hard, Ms. Heistand will love you. There will be some new math and writing concepts, but with Ms. Heistand's amazing teaching, you'll quickly get it.
What You'll do in Fifth Grade!
Morning Work
Each morning you will have Standards Plus, WOW Words, Geography of the Day, and Anagrams in your binder. If you finish early, you can work on unfinished work.
Core Literature
In the beginning of the year, you will read some amazing books and do activities on them. They are Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, and Holes by Louis Sachar.
FIELD TRIPS!!!!!!
Ok guys, big one here. It's the field trips! The most famous one is Science Camp, in Monte Toyon. You'll spend four AMAZING days there, learning about nature and spending time with your classmates. You will also go to Saratoga Springs at the end of the year.
FIFTH GRADE WILL BE A BLAST!
Reports
Like fourth grade, there will be written and oral reports. One exciting project is the PBL projects. For us, there was a survival project and a traveling project. You'll be put into groups based on what you want to learn about, and you might change classes to work on it, which will get you into practice for middle school. You will also have the biography report, where you'll pick a famous historical person to write a report on. Then, you will do an oral report about that person and dress up as your person.
We are ROOM TWENTY!
I can guarantee you will have an AWESOME time in fifth grade!
Email: mheistand@moreland.org
Website: msheistand.com
Location: Baker Elementary School, Bucknall Road, San Jose, CA, United States
Phone: (408)-874-3236
Marina Heistand, Your Teacher
Ms. Heistand is a great woman who will teach you in the best way possible. She has just had a baby boy! Ms. Heistand also enjoys running, purple, potatoes, reading, and more.