Welcome to the 5th grade! We are excited to have a wonderful group of 5th graders. We know most of the students from our years teaching PE and the third grade. It will be fantastic to already have these positive relationships as we begin another exciting year.
We are very happy that you have found the Ridgecrest 5th Grade blog. This is the place to come to get weekly information about what will be happening in your students classroom. Also check your students boomerang every Tuesday evening for other classroom insites, but this will be our major line of communication with each of our 58 families. If there is ever a time when you want to make personal contact with your students teacher, we highly recommend emailing us. (allyn.woods@shorelineschools.org and alaina.therriault@shorelineschools.org) Neither of us check our voicemail often and it is very difficult to catch us in our classrooms after school, but we check our email constantly during the day and all evening.
This year the 5th grade classrooms will be trying a new setup to allow all of our students to achieve success. We have decided to team teach every subject with our classrooms wall open. Given that we have never done this before students, teachers, and parents will need to have some patience and flexibility. We have numerous reasons for this teaching system. #1. This will allow each of us to concentrate on areas of expertise. #2. This will allow our 5th graders to build a stronger 5th grade community. #3. This will allow us to differentiate instruction to allow students at all levels to find success within our curriculum.
During this short week we will be getting settled into our classroom, getting to know our classroom routines, and beginning our on-going work in leadership and team building. In addition, we will start our beginning of the year reading assessments, math fact tests, and a math beginning assessment. In addition, we will be making names tags, holding class meetings, creating art folders, and playing some get-to-know-you games.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Allyn Woods and Alaina Therriault
