NEW NEWS
Q2 Pacing Guide - Quarter 2 begins on Monday. Here is your Q2 Pacing Guide: 5th Grade Quarter 2 Pacing Guide
Project Twinkle Toes - Participate in our school-wide holiday drive, Project Twinkle Toes, benefitting With Love and Project Lemonade! Bring new socks to HOA anytime during school hours until Winter Break, all sizes of socks from newborn to adult are accepted. In addition, there will be a class competition and the winning class gets a fun surprise! (ALSO, I heard earlier this week that 5th grade is in the lead! Way to go!) See this flyer for more information: Project Twinkle Toes
New Clubs Start Nov 29! - All students who signed up made it into clubs! Please have your student check their school email in MyApps by selecting Outlook Webmail. They should be receiving a message by tomorrow confirming which clubs they’ve made it into.
Grade Totals Hidden In Canvas - I have changed the settings in your student’s Grades to hide the grade total (cumulative percentages). For those of you who have had K-6 students in HSD, you know that the report cards do not simply reflect letter grades for subjects (A,B,C, etc) or cumulative percentages (95%, 80%, etc), but reflect whether or not the student has exceeded (E), met (M), nearly met (NM), or not yet met (NY) grade level standards. The cumulative score can be misleading when combined with HSD’s proficiency grading system because it shows an average of all scores in a subject, as opposed to individual grades for specific standard domains. Please let me know if you have any questions about this, or if you would ever like me to let you know cumulative grades as I am still able to see that on my end.
Attendance Reminder - Please have your student log into Canvas every school day and go straight to Grade 5 Homeroom to check-in for attendance.
PLANNING AHEAD...
November 22-24 - No School (Conferences)
November 25-26 - No School (Holiday)
December 20-31 - Winter Break
OLDER NEWS
Morning Meeting - Please have your student log in on Monday to hear important announcements for the week and participate in a fun activity before our Live Support Session begins at 9:00.
Freckle Freckle is a Math and Language Arts supplement that will first assess your student's skill level, then will assign them lessons based on how they did on the assessment. Log into Freckle using your student's HSD login information (if you don't have it, email me and let me know). Here are the directions to log in:
- Do a Google search for HSD MyApps (the first hit will be
- Sign into Google using your student's HSD information
- Click on the grey and green R, which stands for Renaissance
- Click on Freckle, the pink pig icon
- Then they can choose either Math or English
Sign Language Club Join Mrs. Stone on Mondays from 12:00-1:00. The Google Meets code is
Learning Extensions? - Would your student benefit from having access to learning extensions? Learning extensions are not meant to replace your student’s curriculum, but are an optional add-on for early finishers, or those needing additional practice. This document is also found in our 5th Grade Homeroom in Canvas (with clickable links). Check out our new, district-provided supplement, Byrdseed.TV!
PRE-RECORDED GUIDED LESSONS - Pre-recorded Guided Lesson videos can be found in theHome pages of all four courses in Canvas. Students can then join me in a Google Meets (code: hoa5thkellar) Monday-Thursday from 9:00-11:00, Friday 1:00-2:00 if they need help on an assignment. Watching the Guided Lesson is completely optional. If students do not need that level of support, they can go straight to the lesson.
Facebook Group - Search in Groups for Team 3-6 HOA 2021-2022. We will post team-wide announcements and info there, in addition to using email and Remind.
STUDENT TECH SUPPORT sites.google.com/hsd.k12.or.us/student-tech-help/home