Welcome to 5th Grade!

This blog will serve as our weekly newsletter. We, as a 5th grade team, will update the newsletter weekly to include what your child will be learning, important dates, announcements, and more!

What We Are Learning this Week:

Math: Order of Operations

ELAR: Summary Review and Short Constructed Responses

Science: Inherited Traits

Social Studies: Civil War Battles

Student Work to Look at

Math: Coordinate Plane and Numeric Relationship Test (Schoololgy-Tuesday)

Science: As the World Turns video (Schoology - Monday)

ELAR: Point of View - Edpuzzle (Schoology - Monday)

Social Studies - A Nation Divided Sort (Schoology - Thursday)

Important Dates:

February 12th: CMSE Registration Meeting @ 5:30
February 13th: Valentines Day Party
February 14th: Professional Development (No School)
February 17th: Bad Weather Makeup (No School)
February 28th: 5th Grade Yearbook Ads due
March 3rd: Mock STAAR Test Day
March 17th-21st: Spring Break
April 15th: Reading STAAR
April 18th: No School
April 21st: Bad Weather Makeup (No School)
April 22nd: Science STAAR
April 29th: Math STAAR
May 22nd: Last Day of School

IMPORTANT GUIDANCE LESSON NOTE FROM MISS MCFARLNG:
Hello 5^th grade families!

As mentioned at the beginning of the year, when you registered your child for school, you either opted him/her in or out of some state required guidance lessons. Starting next week, we will complete the required 5^th grade lessons that address the topics required by Senate Bill 9. If you opted your child out of these lessons, they will join another class during their homeroom's guidance time.
Between February 3-21, I will be teaching the Human Trafficking and Gangs as well as the Dangers of Guns and Other Weapons lessons.
I highly encourage following the link below to review lessons beforehand so you can answer any questions your child may have. All lessons address these topics in an age-appropriate way:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-mmHomwqsCJqyfUjO6k6aUiX0L1kuhIj0mL-ZBErphw/edit?tab=t.0

If you yourself have any questions or would like to change your decision to opt your child in/out, please email me at jmcfarling@coppellisd.com

To read more about Senate Bill 9 lessons, follow the link below.
https://www.coppellisd.com/o/cisd/page/sb9-and-hb-1525

Valentines Day Party

Calling all 5th grade families! We are so excited for our upcoming Valentine Party on February 13th ! Please use the Amazon link below to help us purchase items needed to make your learner's last Valentine party a huge success!

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/C586ZFFQLXS7

Please bring 25 Valentines for your learner to pass out, along with a bag or box to receive Valentines.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to 972-859-0655 ( Jayme Hamer ) or hamerfamily17@hotmail.com

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0845ABA82AA4FB6-54719684-5thgrade

We are looking for a few parent volunteers the day of our Valentine Party to help with set-up, party flow and clean up.

Thank you,
5th Grade Room Moms

5th Grade Yearbook Recognition Ads

Follow this link and the instructions below: BUY YOUR AD - Link
Deadlines for Design Submission: February 28th, 2025

FIND MY SCHOOL
School name: Barbara S Austin Elem School
or
School ID # is 724684

PURCHASE AN AD
To purchase ads, you must set up an account.
   • SET UP ACCOUNT THROUGH CREATE AN ACCOUNT
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   • SELECT AD SIZE & CLICK ‘NEXT’
        Quarter Page - $20
    Eight Page - $15
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   • PLACE YOUR ORDER
   • GO TO ‘MY ACCOUNT’ CLICK ‘MY AD’ & THEN ‘DESIGN’

Note from our Nurse

Dear Austin Families,

I wanted to take a moment to remind you of the district health policies. Keeping a sick child at home prevents the spread of disease in the school community and allows your child to rest and recover. Please use the following general guidelines when deciding if your child should stay home and when to return to school following an illness. Here is the link to CISD Health Guidelines https://www.coppellisd.com/page/health-attendance-guidelines

As a friendly reminder, CISD policies state that a student must remain home if they have experienced the following symptoms within the last 24 hours:
-Fever of 100.0 F or higher
-Vomiting
-Diarrhea

Please do not provide your child with over-the-counter medications or homeopathic medications in their backpacks. All medications need to be administered at home, or through the health clinic. If your child requires medication to keep their temperature below 100.0 F, please keep them home until they are fever free without medication.

Please encourage your child to use good hand washing practices at home and at school. Thank you for helping us keep Austin a healthy and safe place for our students and staff. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach me via email at apsmith@coppellisd.com

Thank You,
Amy Smith RN

Coppell ISD Weather School Closing Policy(click to read)

Family Friday Lunches:

Exciting news! Starting Friday, October 4, we will host 9 family lunches before winter break. Our top priority is the safety and enjoyment of all our students and families. Join us as we create a warm and welcoming space for everyone to savor these special moments together!

Each Friday, there will be openings for 18 students per grade level to have 1-2 visitors.
Visitors will be limited to 1-2 per student. This will allow family visitors to sit in a separate section where they can visit with their student.
Guests can register for 2 lunches before winter break.
To reserve a place, one family member will complete this form, state his/her name as well as the name of the second guest lunching with the student(s).
Please note the date of your reservation. While we try to send emails to remind you, it is not always possible.

Push-button link on Austin website below live feed: