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You may send in treats with your student on their birthday. Please let me know prior, so I can plan accordingly. We have 22 students in each classroom. You may send in treats for just your homeroom or for both classes.

Important Treat Guidelines

All treats must be store-bought (no homemade items).

Packaging must include a full list of ingredients.

No items may contain peanuts.

Thank you for helping us keep all students safe!

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You can use either Remind or Email to contact me as needed.

Remind is my preferred method of contact and the quickest way to reach me (please know service can be spotty at times).

TO JOIN: Text the message @cossum to the number 81010

Email: rebecca.cossum@hcps.net

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Progress Reports will be sent home at about the halfway point of each grading period. These provide a snapshot of how your student is doing at that moment in each subject area.

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Mrs. Cossum's classes [Reading/Writing/SS]:

I do not assign formal homework during the first semester of fifth grade.

Students are required to complete 40 minutes of iReady Reading each week [Monday-Sunday]. They will have time in class, but if it is not completed in class during the week - it becomes homework.

I also recommend that students read at least 20 minutes daily.

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Canvas is a learning management system that is used in our class. Since it is the main platform used in MYP, I use it throughout 5th grade so students can begin becoming familiar with it.

I use Canvas for some assignments, as well as quizzes. Canvas is also where many resources are posted for students to utilize in each subject area.

Assignment grades can be viewed in Canvas, but there will not be a class average as we don't just average grades in 5th grade but are determined from formal and informal assessments.

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Hello and welcome to our 5th Grade Newsletter!

Our goal is to send a classroom newsletter each month, though at times it may come more often or a little further apart depending on classroom needs and the pace of our content. We will also have a student-created newsletter that will be sent out a few times a month! These newsletters will be shared through Remind, but they will also be archived in our Homeroom Canvas course. This way, you can easily reference them as needed without worrying about them getting lost in the Remind feed.

A quick note on grades: In 5th grade, grades are not calculated by averaging alone—they are determined using multiple pieces of both formal and informal information. The grades you see entered in Canvas will give you a close idea of your child’s progress and are helpful to monitor, but they are not final letter grades. As the year progresses, more and more content will be added to Canvas to help prepare our students for middle school.

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https://padlet.com/cossumwojtiuk/mrscossumsclassroom

https://padlet.com/cossumwojtiuk/mrs-wojtiuk-s-classroom-information-blqwzkt3rwame3es

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We are currently learning about what it means to be a responsible citizen - in our classroom, our school, our country, and our world. From there we will begin learning about the early peoples of the Americas. Students will also begin learning about naturalists, John Muir and President T. Roosevelt, and the start of our National Parks.

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Good citizenship means making choices that help our community be safe, fair, and respectful for everyone. In the IB PYP, good citizens show the Learner Profile in action—they are Caring when they help others, Principled when they do the right thing even when no one is watching, and Open-Minded when they listen to different ideas. Good citizens use their Communication and Thinking skills to solve problems and make their school, neighborhood, and world better places.

Weekly Citizenship points are updated at the beginning of the following week in Canvas in the Homeroom/Information course.

Students begin each week with 10 citizenship points. At the end of each week, points will be updated in the GRADES tab. If there was an issue with behavior during the week, look under COMMENTS to find a brief explanation.

Students ending the week with 10 points have had an excellent week.

Consistent marks in a specific behavior indicator will result in an N [needs improvement] for that behavior on your report card.

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This padlet has an overview of the whole year including parent letters, anchor charts, and vocabulary. We are currently working on reading and writing decimals to the thousandths.

https://padlet.com/cossumwojtiuk/resources-math-units-2025-2026-xi20eo0x0e2u8a1u

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This padlet has an overview of the whole year including anchor charts and vocabulary. We are currently working on nature of science skills and moving into forms of energy.

https://padlet.com/cossumwojtiuk/resources-science-units-2025-2026-9v6np4udjiddbtu8

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I do not assign formal homework in the first semester of fifth grade

Beginning Monday, Aug 25, students will be required to complete 40 minutes of iReady READING each week [the week runs Monday-Sunday]. If they do not complete their 40 minutes during class time - it will become homework.

Any classwork that is not completed in class will also be homework to finish at home.

I do recommend that students read a book of their choice 20 minutes a day.

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· I do not assign daily homework in the first semester of fifth grade.

· Any classwork that is not completed becomes homework. It is the student's responsibility to keep up with missing assignments. You can check CANVAS weekly in the grades section.

· I assign a WSR for math and for science each week that is due by Friday. Students have class time, but they can be completed at home.

· I assign 40 minutes of iReady Math each week. Minutes not completed in class need to be completed at home.

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You can use either Remind or email to contact me as needed. Remind is the preferred method of contact and the quickest way to reach me.

TO JOIN: Text the message @wojo2526 to the number 81010

Email: denise.wojtiuk@hcps.net