Welcome to 5th Grade with Ms. Daddona!
I am incredibly excited to welcome you and your child into my 5th grade classroom! I am looking forward to working closely with all of you this year. I am committed to making this a positive, productive, and successful year for everyone.
Below you will find a brief description of expectations, procedures, and information specific to our classroom.
I look forward to working closely with you and your child this year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Here’s to a great year! Patty Daddona [email protected]
Classroom Behavior Expectations:
I use the school-wide PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) system where the students are expected to show their Panther PRIDE. In the classroom, the students are expected to show their PRIDE in the following ways:
Positive Attitude: *I will choose and show my best attitude. *I will use good manners and speak kind words. *I will respond positively to others.
Respect: *I will be considerate of others’ learning, time, and space. *I will take care of things around me and clean up. *I will use an appropriate voice level and tone.
Integrity: *I will only do things I am proud to admit. *I will report without tattling. *I will tell the truth. Discipline: *I will take ownership of my actions. *I will make good choices. *I will think before I act. Excellence: *I will give 100%. *I will put forth my best effort. *I will minimize time off task.
Attendance & Absences:
Fifth grade is an extremely important year! Our day starts promptly with the 9:15 bell and it is vital that your child sing in to the online learning sites at the designated time daily.
In addition to being on time, it’s also important that your child remains focused and attentive during the online learning.
If your child is absent, please send an email letting me know they will not be signing on that day. If no email is received, your child’s absence will be considered unexcused. Please refer to the Wake County policy for what constitutes an excused absence.
Communication:
E-mail - Our classroom will have a group email, which is a great form of communication between parents, teachers, and students. Newsletters, school events, conference notices will be communicated through email. Additionally, this will cut down on paper notices being sent home as well. This is the primary way to contact me. Please make sure to give me your email address(es).
Remind - If you are not familiar with Remind it is a text message form of communication. I will use this for classroom reminders such as: events happening in class, early release days, pictures, etc. It is not designed to be a texting option, it is simply a one way form of communication to disseminate reminders. To sign up text @2020Dadd to the number 81010. If done correctly, you will immediately receive a confirmation text.
Volunteers:
If you are interested in being a volunteer in the classroom or for field trips, you must come into the school to register as a volunteer and be granted clearance first. This is something that needs to be renewed at the start of every school year. There is a computer in the library designated for this process.
Website:
I will utilize our class website often. This is a place where I will post homework, announcements and any useful documents that we may be using in class. The weekly newsletter will also be posted here no later than Tuesday of each week. Additionally, I will announce tests, long term projects, or give you an insight into what we will cover during the upcoming week. Please be sure to check the site often!
There are two ways to access the site. You can go to the Mills Park school website and find my name on the staff page and there is a link there. Also, in the signature portion of all emails there is a link under my name.
Please know that as I receive information on Virtual Academy I will update this website at that time. If you would like to bookmark this site the link is: https://fifthgradempe.weebly.com/