WELCOME TO THE UPPER DEPARTMENT
5th / 6th Grade Homework
Homework will start week of 8/17
Students should do their best to have homework practice completed each day as a structure that they do need to learn to be successful in their junior high years. Homework is factored in heavily in junior high and we want our students in Upper Dept. to learn how to meet deadlines, achieve work at home and turn in their work without losing it. These executive skills are necessary for academic success. If you are struggling with any assignments, please contact your teacher and we are happy to support your needs. Students that are staying on pace with their quality work and homework, earn:
Students that need more time, work in Study Hall to get support in their learning or have time to finish assignments. *This changes week to week PLEASE GO TO THE SPELLING LINK PAGE ABOVE FOR YOUR CHILD'S SPELLING LIST FOR THE WEEK.
Please Check Math and Language Arts Links above for more information. Extra READING LOGS are on the forms page.
5th Grade: *Reading Log *Spelling Contract- Choice Assign., Copy Paragraph, Pre-test *Daily Math- See math link above Occasional Project / Writing Assignment (5th grade has math due W, Th, F... Please check agendas.) 6th Grade: *Reading Log *Spelling Contract- Choice Assign., Copy Paragraph, pre-test Daily Math- See Link Above Occasional Project / Writing Assignment (6th grade has math and other assignments due each day. Please check agendas.) *Assignments and Other Important Papers / Projects due by Friday: |
IMPORTANT DATES:
MINI COURSE DATES THIS YEAR: 8/28, 9/25, 10/30, 12/11, 1/29, 2/26, 4/30, 5/ 21 CoRonavirus information:
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Other Important Info. in our Dept:NEWSELA.com
This is a great way for students to have a choice about what to read. Newsela comes up with new informational articles daily about sports, science, politics, media and kids. Students will need to choose an article and a lexile level. Sometimes an article has been assigned to them to match our theme. Either of the lower two lexile levels usually work. When they are done, they should take a quiz to see how well they understand what they are reading. Everybody login user name : nameLevi2020 or nameDorene2020 password: fremont example AsaLevi2020 GENIUS HOUR CHOICE: [Click Here for Link to Form] FOP EVENT PHOTOS / MEMORY BOOKS: Please share your digital photos for MEMORY BOOK CREATION! You may share through google drive with [email protected]. Email Eppie Chung at [email protected] if you have any questions. MINI COURSES: Please think about teaching a course at some point this year. It is a wonderful opportunity to work with students from across Upper Department. MINI COURSE DATES THIS YEAR: 8/28, 9/25, 10/30, 12/11, 1/29, 2/26, 4/30, 5/ 21 PARENT SURVEY: Please take a moment to complete the following form so we can gather relevant contact information from all parents and keep you informed! Click on link to complete: MINI-COURSES
Parents lead Mini-Courses from 1:30 to 2:30 one Friday each month. In the past we've had classes such as sports like volleyball and basketball, lots of crafts, sewing, poetry writing, beading, yoga, cooking, arcade building, computers, scientific discoveries, first aid, Spanish, and one-minute mysteries, just to mention a few. Mini-courses are a great way for parents to show a talent or teach a new skill. (Some parents come every month!) and it's a whole lot of fun!
This may start off this 2020 school year as a virtual option. Think of how you can show a skill / play a game/ teach a science skill/ give instructions on how to do something to a group of students virtually. MINI COURSE DATES THIS YEAR: 8/28, 9/25, 10/30, 12/11, 1/29, 2/26, 4/30, 5/ 21 Give us a week's notice if you need us to gather a list of materials for your mini-course. PARENT PARTICIPATIONThe "Founding Parents" of Open Plan established a guideline of ONE HOUR of volunteer time PER WEEK per child of parent participation for each family and $130 per child to help fund the variety of field trips and experiences offered at FOP to enrich student learning. These are essential to the success of Open Plan! Complete and return your Parent Participation Form as soon as possible and pay your FOP parent fund drive obligation online.
VOLUNTEERING IN THE CLASSROOM IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE COVID-19 GUIDELINES OF SAFETY BY THE STATE OF CA. WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAM AND DEPT. IN OTHER SAFE WAYS THIS YEAR. STAY CONNECTED!JOIN THE REMIND GROUP! We are excited to use a school-wide system that will allow Teachers to send messages to families within their departments. Your cell number will remain private. You will NOT receive SPAM messages. It will be used primarily for last minute announcements and important information (Tie Dye and Tuesday Times are still the first lines of communication, but the texting system will supplement those things in a useful way. This is an OUTGOING only system, not group messaging. You will not be able to reply. This system will ensure ease of communication throughout the year. You will miss important reminders, if you do not sign up. Please sign up for each grade relevant to your family.
Send a TEXT MESSAGE to the phone number 81010 (this does not look like a typical phone number, but it is a "texting" number). The body of the text should simply be @code. See appropriate codes below. Once you text your code you will receive a confirmation text back that you are now part of the group. You may be asked to reply with your name if you are new to app. Primary (Kinder/1st grade): @foppr Middle (2nd/3rd grades): @fopmi Upper (4th Grade): @fop4th Upper (5th Grade): @fop5th Upper (6th Grade): @fop6th BACK TO SCHOOL:
SUPPLY CHECK LIST FOR BACK TO SCHOOL:
FOR DAILY USE: Pencil pouch or small pencil box (with name on it), Sharpened Pencils or pens, White Board Pens, eraseable ink pens (optional), 5 Spiral bound Notebooks, 1 Composition Book, 1 black sharpie for art. FOR 6TH GRADE: A binder with pockets and a zipper is a great aid to one of our important goals for the year which is student organization. Please label all personal supplies with your child's name. AGENDAS are required in class daily for 5th and 6th graders to record their homework. The agendas will be used the 2nd week of school. The school will supply them. |
SAVE THE DATEPAG MEETINGS
PLEASE COME AND GET INVOLVED Parent involvement is a key ingredient in making FOP successful and unique. Please join this year’s Parent Advisory Group (PAG) Executive Committee Brain Ferdinand, Chair [email protected] , Vice Chair [email protected] Katie , Treasurer [email protected] Brandy Baldevia, Secretary [email protected] 6:00pm in the Library (Some may be held virtually this year). Free childcare will be available if needed. Watch for more info from your friendly PAG Exec in coming weeks in the Tie Dye. PAG MEETING DATES: FALL WALK – It will be different this year...
The Fall Walk is a quintessential FOP event to which all FOP families (younger siblings included!) are invited. This year’s Fall Walk will be held on __________more details, time and location, and how you can help, will be announced soon. This FOP tradition has been a favorite through the decades. Mark your calendars! Due to COVID-19 and fieldtrip restrictions, the Fall Walk is being discussed in hopes to deliver a creative alternative. More information to come! GARDEN SPONSORSHIPS
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