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Current Homework
Thursday, February 13:
- Read 20 minutes
- Valentine's party is tomorrow
- Busch Math: Lesson 5-5 Savvas Assignment and Quiz (due Tuesday)
Tuesday, February 11;
- Busch Math: Lesson 5-4
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, February 10:
- Literacy: Watsons Epilogue and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Busch Math: Lesson 5-3
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, February 6:
- Literacy: Watsons Epilogue and assignment (due Tuesday
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, February 5:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 15 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, February 4:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 15 and assignment (due Thursday)
- Read 20 minute
- Busch Math: Lesson 5-1 Savvas Online assignment
Monday, February 3:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapters 13-14 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Expedition: Roanoke Graphic Novel page (due Wednesday)
- Read 20 minutes
- Busch Math: Lesson 5-1 Savvas online assignment
Tuesday, January 28:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 11-12 and assignment (due Thursday)
- Busch Math: Test tomorrow for Topic 4
- Read 20 minutes.
Monday, January 27:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 9-10 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-10 online assignment
- Read 20 minutes.
Friday, January 24:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 9-10 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, January 23:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 9-10 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-9 Savvas Online Assignment
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, January 22:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 7-8 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-8 Savvas Online Assignment
Wednesday, January 15:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 2-3 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-6 Savvas online assignment
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, January 14:
- Literacy: Watsons Chapter 2-3 and assignment (due Thursday)
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, January 13:
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-5 Savvas online
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, December 17:
- Read 20 minutes
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-3 Savvas online
Monday, December 16:
- Read 20 minutes
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-2 Savvas online
Thursday, December 12:
- Literacy: Book project (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, December 11:
- Literacy: Book project (due Friday)
- Busch Math: Lesson 4-1 Savvas Assignment and Topic 3 test corrections
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, December 10:
- Literacy: Book Project (due Friday)
- Read 20 minutes.
Monday, December 9:
- Literacy: Book project (Due 12/13)
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, December 4:
- Literacy: Book project (due 12/13)
- Busch Math: Savvas online Lesson 3-7
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, December 3:
- Literacy: Book project
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, December 2:
- Literacy: Book project
- Busch Math: Savvas online assignment for Lesson 3-6
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, November 14:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 17-21, and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, November 13:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 15-16 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Busch Math: Lesson 3-4, #3-21, multiples of 3
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, November 12:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 15-16 and assignment (due Thursday)
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, November 11:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 10 - 14 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Busch Math: Lesson 3-3, Pages 140-141, #1-20
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, November 5:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 8 and 9, and assignment (due Thursday)
- Fieldwork permission slips
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, November 4:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 and assignment ( due tomorrow)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Math Busch - prime factorization, GCF, and LCM worksheets
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, October 31:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapter 4, 5, 6, and 7 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
- Busch Math: Topic 3-2, Pages 133 - 134, #2-26 evens (due Monday)
Tuesday, October 29:
- Literacy: Three Times Lucky Chapter 2 and 3, and assignment (due Thursday)
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, October 28:
- Read 20 minutes
- Math (Busch) - Topic 3-1, Pages 126-127, #6-30
Monday, October 7:
- Busch Math: Test tomorrow
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, October 3:
- Busch Math: Topic 2-6 #1-12
- Read 20 minutes
- Flashlight Friday is tomorrow
Tuesday, October 1:
- Hoot book project (due Thursday)
- Busch Math: Topic 2-5 #1-19
- Read 20 minutes.
Thursday, September 26:
- Hoot book project (due next Thursday)
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, September 24:
- Literacy: Hoot Finish the book!! (due Thursday)
- Busch Math: Topic 2-3 #1-37
- Expedition: Finish Mission Patch (due tomorrow)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, September 23:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 18 and 19 and assignment (due tomorrow
- Busch Math: Topic 2-2, #1-20
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, September 19:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 18 and 19 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Busch Math: Topic 2-1 #6-24 and test corrections
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, September 18:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 17 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
- Fieldwork permission slip
Thursday, September 12:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 15-16 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Busch Math: Practice Test - Test on Monday
- Read 20 minutes
- Tomorrow is the COLOR RUN - wear white if you want to have color on you and black if you don't want to have color
Wednesday, September 11:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 14 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Busch Math: Lesson 1-7, #6 and 7
- Read 20 minutes.
- Wear your favorite color/dress like a teacher day on Thursday
Thursday, August 29:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 9 and 10 and assignment (Tuesday)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, August 28:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 8 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
- Fieldwork permission slip for AFA Planetarium
Monday, August 26:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 6-7 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Bring a snack and water bottle for fieldwork
- Read 20 minutes
Friday, August 23:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 6-7 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
Thursday, August 22:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 6-7 and assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
Wednesday, August 21:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 5 and assignment (due tomorrow)
- Busch Math: Topic 1, Lesson 2, #1-4, 10-13, 24-27
- Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, August 20:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 5 and assignment (due Thursday)
- Fieldwork permission slip
- Busch Math: Topic 1, Lesson 2, #4-9, 14-19
- Read 20 minutes
Monday, August 19:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 3-4 and the assignment (due tomorrow)
- Math Busch: Adding/subtracting/multiplying decimals practice
- Read 20 minutes
- Fieldwork permission slip
Friday, August 16:
- Literacy: Hoot Chapter 3-4 and the assignment (due Tuesday)
- Read 20 minutes
- Fieldwork permission slip
Thursday, August 15:
Literacy: Hoot Chapter 3-4 and the assignment (due Tuesday)
Math Ingram: Make a worksheet
Band night
Read 20 minutes
Tuesday, August 13:
Literacy: Hoot Chapter 2 and assignment (due Thursday)
Fieldwork permission slip
Read 20 minutes
Thursday, August 8:
- Read 20 minutes
- Signed Agreement/forms
Wednesday, August 7:
- Me Bag (due tomorrow)
- Read 20 minutes
Documents
Students will begin their BBK (Building Background Knowledge) activity the first week of school. At the end of the BBK, students will find out the topic of our Fall Expedition!
Classroom Management
Get ready for your student to have their first job!! I will post classified ads in our classroom for different classroom jobs. Students will choose the jobs they want, fill out the application, have an interview, and be hired. Students will be paid for doing their jobs well, and will track their pay in a classroom checkbook. Students may gain or lose money for behavior in the classroom, also. At the end of the month, we will do an auction in which students may use the money in their checkbooks to purchase items or special privileges.
I feel that parents and teachers should be a team that supports students to be their best. I hope to work with you and keep communication open to help your student be successful!!
Uniform Policy
Students attending Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning will be required to wear a school uniform that consists of a plain colored (not plaid or stripes) polo shirt embroidered with the school logo. Slacks, neat jeans, skirts and shorts are acceptable coordinates. However, nothing more than four inches above the knee is allowed at school. If students come without the designated uniform and appropriate clothing for the weather or circumstance, teachers are responsible to inform the office so that parents may be informed. Please be aware that “appropriate clothing for the weather or circumstance” means that PPSEL teachers and the PPSEL office have the authority to deem what is appropriate and what is not. Items such as pajama pants, inappropriate shoes or other items that are deemed not to be appropriate for a school setting will not be allowed. If a student consistently refuses to comply with the uniform policy, parents will be required to pick up their child for the remainder of the day. Sweatshirts, hoodies or other jackets may not be worn during class unless they are official sweatshirts with the PPSEL logo. A uniform polo shirt needs to be worn underneath, as well. Finally, uniform shirts may not be cut, changed or altered, tied up in any many or worn in any way other than intended.
PPSEL requires a school uniform for many reasons. School uniforms build school spirit, show pride in one’s appearance and advertise the school. A school uniform is more economical for parents. It lessens peer and social pressure to buy clothing that represents the latest fashion trend. Uniformity also has tremendous safety benefits. School uniforms are invaluable when we leave school grounds for fieldwork activities because they allow teachers and volunteers to quickly identify Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning students among a larger group.
On days that students have Physical Education (P.E.), students need shoes that the P.E. teacher feels will keep students’ feet and bodies safe.
Dress Code for Non-Uniform Days, Events and Activities
Occasionally, there will be times when the uniform requirement could be waived. Those times could include, but not be limited to Fridays, school sponsored sports events, fine arts events, student school social activities, etc.
On those occasions that are school related “uniform free” days or functions, the dress code is as follows:
Apparel containing printed or visual messages that are inappropriate in a school setting (i.e., alcohol, tobacco, controlled substances, sexual references, profanity, “double meaning”, derogatory comments, gang affiliations, etc.) will necessitate a change in clothing. Clothing is not to be tight, suggestive, revealing, or distracting, i.e. torn, “sagged/low riding, and/or baggy.” See-through, bare midriff, spaghetti straps and tank tops are not appropriate.
· Nice pants, leggings, sweat pant outfits, jeans and jean shorts that are hemmed (not frayed or torn) are acceptable. Shorts and cutoffs must be no shorter than four inches above the middle of the knee. Children should wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions.
· Skirts and dresses should not be shorter than four inches above the middle of the knee. Shorts must be worn under dresses during P.E. and recess.
· Sweatshirts and t-shirts with appropriate pictures, logos or words may be worn. Collared shirts, turtleneck and mock-turtleneck shirts, and sweaters are acceptable.
Hats or caps are not to be worn in the building.
Students are able to have hair that has a color added. When hair colors or styles begin to distract from learning, students may be asked to make a change.
Additional Information
Fieldwork:
At PPSEL, much of our learning is done through the use of experts in the field. This means we will often invite experts to come to school to speak to our students or to help them have a hands-on learning experience. If you have special skill related to our fifth grade Common Core State Standards, and would be willing to be an expert in our classrooms, please let us know. We are always looking for experts!!
We also go out on fieldwork to see experts. When we go on fieldwork, we utilize parent drivers to safely transport our kiddos. We try to give at least two weeks’ notice for fieldwork trips to allow parents that wish to drive the opportunity to make arrangements. We will also send home a permission slip for parent signature to allow students to attend the fieldwork. With that permission slip, we include any information about what students need to bring.
Items Not Allowed At School:
There are some items that are not allowed at school, and we wanted to specifically name some items students have brought in the past. This includes:
- Weapons (real/toy)
- Electronics such as iPods and games
- Cell phones (if your student needs to bring a phone, it must me off and stored in their backpack during the school day)
- Unhealthy snacks
- Flip flops
Hi, I am Lisa Busch, one of the fifth grade teachers. I have been teaching at PPSEL since 2010. I love the sense of community fostered by the families of students that attend PPSEL and am so excited to be here.
I graduated from Regis University with my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education in 2009, and my Master’s Degree in Educational Technology in 2014. I have one daughter.