Dear Fifth Grade Families,
Welcome to Fifth Grade! We are looking forward to getting to know your children, and we’re excited to work in partnership with you. We, as your lead teachers, Mr. Andy Garlick and Ms. Jane Daniels, are a team and will both be teaching your children every day.
We also wanted to take this opportunity to let you know some ways in which you can support us and to let you know about some important fifth grade information.
1) When writing an email, please make sure to address it to both of us and include both our email addresses. This will help us better meet the needs of your children. Our email addresses are:
[email protected]
and
jane_daniels @newton.k12.ma.us
2) As we get to know your children, we will be learning about the areas in which we can push and stretch them, as well as the areas in which they may benefit from additional support. If there are any concerns around classwork or homework, please let us know.
3) We are looking forward to meeting you at Back to School Night on SEPTEMBER 18th. Based on parent feedback from previous years about Back to School Night we are looking to make some small changes to the usual routine to improve your experience as parents. As part of our presentation, we will explain in more detail how our co-taught classroom is run and the ways in which the needs of your children will be met.
4) Please check out our website. This will be a great place to keep up to date with what is happening in fifth grade. We will post assignments, feedback, updates and photos of work that the students are doing in school. There will also be helpful information about the concepts and skills that we are working on in class.
5) Musical instruction has started in fifth grade. Please know that if your child is participating in Band, they will need their instruments on Wednesday. If they are participating in Strings they should bring their instruments on Fridays.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions. We're here to help.
-Andy and Jane
Welcome to Fifth Grade! We are looking forward to getting to know your children, and we’re excited to work in partnership with you. We, as your lead teachers, Mr. Andy Garlick and Ms. Jane Daniels, are a team and will both be teaching your children every day.
We also wanted to take this opportunity to let you know some ways in which you can support us and to let you know about some important fifth grade information.
1) When writing an email, please make sure to address it to both of us and include both our email addresses. This will help us better meet the needs of your children. Our email addresses are:
[email protected]
and
jane_daniels @newton.k12.ma.us
2) As we get to know your children, we will be learning about the areas in which we can push and stretch them, as well as the areas in which they may benefit from additional support. If there are any concerns around classwork or homework, please let us know.
3) We are looking forward to meeting you at Back to School Night on SEPTEMBER 18th. Based on parent feedback from previous years about Back to School Night we are looking to make some small changes to the usual routine to improve your experience as parents. As part of our presentation, we will explain in more detail how our co-taught classroom is run and the ways in which the needs of your children will be met.
- 6:30 - 7:15 K-2 Presentations
- 7:20 - 7:40 Introductions
- 7:45 - 8:30 3-5 Presentations
4) Please check out our website. This will be a great place to keep up to date with what is happening in fifth grade. We will post assignments, feedback, updates and photos of work that the students are doing in school. There will also be helpful information about the concepts and skills that we are working on in class.
5) Musical instruction has started in fifth grade. Please know that if your child is participating in Band, they will need their instruments on Wednesday. If they are participating in Strings they should bring their instruments on Fridays.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions. We're here to help.
-Andy and Jane