Classroom Jobs
Role Model Behavior
Around Our Classroom
Classroom Rules
5th Grade 101
Classroom Library
100
How many people from our class have the "lunch tables" job each week?
2 people have the job to clean the lunch tables.
100
What does whole body listening mean?
**3 main parts
**Eyes are on the speaker
**Body is facing the speaker
**Voices are off
100
This woman might pop into our classroom from time to time. Who is she and what is her role this year?
Ms. Roberts, fifth grade teacher/ assistant principal
100
What are our two SCHOOL rules?
1) Be Kind
2) Work Hard
100
Who is your social studies and science teacher?
Mrs. Miller
100
You hear the bell chime, and you know independent reading time is over. What do you use to keep track of where you left off in your book? Where can you find these?
Bookmark, can find them next to the classroom library checkout.
200
Your job this week is to be homework checker. What does this mean that you need to do?
Homework checkers need to check off assignments if students hand them in by using the class list.
200
What does a role model line look like as we walk through the hallways?
(There are four things we need to do)
- Facing forward
- Single file
- Voices are off
- Walking on the right side of the hallway
200
When you walk in in the morning and read our classroom message, it asks you to turn in your spelling sentences. Where do you turn in your papers?
5Ma bin
200
I'm working on math. I raise my hand and share an incorrect answer. I hear someone laugh. How am I feeling? What should that person have done instead?
I feel badly about myself and embarrassed. I probably won't have the courage to share an answer again in math. Instead that person should have been more respectful and understood that the classroom is a place to make mistakes, and they help us grow.
200
What is our big end of the year celebration of fifth grade?
*Hint it takes the entire day
Field Day
200
Explain why each student has the book place holder mark. What will they help you do?
They will help you keep track of where you borrowed a book so that you can put it back in it's right spot.
300
What are two tools that the floor inspectors can use to help them do their jobs?
Broom and vacuum
300
List two things that are unexpected at morning mingle, and two actions that are expected.
Unexpected:
- Running
- Playing on the playground
Expected:
- Walking around
- Talking to friends
- Lining up when whistle is blown
300
If you need another piece of lined paper or graph paper where should you go?
The gray paper filler on the top of the manipulatives shelving space.
300
What are our three classroom rules?
1) Be Kind
2) Work Hard
3) Take care of our school and our materials
300
List a few committees or responsibilities that fifth graders could be a part of. Try to list at least five.
- Kindergarten Duty
- Sidewalk Duty
- Yearbook committee
- Student Council
- Green Team
- Honors Chorus/Strings/Band
- Radioactive Hamburgers
- Clusters collectors
- Water Brigade
*Others I probably forgot
300
How are the realistic fiction books organized now? How does Ms. Mahoney hope to organize them in the future?
By author, but Ms. Mahoney hopes to organize them by topic.
400
What are some expectations of people who have the job of kindergarten duty?
(Try to list at least three)
- Put chairs up
- Help put supplies away
- Wipe tables
- Help kindergarteners transition
- Any special requests from the K teacher
400
You are a fifth grader who is chosen to be a tour guide to visitors in the school. Can you name the grade levels and specialist room/rooms on the...
1st floor:
2nd floor:
3rd floor:
1st floor: K, 1, P.E., and Art
2nd floor: 4, 5, Media, Music, Tech Center
3rd floor: 2, 3, Spanish, Media classroom
400
Where do you find construction paper and how can you help keep the paper THIS organized?
In the closet behind our schedule. You can help us keep papers this way by making sure you put papers back according to color and slowly sliding them in.
400
What are three techniques that I'll use to get your attention? What do I expect from you to show me you're ready for me to give directions?
Attention Getters:
1) The chime
2) Counting down to zero
3) "Holy moly," "Guacamole!"
In order to show me that you're ready I need voices off and eyes on me (pausing what you're working on).
400
It's time for S.A.S.S.! What do you need to have before you go to Mrs. Miller's room?
- SASS binder
- Regular binder
- Pencil
- Any assignments/classwork that you will need for that class
400
You come across this book on the rug. Where should you put it so that it is in the right spot in our classroom library? Why did you choose this spot?
In the "C" bin, in alphabetical order. You would put this there because this book is realistic fiction.
500
It's the end of the day and we are just getting back from Buddies. We need to pack up quickly! Student's numbers are still in their lunch choice square, chromebooks are unplugged, and the people who are absent cannot put up their chairs. What are the names of the jobs that need to be done?
Magnets, technician, and chair checker
500
How can you show our two school rules? Give me two examples of how you can show each.
Answers will vary.
500
We have a lot of new technology and furniture in here. How do we need to treat it, especially since it is so new?
Keep it clean, be careful/gentle with new materials and technology
500
What are some good times to ask to go to the bathroom? Try to name at least three.
- Quiet time
- Transitions
- When you are done with your independent work
- Beginning of the day, and end of the day
(answers may vary)
500
One of your friends, who is in fourth grade, overhears you talking to another fifth grader about your DAN. The fourth grader asks, "Who is Dan?" How would you explain the name and the purpose of the tool?
- DAN = Daily Assignment Notebook
- Use it to keep track of assignments for each day
- Check off assignments when they are completed
- You need to copy the assignments as the teacher wrote it on the board
500
Explain our classroom library checkout system.
What do you need to do when you check out a book?
Check Out:
1) Place your personal book holder in the place where you took the book.
2) Open the index card box and find your index card (in alphabetical order based on last name)
3) Write the title and author of the book
Return:
1) Highlight the book title on the card
2) Put back in it's place