rachel.niswander@bexleyschools.org

lori.smith@bexleyschools.org

 

     

 

 

Rachel Niswander: teaches Math and Social Studies in the morning and is the Maryland Teacher Leader in the afternoon.

Lori Smith: is a teacher aide supporting both 5^th Grade classrooms in the morning and in the afternoon, teaches the Language Arts curriculum. 

 

 

 

 

Specials Schedule Overview

Music: Tuesday 1:55 – 2:30 & Friday 1:10 – 1:45

 

P.E.:  Thursday 1:55 – 2:30 & Friday 12:35 – 1:10

 

Art: Tuesday 10:20 – 11:30

 

Spanish: Wednesday 10:20 – 10:55

 

Library: Wednesday 12:35 – 1:10

 

Strings (optional): Wednesday 9:45 – 10:20 &

Thursday 2:30 – 3:05

 

Guidance Time:  Tuesday 2:30 – 3:05

 

Buddies: Friday 10:55 – 11:30

 

Lunch: 11:30 –12:00

 

Recess: 12:00 – 12:30

 

 

Parent Communications:  
We can be reached at the email address listed above.  Please allow 24 hours for one of us to get back to you.  If you send an email over the weekend we will follow-up shortly after the weekend, or earlier if available.   

If there is something significant impacting your student's well being please consider letting us know so we may make adjustments if needed to their workload.  As it may impact their learning and others.

 

Parents and Canvas: 
Please sign-up for a parent account into Canvas.  A parent/observer account will enable you to view classroom notices, assignments, resource lists, and more.  It's important that you have your own account and not use your student's login.  Privacy of student information and interactions are covered by Federal Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA). Your account permits you to see your student's work.  Your parent Canvas account will work across all buildings and classrooms that your children are in at Bexley Schools.

How to Sign-Up: Please use a desktop or laptop computer to sign-up initially, not a mobile device.  Go to the Canvas page (http://bexleyschools.instructure.com) click on Parent of a Canvas user.  Enter in the information asked for and then have your child enter in their Canvas/Network username and passcode.  Passcodes are unique to each student, this is why you’ll need your child with you when you initially setup your Canvas account or when adding another student.  An email will be set which you'll click in the finish the registration process.  Once you’re registered in the system you can add additional children under your Account, Settings, Observing.  Canvas provides you with one place to view and access course and classroom information across the multiple schools and classrooms.  Here is a website that describes the features available to the observer role.

Classroom Rules:
 The school-wide rules covered in the student handbook will also be used in this class. 

• Respect self and others.  A student's behavior should not distract others from their opportunity to learn. 

 

Expectations:
We expect that each student to come to class ready to learn and to put forth his or her best effort each and every day.  That is the key to success in this classroom!

 

 **This syllabus is subject to change at any time. 
If this occurs, you will be informed of the change immediately.