Classroom Crier

Darcy Ritacco

MARTIN KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL

155 Harding Ave.

666-5418

http://www.mk.npsct.org

June 2015

Welcome to 5th Grade on the Brown-Ritacco Team!

of experience were spent
in 3rd, 4th, and 5th
grade! In her free time,
she enjoys spending time
hiking and camping with
her two boys.

Hold
on!

The Ritaccos

Hello 5th graders!

Welcome to Martin
Kellogg Middle School!
Your teachers hope you
are ready for a jampacked year full of fun
learning opportunities. Mrs.
Brown will be teaching you
math and science. Mrs.
Ritacco will teach you English language arts and social studies.

This is Mrs. Ritaccos

11th year teaching in
Newington. She taught language arts and social studies in 6th grade for 6
years before teaching 5th
grade. In her free time, she
enjoys chasing around her
3-year old and mini Australian shepherd, swimming, and reading (of
course!).

SOME THINGS YOU WILL

BE LEARNING ABOUT:

Multiplication and Division of

Decimals & Fractions

Geometry

Personal Narratives, Nonfiction text features, Writing

from Sources

Geography, Japan, Africa

Sound, Light, The Moon, The

Senses

The Browns

What should I bring to school?

tipped sharpie marker,
and an eraser

4 colored pocket folders

that have metal prongs
that will hold holepunched papers

2 3-ring binder

1 package of binder tab

dividers

a pencil case with colored pencils, pencils,

highlighters, black fine

One folder with a picture

on it (homework folder)

2 packages of loose leaf

paper

FIRST DAY: AUG. 26 AT

8:05 A.M.

LABOR DAY: SEPT. 7

PICTURE DAY: SEPT. 10

ROSH HASHANNA: SEPT. 14

YOM KIPPUR: SEPT. 23

TEACHER TUESDAYS: STEPT. 8,

SEPT. 22 *1:00 DISMISSAL

OPEN HOUSE: SEPT. 16

OPTIONAL SEPT. CONFERENCES:

SEPT. 24-25

Attention 5th Graders

Mrs. Browns 16 years

I bet many of you are wondering what to bring on the

first day of school. You will
need the basics:

Special Dates :

Flashdrive/zipdrive

A picture of yourself

a silent reading book

your summer projects

(Math and Reading)

You should have or

will receive a summer packet.
If you are new to the system,
you can pick one up in the
schools office or download
one from our schools website. Please complete the
math packet and the reading
assignment.
We are looking forward to seeing your summer
projects! We will be sharing
them the first week of school.
Please complete them and
bring them in the first day of
school.