Ms. Colleen Proffitt's

5th Grade

Ms. Proffitt has been teaching for 15 years.

She taught 4th grade at Laurel Elementary and has taught 2nd, 6th,

and now 5th at Doe Elementary.

Ms. Proffitt has a Bachelor's Degree from ETSU and a Master's degree from Tusculum College.

Her hobbies include playing the piano, reading, walking, and collecting cookbooks and music boxes.

You can e-mail her at proffittc3@k12tn.net

Materials needed for 5th grade:

1 box of colored pencils

2 glue sticks

Ruler with standard and metric measurements

Scissors (Student Friskers)

Theme Notebooks 70 count (Please buy several for the entire year. These are usually on sale at Wal-Mart before school starts)

1 3-ring notebook for Review

Puffs or Kleenex (2 boxes)

Clorox Disinfecting wipes (2 containers)

2 Spiral bound index cards

Pencils #2 lead (Please get enough for the entire year)

Notebook paper for classwork

Calculator/Casio 260 or Casio 300 (They are at Wal-Mart for $7.00-$10.00)

Protractor

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Skills that need to be reinforced at home:

*Multiplication facts

*Cursive handwriting

*Writing stories

*States and Capitals

            *Students should read aloud at least 10 minutes each night