Welcome to 5th Grade!

2014-2015 Curriculum Night

Schedule7:15-7:45 Children arrive; morning work

7:45-8:00 Announcements; Number Talks

8:00-8:45 Specials

8:45-10:00 Math

10:00-10:45 Reading

10:45-11:40 ELA/Spelling

11:40-12:10 Lunch

12:10-12:30 Recess

12:30-12:45 ELA/Spelling

12:45-2:05 Science/Social Studies/Health

2:05-2:25 Dismissal

Grading Scale

• A=90-100

• B=80-89

• C=74-79

• D=70-73

• F=0-69

• Grades will be determined through a variety of assessment tools.

English/Language Arts-CCGPSReading Workshop

• Integrated with Social Studies and Science

• Use a variety of genres and materials

• Use a variety of strategies

• Focus: Text complexity/Rigor

• Delivery:

– Large/Small Group

– Flexible Skills Group-inference, sequence, main idea, etc.

– Independent Reading Focuses

English/Language Arts-CCGPS• Grammar and Vocabulary

• Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

• GUMS

• Wordly Wise

• Spelling

• Words Their Way/ Weekly Spelling Tests

• Writing

• Fifth Grade Writing Workshop using Lucy Calkins resources

• Focus: Opinion, Information, Research, and Narrative Writing

Writing Workshop

• Idea development

• Organization

• Style

• Conventions

Conventions/Grammar

• Basic understanding of parts of speech

• Relationship to the writing process

• Understanding of how to use appropriate reference materials

• Use of correct spelling in daily work

• Word study

Mathematics-CCGPS• Content Standards

• Understanding of and fluency with core skills

• Number sense, operations including fractions and decimals

• Practice Standards

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• Construct argument and critique reasoning of others

• Model with mathematics

Social Studies

• Citizenship

• Civil War and Reconstruction

• The Changing Nation

• World War I, Jazz Age, Great Depression

• World War II, Cold War

• America 1950-1975

• America 1975-present

Health

• Nutrition/Personal Health

• Medicine Safety

• Disease Prevention

• Growth and Development

• Personal Safety

• Human Growth and Development

Science

• Constructive and Destructive Forces

• Matter

• Electricity and Magnetism

• Cells and Microorganisms

• Classification of Organisms and Genetics

Technology

Many technological resources allow us cross-curricular connections with reading, research, and investigating.•Smart Board•I-pad carts•Computer labs •Classroom computers•Wireless cart laptops

Outside the curriculum

• Confidence

• Solve Problems

• Accountability

• Responsibility

*Obstacles and failures are opportunities for them to grow and mature!

Rules

• Be Respectful

• Be Responsible

• Be Resourceful

• Speak life into others!

Behavior Log/Assignments

• Each student has a behavior log in their binder. If issues occur, I will mark in this. This should be signed every Thursday night.

• Assignments will be posted on the wiki at www.argoaces.wikispaces.com.

Homework

• Reading Daily: 20-30 minutes– Monthly Reading Log (600 minutes…form

found on wiki)

• 20 AR points every nine weeks

• Practice fluency in math facts

Few thoughts

• Water bottles• Birthdays: Let me know if you want

to send in a treat. This works best to be brought to lunch.

• If there is a change in your child’s afternoon transportation, it must be done in writing or by phone call to the school office. No emails.

Important Dates• ITBS: October 10th – 17th

• Conferences: October 20th – 24th

• Immigration Day: December 12th

• Winter Holiday Party: December 19th

• End of Grade Assessment (formerly CRCT) April 15th – 24th

• 5th Grade Picnic: May 15th

• Awards Ceremony: May 20th

• Walk of Honor: May 20th

• Breakfast: May 21st

Closing Remarks

4 Goals for the school year:

1. Help students become more independent2. Provide students with the tools to monitor, evaluate, and

have ownership over their own learning3. Help students establish good work and study habits at both

school and home4. Have students grow as individuals inside and outside the

classroom environment, learning to work with others and to be aware of their influence.

A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.

~Author Unknown

Thanks for sharing your child with me!

REMEMBER!!• Please send a healthy snack, water bottle

(if you choose) and a book each day• Please sign and leave on the desk the

Safety Patrol form• Feel free to leave a note for your son or

daughter on the sticky note