Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

Picture of us and what we are teaching

Here’s our 5th Grade Team – We collaborate and work closely together so we can have a FABULOUS year!

This is how we feel about the HEAT days! UGH!

Information• Daily agenda- Monday through Thursday- please

sign daily.• Communication through e-mail, weekly newsletter• E-mail is the best way to contact teachers.• Daily snack during recess• Class website

5th Grade-Howell, April / Meet Ms. Howell

Special EventsColonial Day

Poetry Cocoa ShackWinter Friend-a-Bration

Human Growth and Development

Soda Bottle RocketryBizTown

Colonial Play

Field TripsArizona Science Center

Halle Heart Center

Theatrical Production

Junior Achievement’s Biz Town – Feb. 6th

Tax Credit

•Up to a $400 Donation to Tarwater’s 5th Grade•Used for special events and fieldtrips•Full Tax Refund•Make your tax credit donation online at:

https://chandler.mytechsupport.com/eca•Some employers match donations•Any relative in Arizona can donate to your child also!

Social Studies •American History from Exploration to the Civil War•Language Arts Integration•Research Projects•Field Trips/Play

UNITSEarly European Explorers

13 ColoniesRevolutionary War

Westward ExpansionCivil War

Economics

Science

• Bubble Gum Science/Scientific Method• Forces and Motion• Mixtures and Solutions• Science Fair• STEM• Human Body SystemsScience Class Fee of $5.00 (payable to Tarwater PTO) Thank you!

Hands-on ExperimentsNon-fiction texts

ReadingLiterary Elements

Non-fiction and Informational Text Scholastic News Literature StudiesAR-Self Selected Literature

Newly Adopted Reading Program - Journeys

Writing Thinking Maps

Different Types of Writing• Persuasive• Expository• Personal Narrative• Functional• Research

Saxon Math•ON-GRADE Level •ABOVE-GRADE Level •30 problems per day•Textbooks are accessible on-line.

--(Working on the online part.)

Components of Saxon that we love:

*No pictures, just the problems *Students grouped with peers

*Daily computation *New concept introduced

*Daily problem solving (STAR) *Mental Math *Continuing practice & review

Accelerated Reader (AR)

• 85% comprehension score• Goals

-Students help set goals

• Quick Comprehension Results• AR Goal is 10% of the Reading grade• We want kids to LOVE

reading!

· Agenda = do it right! · Parents sign your agenda each night · 30 – 50 minutes of homework each day · Use your class time wisely = less homework · It’s due when it’s due! · 1 day late = 50% of what you earned on that assignment · 2 days late = accepted but at 40% credit · You cannot call your parents for late homework · 2 “Late Homework Passes” per quarter o You can still turn it in the next day for full credit of whatever you earned.

Questions

• Please ask if you have any questions.

Thank You!

We are looking forward to a

productive and exciting school year!