McCarty Elementary School

5th Grade

Dana Watts, Teacher

Welcome to Curriculum Night!

Meet Mrs. Watts

•Eastern Illinois University: B.A. 2006

•This is my 7th year at McCarty and my 5th year

teaching.

•Married to Dan Watts for 5 years!

•Hobbies include: reading, going to see musicals in Chicago, scrapbooking,

spending time with family and friends, vacationing at the Jersey Shore!

Classroom Management •5W Compliment Chain

•Fun Friday

•Individual praise and Mighty Mustangs

•Rainbow Chart

Silver-Role Model

Pink-Outstanding

Blue-Positive Participant

Green-ready to learn

Yellow-think about your choices

Orange-Take 5

Red-Detention

School Hours Absences Excessive Absenteeism/Truancy/Chronic Truancy

School Hours

M, T, Th, F = 9:05-3:35 (Tardy Bell 9:05)

W = 9:15-3:35 (Tardy Bell 9:15)

— Enter @ 8:50-9:00 (M,T,TH,F)

— Enter @ 9:00-9:10 (W)

— Parent/Guardians must report to the main office with their student to sign them

in if tardy.

Absences

— Absences of 5 or more consecutive days will require a physician note in order

to return to school.

— Parents must call the main office for absences (630-375-3400 (press 3).

Excessive Absenteeism/Truancy

— Absenteeism significantly interferes with students learning, as reflected in

academic performance or social development and/or is more than 5% (2 days)

per quarter of the days in session.

— A letter will be sent to the parent/guardian if exceeding the 5% for tardies

and/or absences.

— Our Truancy Team will work with families to improve absences.

Please Help Keep Kids Safe!

Please refrain from using your cell phone while in a school zone.

If you are driving children, all passengers must be wearing a seatbelt or buckled into a child safety seat.

Please follow the posted speed limit and school staff members directing traffic.

All of the above are Illinois state laws. Police officers are monitoring our school zone. Thanks for your help in keeping our Mustangs safe!

Reading A Balanced Literacy Program including:

Textbook: by Harcourt Distant Voyages

Novel Studies; Tuck Everlasting and Night of the Twisters

Guided Reading

Word Wall/ Nifty Thrifty Fifty

Work on stories and focus skill for 2 weeks

.

Writing Writer’s Workshop

Memoir

Opinion -Editorial

Personal Essay

Poetry

Six + One Traits Writing includes ideas and content, organization, word

choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.

Mini-lessons address the writing process as students learn through the traits.

Common Core Standards The Common Core initiative was born out of the need

to define a set of clear, rigorous standards in K-12 education to ensure students graduate high school with the preparation to succeed in college and careers in the 21st century.

• In June 2010, the state of Illinois formally adopted the new learning standards based on Common Core.

• Resources for parents can be found on the Illinois State Board of Education website.

Updated Mathematics Curriculum

• Throughout the 2011-12 school year, a District 204

committee met to update the current curriculum to fit

the new standards. These standards are being

implemented this year.

• The Profile of Progress that is received quarterly with

report cards has been updated to align with these new

standards.

Math Text materials: Everyday Math Program

Advanced multiplication and division

Fractions

Decimals

Probability and Statistics

Geometry and Measurement

Graphing

Problem solving

Social Studies Chronological history of the U. S. with major focus on:

Early Americans

American Revolution/Colonial period

Civil War/Westward Movement

Reconstruction

20th Century (Decades Party!!!)

Science

Digestion

Small Life

Weather

Magnetism/Electricity

Stars and Constellations

** Mrs. Tumpane will be teaching Science and I will be teaching

Social Studies!

Other Items…

Internet Usage (only the sites on “Favorites”)

Homework Policy –Fun Friday Time

Assignment Book (students should fill out daily)

Accordion Folder and Take Home folder

Weekly 5th Grade newsletter-on website or request a

hard copy

* This power point will also be available on the website.

Heading for Sixth Grade Preparing our students for success in

middle school by:

•Teaching Independence

•High Expectations

•Assignment book

•Homework policy

•Visitors from the middle school

•Visit to the middle school

Thank you all for coming! Please make sure to sign up if you are

able to volunteer for field trips, classroom help, LMC, or Awesome Art.

Please sign up for a time for the November conferences!

All sheets are located in the hallway!

Thank you very much for coming!