Welcome to Curriculum Night!

Mrs. Seymour5th Grade

Expectations

• Students will be respectful to teachers, other students and school property

• Students will copy down homework in their planners at the end of every day

• Students will be responsible to turn in homework and classwork on time

• Students will acknowledge classroom rules, and understand that consequences will occur when rules are broken

Other Expectations

• All books need to be coveredHard cover: Brown paper bag or a pocket

coverSoft cover: Clear contact paper

• Students need to be in full uniform at all times- please refer to uniform policyGym will be every Wednesday *

Homework

• Homework will be posted daily on my Teacher WebScience, Spanish, and Honors Math

homework will be posted on those teachers pages**

• All grades will be posted on Cornerstonegrades will be posted within 5 days of

assignment due or test given

Assessments

• Quizzes and Tests

• Homework

• Projects

• Exit tickets & Classwork

Grading System

• Summative Assessments 45%

• Quizzes 25%

• Classwork/participations 20%

• Homework 10%

=Total 100%

Language Arts Grading

In Language arts the weighting is fixed and is as follows:

• 40% composition and writing

• 40% grammar

• 20% spelling

=100%

New York State Tests

• English Language Arts test:April 5th, 6th, and 7th

• Math tests:April 13th and 15th

Parent Communication

• I will post a weekly newsletter on Teacher Web as well as a paper copy sent home with your child. Newsletter will consist of: What we are working on and will work on Projects and tests coming up Events to be aware of

• Questions, comments or concerns can be made through email and/or phone call

“A positive parent-teacher relationship helps your child feel good about school and be successful in school”

-Diane Levin, Ph.D., professor of education at Wheelock College.

Curriculum

• Math

• Science

• Technology*

• Religion

• Social Studies

• English Language Arts Writing Reading Spelling/Vocabulary

Math- 5th • Over the course of the year we will cover:

Place Value Multiplying whole numbers Divide by a one-digit divisor Divide by a two-digit divisor Add and subtract decimals Multiplying and dividing decimals Expressions and patterns Fractions and decimals Add and subtracting decimals Multiplying and diving decimals Measurement Geometry

Math Extra Help

I will be staying after school on Tuesdays- for 5th grade for any students who want/need extra

help.

Religion

Miss Vaczi will be teaching Religion this year while I will be teaching a

double Social Studies to the other 5th grade class.

Social Studies

• Unit 1* Early Life, East and West

• Unit 2* Connections Across Continents

• Unit 3* Colonial Life in North America

• Unit 4* American Revolution

We will be working with vocabulary and cause and effect, using and creating time lines and doing group work, research and technology to extend on lessons from the text.

• Spelling/Vocabulary Vocabulary and spelling tests alternating every other

week

• Grammar Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs,

prepositions, conjunctions and interjections, sentences, punctuation and capitalization, and diagramming

• Writing Personal narratives, how-to articles, business letters,

descriptions, book reports, creative writing, persuasive writing, and research reports

ELA

ELA-continued

• The students will be learning how to Draw inferences, determine theme and summarize,

compare and contrast story elements, connect across text, how to close read, and work with language

• We will be using the Reading Street text that is aligned with the common core it will be covering different types of texts in addition to Engage NY Modules fiction, non-fiction, poetry, tall tales, autobiographies,

biographies, persuasive texts, expository texts, historical fiction, etc.

*This will teach comprehension, fluency, speaking and listening, language, and writing

Technology

We will be using iPads, the computer lab, and the SmartBoard to create projects and presentations over the course of the year.

• Some projects for this year: We will be creating an iMovie to review the

vocabulary words PowerPoint presentations for research projects SmartNotebook/SmartBoard to create interactive

math activities

Science/ Spanish

• Science: New this year, students will be going to Mrs. Canfield every day for Science instruction.

• Spanish: This will be another great year with Mrs. Vallejo!

Both teachers are here tonight and look forward to meeting and discussing their curriculum with you.

Questions?

Please write any questions you still might have on the post-its and place them on question board

• I will post both question and answers on teacher web for everyone to access

• Feel free to email me with any other questions or concerns

I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children over the course of the school year!

Texts Used in addition to EngageNY

• McGraw-Hill: My Math Grade 5 volume 1 & 2

• Sadlier School: New York Progress- Mathematics

• Scott Foresman: Social Studies- The United States

• Scott Foresman: Everyday Spelling

• Sadlier: Vocabulary Workshop- Level blue

• Loyola Press: Exercise in English

• Sadlier School: New York Progress- English Language Arts

• Loyola Press: Voyages in English- Writing and Grammar

• Pearson: Reading Street- common core

Contact Me

Once again, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns throughout the school year

• Email: dseymour@smdpschool.net

• Phone: (845) 452-4428

*Please check Teacher Web for this powerpoint and for the parent/teacher conference schedule*