Curriculum Night 5th grade HGTSeptember 10, 2013
Reading and Writing Curriculum William and Mary Gifted and Talented
Literature Book selections and response writing Aligns with the Common Core Standards Literature Circles: Novels are selected at
student reading level Step- up- to Writing Essays and persuasive writing Historical Fiction
Math Curriculum
Everyday Math 6th grade Math Journals……Homework Hands on Equations Pre-algebra
Social Studies Curriculum
Ameritowne: Economics Civics
History Alive Exploration Colonization Revolutionary War
William and Mary GT Civil War Independent Study of period of
American History
Science Curriculum DPS Science kits Heat and Change Weather Human Body Steve Spangler Experiments Science Guy demonstrations Joy Hakim Science Books
Kristy Collins Kristy [email protected] http://
teacherweb.com/CO/SouthmoorElementarySchool/ThirdGradeCollins/ucalendar2.aspx
http://southmoor.dpsk12.org/ On the Southmoor site, go to Classroom
News and then Mrs.Collins’website
Activities and ClubsSemantics Club: prepares students for interschool, district, State and National bees.
Sponsored by Mrs. Collins. Meets in room 106 Tuesday 3:45-
4:45Meets in room 106 during lunch on
day TBD
Activities Shakespeare Band Choir Art classes
Special 5th Grade Events Ameritowne Balarat two or three days SPREE Continuation American Opera
Homework No homework packets Homework will be on a ‘needs” finish
classwork at homework Projects will be completed at home and at
school Science Fair Projects Reading and Writing assignments Homework chart on inside of classroom door Assignments will be noted in planners
Volunteers Ameritowne Scholastic books Auction project More?.....