Welcome to 5th Grade Curriculum Night
Mrs. Almendarez
Mrs. Herting
Ms. Koshick
Mrs. Noppenberg
Mr. Urquieta
August 3, 2016
Communication with You
• Daily agendas
• Weekly- Parent Update (e-mail/ website)
• E-mail communication with homeroom teacher
• The Gecko Newsletter (e-mail)
• Report Cards (end of each quarter)
• Conferences (October and February/March)
– October: Select students based on academic progress
– February/March: Student led
• Homework on web page
http://www.kyrene.org/Page/29894
• Other e-mails, phone calls, notes, meetings as
needed
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Respectful Behavior System• Brisas’ No Tolerance: No physical aggression, swearing,
destruction of property, defiance
• School Wide PBIS System
– clear and consistent expectations and consequences
– Think time model
• Clip Chart/Behavior Scale System in agenda
• Classroom tickets
• Consistent procedures and routines in all classes
– Teacher collaboration on shared students
• Emphasis on student success and building confidence
using Lifeskills and Kaliedoeye lessons
Classroom Policies
• Water Bottles– bring sock or place on
paper towel
• Restroom– go as needed with pass but
encouraged to go at snack, recess, lunch
• Snack– healthy snack to eat in the
morning (NO candy, fruit roll ups, etc..)
– Due to allergies we are a NUT FREE GRADE
• No toys or other objects that may distract
Homework
• Reinforces skills, builds responsibility and work
habits, purposeful homework
• Should be able to be done mostly independently
• Focus on daily homework
• Classwork that was not finished in the allotted time
may become additional homework that day.
• Homework Policy-unless otherwise stated it is due
the following day. Missing assignments will be
completed during lunch recess.
Agendas
• Each homework assignment, project, and
test is written in the class agenda for
each subject and posted on the 5th Grade
website- www.kyrene.org
• Behavior Scale in agenda each night
• Please check and initial each night
• Write any issues, concerns, questions
Report Cards
• Graded on skills your child has achieved
by 5th grade expectations
• Same skills increase in difficulty as year
progresses
• Some skills are introductory, others
mastery
• Standard scale for letter grades
• Grades available online through Parent
Vue and are updated constantly
http://www.kyrene.org/ksdportal/
This Year’s Standardized
Tests
• Benchmark assessments
throughout the year (STAR Math,
DIBELS)
• AZ Merit-April
ELA: English Language Arts
Reading
Literature and Informational Text
• Balance reading literature with informational text over a
range of genres with a focus on:
– Key ideas and details(cite, summarize/main idea &details,
compare/contrast story elements/topics)
– Craft and structure (vocabulary, figurative lang., text
structure)
– Integration of knowledge and ideas(multiple texts/sources)
– Range of reading and level of text complexity
Foundational Skills
• Phonics and word recognition (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
• Fluency
• 1st Quarter-Tuck Everlasting**Needs to be in class and at home everyday starting 8/8
• 2nd Quarter-Esperanza Rising
• 3rd & 4th Quarter-Smaller works of informational text
ELA: Literature Studies
• 6 Traits
• 4 point scale writing rubric for grading
• Skills integrated with literature studies, social studies and STEM programs, math
• Thinking maps
ELA: English Language Arts
Writing
• Text types and purposes
– Opinion, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative
• Production and distribution of writing
– Organization appropriate to task, purpose, audience
• Research to build and present knowledge
– Research, analysis, and reflection
• Range of writing
• Comprehension and Collaboration – Effectively engage in discussions
• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas– Report on a topic
• Conventions of Standard English and Knowledge of Language– Use proper grammar and conventions both written and
orally
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use– Determine word meanings using context, roots,
figurative language
(A portion of this grade is observational by all three teachers)
ELA: English Language Arts
Speaking and Listening
• HW is nightly, due the following day, and may include:– reading a chapter (or 2), answering a reading
response question, grammar, vocabulary, spelling
• Tests– Will occur when appropriate within the unit.
• Spelling– Words given on a worksheet every
Wednesday and need to be copied in the agenda. Weekly test on Wednesday over 10 random words from the list.
ELA: Homework/Tests
4 Point Scale Rubric
4 Point Scale Rubric
Score
4.0
In addition to score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was
taught.
Score
3.0
The student is able to independently perform the grade level standard being taught
Score
2.0
Working independently, the student is partially proficient on the grade level standard being
taught
Score
1.0
With help, the student is partially proficient on the grade level standard being taught
Score
0
Even with help, student is not able to complete work on the grade level standard being
taught
Rubric to Percent Conversion
4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0
100 95 90 80 70 65 60 50
4 Point Scale Rubric-Example
Writing -Narrative
Score
4.0
In addition to score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was
taught.
Score
3.0
The student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events clearly and
detailed using the following:
Orient the reader by establishing a situation, introducing a narrator and/or
characters, organize an event sequence
Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop the
story
Link ideas with transition words/phrases
Use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experience
Score
2.0
The student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events using some of
the following:
Orient the reader by establishing a situation, introducing a narrator and/or
characters, organize an event sequence
Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop the
story
Link ideas with transition words/phrases
Use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experience
Score
1.0
With help, the student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events that
contains some narrative techniques, descriptive details, and/or clear event sequencing
Score
0
Even with help, no response was provided or response if off topic.
5th Grade Math Curriculum
Mathematics- Mathematical Practices from
Common CORE
• Make sense of problems and persevere in
solving them
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of structure
• Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning
- Homework will be given daily and will be due the next day
- Test and quizzes will be given when appropriate within the unit
Math: Homework/Tests
Close Reading/ Non-Fiction • Emphasis in Science/ Social
Studies/Health– 1st read
– 2nd read and annotate
– 3rd gist
– 4th read for a purpose (if there
are questions read the
questions and reread the
passage and underline the
answers. If it’s a summary
reread for main idea details etc.)
– 5th Complete purpose (answer
questions, write a summary,
etc)
• Homework will reflect Close
Reading Skills
Included in the 5th Grade
Health Curriculum:
• Positive health behaviors and choices
• Basic nutrients and healthy diet
• Media and peer influences
• Growth and development
• Goal-setting and decision-making
• Reducing health risks
• Accessing accurate health information
• Supported by Health textbook, Human
Growth and Development and
Kaleidoeye
Included in the 5th Grade
Science Curriculum:
• Scientific Method
• Human body
– Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous System
• Forces and Motion
– Simple Machines
• Matter and Energy
– Atoms, Chemical and Physical reactions
• Earth and Space
– Moon and Planets
• Biomes
– Solutions to challenges Biomes face
STEM
• Science Technology Engineering and Math
• Used to support Next Generation Science
Standards-engineering focus
• Science Units supported by Engineering Is
Elementary unit
• Human Body
– Knee Brace
• Forces and Motion
– Potato Mover
• Earth and Space
– Mercury Parachute
• Other STEM Challenges throughout the year
Included in the 5th Grade
Social Studies Curriculum:
• European Explorers
• Settlement/Colonization
• American Revolution
• Structure and functions of government
• Westward Expansion
• Civil War
• Research skills
– Explorer Report/State Report
• Economics
• Geography
Current Events
• Supports Social Studies Curriculum
• 1 per quarter
• Worksheet and short presentation
• Internet or print news
• Goal is for students to understand
important local, national, and global
events
• Please remember to keep it appropriate
• Schedule coming soon!
Please take a minute to scan this QR
code below to take a brief survey at the
end of tonight