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5 th Grade Curriculum Night 2014-2015. Academy of the Arts. Grade level field trip to Ballet Arizona School –wide talent show Annual Art Walk
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Academy of the Arts • Grade level field trip to Ballet Arizona • School –wide talent show • Annual Art Walk • Academy Mission Statement ~ By utilizing an arts focused curriculum, we will enhance each child’s sense of belonging, sense of self, and ability to achieve academically.
Fifth Grade Teachers’ Mission Statement As fifth grade teachers, we will provide all students with high quality, standards based lessons for academic achievement. Through collaboration, effective communication, teamwork, and shared leadership, we will plan for, assess, and celebrate student success.
Fifth Grade Students’ Mission Statement As fifth graders we are here to learn and grow mentally, physically, and socially to be the best learner we can be. We need to communicate, cooperate, and use 212° focus to achieve our goals. We will make this happen by believing in ourselves, persevering, and showing respect to each other while learning every moment.
Classroom Continuous Improvement • Mission Statement Development • Plan, Do, Study Act • Smart Goal for each subject area • 2 week cycles • Student data folders
Mathwith MissEide! AZ College and Career Readiness Standards • Write & interpret numerical expressions. • Analyze patterns & relationships. • Understand the place value system. • Perform operations with decimals & fractions. • Convert measurements. • Represent & interpret data. • Understand concepts of volume. • Graph points on the coordinate plane. • Classify two-dimensional figures. • Solve real-world & mathematical problems.
8 Mathematical Practices • 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
A typical day in Miss Eide’s math class… • Warm-Up • Math Minutes • ACE • Review the homework • Fluency Practice • Daily Lesson • Examples & notes • Problem Set & Exit Ticket
Homework?#ugh! • Why homework? • Practice makes perfect! • Review, review, review… • Why this homework? • Not ENY homework. • Critical thinking skills (Math Practice #1 – Make sense of problems & persevere in solving them). • Problems with the homework? • YouTube, Kahn Academy, Mathnasium, etc. • Bring it to class and we’ll go over it together.
Sample Problem: Which four days in a row have a sum of 70?
Answer! Which four days in a row have a sum of 70?
ELA (English Language Arts)Mrs. McLuen WRITING • Six Traits: Word Choice, Voice, Ideas, Conventions, Sentence Fluency, Organization • Personal Narrative, Expository Paragraph, Letters, Persuasive Essays, Book Reviews, Research Report (50% Narrative & 50% Expository) • Thinking Maps • Write From the Beginning • Daily Oral Language • Write-Steps Curriculum READING • Informational Text • Vocabulary Building-content specific • Text Complexity • Qualitative-attentive reader , such as levels of meaning or purpose; structure; language conventionality and clarity; and knowledge • Quantitative-Lexile (word difficulty, structure, etc.) • Expected Level 565-910 in 5th grade
Social Studies/ScienceMrs. Harman SOCIAL STUDIES • Geography/Mapping skills • Harcourt Social Studies • US History • World History • Unit Projects • DBQs SCIENCE • Scientific Process • Human Body • Mixtures and Solutions • Levers and Pulleys • Space • FOSS Kits • Science Fair
Homework • Monthly Book Celebration • Unfinished work from class • Math Homework
Technology • Computer lab • Netbooks • Skype • Assessments
Communication and Parent Involvement • Phone, email, letters, notes • Report cards / Standards Based • New Standards-Based Grading • Link to informative PowerPoint • 5th Grade Website • Conferences-student led • Planners • Weekly Wrap Up Folders • Notice of Concern • Goal Folders • Remind Text Alerts
Academic Assessments • Tests • Quizzes • State Testing – To be determined…
Terramar TITAN PRIDE Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible Be a Learner • Terramar teaches and follows Titan Pride RTI-B and Character Counts Pillars of Character
Titan Pride! PURPOSE • Establish school-wide specific behavior expectations in and outside of the classroom for all students and staff • Provide opportunities to track and monitor behaviors so we can support all students • Align with Character Counts Pillars of Character • Reward students for displaying safe, responsible, and respectful behaviors • Titan Tickets • School-Wide Titan of the Month recognition
Terramar Character Counts! • Pillars of Character: • Trustworthy • Respect • Responsibility • Fairness • Caring • Citizenship • Ways we reinforce… • Weekly announcements • Positive feedback to students
School RulesBullying policies • Reporting System • Character Counts/ Top 20 Grades 3-8