Welcome to Team 5A

1. Welcome to Team 5A A family of learners that support each other • Our Daily Schedule • 8:50-10:15 Academic #1 • 10:15-11:35 Academic #2 • 11:35-12:15 Recess/Lunch • 12:15-1:35 Academic #3 • 1:35-2:15 Specials • 2:15-2:55 IR • 2:55-3:40 Activity Period Snack Time 2:20-2:30

2. School / Team Rules • Be Positive • Be Prompt • Be Polite • Be Prepared • Be Productive • Be Persistent • Agenda Book • Homework recorded nightly • Assignment and Behavior chart signed weekly by parent – Every THURSDAY night • Consequences and Rewards

3. Rewards • Golden Apples • Good Apples • Quarterly Reward Parties • Pride Tickets (Apple of My Eye)

4. Agendas Purpose: To be used as an organizational tool by students and as a communication system by parents/families and teachers They are to be signed each Thursday nightby an adult. We check every Friday. Reward- less than 6 signatures = Invitation to Quarterly Reward Party Consequences for signatures: 3 = call to parent 6 = loss of Quarterly Reward Party 9 (and every 3 after that)= after school detention in cafeteria and parent                                           has to pick up at 4:30 pm 12 = Administrators brought in for help The good news… If your child goes 5 school days without a behavior signature, s/he can bring the Agenda Book to a teacher to get one erased! Homework signatures can be erased if the student completes their homework within the school week.

5. Homework Tool Kit • Pencils • Highlighter • Ruler • Eraser • Paper • Quiet space

6. Healthy Snack • Please make sure that the snacks that are being sent in are healthy and NUT FREE! • Team A teachers will acknowledge each student’s birthday but no treats from home.

7. Communication with Team • Teacher’s Website • E-mail teachers • Month at a Glance Calendar • Notes sent with child to give to teacher • Absent Student Forms/Buddy Children may not call home for any missing supplies or forgotten items.

8. Edulastic • All common assessments will be taken on Edulastic • Students will be expected to show their work for each problem on paper. • Students will be able to reflect on their score by logging on to Edulastic after the assessment has been graded. • Students will be required to fill in an assessment reflection sheet after each common assessment.

9. Test Reflection

10. Science • 2nd and 3rd quarters • 4 Units: Ecosystems, Sound and Light, • Forces and Motion, Solar System • Grades based on assessments - grades are ONLINE! • Assessments are based on Learning Targets. • To study, help focus on formatives & study tools. • Vocabulary study NIGHTLY until child tests out. • We need 2L bottles, egg cartons, and dish towels.

11. Social Studies A study of the regions and people of the Western Hemisphere • 6 Units taught in quarters 1 and 4 • Geography • American Indians • Government • Maya, Aztec, Inca & Mississipian Civilizations • Lasting Legacies • Financial Literacy • Grades based on midterm and final • Remember your child’s grades are available ONLINE! • Our first common assessment is a midterm and is next Friday.

12. Expectations for Math Mission: Develop and use important mathematical skills to help your child be successful in life. enVision 2.0

13. One Math Grade • Common Assessments = 80% • Topic Tests (after each topic) • Benchmark Tests (1 every 4 topics) • Checkpoint Quizzes = 10% • 2-3 per Quarter • Team Tasks = 10% • 1 per Quarter • Remember your child’s grades are available ONLINE!

14. Math Content Topic 1: Understanding Place Value Topic 2: Add and Subtract Decimals to Hundredths Topic 3: Fluently Multiply Multi-Digit Whole Numbers Topic 4: Use Models and Strategies to Multiply Decimals Topic 5: Use Models and Strategies to Divide Whole Numbers Topic 6: Use Models and Strategies to Divide Decimals Topic 7: Use Equivalent Fractions to Add and Subtract Fractions Topic 8: Apply Understanding of Multiplication to Multiply Fractions Topic 9: Apply Understanding of Division to Divide Fractions Topic 10: Understand Volume Concepts Topic 11: Convert Measurements Topic 12: Represent and Interpret Data Topic 13: Algebra: Write and Interpret Numerical Expressions Topic 14: Graph Points on the Coordinate Plane Topic 15: Algebra: Analyze Patterns and Relationships Topic 16: Geometric Measurement: Classifying Two-Dimensional Figures

15. Extra Math

16. English Language Arts • Reading and Writing Go Together • When students are learning about reading, they are writing about their reading. • When students are learning about writing, they are reading to improve their writing. • Literacy • Comprehending what is read • Read a balance of literary and informational texts • Read and annotate texts • Writing using text evidence • Building Vocabulary • Collaborative small group work

17. Literacy Expectations • Read a minimum of 150 pages per week • Be prepared for 60 minutes of independent reading at school • Have more than one independent reading book at school • Participate in small group discussions • during mini-lessons and guided reading • Read and write at home • Electronic Reading • Writing in Googledocs

18. Aligned to Literacy Common Core Standards • Lucy Calkins units of study in Writing and Reading Teachers College: Columbia University • Planned as a 5th grade team • Reading Research • Major Findings • The amount of reading a student does is directly related to reading achievement. • Reading at home = higher academic achievement in every subject

20. One Literacy Grade • Orchard Grading Scale: • A = 89.5% - 100% • B = 79.5% - 89.4% • C = 69.5% - 79.4% • D = 59.5% - 69.4% • F = 59.4% and below • Remember your child’s grades are available ONLINE!

21. Word Study • Word Study and Language Lessons used in a formative matter. • Whole Class Word Study Lessons • Student Independent Practice

22. Author Visit Who? Wendy Mass When? October 21, 2019 Books will be sold at school

23. Grade 5 Literacy Curriculum *Lucy Calkins is a resource that teachers will use during instruction throughout the school year. **Reading assessments are cumulative throughout the year. Dates are subject to change.

24. Essays by Quarter

25. State Assessments • All assessments • are based on State • Learning Targets • State Assessments • Literacy – April 15 & 17 • Math – April 28 & April 30 • Science – May 5 & 6

26. Book Orders • Orders can be made online each month scholastic.com/bookclubs • Team Secret Code-H92JK  • Orders place on the 15th each month. • You can order from ANY flier. • If it is a gift, e-mail Mrs. B. so she can get books to YOU. • These orders help our children have an incredible team library.

27. Report Cards and Conferences • Internet: Soon, grades will be available electronically for parents to view at home. Be sure to pick up your log in information from the table.  • Report Cards: Sent home on a Friday for Q1, Q2, and Q3. Return the envelope signed with your child on Monday. Keep the contents • Q4 Report Card is mailed several days after the end of school • Specials Report Cards (Art, Music, PE) are completed by semester. • Conferences: Initially called by team teachers or administrators. Letters will be mailed so that those who receive may schedule. After, remaining times are open for any interested parents. We will accommodate any one interested in conferencing with us about your child. Please remember, you do NOT and should not wait for conferences to request to meet with us about your child. We are most available during our planning time 1:40-2:10. We could have a phone conference, too. • Communication: If you have anything to share, questions, or concerns, please go first to your child's homeroom teacher. Please always start with us and save administrators for your next step if we do not successfully help.

28. Announcements • Leave your child a note. Put it in homeroom teacher's bin. • Meet band teachers in the band room and strings teacher in the strings room. • Get to Band/Orchestra asap! • Thank you for spending your precious time with us tonight! • Have a great night.