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Welcome to Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

Welcome to Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night. Morgan Cummard. Children Are Unique. Children are not mass produced like Ford automobiles. Each child is as unique as a Starbucks. Special Events. Mousetrap Cars Poetry Cocoa Shack Colonial Day Cinco de Mayo Salsa Contest

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Welcome to Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

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  1. Welcome toTarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night Morgan Cummard

  2. Children Are Unique Children are not mass produced like Ford automobiles. Each child is as unique as a Starbucks.

  3. Special Events Mousetrap Cars Poetry Cocoa Shack Colonial Day Cinco de Mayo Salsa Contest Winter Friend-a-Bration Patriotic Assembly Colonial Play Explorer’s Picnic Space Jam

  4. Fry’s Community Service Shopping Youth Theater Challenger Space Center Halle Heart Center Junior Achievement’s Biz Town Field Trips

  5. Tax Credit Up to a $400 Donation to Tarwater’s 5th Grade Full Tax Refund Used for special events and fieldtrips Some employers match donations Any relative in Arizona can donate to your child also!

  6. Fifth Grade Discipline Reinforcement of positive behaviors Fifth Grade Team Solutions Administration Assistance

  7. Social Studies UNITS Early European Explorers 13 Colonies Revolutionary War Westward Expansion Civil War Economics American History from Exploration to the Civil War Language Arts Integration Research Projects Field Trips/Play

  8. Science UNITS Bubble Gum Science-Scientific Method Mixtures and Solutions- Chemistry Mousetrap Cars- Forces in Motion Solar System-Space Science Fair- Scientific Method Hands-on Experiments Research Projects Harcourt Textbook

  9. Language Arts • Writing and Language • Words Their Way • Six Traits • Language Skill Integration Reading Guided Reading Groups Literacy Centers/Literature Studies AR/Self Selected Literature

  10. Accelerated Reader (AR) • Reading Management System • Goals • Grading • No Stress • I want kids to LOVEReading!

  11. Math Scott Foresman Program Excel Math TERC Math

  12. Parent Volunteers I love having volunteers in the room! Please become a part of your child’s 5th grade experience!

  13. Room 28 Procedures • Please send a water bottle daily! • Please try to pay for lunches a week or more at a time. This really helps! • PE- athletic shoes required • Birthday Celebrations

  14. Communication • Daily agenda- Monday through Thursday- please sign daily • Monday Newsletter-via email! • Binders- graded assignments and practice • E-mail is the best way to reach me quickly! • Cummard.morgan@chandler.k12.az.us • Phone voice mail after school hours

  15. Homework • Having problems? Let me know! • Don’t let it wreck your evening… • After an hour… • A little note from you is so helpful! • AR Books- read 20 minutes a night, or extra on weekends! • Homework: The purpose is practice and review!

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