Welcome to Fifth Grade Social Studies!

1. Welcome to Fifth Grade Social Studies! Mr. Driscoll’s Class – 10:10 – 11:00 Mrs. Delius’s Class – 9:20 – 10:10 Monday , Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

2. Curriculum Highlights: Government – review the three branches of government, Supreme Court ~ First Amendment The Constitution~ Lessons on how the Constitution came to be Revolutionary War ~ causes of war, battles, results ~ Liberty Tea Party Civil War ~ causes of war, battles, results ~ Re-enactors with a Civil War Day

3. Curriculum Highlights cont.: *Geography – Europe, Oceanography, Canada, and National Parks, 51 landform terms

4. Presidential Biography In-depth presidential biography using many forms of research materials, completed with use of Printmaster, Kidspiration, Microsoft Word, including a class presentation and special “Presidential Dinner.” Choose president through lottery on September 18th. Will be completed and graded one section at a time. After school research will be offered to help complete sections – parents please volunteer for one of these sessions The sessions will be held on Monday @ 3:00 – 5:30. Class presentations will be made after biographies are complete in December. Presidential Dinner will take place in Gray Hall on January 14th at 7 PM where students’ work will be displayed.

5. Field Trips Williamsburg April 29th, 30th, May 1st, 2014 Parent Meeting prior to field trip Butterfly Garden in Gainesville March/April The World Turned Upside Down Presentation January Canoe Trip November 8th

6. Grading/Homework Homework – Please check my website for assignments on the Calendar. Fifth grade is listed in red. Students will also write in their planners at the end of each day. Grades – 45% tests, 40% quizzes, and 15% classwork/homework

7. Discipline If a student disrupts a class to the point where instruction or activity stops, they will receive a demerit and it will be reported to Mr. Driscoll. Demerits will be communicated to Mr. Driscoll Three demerits in a week = loss of one lunch recess Five demerits in a week = loss of both lunch recesses If it is is an egregious disruption, requiring a student sent out of the room, the teacher who has sent the student out must email the parent that day. The student will automatically lose both recesses as this behavior is beyond a demerit.

8. Grammar and Writing • Both classes meet together in the morning from 8:30 – 9:20 • Writing Process ~ each quarter a different style ~ descriptive, expository, persuasive, and narrative plus letter writing. • Grammar ~ every aspect of sentence structure and parts of speech. • All skills continue to be practiced as new skills are introduced.

9. Welcome to Fifth Grade Math Schedule Mr. Driscoll’s Class 9:20 – 10:10 Mrs. Delius’s Class 10:10 – 11:00

10. Two Approaches to Math • Key areas are worked together • Chapters in the book all individualized. • Math Bees

11. Key Areas of Mastery • Computation • Fractions • Decimals • Exponents • Order of Operations • Mixed Numbers • Integers • LCM/GCF

12. Please email/call us anytime! 407-862-1882 ext 131 ldelius@sweetwaterepiscopal.org 407- 862-1881 ext 231 jdriscoll@sweetwaterepiscopal.org