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Welcome to Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

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

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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 Skeen

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

  3. Special Events Explorer’s Picnic Mousetrap Cars Colonial Day Poetry Cocoa Shack Winter Friend-a-Bration Space Exploration Colonial Play BizTown

  4. Field Trips “Sister Moses” Production ASU NASA Program Halle Heart Center Junior Achievement’s Biz Town

  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 Classroom Created Procedures 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 Q1- Bubble Gum Science/Scientific Method Forces and Motion, Mousetrap Cars building days – Sept. 21, 22, 23, 26 Q2 – Mixtures and Solutions Q3 – Space, and Science Fair Q4 – Human Body Systems Hands-on Experiments Research Projects Harcourt Textbook

  9. Language Arts • Writing and Language • Spelling + high frequency words • Six Traits • Language Skill Integration Reading Guided Reading Groups 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 Units Datawise/STAR Problem Solving ~ help your child master the multiplication and division facts ~ computation skills are important, use those “check numbers”

  12. Parent Volunteers I love volunteers! Please become a part of your child’s 5th grade experience! • Mousetrap Car Building days • Sept. 21, 22, 23, 26 • Book orders on-line • End-of-Year DVD

  13. Art Masterpiece • Art Masterpiece is a volunteer program that introduces students to artwork of a variety of famous artists. The students study elements of art and principles of design . The students then have an opportunity to create art pieces of their own. • We need 1-2 volunteers per classroom. There are 6 lessons yearly. Supplies are provided.

  14. 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 • Follow block schedule • Birthday Celebrations • Attendance is important!

  15. Communication • Daily agenda- Monday through Thursday- parents need to sign daily ~ it’s worth a sticker!  • Monday Newsletter-via email! • Nightly Homework Email • Binders- graded assignments and practice • E-mail is the best way to reach me quickly! • skeen.morgan@chandler.k12.az.us • Phone voice mail after school hours

  16. Homework • Having problems? Let me know! • Come in before school at 7:45am • Homework: The purpose is practice and review! Average = 30-50 minutes per night • 2 “homework passes” per quarter • Use your time wisely in class • Fill out agenda correctly • AR Books- read 20 minutes a night, and extra on weekends if you can!

  17. Until Next Time ….

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