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WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE

WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE. Essential Agreements. Practice Kindness Respect a. ourselves b. each other c. our environment Responsibility a. We are responsible for ourselves and our learning b. We are responsible to each other Rights We have the right to: a. learn

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WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE

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  1. WELCOME TO FIFTH GRADE

  2. Essential Agreements • Practice Kindness • Respect a. ourselves b. each other c. our environment • Responsibility a. We are responsible for ourselves and our learning b. We are responsible to each other • Rights We have the right to: a. learn b. be listened to and heard c. be safe d. work without being distracted

  3. Discipline/ConsequencesWhere can I find this information? Agenda • E – 1-2 cuts/week • S – 2-3 cuts • P – 4-6 cuts • U – 7+ cuts (this will be an office referral) • Automatic • P in conduct and note home for being dishonest or cheating • U in conduct and office referral for threatening another person’s safety (written, verbal, action) or theft

  4. Attendance/Tardies First Bell – 7:35am Tardy Bell – 7:45am • Students not IN CLASS at 7:45 are marked tardy • Attendance is taken at 9:30am daily. Students not IN CLASS at this time are marked absent for the day. • Please email or send a note for absences as soon as possible. No note will equate to an unexcused absence.

  5. Curriculum Schedule(subject to change…)

  6. LiteracyWhere can I find their work? Literacy binder, reading notebook, writer’s handbook, writing folder, spelling folder • Writing Workshop • Nancie Atwell • Mini-lessons (grow from observations, what they don’t know, or need to know) • Present ideas, lessons for: • topics, territories: ways to develop ideas for pieces that matter to them and their readers • principles: ways to think and craft to create meaningful, literary writing • genres: free verse poetry, formatted poetry, essays, short stories, memoirs, and book reviews • conventions: what readers eyes and minds need and expect • Writing • Conferring • Spelling • personal spelling lists (from all content areas) • 5 words per week • goal: long-term memory

  7. Literacy Where can I find their work? Literacy binder, reading notebook,writer’s handbook, writing folder, spelling folder • Reading Workshop • Mini-lessons • comprehension strategies • Monitor for meaning, using and creating schema, asking questions, determining importance, inferring, using sensory and emotional images, synthesizing • literary elements • Plot, characterization, setting, conflict • writing about reading • vocabulary • Book Club • talking and thinking about books • responding to books • Non-Fiction and Content Area Reading • science, social studies, math • IIM • Research and note taking

  8. MathWhere can I find their work? Math binder • EDC • 6th grade concepts • Short daily activities • EDM • A spiral program from the University of Chicago • Reaches beyond the basic concepts and will push every student to a higher math level. • Journals, skill links, study links, and games are all part of the program • EDM is on line for use at home or in school. • www.everydaymathonline.com • Games • Games and activities that connect with objectives-log in binder • Problem Solving • One day a week devoted to hands on, minds on problem solving using AIMS activities • Spacial math • Brain teasers • Patterns • Strategies

  9. ScienceWhere can I find their work? Science Journal and Binder • Earth • FOSS Landforms & Topographic Maps • IB: Exploration - landforms, maps, geology, geography • IB: Alternative Energies – Earth’s resources • AIMS • Physical • FOSS Mixtures and Solutions • FOSS Solar Energy • IB: Alternative Energies – Energy • Life • FOSS Environments • IB: Ecosystems • Process • Labs: embedded throughout • IB: Data

  10. Social Studies • American History is the focus for the social studies content in 5th grade. • Social Studies Alive • Exploration • IB Exploration Planner • IIM Research • Government and Economics • Colonization of New World • Civil Unrest • IB Planner • IIM Research

  11. IB Connection • Where We Are in Time and Place (Exploration) • Sharing the Planet (Alternative Energy) • How We Organize Ourselves (Data) • How We Express Ourselves (Exhibition) • How the World Works (Ecosystems) • Who We Are (Civil Unrest)

  12. GradespeedHow to access your child’s grades: • Go to: www.houstonisd.org • Click on “PARENTS” “PSC LOGIN” • At the top of the page it will give you information on how to create a new account and log in. • There is a step-by-step guide in both English and Spanish that can be downloaded that shows how to do this.

  13. Math – every night Reading – 30 min. daily (record in reader’s notebook…) Writing – 20 min. daily (keep all work in writing folder – NEVER throw anything away) Other… NOT OUR GOAL: GOAL: Homework

  14. Important Dates • NNAT – October 26th • 5th Grade Camp - November 9-11th • Exhibition - March 8th – 3:30 – 5:30 PM • Field Trips - Energy Hall and Civil War Science Museum • Graduation -TBA

  15. Questions?

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