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2019 curriculum Night

Join us tonight to learn about the 5th grade curriculum, including expectations, assessments, homework, and standardized testing. Discover what your child will learn in ELA, Social Studies, Math, and Science, and how to support their academic success. Don't forget to sign up for a conference!

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2019 curriculum Night

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  1. 2019 curriculum Night • 5th Grade Presentation

  2. Tonight’s Objectives • 5th Grade Expectations and Procedures • Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments • Content and Homework • Standardized Testing

  3. 5th Grade Expectations • 5th grade is a preparation year for middle school. • Switch classes for subjects • Use binders for organization • Students are held accountable for keeping track of assignments • Communication through class websites, digital newsletters, and planners**Check EVERY Monday

  4. Behavior and Homework Expectations

  5. Assessments Common Formative Assessments • These are done before and during a unit. • Common formatives among the grade level. • Not always used as a grade. Summative Assessments • Given at the end of a unit. • Common summatives among the grade level. • Used as a grade.

  6. What Will My Child Learn in ELA? • 1st 9 Weeks • Use context clues and word parts to determine the meaning of unknown words. • Compare/contrast characters, settings, events. • Determine 2 or more main ideas of a non-fiction text. • Using information from multiple sources to answer questions. • 2nd 9 Weeks • Theme of stories, dramas, & poems. • Figurative language • Relationships & interactions between individuals, events, ideas or concepts in non-fiction. • Compare/contrast overall structure of 2 or more texts • 3rd 9 Weeks • Summarize stories, dramas, and poems. • Point of view • Visual and multimedia elements • Multiple accounts of the same topic or event. • 4th 9 Weeks • Compare/contrast stories; themes & topics • Integrating info from several texts

  7. ReadingHomework • Nightly reading of at least 20 minutes. • Log reading online at Reading-Rewards.com • Weekly Comprehension Story handed out on Mondays; Due Fridays.

  8. This is a rewards based program that our school purchased to encourage reading. • Students take short quizzes after reading a book. • Each quarter there is a special event for all 5th grade readers who make the quarterly goal of 30 points with 80% accuracy. • 4th Quarter goal is 125 Points TOTAL for the whole year. 1st Quarter Event – Popcorn and Movie 2nd Quarter Event – Ice Cream and Extra Recess 3rd Quarter Event – Karaoke Party 4th Quarter Event – Game Truck and Laser Tag

  9. What Will My Child Learn in Social Studies? • 1st 9 Weeks • Geography • Native Peoples of North America • 2nd 9 Weeks • Age of Exploration • Colonial America • 3rd 9 Weeks • The American Revolution • Founding the Nation • 4th 9 Weeks • Founding the Nation • Westward Expansion

  10. What Will My Child Learn in MAth? • 1st 9 Weeks • Unit 1: Volume • Unit 2: Multiplication and Division • Unit 3: Add & Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators • Unit 4: Expanding Understanding of Place Value to Decimals • 2nd 9 Weeks • Unit 5: Understanding the Concept of Multiplying Fractions by Fractions   • Unit 6: Comparing & Rounding Decimals • Unit 7: Interpreting Multiplying Fractions as Scaling • 3rd 9 Weeks • Unit 8:  Developing the Concept of Dividing Unit Fractions               • Unit 9: Solving Problems Involving Volume     • Unit 10:  Performing Operations with Decimals     • Unit 11:  Classifying Two-Dimensional Geometric Figures   • Unit 12: Solving Problems with Fractional Quantities • 4th 9 Weeks • Unit 13: Representing Algebraic Thinking      • Unit 14:  Exploring the Coordinate Plane • Unit 15:  Finalizing Multiplication & Division with Whole Numbers

  11. Math Homework • Weekly homework is listed on the class website. • Check the planner for daily assignments.

  12. What Will My Child Learn in Science? • 1st 9 Weeks • Nature of Science (Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge) • Physical Science (Matter and Forms of Energy) • 2nd 9 Weeks • Physical Science (Forms of Energy, Energy transfer, force and motion) • 3rd9 Weeks • Earth Science (Space, Rocks and Minerals, Weather) • 4th 9 Weeks • Life Science (Human Body and Animal Adaptations) • Review 3rd and 4th grade content

  13. Online Textbooks (at home use) • Go to the Hartley website • Click on Links for Students • At the bottom click on online textbooks • Students will click on which online book they would like to access • Username and Password is their I-Ready Username and Password • https://www-wdh.stjohns.k12.fl.us/links/

  14. 5th Grade is assessed in ELA, Writing, Math, and Science. It is our goal to make sure your child is ready for these assessments and shows proficiency in all tested areas. These scores determine what classes your child will take in middle school and also prepare them for middle school EOC Exams. Standardized Testing

  15. Thank you for coming! • Don’t forget to sign up for a conference through our class website!

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