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Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night. Picture of us and what we are teaching. Here’s our 5 th Grade Team – We collaborate and work closely together so we can have a FABULOUS year!. This is how we feel about the HEAT days! UGH!. Information.

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Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

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  1. Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

  2. Picture of us and what we are teaching Here’s our 5th Grade Team – We collaborate and work closely together so we can have a FABULOUS year!

  3. This is how we feel about the HEAT days! UGH!

  4. Information • Daily agenda- Monday through Thursday- please sign daily. • Communication through e-mail, weekly newsletter • E-mail is the best way to contact teachers. • Daily snack during recess • Class website 5th Grade-Howell, April / Meet Ms. Howell

  5. Special Events Colonial Day Poetry Cocoa Shack Winter Friend-a-Bration Human Growth and Development Soda Bottle Rocketry BizTown Colonial Play

  6. Arizona Science Center Halle Heart Center Theatrical Production Junior Achievement’s Biz Town – Feb. 6th Field Trips

  7. Tax Credit Up to a $400 Donation to Tarwater’s 5th Grade Used for special events and fieldtrips Full Tax Refund Make your tax credit donation online at: https://chandler.mytechsupport.com/eca Some employers match donations Any relative in Arizona can donate to your child also!

  8. 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

  9. Science • Bubble Gum Science/Scientific Method • Forces and Motion • Mixtures and Solutions • Science Fair • STEM • Human Body Systems • Science Class Fee of $5.00 (payable to Tarwater PTO) Thank you!  Hands-on Experiments Non-fiction texts

  10. Reading Literary Elements Non-fiction and Informational Text Scholastic News Literature Studies AR-Self Selected Literature

  11. Newly Adopted Reading Program - Journeys

  12. Writing Thinking Maps Different Types of Writing • Persuasive • Expository • Personal Narrative • Functional • Research

  13. Saxon Math ON-GRADE Level ABOVE-GRADE Level 30 problems per day Textbooks are accessible on-line. --(Working on the online part.) Components of Saxon that we love: *No pictures, just the problems *Students grouped with peers *Daily computation *New concept introduced *Daily problem solving (STAR) *Mental Math *Continuing practice & review

  14. Accelerated Reader (AR) • 85% comprehension score • Goals -Students help set goals • Quick Comprehension Results • AR Goal is 10% of the Reading grade • We want kids to LOVEreading!

  15. · Agenda = do it right! · Parents sign your agenda each night · 30 – 50 minutes of homework each day · Use your class time wisely less homework = · It’s due when it’s due! · 1 day late = 50% of what you earn ed on that assignment · 2 days late = accepted but at 40% credit · You cannot call your parents for late homework · 2 “Late Homework Passes” per quarter You can still turn it in the next day for full credit of o whatever you earned.

  16. Questions • Please ask if you have any questions.

  17. Thank You! We are looking forward to a productive and exciting school year!

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