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Back to School/Curriculum Night

Back to School/Curriculum Night. Welcome to Ms. Novak’s fifth grade class!. Table of Contents. Daily Schedule Math concepts Language Arts Social Studies Science Management system Homework Policy Home/school communication General expectations How parents can help at home.

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Back to School/Curriculum Night

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  1. Back to School/Curriculum Night Welcome to Ms. Novak’s fifth grade class!

  2. Table of Contents • Daily Schedule • Math concepts • Language Arts • Social Studies • Science • Management system • Homework Policy • Home/school communication • General expectations • How parents can help at home

  3. Daily Schedule • Hand-outs with class schedule • Ms. Flores • Questions?

  4. Math Concepts First half of school year: • Numeration • Addition and Subtraction Number Sense • Multiplication and Division Whole Numbers • Variables and Expressions • Multiplying and Dividing Decimals • Shapes • Factors and Multiples • Fractions, Mixed Numbers, Decimals

  5. Language Arts 1. Reading Comprehension Strategies: • Chronological Order • Diagrams and Charts 2. Poetry, Drama, and Fiction 3. Literary Elements: • Conflict • Resolution 4. Writing Fiction, Research Reports, Persuasive Pieces, and Responses to Text

  6. Social Studies/Reading Skill • The First Americans/Compare and Contrast • Age of Exploration/Cause and Effect • The Fight for a Continent/Sequence • Life in the Colonies/Make Generalizations • Causes of the Revolution/Cause and Effect • The Revolutionary War/Sequence • Forming a New Nation/Draw Conclusions • A Nation Moves West/Compare and Contrast • States and Capitals/Main Idea and Details

  7. Science • Physical Sciences – atoms • Life Sciences – respiration, digestion, and waste disposal • Earth Sciences – evaporation and condensation, weather, and solar systems • Investigation and Experimentation– testable questions, identifies variables, selects tools and records data

  8. Management System • Table Points • Star Students • Think Sheets • Responsibility Room • Room 20 • Purple and Yellow Cones • Acknowledgements

  9. Homework Policy • The homework each night will always relate to what we learn in class that day • H.W. Folder for Quick Check

  10. Home/school Communication • Please email me at mnovak@mykla.org

  11. General Expectations • Procedures • Character Counts Pillars

  12. How parents can help at home • Reading with your child for 30 minutes every night and checking for understanding • Checking out books from the library at readingappropriate level • Checking Daily Planner for H.W. and completion • L.A. Amount of Homework Worksheet • Questions 1-3 • Highlight where you found your answers in the passage

  13. Questions • Did you sign in? • Do you have Common Core Standards? • Do returning students have forms to complete?

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