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Curriculum Night

Curriculum Night. Fifth Grade Team Polo Ridge Elementary School September 12, 2012. General Information. Fifth Grade Website: http://poloridge5.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ Please check the fifth grade website for newsletters, announcements, and important dates.

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Curriculum Night

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  1. Curriculum Night Fifth Grade Team Polo Ridge Elementary School September 12, 2012

  2. General Information • Fifth Grade Website: http://poloridge5.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ • Please check the fifth grade website for newsletters, announcements, and important dates. • All teacher websites are linked to the fifth grade webpage. • Teacher emails are also available on the fifth grade webpage. • Please be aware of the fifth grade policies,which can be found on our website in the grade level information link. • Our focus this year will be on Literacy, specifically reading comprehension and reading stamina.

  3. Fifth Grade Schedule • We started switching classes on September 10th. • Students switch for math and literacy. They have their homeroom teacher for science. • Literacy includes: Writing, Reading, and Social Studies. • See each teacher’s website for special schedule

  4. Fifth Grade Schedule Continued • 8:15-9:00 Morning Work and Announcements • 9:00- 9:45 Specials • 9:45-10:45 Science • 10:45-12:00 Math • 12:00-1:15 Lunch and Recess • 1:15-3:45 Literacy • On Tuesday we have a science lab block 9:00-10:45. Periodically we will have Nature Preserve Labs during this time. • On Thursday we have double specials 9:00-10:30.

  5. Testing • EOG’s take place in May. Please do not plan any vacations during that month. • Fifth graders take EOG’s in math, reading, and science. • Students will be taking CMS formatives throughout the year in reading, math, science, and social studies.

  6. Parent Assistant • Link is on Polo Ridge’s Website: http://pages.cms.k12.us/poloridge/ • Passwords and usernames are regulated by the office and the Parent Assistant help line. • Check your child’s CURRENT GRADES on a regular basis for grade monitoring. • Disregard the cumulative grade.

  7. This is what the log in page looks like. This is your child’s cumulative grade, not current grade. You will need to click on the “details” box corresponding to the class you want to see.

  8. If you can see the reporting terms box indicates that you are looking at a cumulative grade because “all reporting terms” is in that field. To access your child’s current grade, change the reporting term to the CURRENT quarter and then click display, again. This is the 1st grading period. So your child’s grades will not look any different. However, the box stays “1st grading period”. As we move to the 2nd quarter you will notice a different screen.

  9. Heritage Day • Heritage Day is a tradition at Polo Ridge where students celebrate the diversity within our school and participate in interactive activities dealing with immigration and ethnicities. • Heritage Day will be on October 30th • Parent volunteers are needed. Room moms will coordinate the volunteers. If you have not already signed up and would like to volunteer, please contact your room mom. • Heritage Album Project- The due date for these projects is Oct. 22nd. Points will be taken off if your child turns their project in late. Projects will not be accepted after Oct. 24th.

  10. Examples of Heritage Albums

  11. Save the Date • Williamsburg is March 26th-28th. • A parent meeting will be held for further information including chaperone selection and pricing. • Notices about parent meetings will be on the website, written agendas, and emailed in the weekly updates.

  12. Monies • $4.50 per student for Time For Kids • $5.50 per student for Heritage Day (this covers the cost of the Native American Museum) • TOTAL = $10.00. Due by September 28th • No personal checks • Money orders, bank checks, and cash only • More information to come about the due dates for the Williamsburg deposits and Discovery Place.

  13. Welcome to Science Class Ms. Case 5th Grade

  14. Science Curriculum • Quarter 1: Force and Motion • Quarter 2: Matter- Properties and Change Energy Conservation and Transfer • Quarter 3: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes Ecosystems • Quarter 4: Structures and Functions of Living Organisms Evolution and Genetics EOG Review

  15. Morning work connected to science • This notebook is a journaling notebook. In the morning the students respond to various journal questions. • Some times they are current events or articles I have pulled regarding the unit we are studying. • Students must follow the guidelines that were set at the beginning of the year. • The students know they must complete their handout/work before leaving for specials, or else they will have to complete it during either lunch or recess.

  16. Welcome to your literacy class! Ms. Case 5th Grade

  17. Some things we will be doing this quarter/year • Students will work on various projects relating to our Unit One Theme: Heritage (album) • Balanced Literacy- Focuses on Spelling, Grammar, Writing, Novel studies, and reading comprehension. Mainly nonfiction information text this year. • Vocabulary- Imagine It and Spelling • Students novels will be assigned in their Literacy classes and you will know which titles to get by the end of this week.

  18. Literacy Curriculum • Heritage Unit, Heritage Album, and Heritage Novel studies. (Quarter 1) • Energy at Work Unit and Autobiographical Novel Studies. (Quarter 2) • Making a New Nation Unit, Going West Unit, Revolutionary War Novel Studies, and non-fiction text. (Quarter 3) • Call of Duty Unit and Novel Studies (Quarter 4)

  19. Social Studies • Ancient Civilizations, Native American Tribes, Explorers, and Age of Exploration (Quarter 1) • Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, 13 Colonies, and Colonial Life (Quarter 2) • American Revolutionary War, Westward Expansion, and the Civil War (Quarter 3) • US Geography and 20th Century History (Quarter 4)

  20. Writing Curriculum • Quarter 1: Expository Text and Essay • Quarter 2: Persuasive Essay • Quarter 3: Autobiographies • Quarter 4: Free choice, students will choose their favorite writing format and use it to complete an essay of their choice

  21. Welcome to Math Ms. Case 5th Grade

  22. Math expectations “Students learn by doing” • Riding a bike, learning to walk, learning to play a sport. Students investigate problems-Problem solving strategies (kits) Students learn the how and why we do the things we do in math (explaining and demonstrating) Students journal about their learning experience to demonstrate understanding.

  23. Math Curriculum • Place Value, Computation, and Prisms and Pyramids (Quarter 1) • Place Value, Decimals, Fractions, Computation with Fractions, and Geometry (Quarter 2) • Decimals on grids and number lines, Computation with fractions(Quarter 3) • Patterns and Functions, Data, Algebra, EOG Review and Sixth grade prep (Quarter 4)

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