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Welcome to 5th Grade Back to School Night at Oakridge Elementary!. 5th Grade Team. Deborah Casalengo, Humanities Teacher Cecilia Cano, ESOL Teacher Donna Felipe, Special Education Teacher Kelsey Gallion, STEM Teacher Lillie Lansman, Humanities Teacher Corey Levenberry, STEM Teacher
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Welcome to 5th Grade Back to School Night at Oakridge Elementary!
5th Grade Team Deborah Casalengo, Humanities Teacher Cecilia Cano, ESOL Teacher Donna Felipe, Special Education Teacher Kelsey Gallion, STEM Teacher Lillie Lansman, Humanities Teacher Corey Levenberry, STEM Teacher Kelly Sanguino, Humanities Teacher Elizabeth Tem, STEM Teacher
Communication • Our contact information: kelsey.gallion@apsva.us kelly.sanguino@apsva.us • Appointments • Schedule by phone or email • Before or After School
HOMEWORK • Students are expected to read every night • Content specialists will offer evening workshops throughout the year to provide activity and enrichment ideas for families to use at home
School Supplies • If you would like to donate school supplies, we welcome them! • The school will order any additional supplies that classrooms and students need. -Ear buds would be wonderful!
Returning Student Work -All 5th graders have a “take home folder” -All 5th graders will have a mailbox in their classroom to store returned papers -The expectation is that students clean out their mailboxes every Friday to bring work home! -Don’t forget to check Google Classroom :)
School breakfast • Like last year, breakfast is delivered to individual classrooms before the start of the school day • It is available for any students who would like to eat breakfast at school • Breakfast costs $1.70 • Students who receive free and reduced lunch eat breakfast at no cost
Our why... All children deserve to be challenged and valued. We believe all children should learn how to be creative, critical thinkers, who collaborate and communicate. Our goal is to foster students’ deeper learning through a personalized learning environment where the opportunity gap is eliminated.
Daily Schedule • 8:40-9:00 Prep time • 9:00 School Starts • 9:05-9:35Enrichment • FLES, Counseling/Mosaic, or homeroom • 9:35-11:40 Academic Block 1 • 11:40-12:00 Academic Block 2 • 12:00-1:00 Recess/Lunch • 1:00-1:55 Specials • (PE, Cube, PE, Art, Music) • 1:55- 3:35 Academic Block 2 • 3:41 Dismissal
STEM Block 115 minutes • Whole group math instruction • STEM stations (PBL, inquiry, digital) • Teacher small group is parallel to stations based on student needs • Whole group science instruction • Wrap up/ exit ticket
QUARTER 1QUARTER 2QUARTER 3QUARTER 4 Math Curriculum Map Unit 1: Characteristics of numbers (even/odd & prime/composite) Unit 2: Fraction and decimal number sense Unit 3: Whole number computation Unit 4 Decimal Computation (adding and subtraction) Unit 5: Fraction Computation (adding and subtraction) Unit 6: Algebraic Reasoning(equations and expressions with variables) Unit 7: Decimal Computation (Multiplication and division) Unit 8: Measurement Unit 9: Geometry (angles, triangles) Unit 10: Geometry (circles and polygons) Unit 11: Data and Probability Unit 12: Patterns and Functions
Humanities block Reading, writing, and social studies 115 minutes Reading/Social Studies • Warm-up • Mini-lesson (whole group) • Independent practice includes: vocabulary, social studies, choice reading, punctuation/grammar, small group book clubs, and independent reading responses Writing workshop • Warm-up • Mini-lesson (whole group) • Partner/independent work during student-led conferences
Reading Topics to be covered throughout the year:
State Testing • SOL Dates: • Reading, Math, & Science: • late May/early June
Outdoor Lab! Overnight field trip to enhance the science curriculum. • Students sleep in tents • Day Trip option available • All meals provided except lunch on day 1 ($10 covers the cost) • Chaperones allowed based on space availability, but parents can bring their own tents if tents get filled • Volunteer form MUST be completed at least two weeks prior to the trip. Sanguino, Lansman & Levenberry / Monday-Tuesday October 15 & 16 Gallion, Tem & Casalengo / Thursday-Friday October 18 & 19
Volunteering -We will be doing Team Room Parents -Volunteers are needed for the Outdoor Lab overnight -New volunteers must submit the Volunteer Application and Disclosure forms to the office -Volunteers returning from last year need to verify your address and re-sign a paper in the front office -An online Safe School training will follow Questions? Please contact Tameka Wilds or Dawn Amin-Arsala ameka.wilds@apsva.us or dawn-arsala@apsva.us t
Questions Conference sign ups, volunteer applications, and Outdoor Lab chaperone sign-up forms are all on the back table.