Welcome to Mrs. Linda Adams’, ED.S 5 th . Grade Classroom for 2013-2014

1. Welcome to Mrs. Linda Adams’, ED.S5th. Grade Classroom for 2013-2014

2. Mission Statement for Shoal Creek Elementary School http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6311150&height=400&width=300

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4. LOCATION OF 5TH. GRADE NEW WING • We are located on new wing by the gym THE TEAM” consists of Mrs. Linda Adams. Ed.S, Ms. Emily Begue, and Ms. Kimberly Edwards, and Ms. Janie Jones

5. School Hours 2013-2014 • WE are starting school earlier this year. Students hours are from 7:05-2:10 daily. • Please, make arrangements for your child to be on time so that full instructions can be given. If your child is absent and/or tardy a written excuse is needed for justification.

6. Tardies/Absentees • Please make sure that your child is on time for school daily. They are missing instructional time when they are absent and/or tardy. School start at 7:35. If they come after the bell rings. Parents are to sign them in and supply a written note to the teacher of the tardy. Please read the Rockdale County Handbook with your child. • It is the responsibility of the child to get the work missed when absent. • Parents are to request the work of their child as well. See the Rockdale Handbook.

7. Transportation Home • It is very important that parents please keep teachers informed of the transportation home. If at any time, the transportation changes from the normal way home, please contact the teacher by a letter stating specifically that change. Phone conversations will not be done if there is a change. It must be in writing. We want to make every effort on enforcing your child’s safety to and from school.

8. Homework Policy • Parents, please make sure that you are reviewing the skills presented daily with your child. Reinforcement and repetition is great for the child. • Read 30 minutes or more daily. When working with your child, have them to be problem-solvers. Allow the child to think on a higher level of thinking. Review Bloom’s Taxonomy of questions to help with discussions. • Mission Statement/Student Handbook—Please, go over this with your child daily. • Agendas---This is a requirement and they need to be checked daily and signed by the parent. Homework and notes home to parents will be written in these agendas. That is why they need to be checked and signed daily. • Behavior Logs: check and sign daily. • Homework will be given daily. Please, go over skills that have been taught for the day. We want each child to start off the new year on the right foot. • Make up homework will be given when parents have a written excuse/emergency for the child not do his/her homework. The child has 3 days to get it in with a written note.

9. Parent Information Folders • We will not do mailbags. We will have a folder for our classroom that will provide needed papers for parents to view. • If you need to contact the homeroom teacher by note please place it securely in the folder and/or in the agenda. • Never place money in the folder. Place any money in an envelope, and give it straight to the teacher. Teachers are not responsible for loss of money.

10. Classroom Discipline Policy • Students brought home a contract on this policy. It is entitled, Shoal Creek elementary 5th. Grade Policies. We will a be following the rules that are set for our classes, school, and county. Please, make sure that you read those in the Rockdale Handbook. • Student behavior logs

11. Behavior Contract

12. Behavior Contract continued

13. Getting Along Together • WE are going to be having weekly meetings in our classroom to discuss any issues and/or situations that children/teacher come in contact that needs addressing. These are life-long skills to help children adjust to the daily changes that go to understanding life, PROBLEM SOLVING. Having a forum to discuss these issues will help with their understanding of these life-long skills.

14. TESTING DATES/REMINDERS • Georgia Writing Test: March 2014 • RCPS has a county wide writing plan and test schedule in place. Mock Writing tests will be given within the school year starting in the fall. Please, practice writing with your child daily. • CRCT Test: April 2014 • Unit Pre- and Post Tests • Benchmark testing quarterly in ELA and Math

15. At-a-Glance Handout • New grading/scoring scale: RUBRICS • Student goal setting • Portfolios: formative (on-going) and summative (final) assessments • Interactive notebooks • Required county-wide portfolio tasks • View example • Student led conferences • Promotion requirements

16. FIELD TRIPS/PTA Support • Jekyll Island trip will be Nov. 20-22, 2013. More information will be coming home to you regarding this trip. There will also be a meeting with the parents of children that will be attending the trip. The cost of the trip is $200.00. The trip is well supervised by teachers and administrative staff. • PTA MEMBERSHIP---100% (Family: $6 and individual: $4 • We need your support. By joining you will help in the success of SCE.

17. Math Standards -CCGPS http://411.rockdale.k12.ga.us/tl/ci/es/5/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx?BaseType=1

18. Math Websites • These are some of the Math websites we used this summer during the Math Enrichment Camp. • http://www.aplusmath.com/games/ • http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/linda/algebra/activities/balance/balance.html • http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Math • www.firstinmath.com

19. Websites continued…. • http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#Beginning%20Math%20Activites • http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html • http://aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html • http://www.funbrain.com/ • http://www.multiplication.com/ • http://www.primarygames.co.uk/ • http://www.aaamath.com/ • http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp

20. Websites continued • http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/walker/games.htm

21. Link to CCGPS for all Subjects http://411.rockdale.k12.ga.us/tl/ci/es/5/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx?BaseType=1

22. Writing/Reading Link • Students need to read 25 books and/or 1,000,000 for the school year. Book reports will be given so that children can link the reading, comprehension, and type of book to that of their writing. Each 9 weeks students will read about 6 to 7 books where they be will assigned the type and possibly in the future a report will begin on it. They will report using the Story Map as their guide, find a way to share, which will be provided, and take an AR test on the book. This is a requirement to help tie in all the elements mentioned above. • WE will be using various writing prompts to assist in the writing process. We ask that you help your child daily on their writing. Our goal is to have “ALL” children scoring high in all 4 DOMAINS—Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions. • There will be a rubric coming home that will explain this more in details.

23. Social Studies StandardsUnit 1-4, 1st 9 weeks Unit 1-Using Connecting Themes in 5th. Grade Social Studies • Unit 2:-Effective Citizenship • Unit 3: The Civil War: The Nations Divided • Unit 4: Reconstruction: the Nation Reunited • Unit 5: Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nations • Unit 6: Ups and Downs: World War I. the Jazz Age and the Great Depression • Unit 7: Hot and Cold War II and Its Aftermath • Unit 8: Overcoming the Past: The Age of Civil Rights • Unit 9: Understanding the News: What is America’s role in the 21st. Century • Unit 10: Effective Citizenship: Conclusion

24. Social Studies objectives for the 1st 9 weeks • Process Skills: These skills need to be embedded in each 9 weeks period. • Determines sequence of events and identifies cause and effects relationships • Develops and interprets charts, tables, timelines, graphs, diagrams, and other graphic aids • Distinguishes between fact and opinion • Distinguishes between primary and secondary sources and determines respective uses. • Analyzes interpretations of the same event from multiple types of sources • Makes predictions and comparisons based on factual information.

25. Geography • Migration of People-Examines cause and effects of the migration of people • Characteristics of Regions- Relates how natural resources and physical features influence human activity in each region of the US • Maps and Globes- Draws conclusion based on the multiple pieces of information included on maps. Uses maps and globes to explain geographical settings of historical and current events. Makes generalizations about human activities in a geographical region using map information • Translates geographical data into simple box graphs. • Uses grid systems, cardinal and intermediate direction to determine specific locations • Review parallels and meridians on globes and flat maps

26. Social Studies Objectives for the 1st 9 weeks… • Civics What are the duties and responsibilities of the three branches of government? Which branch of government is responsible for dealing with specific topics of current events? How can we keep government responsive to the needs and interest of its citizens? What concepts are important to US citizenship and contribute to national unity? • How can a citizen bring about change in their government? • How does a bill become a law? • What are the rules of the classroom and the consequences of breaking them? • What are the rules of the school and the consequences for breaking them? • How do you show respect for others? • How can we work this out? • What is your opinion?

27. Social Studies Continued…. • Economics- How do we decide what is produced? How are goods and services distributed? What are the basic concepts and terms of economics? What decides what will be produced? • How do we deiced what is produced? • What factors of production will be used and how? • How are goods and services distributed? • How will the results of production be distributed?

28. Science/Health objectives for the 1st 9 weeks Lab Safety Scientific Method Animal and Plant Cells Classification Inherited Traits Health-Inherited Tendencies for illness and disease

29. Link to Standards • http://www.georgiastandards.org/ • This link will give you a detailed picture of the new Common Core Georgia Performance Standards and the frameworks for each subject.

30. “WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONGER YOU”