Let’s Have a Great Year!

Room Parent: Anne Wagner On-line sign ups. If the sign up you would like is filled, please let her know and she will help accommodate another volunteer opportunity. Thank you!

Welcome to Fifth Grade! Tell me, I’ll forget Show me, I may remember Involve me, I’ll learn

Dates to Remember October 25 - Book Fair October 17 - 19 – MAP Testing October 25 - Book Fair October 28 – Fall Homeroom Celebration November 8 – Election Day/ NO SCHOOL November 23 – Half Day November 24-25 – NO SCHOOL December 6-9 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Half Days) December 23 – Half Day December 24 – January 2 – NO SCHOOL

My Goals To give your children the academic and social skills they need to progress in fifth grade. To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment. To help them make new friends and discover new interests.

Classroom Community Our classroom is a community. Students learn to work together and solve problems Our class rules are: Be respectful and responsible. Be organized and follow directions. Be on time. Be prepared

6 Day Rotation Schedule

Areas of Study Math Social Studies Workshop Public Speaking Character Education Workshop Interventions and extensions Math Exemplars Digital Citizenship Monday Meetings Ensemble

Grade 5 Mathematics

Math Constructivist Approach Hands on activities Group and partner work Learning through problem solving Becoming confident in strategies that work for each student

Mathematics Proficiency requires that students: Understand and apply concepts Compute with ease and fluency Formulate and solve problems Explain and communicate their reasoning Balanced, integrated approaches that emphasize thinking strategies help develop mathematics proficiency.

NCPS Math Curriculum Rich, rigorous and relevant Aligned to our national, state and local standards The Common Core Math Content Standards as well as the Standards for Mathematical Practice are consistent with our goal of ensuring all students acquire the skills needed to be confident, fluent and effective critical thinkers and problem solvers.

Standards for Mathematical Practice 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Grade 5 Domains Grade 5 Mathematics Operations & Algebraic Thinking Number & Operations in Base Ten Number & Operations—Fractions Measurement & Data Geometry

Instructional Tools and Resources Core Curriculum Units (see unit map) Math Class Routines (for practice and fluency building) Math Warm-Ups Ten Minute Math Math Labs (integrated into curriculum units) Math Seminars (measurement, logical reasoning) Exemplars

Assessments: Evidence of student learning Classroom observations / Assessment checklists Embedded unit activities End-Unit assessment tasks Unit Inventories Computation Sets (October, December, February, April) Trimester Benchmark Assessments (fall, winter, spring) Performance Tasks

Home / School Connections New Canaan E-Math Website www2.newcanaan.k12.ct.us/k5math -Here you can find Grade 5 Curriculum maps as well as math resources for parents and students -Top Ten math apps and problem solving webs Math Handbook (hardcover) Unit parent letters / Unit progress report Fact practice (multiplication facts thru 12x12 and related division facts)

Grade 5 Social Studies

Fifth Grade: A study of early US History Units: Colonization Colonial Life and the Development of a New World Identity Revolution (includes a research project) US Government and Civics Expansion Current Unit Concepts: Motivation, Organization, Survival, Change Skills continued and strengthened: historical thinking through analyzing primary and secondary sources, reading a variety of text, note taking, research, writing, working in groups to solve problems, using and creating maps.

Essential Questions for our Unit Long Inquiry: Is colonization ever justified? Why do people form colonies?  How do people form colonies? How does colonization change a region?

Let’s Have a Great Year!

Student Handbook

Tim bought a digital camera for $387. 95. He gave the sales clerk $400 Tim bought a digital camera for $387.95. He gave the sales clerk $400.00. ABOUT how much change did Tim get back? $10 $20 $30 $3 Greg left 20 cookies on his counter. When he got home he saw that there were 2 ¾ cookies left. ABOUT how many cookies were eaten while Greg was at school? 3 13 17 18 Jen flew 5234 miles in one month. Mary flew 2987 miles in the same month. ABOUT how many miles did they both fly in all? a little more than 7000 miles a little less than 7000 miles a little less than 8000 miles a little more than 8000 miles Math Warm Ups

Application Problem CLASS PARTY John is in charge of buying drinks for the class party. He was given $20 to spend. He wants all three kinds of drinks listed below. Fruit Punch $1.29/half-gallon $1.89/gallon Lemonade $0.98/16 ounces $1.10/20 ounces Soda $1.45/6-pack $2.25/12-pack John wants to buy the larger size whenever possible because it is cheaper. He also wants to spend as close to $20 as possible without going over $20. Show the number, type and size of all the drinks John could buy with his money. On the back of this page, explain how you approached this problem and arrived at this answer. Application Problem