Fifth Grade Curriculum Night Welcome to a year of learning, adventure, exploration, and challenges. Together we can make magic happen for all students.

Our Classroom Community Classroom Constitution Responsive Classroom Compliments Jobs Home Communication

Classroom Management Everyone has a right to learn PBIS (Positive behavior intervention strategies) Tickets & Scales Classroom specific strategies

Literacy Focus: Reading and Writing Social Studies Integration Unit 1: Unit 2: Exploration/What’s it All About? Unit 3: Colonization/Lens of History Unit 4: The Great Debate Unit 5: Theme & Author’s Language Unit 6: The Butler Did It! Read Alouds! Narrative Craft Informational Opinion Comparing Story Elements

Social Studies Government/Constitution/Civics Exploration and Colonial America Geography: exploring maps, globes and grids Citizenship: Second Step, Responsive Classroom

Math & Problem Solving Beginning of the Year: Creating a Community of Mathematicians Unit 1: Operation Computation - order of operations Unit 2: Fraction Fundamentals - equivalent fractions Unit 3: Fill ‘er Up! - volume Unit 4: Fraction Action - (+/-/x) with fractions Unit 5: What’s the Point? - decimals Unit 6: Figure It Out and Plot It – geometry and coordinate planes Unit 7: Splitting Hairs - dividing fractions Problem Solving and Performance Tasks embedded throughout

Science and Health Human Senses Earth, Moon and Sun Electricity and Magnetism Tools to Enhance Our Vision Nutrition Human Growth and Development Healthy Relationships Substance Abuse Prevention Internet Safety

Keyboarding and Handwriting Web-based, accessible at Web-based, accessible at school and at home Unique log-in code for each child Recommended practice 3x/week for no more than 10 minutes per session Meeting end of year benchmark Not meeting end of year benchmark Cursive Handwriting Grade G5 20+ WPM Accuracy >=90% <20 WPM Or, if higher WPM, accuracy <90% Zaner Bloser cursive handwriting – reviewed in class and assigned as homework

“Raising Instructional Success for Everyone” “Rise and Shine” “Raising Instructional Success for Everyone” Rationale & Support “We are going to RISE up together” Flexible groupings of students for 6-8 weeks to provide intervention services, enrichment, independent practice, inquiry projects Grade level/school-wide collaboration RISE will take place on M, W, F to provide a balanced approach Begins the first week of October

Homework: Overview, 40-50 minutes per day A mix of nightly and weekly… Spelling/Vocabulary Reading responses Math Social Studies/Science Second Step Reading 20 to 30 minutes per night Cursive (starting mid-year) Long-term projects as assigned

Making Connections Book Buddies… Ms. Bates with Mrs. Lenik Mrs. Coursey with Mrs. Curran Mrs. Jackson with Mrs. Newman Lunch and Recess 11:00 to 12:00

Outdoor Adventure Education: Oct. 12th & 13th Low Ropes Program: Group skill development within a supportive atmosphere Climbing Tower: Individual Challenge

Housekeeping: … clean-up on aisle 5! -Supplies - tissues and zipper bags always welcome -Field Trip - money collected throughout the year -Healthy Snacks -Email is the best way to reach us