Curriculum Night 5th Grade, Mrs. Cabrera

Expectations and Policies Responsibility Communication Website Homework Re-do Work Multiplication Facts!

English Language Arts READING Homework will be unfinished classwork Reading Comprehension Literary Texts (beginning of year) Informational Texts (rest of year) Homework will be unfinished classwork

WRITING Homework Classwork Narratives Learning academic writing By end of year- 5 paragraph essay Homework Weekly spelling homework Classwork Weekly Academic Paragraph

Gradebook Weights Reading Writing Participation= 15% Assessments= 25% Classwork= 40% Projects= 20% Writing Spelling= 15% (labeled as homework) Classwork= 30% Academic Paragraphs= 25% (labeled as practice) Essays= 30% (labeled as projects)

Math NEED TO KNOW: What we’ll be working on Multiplication and Division! What we’ll be working on Multiple ways to find a solution Fractions Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing Geometry Volume, coordinate pairs and graphing, 2-D and 3-D figures, order of operations Measurements Metric and customary

Gradebook Weights Math Participation= 5% AR Math= 15% (labeled as practice) Classwork= 40% Assessments= 40%

Social Studies American History European Explorers Revolutionary War European exploration and trade lead into establishing colonies in the New World Revolutionary War Events Leading up to the Civil War

Science The Scientific Method Human Body The Solar System Habitats Science Fair from December to February Information will come home in October Human Body The Solar System Habitats Small Machines Matter

Gradebook Weights Social Studies & Science Participation= 15% Assessments= 25% Classwork= 40% Projects= 20%

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