5th Grade Curriculum Night Welcome Parents Take a look through your child’s notebooks.

Daily Schedule 9:15 9:30 10:40 11:00 11:15 12:30-1:10 1:10 Morning Meeting 9:30 Math 10:40 Recess 11:00 Snack 11:15 Literacy 12:30-1:10 Recess/Lunch 1:10 Writer’s Workshop 2:00 or 2:45 Social Studies/Science/ 2;15 or 2:45 Specialist: Library Mon 2:45 Music Tues 2:45 Thurs 2:15 PE Wed 10:00am Fri 2:15 3:25 Planner/Patrol 3:40 Dismissal Daily Schedule

Classroom Management Positive Reinforcement Classroom Dojo Points Coupons and Class Store Soaring Eagle Awards Respect, Responsible, Safe, Kind

Study Skills Organization skills – desk and learning materials Planner - daily, weekly, long term assignments Time management Preparation students towards greater independence for middle school

Reading Program Balanced reading instruction to support individual student development of reading proficiency Reader’s workshop model- fiction/non-fiction/class novels/Making Meaning Curriculum Teaching focus on modeling comprehension strategies of literary elements based on identifying evidence in text. Time for Kids-current events magazine used for homework. All 5th graders will take a Common Assessment in reading PRE and POST

Eureka Math Curriculum Comprehensive curriculum written by teachers and mathematicians Presents mathematics in a logical progression to prepare students to understand advanced math Connects math to the real world and and is Common Core aligned. This approach can be unfamiliar to those of us who grew up memorizing mathematical facts and formulas Read the Parent Tip Sheet at the beginning of each Module.

Year at a Glance Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3 Module 1 Place Value and Decimal Fractions Module 3 Addition and Subtraction of Fractions Module 5 Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area Module 2 Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations Module 4 Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimal Fractions Module 6 Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane

Writing: Lucy Calkins – Units of Study Non Genre Specific Narrative Informative-Research Report Persuasive Memoir Writers Workshop format

Social Studies U.S. Geography New World Exploration Colonization Revolutionary War Constitution and Bill of Rights

Science Physical Science-Motion & Design/Forms of Energy Fossils Life Science and Experiments with Plants Scientific Process Science Journals

Health Developing healthy social/emotional skills Healthy sense of self/collaboration/cooperation/ kindness Nutrition/Fitness Human Sexuality-FLASH

Technology Integrated with curriculum Internet Research Power Point presentations Publisher Word processing

Goals Academic growth Personal growth Personal organization Self discipline Increased independence Developing a healthy sense of self

Communication Questions??? *Open door policy *Purple Folders *Optimal time for phone calls is before/after school 425-837-5120 Email - mccullohj@issaquah.wednet.edu http://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/maplehills/staff/mccullohj/default.aspx Questions???