Meet Your Teachers Terri Cooper– Math Rachel Hardin–Reading & Writing Jenny Chapates – Science & Social Studies.

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Meet Your Teachers Terri Cooper– Math Rachel Hardin–Reading & Writing Jenny Chapates – Science & Social Studies

Please leave papers in your student’s binder until we tell them to take them out. The binder is the KEY to staying organized! Please help your student keep contents in the same order as on the arrangement sheet at the front of their binder. The homework pocket is the first divider for easy access

For Your Information: Norton Express Envelopes go home every Wednesday night. –Memos, PTA information, and graded work. –Return envelope on Thursday. –Sign Code of Conduct each week before Friday – these are kept in the page protector in the front of student binders.

Mrs. Bernard & Mrs. Crawford teach Reading & Writing Fifth Grade Schedule 7:55 – 8:10 Homeroom 8:10 – 9:35 Block I 9:40 – 10:25 Specials 10:30 – 11:00 CASTLE Time 11:00 – 12:25 Block II 12:30 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:20 Recess 1:25 – 2:50 Block III 2:55 Dismissal Personal Schedules can be found in the front of binders

A Day in the Life of a 5 th Grade Math Student Math Block 1. Problem Solving Warm-Up: Warm Ups - authentic and practical real life application 2. Lesson/Content from Mrs. Cooper Use of manipulatives and technology Textbook when appropriate Math Journaling 3. Guided or Independent Practice 4. Station Activities and Small Group Current content Drill practice

Math Homework Homework: -Will have most nights -No need to do more of what you already know, but math is a skill that needs practice!

Grades: 50% Interactive Workbook-Notes 50% End of Chapter assessments (open book/note) 1 st 9 Weeks: Geography, Migration, Exploration and Settlement 2 nd 9 Weeks: Desire for Independence, Revolutionary War and Constitution 3 rd 9 Weeks: Revolutionary War and Constitution (con’t), Citizenship of a New Country, Westward Expansion, Causes and Effects of the Civil War 4 th 9 Weeks: Causes and Effects of the Civil War (con’t), Industrialization, Free Enterprise

1 st 9 Weeks: Safety & Scientific Process, Cycles (Water, CO2/O2, Life Cycles), Ecosystems 2 nd 9 Weeks: Adaptations, Physical Properties of Matter, Force, Types of Energy, Science Fair Dec. 4 3 rd 9 Weeks: Earth’s Energy Resources, Landforms 4 th 9 Weeks: Space, Weather/Climate, STAAR Review, History of Science

Science- General Weekly Schedule Monday-Stations, models, hands-on activities Tuesday- Digging Deeper Day-vocabulary reinforcement, reading in Science, STEMscopes (computer lab) Wednesday-Lab Experiment Thursday-Complete Experiment (analysis/conclusion) Friday- Assess Learning

Grades will be taken on: journal entries, lab experiments, science current event summaries (1 per grading period), homework, assessments, classwork, Science Fair projects Resources can be found on my website, especially: Edmodo, STEMscopes, Study Jams, and various sites for finding current event articles

Language Arts Reading, Thinking, and Writing

Living the Writer’s Life Viewing the world as a writer Using a writer’s notebook to generate and collect ideas, stories, and try new techniques Taking an idea through the writing process (pre-write, brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, publish).

Areas of Focus Idea Development Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions

Word Work High-Frequency Words Spelling assessed through writing Prefixes-Suffixes Patterns Spelling strategies Encourage reading! It is the best way to improve spelling!

Reading – Our Year At A Glance 1 st Nine Weeks - Genre Study, Focus on Fiction 2 nd Nine Weeks – Critical Reading in Non- Fiction 3 rd Nine Weeks – Exploring Drama and Poetry, Biography/Autobiography, Real World Historical Reading, Preparing for State Assessment 4 th Nine Weeks – Author Study, Literature Circles Study, Focus Historical Reading

Reading – Our Day At A Glance  Mini - Lesson/Content Time – Focus on Current Learning Objective (Whole Group, Guided and Independent Practice)  Independent Reading – Time for self selected reading, teacher conference and reading response in RRJ

Reading – Our Requirements o Students must have an independent reading book in class each day. o Homework – Read 30 minutes each night and record in reading log.

Some homework every night. –Math –Reading (30 minutes – 4 days) –Writing/Word Work –Science/Social Studies- Edmodo or STEMscopes –Unfinished Work –Homework should be written in the agenda and kept behind the homework divider in the binder.

Sky Ranch Reminders Due by Friday, September 12 th –Student Permission and Medical Forms –Chaperone Forms and Background checks –Full payment for students and chaperones

Thank you for being dedicated parents. Complete and return your sheet regarding parent conferences If you have general 5 th grade questions, please your student’s homeroom teacher. For subject specific questions, that teacher.