to Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Night

We hope to give you a lot of information tonight and answer most of your questions about fifth grade. If you have more questions, we have set up a forum on Today’s Meet. Please follow the link and post your questions. We will answer these questions as a grade level team. b5th

Please sign up to conference with your child’s teachers tonight. We want to start the year off right! Both teachers will be in the conference.

We are 21 st century learners. There will be less paper coming home.  PROBEs  Problem Based Learning (PBL)  journals  Utilizing technology Cooperative learning

We utilize our MAP assessments to attain a Lexile level on every student. MAP testing begins next week. Let’s talk about what a Lexile level is. The Lexile Framework for Reading - YouTube

Quiz List  Getting the “just right” books Read at least 30 minutes nightly No reading log Scholastic Reading Counts  1-2 assessments per month

Don’t forget to fill out the Score with Reading sheets after each book. All the cool kids are doing it!

Spelling Greek/Latin Roots Prefixes/Suffixes Please watch the newsletter for test dates. Accountable for spelling in ALL content areas

Grammar Will be taught through reading, writing and spelling. Accountable for grammar in ALL content areas.

Writing Writing daily Writing in ALL content areas Narrative and Informational

Questions??? Fab5th for making this the best year ever!