1. Welcome to Curriculum Night for the Mavericks Our Room Parents: Ms. Kerey Toms Ms. Natalie Lam Ms. Sarah-Kate Bozza

2. Schedule 7:15-7:45 Attendance, Morning Work 7:45-8:00Morning Announcements/HW 8:00-8:45Specials 8:45-9:45Social Studies / Science / Health 9:45 -11:00Spelling / Reading 11:00 -11:50ELA 11:52-12:22Lunch 12:22-12:45Recess 12:45-2:00Mathematics 2:00-2:25ASP/Car Riders/1 st & 2 nd Load

3. Grading Scale  A=90-100  B=80-89  C=74-79  D=70-73  F=0-69  Homework 3 (best), 2, 1, 0  Grades will be determined through a variety of assessment tools.

4. English/Language Arts-CCGPS  Reading  Integrated with Social Studies and Science  Use a variety of genres and materials  Use a variety of strategies  Focus: Text complexity/Rigor  Delivery: Large/Small Group Flexible Skills Group-inference, sequence, main idea, etc.

5. English/Language Arts-CCGPS  Grammar and Vocabulary  Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)  Spelling  Words from curriculum / Weekly Spelling Tests  Writing  Fifth Grade Writing Workshop using Lucy Calkins resources  Focus: Opinion, Information, Research, and Narrative Writing

6. Mathematics-CCGPS  Content Standards  Understanding of and Fluency with core skills  Number sense, Operations including fractions and decimals  Practice Standards  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them  Reason abstractly and quantitatively  Construct argument and critique reasoning of others  Model mathematics

7. Social Studies  Citizenship  Civil War and Reconstruction  The Changing Nation  World War I, Jazz Age, Great Depression  World War II, Cold War  America 1950-1975  America 1975-present

8. Health  Nutrition/Personal Health*  Medicine Safety*  Disease Prevention*  Growth and Development*  Personal Safety*  Human Growth and Development *These classes are primarily taught through the Counseling Curriculum

9. Science  Constructive and Destructive Forces  Matter  Electricity and Magnetism  Cells and Microorganisms  Classification of Organisms and Genetics

10. Outside the curriculum  Confidence  Solve Problems  Accountability  Responsibility Mountains and missteps are opportunities for students to grow and mature. Help the students grow. Do not make be too ready to make excuses for them.

11. Rules  Be nice  Work Hard  Be respectful  Exercise restraint  Be responsible  Etiam si omnes, ego non (If all will take offence at you, I shall never take offence.)

12. Behavior Log/ Assignments  Each student has a behavior log in their binder. If issues occur, I will mark in this. This should be signed every Thursday night.  Strikes will be noted here and you will be informed via email.

13. Homework  Reading Daily: 20-30 minutes Monthly Reading Log  20 AR points every nine weeks  Practice fluency in math facts  Review the website and assignment book http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/  Please review their HW. If it is not acceptable to you-ask them redo it.

14. Few thoughts  Dress code  Check your student’s homework.  Birthdays: Let me know if you want to send in a treat. No cookie cakes please. Please bring treat in morning.  If there is a change in your child’s afternoon transportation, it must be done in writing or by phone call to the school office. No emails.

15. Important Dates  ITBS: October 10-16  Conferences: October 20-24  Immigration Day: December 12  Winter Holiday Celebration: December 19  5 th Grade Writing Assessment: March 4  EOG (old CRCT) Testing: April 15-24  5 th Grade Picnic: May 15  Awards Ceremony: May 20  Walk of Honor & Breakfast: May 21

16. Communication  The agenda  Behavior sheet  Email: james.morris@cobbk12.orgjames.morris@cobbk12.org  christina.denman@cobbk12.orgchristina.denman@cobbk12.org  Call Mount Bethel: 770-578-7248  Morris website and Denman website: http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/chrissimauldin/ http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/chrissimauldin/

17. Thank you Thank you for sharing your child with us. We will take good care of them and do our best to grow them well for you and them.