1. Fifth Grade Curriculum Night
Welcome to a year of learning, adventure, exploration, and challenges.
Together we can make magic happen for all students.

2. Our Classroom Community
Classroom Constitution
Responsive Classroom
Compliments
Jobs
Home Communication

3. Classroom Management Everyone has a right to learn PBIS
(Positive behavior
intervention strategies)
Tickets & Scales
Classroom specific
strategies

4. Literacy Focus: Reading and Writing Social Studies Integration
Unit 1:
Unit 2: Exploration/What’s it All About?
Unit 3: Colonization/Lens of History
Unit 4: The Great Debate
Unit 5: Theme & Author’s Language
Unit 6: The Butler Did It!
Read Alouds!
Narrative Craft
Informational
Opinion
Comparing Story Elements

5. Social Studies Government/Constitution/Civics
Exploration and Colonial America
Geography: exploring maps, globes and grids
Citizenship: Second Step, Responsive Classroom

6. Math & Problem Solving
Beginning of the Year: Creating a Community of Mathematicians
Unit 1: Operation Computation - order of operations
Unit 2: Fraction Fundamentals - equivalent fractions
Unit 3: Fill ‘er Up! - volume
Unit 4: Fraction Action - (+/-/x) with fractions
Unit 5: What’s the Point? - decimals
Unit 6: Figure It Out and Plot It – geometry and coordinate planes
Unit 7: Splitting Hairs - dividing fractions
Problem Solving and Performance Tasks embedded throughout

7. Science and Health Human Senses Earth, Moon and Sun
Electricity and Magnetism
Tools to Enhance Our Vision
Nutrition
Human Growth and Development
Healthy Relationships
Substance Abuse Prevention
Internet Safety

8. Keyboarding and Handwriting
Web-based, accessible at Web-based, accessible at school and at home
Unique log-in code for each child
Recommended practice 3x/week for no more than 10 minutes per session
Meeting end of year benchmark
Not meeting end of year benchmark
Cursive Handwriting
Grade G5
20+ WPM
Accuracy >=90%
<20 WPM
Or, if higher WPM, accuracy <90%
Zaner Bloser cursive handwriting – reviewed in class and assigned as homework

9. “Raising Instructional Success for Everyone”
“Rise and Shine”
“Raising Instructional Success for Everyone”
Rationale & Support
“We are going to RISE up together”
Flexible groupings of students for 6-8 weeks to provide intervention services,
enrichment, independent practice, inquiry projects
Grade level/school-wide collaboration
RISE will take place on M, W, F to provide a balanced approach
Begins the first week of October

10. Homework: Overview, 40-50 minutes per day A mix of nightly and weekly…
Spelling/Vocabulary
Reading responses
Math
Social Studies/Science
Second Step
Reading 20 to 30 minutes per night
Cursive (starting mid-year)
Long-term projects as assigned

11. Making Connections Book Buddies… Ms. Bates with Mrs. Lenik
Mrs. Coursey with Mrs. Curran
Mrs. Jackson with Mrs. Newman
Lunch and Recess
11:00 to 12:00

12. Outdoor Adventure Education: Oct. 12th & 13th
Low Ropes Program:
Group skill development within a supportive atmosphere
Climbing Tower:
Individual Challenge

13. Housekeeping: … clean-up on aisle 5!
-Supplies - tissues and zipper bags always welcome
-Field Trip - money collected throughout the year
-Healthy Snacks
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