1. Welcome to Fifth Grade Open House!
Ms. Marshall
Ms. Patton
Miss Thomas
Mr. Wolfshohl

2. 5th Grade Reading/ Language arts/ social studies
Ms. Marshall
and Ms. Patton
5th Grade Reading/ Language arts/ social studies

3. Reading -Resources
We use the following tools and resources to support our curriculum:
Class Novels
Book Clubs
Accelerated Reader (AR)
Renaissance 360
Other comprehension resources

4. Class Novels/Book Clubs
We will be reading a book a month. For the first semester we will be reading a class novel. We will start book club in the spring.
Students will be given a section to read.
Their will be an activity that goes along with the section.
A weekly comprehension test over that section
Students will be able to use the book.

5. Accelerated Reader (AR)
Every nine weeks the students are given a goal.
That goal is the number of points they need to obtain by the end of the nine weeks.
Students obtain points by reading books and taking AR tests at school.
Students need to read books that are in their AR level.
AR tests can be taken: after their work is finished in class, during flexible learning, during the computer lab time.
The library will be open after school 2 days a week for AR tests. Parents must be present.

6. Accelerated Reader cont.
Students will receive 2 grades at the end of the nine weeks from AR.
The percentage of their goal
The average of all the quizzes that were taken that nine weeks.
AR reports will be sent home with their graded work every Friday after the 3rd week of the nine weeks.

7. Spelling and Vocabulary
We will use Wordly Wise for spelling and vocabulary.
Students will get 2 weeks with their Wordly Wise words before their spelling and vocabulary test.
Right now: Spelling tests will be every other Tuesday and vocabulary is every other Friday.
We will also be studying Greek and Latin Roots.
Students will get 2 weeks with their Greek and Latin Roots before their spelling and vocabulary test.
***We are alternating between the 2 lists. When we are working with Wordly Wise we will not have a Greek and Latin list***

8. Language Arts/ Writing
Year-At-A-Glance
Social Studies
U.S. History
Language Arts/ Writing
Complete Sentences
Parts of Speech
Using Punctuation
Spelling
Using the writing process to write various papers

9. Homework Policy Homework is a valuable tool for academic success.
Each week your child will be given a homework packet that needs to be complete by Friday of every week.
★We encourage students study their vocabulary/spelling words throughout the week since they have tests every 2 weeks.
★Projects sprinkled throughout the year (will be written in advance in agendas along with project expectations)

10. Expectations for the Classroom:
Respect Myself
To self and property and my own learning.
Respect Others
Use kind words and actions. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Respect Learning
Work collaboratively by teaching each other and learning from each other, including walking calmly and quietly through the hallways.
Respect Property
Keep our hands and feet to ourselves and help keep our school clean and pretty.

11. Our Contact Info
Phone (713) Our Conference Time: 8:15 – 8:55am excluding Wednesdays and Fridays

12. Miss Ilene Thomas Fifth grade Science & Lab

13. Science-Curriculum Focus
My goal is to develop life long lovers of science! In order to do this, I focus our fifth grade science curriculum on:
Building Strong Scientific Vocabulary
Communicating Like a Scientist For Example in Our Writing, Speaking (both Informally and Formally)
The Scientific Method
Conducting Labs and Investigations
Building Scientific Inquiry
Earth, Life and Physical Science

14. A Peek at Our Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Foldable
Instruction
Activity
Demo
Lab
Investigation
Stations
STEM
Assessments

15. Vocabulary
Students will be learning new vocabulary each week to coincide with the unit of study we are working on.

16. Critical Thinking!
Students will be expected to evaluate the answer choices and justify their selections with evidence.

17. Interactive Notebook

18. Homework
The homework is purposeful and aligned with our current focus or review of past concepts.

19. Labs, Investigations & Stations

20. Labs, Investigations & Stations

21. My Contact Info
Phone (713) My Conference Time: 8:15 – 8:55am Monday-Wednesday

22. Welcome to Fifth Grade Math
Mr. Wolfshohl
5th Grade Math

23. About Myself Taught 3 year in Asia Teaching for 13 years
5th year at Lovett
In graduate school

24. Let’s Talk Math: Supplemental Help
Resources

25. Interactive Notebook

26. Homework Packet

27. The Building Blocks of Elementary Math
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

28. Challenges in 5th Grade Math
Adding and Subtracting Fractions w
Unlike Denominators
Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Multiplying Decimals
Dividing Decimals
Multi-Step Word Problems
Algebraic Expressions (PEMDAS?)

29. Financial Literacy Project Based Learning -Balance Sheets -Credit Cards/Debit Cards -Taxes (Property, Income, Payroll, Sales) -Credit Report -Bank Statements

30. Contact Information
Please contact if you have and questions or concerns.
Conference Time
8:20 to 9:00
Thank you.