1. Curriculum Night

2. I. Welcome to the 5th Grade!
Last Year in elementary school
II. Rules and Procedures
Name in the book/Discipline Notes/Earn “Money”
Daily in Planner
III. Homework
Planners—write their homework down daily
We always have reading, we sometimes have math, and another subject like science, ss or vocabulary. Most homework is reading, studying, and finishing something from class. Scholastic News is classwork. It is only homework if they don’t finish.
Novels—We consistently are reading a novel in class. This will be their reading homework. They will have quizzes on their nightly reading.

3. IV. Class Expectations: Folders (assignment, to be graded, big brown) , Accordions, Notebooks, Chromebooks
V. Grading: Power School
Cms.powerschool.com/public (60% formal, 40% informal)
VI. Communication
Tuesday folders (Please sign and return papers)
Newsletters, s, phone calls, etc.
Planners
Wiki:
Wiki shortcut: bitly.com/jessicahayes

4. VII. CURRICLUM:
Literacy: (Which includes reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar)
Math:
Science:
Social Studies

5. 5th Grade Balanced Literacy
Just Right Books– Students are reading these in class.
Interactive Read Alouds
Word Work (vocabulary which includes Latin and Greek roots and Fancy Words)
Mini Lessons
Conferencing
Other reading (articles, passages, reading book)

6. Sample Day for Literacy:
8:15 Morning Meeting
8:20 Read Aloud
9:30 Literacy Instruction (some days this may be small groups, partner work, modeling, scholastic news, passages, etc.)
9:10 Reader’s Workshop (10 min. mini lesson and 30 minutes of reading)
9:50 Vocabulary

7. 5th Grade Writing Curriculum
Most of our writing is in response to what we have read or journaling. Students will have writing projects sometimes after we read a novel. We will also work on grammar.

8. Vocabulary (4 out of 12 standards is tested)
Using Context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
Using common, grade appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots
as clues to the
meaning of the word (photograph, photosynthesis)
Consult reference materials both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine
or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases
(dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses)
Figurative Language (similes and metaphors)
Explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs
Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words
(synonyms, antonyms, homographs)
Use Domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition,
and other logical relationships
(however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition)

9. Early colonies and 13 Colonies
5th Grade Social Studies Curriculum (some of this will be done using Personalized Learning)
Students will analyze the chronology of key events in the United States:
Native Americans
European Explorers
Early colonies and 13 Colonies
Revolutionary War and the formation of the Constitution
War of 1812
Westward Expansion
Slavery
Industrial Revolution
Civil War
Reconstruction
Citizenship
Constitution

10. Mathematical Practices 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in
solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique
the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.

11. Science Topics Grade 5 (Students have an EOG)
Weather (forecasting the weather using instruments and clouds, jet stream, El Nino, La Nina, daily and seasonal changes in weather, water cycle)
B) Ecosystems (food chains, food webs, compare ecosystems, classify organisms by their job i.e. decomposer, relationships between plants and animals)
C) Interactions of Matter and the Changes that Occur
D) Force and Motion (force, position, gravity, how mass affects an object)
E) Heating and Cooling (transfer of heat, convection, conduction, radiation)
F) Body Systems(• Circulatory System (heart, blood, vessels)
• Respiratory System (nose, trachea, lungs)
• Skeletal System (bones)
• Muscular System (muscles)
• Digestive System (mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines)
• Nervous System (brain, spinal cord, nerves)
RHASE (Reproductive System)
G) Genetics (how some likenesses are inherited and others are not, how an organism is similar/different than its parent)

12. VII. Field Trips/Events (volunteers register)
** Early Release Dates (October 12, January 13, March 1, April 26)
** October 20th Fall Festival
** December 20th Winter Festival
** Feb. 7-10– Washington, DC (pending approval)
** Feb. 16th- Valentine’s Dance
** End of May/Early June: EOGs (reading, science, math)
** Field Day: June 5th
** June 9 – Last day of school and departure ceremony