1. 5th grade Curriculum Night
Mrs. Jansen & Mrs. Lantz & Mrs. Shakespeare

2. Communication
Weekly Newsletters
Agenda
Blue Folders
Websites
SeeSaw

3. Expectations
PBIS Matrix
Homework Completion – Reading and Math

4. 5th Math Grade Content Unit 1: Whole Numbers and Order of Operations
Unit 2: Measurement and Volume with Whole Numbers
Unit 3: Geometry and the Coordinate Plane
Unit 4: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Unit 5: Rounding, Adding, and Subtracting Decimals
Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals and Fractions  

5. 5th Grade ELA Content Unit 1: Launching Reading Workshop
Unit 2: Fantasy Book Clubs
Unit 3: Nonfiction Text Structures: Expository, Narrative, and Hybrid Nonfiction
Unit 4: Historical Fiction and Related Informational Texts
Unit 5: Social Issues Book Clubs with Poetry Inclusion
Unit 6: Learning Through Reading: Westward Expansion
Unit 7: Nonfiction Research Projects

6. 5th Grade Science Content
Unit 1: Force and Motion
Unit 2: Matter and Energy
Unit 3: Weather
Unit 4: Living Organisms
Unit 5: Ecosystems
Unit 6: Evolution and Genetics

7. 5th Grade Social Studies Content
Unit 1: Pre-Colonial Era and Colonization
Unit 2: Revolutionary War
Unit 3: New American Government
Unit 4: Westward Expansion
Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 6: Personal Financial Literacy

8. Must Know to Succeed 5th Grade
Basic Math Facts
Multi-step Word Problems
Content Vocabulary
Responding to text AS you read
Organization
Following Directions

9. Grading NO STANDARDS BASED GRADING!
This year we will use traditional numerical grades based on a 10 point scale:
A = 90 to 100 %
B =  80 to 89%
C = 70 to 79%  
D = 60 to 69%  
F = %
Honor Roll will be awarded at the end of each quarter. This will include ”All A” and ” A/B” Honor Roll.

10. Conferences
Will be scheduled with Homeroom teachers for the end of the quarter. We would like students to attend, if available, to share their goals and progress.
Teachers will send an to sign up in a few weeks.
You may contact content teachers to conference on an as needed basis.

11. Save the Date Dare Graduation: February 16, 2018
Details will follow on logistics
Fifth Grade “Moving Up” Ceremony: June 7, 2018
W. R. Odell Elementary School
Three Separate Ceremonies (by team)
Times and Number of Guests per Student: TBA