1. Curriculum Night
5th Grade, Mrs. Cabrera

2. Expectations and Policies
Responsibility
Communication
Website
Homework
Re-do Work
Multiplication Facts!

3. English Language Arts READING Homework will be unfinished classwork
Reading Comprehension
Literary Texts (beginning of year)
Informational Texts (rest of year)
Homework will be unfinished classwork

4. WRITING Homework Classwork Narratives Learning academic writing
By end of year- 5 paragraph essay
Homework
Weekly spelling homework
Classwork
Weekly Academic Paragraph

5. Gradebook Weights Reading Writing Participation= 15% Assessments= 25%
Classwork= 40%
Projects= 20%
Writing
Spelling= 15% (labeled as homework)
Classwork= 30%
Academic Paragraphs= 25% (labeled as practice)
Essays= 30% (labeled as projects)

6. Math NEED TO KNOW: What we’ll be working on
Multiplication and Division!
What we’ll be working on
Multiple ways to find a solution
Fractions
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing
Geometry
Volume, coordinate pairs and graphing, 2-D and 3-D figures, order of operations
Measurements
Metric and customary

7. Gradebook Weights Math Participation= 5%
AR Math= 15% (labeled as practice)
Classwork= 40%
Assessments= 40%

8. Social Studies American History European Explorers Revolutionary War
European exploration and trade lead into establishing colonies in the New World
Revolutionary War
Events Leading up to the Civil War

9. Science The Scientific Method Human Body The Solar System Habitats
Science Fair from December to February
Information will come home in October
Human Body
The Solar System
Habitats
Small Machines
Matter

10. Gradebook Weights Social Studies & Science Participation= 15%
Assessments= 25%
Classwork= 40%
Projects= 20%

11. Our Classroom Website