1. Welcome Parents! Fifth Grade Curriculum Night September 17, 2015
Our mission: To challenge and prepare all students for future success.

2. Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Last year in elementary school / The year before MIDDLE SCHOOL  or ?
There will be End of Grade Testing in English Language Arts, Math, Science
EOGs scheduled within the last 10 days of school
Probably 3 days of testing
RHASE
Reproductive Health and Safety Education (formerly FLEBHS)
Will be taught as part of Body Systems unit in Health or Science in second semester
Grading Policy – WEIGHTED! NEW SCALE!
Reading and Writing combined into English Language Arts – ELA. Health added.
Grades will be classified into two categories: Formal 60%, Informal 40%
Formative assessments will count as one formal grade. These may or may not be announced.
Summative assessments will count as two formal grades. These will be announced.
Scholastic News will be informal.
We will no longer drop the lowest grade since this could have a huge impact on an average due to the 60/40 weights.
Assignments not turned in will be scored as 50%.
Homework will be a quarterly informal average that will figure into each content area.

3. Homework
Given nightly in Math and Science, weekly reading minutes, time management
Reading Logs / Review notes taken in class
Planner signed daily by teacher! Parent must sign weekly for 150 minutes of Reading outside of school.
Communication
Black Folders, newsletters, graded papers, school / PTA / Community communication – it’s a good idea to match work to Power School.
Sign and return those indicated, this is the proof I need of your child’s work for their portfolio
If you don’t check , please ask me to communicate with you another way.
for general info, calendar, long term projects, etc.
Power School (check next week for mid-quarter progress)

4. Rules and Procedures New school-wide discipline plan
Recurring issues are noted in planner, as is missing homework.
Missing homework is one demerit per assignment; this includes not having a book to read.
Token economy
Volunteer Opportunities
Register on the CMS website to volunteer- even classroom
Lunch procedures – only your child outside
Dates to Remember
Next week – mid quarter progress reports – watch for more info
Log on to Power School
Check 5th Grade Level Newsletter and our wiki for important dates.

5. English Language Arts - Reading
Balanced Literacy Units / Themes
Interactive read alouds for reading and writing across content areas.
Related vocabulary and content area specific vocabulary.
Scholastic News for non-fiction.
Monthly current event for non-fiction reading and writing.
Selecting “just right” books.
Focus on independent daily reading – sustained quality reading.
Conferencing with students about skills, goals, etc.

6. English Language Arts - Grammar
Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English language when writing or speaking.
Students will use Knowledge of Language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening by:
Expanding, combining, and reducing sentences for meaning
Compare and Contrast the varieties of English used in stories, dramas, or poems

7. English Language Arts - Vocabulary
Students will determine of clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content .
Vocabulary comes from weekly interactive read alouds and specific content areas.
Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of the word (photograph, photosynthesis)
Figurative Language (similes and metaphors)
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)

8. English Language Arts - Writing
Write arguments to support a position using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and explain complex information.
USE THE BATS STRATEGY:
Borrow words from the text.
Answer the questions using
Text evidence to
Support your answer.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

9. Math – Students will be able to…..
Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.

10. Math – use mathematical practices to….
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Write and interpret numerical expressions.
• Analyze patterns and relationships.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Understand the place value system.
• Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
Number and Operations—Fractions
• Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.

11. Math – and also to…. Measurement and Data
• Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
• Represent and interpret data.
• Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
Geometry
• Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
• Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

12. Social Studies Native Americans European Explorers
Students will analyze the chronology of key events in the United States:
Native Americans
European Explorers
Early colonies and 13 Colonies
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Westward Expansion
Slavery
Industrial Revolution
Civil War
Reconstruction

13. Social Studies Recurring themes throughout the year will include:
Utilizing map skills
Comparing primary and secondary documents
Drawing parallels between current events and historical events
Exploring the contributions of diverse groups in the building of our nation
Analyzing migration and immigration
Determining the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the physical environment of the U.S.
Explaining how the physical environment influenced human activities
Building on knowledge of economics by focusing on economic growth and principals in various cultures

14. Science Ecosystems Heat Transfer
Weather
forecasting the weather using instruments and clouds, jet stream, El Niño, La Nina, daily and seasonal changes in weather, water cycle
Ecosystems
food chains, food webs, compare ecosystems, classify organisms by their job i.e. decomposer, relationships between plants and animals
Interactions of Matter and the Changes that Occur
physical and chemical changes, quantitative and qualitative data, changes in the states of matter
Heat Transfer
transfer of heat, convection, conduction, radiation

15. Science
Force and Motion
Force, position, gravity, how mass affects an object
Body Systems
• Function and structure of major body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory, Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, and Nervous System)
Genetics
How some likenesses are inherited and others are not, how an organism is similar/different than its parent
Health
Mental and Emotional, Personal and Consumer, Interpersonal Communications and Relationships

16. Fifth Grade Events Early Release, October 7 at 12:15
Fall Celebration, October 15 at 1:45
Picture Day October 16
Teacher Workday / Parent Conferences, October 23, Sign Up Genius
Washington, D.C. Field Trip TENTATIVE February 2-5, 2016
Fifth Grade Valentine Dance, February 12, 2016
Departure Rehearsal 9 a.m., June 8, 2016
5th Grade Departure Celebration: Thursday, June 9, 2016

17. Thanks for coming and for your continued support as we challenge and prepare your child for future success!