1. Welcome to Fifth Grade September 26, 2016
Welcome Parents!
Please take a moment to explore your child’s interactive notebooks and read their letter! Paper is provided for your response.

2. Our Vision
Vision: As a team we will work collaboratively to prepare our students to be responsible citizens who think critically and take ownership of their learning. We will encourage them to be independent problem solvers to help them move beyond KWES. 

3. Math Core Extension Science Recess/Lunch Social Studies Encore
Classroom Schedule
Math
Core Extension
Science
Recess/Lunch
Social Studies
Encore
Language Arts
-Beginning Strings: M and Th
-Advanced Strings: T and F
-Signet: Tuesday

4. Language Arts Grammar & Vocabulary Writing Reading Nonfiction Fiction
Poetry
Daily 3
Research

5. Math Unit 1- Place Value Unit 2-Addition and Subtraction
Unit 3-Multiplication and Division
Unit 4- Data Analysis and Statistics
Unit 5-Fraction Computation
Unit 6-Probability
Unit 7-Fraction and Decimal Number Sense
Unit 8-Decimal Computation
Unit 9-Geometry
Unit 10-Measurement
Unit 11-Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

6. Science Scientific Method Living Systems Oceanography
Rocks and Fossils
Geological Processes
Matter
Sound
Light

7. Social Studies Map Skills Geographic Concepts North American Geography
Canada
Central America
The Caribbean Islands
Mexico

8. Homework
Homework shall be incorporated as a meaningful component of the instructional program.
Homework assignments should be understood by the student and should involve only work for which the student is ready.
All assigned homework will receive feedback from the teacher.

9. Extra Information CFAs (Common Formative Assessment) End of each unit
SOLs (Standards of Learning)
Reading, Science, Math – Early May/June
Parent Portal/School Fusion
Don’t forget to sign up for conferences! (November 7th)
Field Trip information to come…

10. STEAM!!!!! Marshmallow Challenge
Each table/team will receive a bag containing 20 sticks of dry spaghetti, one yard of string, one large marshmallow, along with a yard of tape.
Challenge: To build the tallest tower possible in 18 minutes that will support the marshmallow.
Timer Set and GOOOOOO…