1. Welcome! Mrs. Dawes 4th and 5th Grade Math and Science
School Year

2. Welcome! I’ve been with TMSA since the first year.
2nd year teaching math, 10th year teaching science
Schedule: 2 hour and 10 minutes block of instruction
5th grade: Morning
4th grade: Afternoon
1st year with Flexible Seating!
One of two classrooms in the school with this option.
Website:

3. Assignments and Grading
Math Quizzes every Friday (almost)
Tests announces one week prior
Homework 1-2 times per week, only minutes per night
Projects mainly completed at home
Tests/Projects: 50%
Quizzes/Checkpoints: 20%
Classwork/Labwork: 20%
Homework: 10%
Please check PowerSchool for updates and due dates.

4. Flexible Seating
Gives students a choice! Students learn best when they have some control over their environment.
Community! Traditional desks can make students territorial over their space and supplies. Flexible seating encourages students to take turns with different seating options.
Collaboration! Students learn better when they work together. Flexible seating allows to students to easily pair up to work in small groups.
Movement! Kids need to move! Students can bounce, wiggle, lean, twist, stand, kneel, and sit to suit their needs.
Comfort! Uncomfortable students make for distracted students. Students are more focused, calm, and productive with flexible seating.

5. Science Fair Proposal Form Due Sept. 10
Students will create a Research Report (paper) and a Trifold board for their project, on the same topic.
Projects due any time between Nov
Science Fair After School- all parents and students are welcome!
Judges will be choosing top 5 projects from each grade.
Tues. Dec. 4- 4th Grade Projects
Thurs. Dec. 6- 5th Grade Projects
Packet reviewed with students, can also be found on my website.

6. Standards and Curriculum
Math standards have changed (slightly). Some have been added and others taken away.
Standards links can be found in the syllabus.
We will be using MAP testing, an adaptive test, in September, January, and April.
We will be using NC Check-ins, which are like state-created benchmarks we can review with the students. These will happen in October, January, and March.
My classroom has a lot of hands-on learning, cooperative learning, and will push students to explain WHY and HOW they got their solution.

7. 4th Grade Math Data collection and analysis, graphs
Multiples, Factors, Multiplication and Division of Multi-digit numbers
Place value and comparing numbers
Word problems with the four operations
Multi-digit multiplication and division
Fractions and Decimals
Operations with Fractions and Decimals
Angles, Perimeters, Area, Circumference
Geometry
Place value with metric conversions
Go Math (two large) and OnCore (one small) workbook

8. 4th Grade Science August: Scientific Method September: Animal Studies
October: Moon Phases, In/Out Human Brain
November and December: Food Chemistry and Nutrition
January-March: Energy and Electricity, Energy Conversion
April and May: Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
No textbook
We use PLTW, Foss, and STC Science Kits.

9. 5th Grade Math Quarter 1: 5th Grade Material
Exponents and Order of Operations
Least Common Multiple/Greatest Common Factor, Prime Factorization
Operations with Fractions: Multiplying and Dividing
Quarter 2: 5th Grade Material
Operations with Multi-Digit Whole Numbers and Decimals
Integers and Rational Numbers on a Number Line
Coordinate Planes
Properties of Algebraic Expressions
Quarter 3: 6th-7th Grade Material
Equations and Inequalities
Ratios, Rates, Proportions, and Measurement Conversions
Percent/Percent Applications
Quarter 4: 6th-7th Grade Material
Angles, Perimeters, Area, Circumference
Surface Area and Volume
Connect, Analyze, and Display Data
Students take the 5th Grade EOG.
Track: 6th Grade: 7-8 Compacted Math
7th Grade: Math I
8th Grade Math II

10. 5th Grade Science
Unit 1: Forces, Motion, and Energy- Students will be creating blueprints, assembling products, and testing laws of motion with what they build. (August-October)
Unit 2: Ecosystems- Students will be caring for plants and animals in an ecosystem that they build. They will be observing how animals and plants affect each other in their environments. (October-December)
Unit 3: Human Body and Heredity- Students will be evaluating the job and important parts of each body system. They will be creating models to show how body systems interact with one another. Determining whether traits are inherited or acquired is also covered in this unit. (January-March)
Unit 4: Weather- Students will be predicting weather patterns and daily/seasonal weather based on patterns. (March-June)
No Science Textbook. EOG Workbook given in Spring.
Science EOG in 5th Grade!