1. Curriculum Night! 5 th Grade Leischner, Lindsay LEISCHNER.LINDSAY@cusd80.com LEISCHNER.LINDSAY@cusd80.com Terhark, Kylee TERHARK.KYLEE@cusd80.comTERHARK.KYLEE@cusd80.com Burns, Kris Burns.Kris@cusd80.comBurns.Kris@cusd80.com

2. The Leader in Me Based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Everyone has a leader within

3. Curriculum Arizona Standards in Social Studies and Science Arizona College & Career Readiness Standards in Math, Reading, Writing Quarterly curriculum maps available online

4. Infinite Campus (gradebook) CUSD website Parent Portal –Instructions and codes to sign up (even on your phone!)

5. Mascot and Dress Code Red, white or blue collared shirts. No logos Tan or dark blue bottoms PTO will be selling an additional shirt option soon

6. Mathematics McGraw Hill – In class Saxon – At Home (Once we have books for every student!)

7. Language Arts – Journeys Close reading Reading across the curriculum Textbook highlights all necessary skills prior to April testing

8. Language Arts – Reading Spalding –Weekly word list with test on Friday –30 words –20 phonograms

9. Exploration -Geography -Explorers Colonies -American Revolution -Civil War -Westward Expansion -Industrial Revolution Government -Democracy -Economics -Current Events Social Studies – United States

10. Science 1 st Quarter –Solar System –Objects in Space 2 nd Quarter –Human body systems 3 rd Quarter –Matter 4 th Quarter –Force and motion –Simple Machines

11. Practice and Agendas Reading log – 20 min with signature in agenda Daily record of in-class work and homework Important Announcements

12. Field Trip – Challenger Space Center End of September NEED Tax credit donations!

13. Field Trips - BiZTOWN March 2 NEED tax credit donations!

14. Tax Credit Donations Maximum that CUSD can ask from parents will not cover field trip cost. Brand new school = no initial budget Chandlerdonations.org