1. WelcomeWelcome Wolf’s Crossing - Fifth Grade Curriculum Night 2015 - 2016

2. COMMON CORE Focus on Acquiring, Analyzing, and Synthesizing Information Backward Design o What do students need to know??? o How do I get each student as far as they can grow and go??? Cross-Curricular o Math, Science, and Social Studies are all part of Reading and Writing

3. ReadyGEN o Trade Books o Text Collection o Sleuth o Leveled Readers o Reader’s and Writer’s Journal Scholastic News Battle of the Books (optional) READING

4. VOCABULARY ReadyGEN o Affixes & Root Words Social Studies Science Math

5. WRITING ReadyGEN Module A – Narrative Module B – Informational – Argumentative/Opinion

6. CONVENTIONS ReadyGEN Parts of Speech Capitalization Punctuation Dialogue Etc… *** Writing Sample ***

7. MY MATH Emphasis on multiplication, division, geometry, fractions Chapter Essential Question Problem of the Day Common Core Quick Checks Modeling / Independent Practice My Homework Chapter Tests Online o ConnectEd o Planet Turtle I will be posting the ELA/Math PowerPoint presented to parents in the gym before Curriculum Night on my webpage tomorrow

8. MY MATH Students switch classrooms Placement based on: o Previous Teacher Recommendation o 5 th Grade Placement Test o Previous MAP scores On-Level Support o Review / Reteach Activities Above Level Support o Enrichment Activities *** Continuous Progress Monitoring ***

9. PLANET TURTLE Username/password cards—distrib. Aligned to Common Core State Standards Friendly competition or individual practice Reinforces concepts taught in school

10. REMIND.COM All 5 th grade teachers have created Remind accounts for their math students. If you did not sign up for an email or text message account, please contact your child’s math teacher to request another Remind form. I will no longer post math homework on my webpage since 5 th grade is using Remind for math homework reminders.

11. MTSS (Formerly RtI) Dear Parents, Your child’s success is important to us at Wolf’s Crossing. My goal is to ensure effective learning so that your child will have a positive learning experience this year. Every child is unique. Every child learns and behaves differently. Different children need different academic and behavior strategies and interventions for success. In order to meet the needs of all of my students, our building has implemented tiers of support. In this tier, classroom teachers use strategies and materials for students who may need a little extra support. During this time, I will be frequently monitoring your child’s progress to ensure that interventions are being successful. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I am happy to assist in your child’s learning and look forward to great success. Sincerely, Joy Varney

12. SOCIAL STUDIES Houghton-Mifflin Westward Expansion Civil War New Nation / Early Twentieth Century Modern America Linking to Today

13. SCIENCE FOSS Hands-on Science Quarter 1 - Levers and Pulleys Quarter 2 - Landforms Quarter 3 - Ecosystems Quarter 4 - Ecology *** Scientific Process***

14. STANDARDIZED TESTING STAR (3 times / year) o This Week – Reading o This Week – Math o Winter – (TBA) o Spring – (TBA ) PARCC—practice typing at home ! o ELA/MATH TESTING—SPRING 2016 ONLY (2 sessions)

15. H OMEWORK Very Little Homework- if student completes assigned work during class Absent Work-completed at home Late Work o Late homework form o Signature ONLY with completion o Reduced grade for each day late o 20 minutes required each night G RADING Effort / Completion Graded Papers Test / Quiz Assessment GRADING / HOMEWORK POLICY

16. CONSEQUENCES  Green Card - You are behaving as expected  Yellow Card - Warning!  Orange Card – No recess/ fill out a Character Counts Think Sheet  Red Card - Visit to office AND Phone call home VARNEY CLASSROOM RULES 1. Respect yourself, classmates, teachers, and school. 2. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself. 3. Listen and follow directions the first time given. 4. Be prepared for school every day. 5. Raise your hand to be heard. BEHAVIOR POLICY

17. Students earn/spend money Personal/group responsibility Good economics learned through the process Bi-Weekly Reports include:  Academic reports  Report of school week’s completed work  Upcoming units/events.  Signature line for parent; report must be returned on the next school day (usually Monday) Bi-Weekly reports will be placed online on the Important Documents page if you’d like that information BEHAVIOR POLICY- Continued

18. Student’s responsibility to write down assignments each day if classwork is not completed by end of day Parent signature NOT required unless student continually has late or incomplete work Contains card with student access information for ConnectEd (MyMath). ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOK

19.  Mid-Quarter Report Current Grades Any missing / absent work PROGRESS REPORTS

20. VARNEY’S WEBPAGE To access my webpage, please go to the District webpage (sd308.org), then: Click on the Schools tab to locate Wolf’s Crossing Open WC’s webpage Click on the Teacher’s tab Click on my name / webpage! I try my best to update the homework page no later than 5PM. My webpage is extensive. Please utilize it! The ELA/Math PowerPoint and this one can be found in the Curriculum Night tab on my website.

21. THANK YOU FOR COMING! Fall evening conferences: November 4 th and 5 th, 2015 Conference sign-up sheets will not come home until the second week in October Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns: Joy Varney Phone: 630.636.3752 Email: jvarney@sd308.orgjvarney@sd308.org