1. Curriculum Night 2015-2016

2. Welcome! I. Welcome to the 5 th Grade!  Last Year in elementary school II. Rules and Procedures  Name in the book/Discipline Notes/ Emails/Phone Calls/ Classroom Economy III. Homework  Planners—write their homework down daily, Reading Logs IV. Class Expectations: Folders, Accordions, and Notebooks V.Grading: Informal (40%) and Formal (60%) Power School-contact the office for help with log-in VI. Communication  Tuesday folders (Please sign and return papers)  Newsletters, emails, phone calls, etc. lorrainec.mcelrath@cms.k12.nc.us  Planners  Wiki: http://mcelrath.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/http://mcelrath.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/

3. Math Mathematical Practices  1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.  2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.  3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.  4. Model with mathematics.  5. Use appropriate tools strategically.  6. Attend to precision.  7. Look for and make use of structure.  8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

4. Math Continued 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. 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.

5. Balanced Literacy  Throughout the Reading and Writing Workshop the teacher will provide explicit instruction through:  Interactive Read Alouds  Word Work (vocabulary)  Mini Lessons  Conferencing  Other reading (articles, passages, reading book)

6. Language Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English language when writing or speaking:  Conjunctions  Prepositions  Interjections  Perfect Verb Tense (I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked)  Capitalization  Punctuation  Spelling grade appropriate words correctly  Comma to set off the words yes and no (Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (Is that you, Steve?)  Use Underlining, quotation marks, or italics  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. Writing  Being A Writer Program  Text Types  Write arguments to support a position using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence.   Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and explain complex information.   Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.   Writers will also:  Plan, revise, edit, rewrite or try a new approach to develop and strengthen writing  Use technology to produce and publish writing  Independent Daily Writing  Student and/or teacher chooses mode, purpose, audience  Word study Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Roots and affixes

8. Vocabulary Students will determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content by:  Using Context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase  Using common, grade appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of the word (photograph, photosynthesis)  Consult reference materials both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases (dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses)  Figurative Language (similes and metaphors)  Explain the meaning of 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)

9. Science  Weather (forecasting the weather using instruments and clouds, jet stream, El, 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  Heating and Cooling (transfer of heat, convection, conduction, radiation)  Force and Motion (force, position, gravity, how mass affects an object)  Body Systems Circulatory System (Heart, blood, vessels) Respiratory System (nose, trachea, lungs) Skeletal System (bones) Muscular System (muscles) Digestive System (mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines) Nervous System (brain, spinal cord, nerves)  RHASE (Reproductive System)  Genetics (how some likenesses are inherited and others are not, how an organism is similar/different than its parent)

10. Health  Apply Positive stress management  Understand help-seeking strategies for depression and mental disorders  Understand wellness, disease prevention, and recognition of symptoms  Analyze health products and sources of health information  Understand body systems and organs, functions, and their care  Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships  Analyze the changes and the influences that occur during puberty and adolescence  Apply tools (MyPlate) to plan healthy nutrition and fitness  Create strategies to consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages and limit calorie-dense or empty calorie foods  Understand the benefits of nutrition and fitness to disease prevention  Understand health risks associated with use of alcohol  Understand why people use alcohol  Apply risk reduction behaviors to protect self and others from alcohol use

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

12. Social Studies Continued: 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  Citizenship

13. Music  Mrs. Hofmann is your child's music teacher this year.  Please visit her web page: http://noreenhofmann.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/http://noreenhofmann.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/  Click the NC Essential Standards for Music link to learn about your child's music curriculum for this year. Also, have your child explore the music links page for fun!