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CURRICULUM NIGHT5th Grade
Sawnee Elementary
Mrs. Gomez and Mrs. KauffmanAugust 20, 2011
Our Mission Statement: Sawnee Elementary School prepares children to be life-long learners, self-motivators, and responsible citizens functioning in a global society.
5th Grade PlusAll 4th and 5th grades in FCSS will be using Grade PLUS for the 2011-2012 school year.
Grading and Assessment Video
Mathematics
Houghton Mifflin (Adopted Text)
Whole Group and Small Group
Number of the Week
IXL/Study Island
Homework
IXL and Study Island
Formatives
AlgebraData Analysis
FractionsDecimalsGeometry
MeasurementNumber Sense, Place Value, & Estimating
Problem Solving
Reading / Grammar/Writing
Scott Foresman Reading Street (Adopted
Text)
Incorporating novel studies
Whole Group and Small Group
Accelerated Reader
Study Island
Homework/Reading Log
Scholastic Book Orders
WritingFour genres: Narrative, Persuasive,
Expository, and Response to Literature.
Skills taught using Empowering Writers.
CRCT Writing Test- beginning of March
Writing Journals
FormativesReading
Fiction ComprehensionNonfiction Comprehension
VocabularyFluency
EnglishGrammar/Parts of Speech
Research & WritingSentence Construction
Science
Teaching GPS Standards
Earth Science, Physical Science, and Life
Science
GradingDaily class work, In-class Projects, Quizzes, Tests
4 ½ Weeks per Quarter
Health will be covered in the Science
classroom
Social StudiesTeaching GPS Standards
Continue studying the history of the United States, beginning with The Civil War to the present
Geography, Economics, and Government will be embedded in our study of American History.
GradingDaily class work, Quizzes, Tests, In-class projects
4 ½ Weeks per Quarter
Conduct Card Reasons for signing include: Lunchroom behavior, unprepared,
off task/out of seat, not following directions, disrespectful, disruptive behavior/excessive talking
Missing homework does not count towards the marks – just to make families and students aware
Consequences 2 marks – 1 day of silent lunch 3 marks – 3 days of silent lunch 4 marks – Begin Behavior Plan/Conference with parent 5 marks – Lose 9 week Bash 6 marks – Conference with student, parents, teachers, & administrator
• Benchmark Assessments– October 24-28– February 13-16
• CRCT Writing– March 7th
• CRCT– April 11-20
Important Assessment Dates
Useful Websites• Houghton Mifflin (Math, Science, Social
Studies)– Website: www.eduplace.com– Textbooks: www.eduplace.com/eservices
• Sawnee5classroom• Sawnee5
• Pearson SuccessNet: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
• Sawnee Website:
www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sawneeelementary
Teacher ExtensionsReading/ Social Studies
Mrs. Chester: 771276Mrs. Gomez: 771281Ms. Mengel: 771293Mrs. Pagan: 771288
Mrs. Stephenson: 771296
Math/ Science
Mrs. Henderson: 771272Mrs. Kauffman: 771262
Mrs. Moran: 771292Mr. Pagan: 771297
Mr. Walden: 771280
BOOSTERTHON PEP RALLYSeptember 20th
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
EVENING!
It’s going to be a wild and exciting year!