Mrs. Mestdagh/Mrs. CrossRoom 3115th grade

Welcome to Back-to-School Night

GoalsIndividual growth for each studentIndependenceInitiative for learningResponsibility for self, homework

Two major classroom rules: RESPECT and ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST

Reading ProgramReading Logs: home and in-school logSummary / Reflection sheetsBook Reports: rubric, optionsInteresting Word listsReader’s Workshop units: Refining a

Reading Life, Following Characters into Meaning, Reading in book Clubs with Historical Fiction and Informational Reading

CAFÉ: Conferencing – comprehension, accuracy, fluency, expanding vocabulary

Individual Student Assessment (F/P)

WritingWriting Portfolio Writer’s Notebook Units: Refining the

Personal Narrative, Literary essay, informational writing, research report writing, and persuasive essays

Writer’s Notebook: daily writingDaily Language Review / SourcebookWIZARDS programVocabulary / Wordly-Wise: levelsSpelling levelsAlternating weeks: vocabulary and spelling

Please don’t forget:

Sign up for fall conferences

Sign up for classroom parties, room-parents, field trip drivers, PTO class representative

Make sure we have your email address

Homeroom InformationHomework responsibilities, sign-in, agendasDaily snacks and water5th grade birthday treatsBehavior systems: PBS, class “Yahoo”

stars, table points, and game daysSpecials Schedule: A B C D 10:15 – 11:00

Afternoon Switches: Science, Math, Social Studies

Social Studies - Units of StudyMap SkillsNative Americans of North AmericaEarly ExplorersEarly Colonization13 English Colonies Revolutionary WarUnited States Government/Core

Democratic Values

Field TripsCamp Howell – Friday, October 4th.One day, team building activities.Theater experienceCamp Howell – spring tripThree days and two nights of outdoor

activities. There will be a meeting in the spring for parents interested in chaperoning.