Welcome to 5th Grade Curriculum Night

Mrs. Almendarez

Mrs. Herting

Ms. Koshick

Mrs. Noppenberg

Mr. Urquieta

August 7, 2015

Communication with You

• Daily agendas

• Weekly- Parent Update (e-mail/ website)

• E-mail communication with homeroom teacher

• The Gecko Newsletter (e-mail)

• Report Cards (end of each quarter)

• Conferences (October and February/March)

• Homework on web page

http://www.kyrene.org/Page/29894

• Other e-mails, phone calls, notes, meetings as

needed

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Respectful Behavior System• Brisas’ No Tolerance: No physical aggression, swearing,

destruction of property, defiance

• School Wide PBIS System

– clear and consistent expectations and consequences

– Think time model

– Tickets/Class Dojo in cafeteria

• Clip Chart/Behavior Scale System in agenda

• Classroom tickets

• Consistent procedures and routines in all classes

– Teacher collaboration on shared students

• Emphasis on student success and building confidence

using Lifeskills and Kaliedoeye lessons

Classroom Policies

• Water Bottles– bring sock or place on

paper towel

• Restroom– go as needed with pass but

encouraged to go at snack, recess, lunch

• Snack– healthy snack to eat in the

morning (NO candy, fruit roll ups, etc..)

– Due to allergies we are a NUT FREE GRADE

• No toys or other objects that may distract

Homework

• Reinforces skills, builds responsibility and work

habits, purposeful homework

• Should be able to be done mostly independently

• Focus on daily homework- more like middle school

• Classwork that was not finished in the allotted time

may become additional homework that day.

• Homework Policy-unless otherwise stated it is due

the following day. Missing assignments will be

completed during lunch recess.

Agendas

• Each homework assignment is written

daily in class agenda for each subject

and posted on 5th Grade website-

www.kyrene.org

• Behavior Scale in agenda each night

• Projects and due dates are logged in

agenda

• Please check and initial each night

• Write any issues, concerns, questions

Report Cards

• Graded on skills your child has achieved

by 5th grade expectations

• Same skills increase in difficulty as year

progresses

• Some skills are introductory, others

mastery

• Standard scale for letter grades

• Grades available online through Parent

Vue http://www.kyrene.org/ksdportal/

This Year’s Standardized

Tests

• DIBELS- beginning, middle, & end

of year

• AZ Merit

• District assessments throughout

year

ELA: English Language Arts

Reading

Literature and Informational Text

• Balance reading literature with informational text over a

range of genres with a focus on:

– Key ideas and details(cite, summarize/main idea &details,

compare/contrast story elements/topics)

– Craft and structure (vocabulary, figurative lang., text

structure)

– Integration of knowledge and ideas(multiple texts/sources)

– Range of reading and level of text complexity

Foundational Skills

• Phonics and word recognition (roots, prefixes, suffixes)

• Fluency

• 6 Traits

• 4 point scale writing rubric for grading

• Skills integrated with literature studies, social studies and STEM programs, math

• Thinking maps

ELA: English Language Arts

Writing

• Text types and purposes

– Opinion, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative

• Production and distribution of writing

– Organization appropriate to task, purpose, audience

• Research to build and present knowledge

– Research, analysis, and reflection

• Range of writing

• Comprehension and Collaboration – Effectively engage in discussions

• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas– Report on a topic

• Conventions of Standard English and Knowledge of Language– Use proper grammar and conventions both written and

orally

• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use– Determine word meanings using context, roots,

figurative language

(A portion of this grade is observational by all three teachers)

ELA: English Language Arts

Speaking and Listening

• HW is nightly, due the following day, and may include:– reading a chapter (or 2), answering a reading

response question, grammar, vocabulary, spelling

• Tests– Will occur when appropriate within the unit.

• Spelling– Words given on a worksheet every

Wednesday and need to be copied in the agenda. Weekly test on Wednesday over 10 random words from the list.

ELA: Homework/Tests

• 1st Quarter-Tuck Everlasting

**Need in class by 8/14

• 3rd Quarter-Esperanza Rising

ELA: Literature Studies

5th Grade Math Curriculum

Mathematics- Mathematical Practices from

Common CORE

• Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others

• Model with mathematics

• Use appropriate tools strategically

• Attend to precision

• Look for and make use of structure

• Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

- Homework will be given daily and will be due the next day

- Test and quizzes will be given when appropriate within the unit

Math: Homework/Tests

Close Reading/ Non-Fiction

• Emphasis in Science/

Social Studies/Health

• Homework will reflect

Close Reading Skills

Included in the 5th Grade

Health Curriculum:

• Positive health behaviors and choices

• Basic nutrients and healthy diet

• Media and peer influences

• Growth and development

• Goal-setting and decision-making

• Reducing health risks

• Accessing accurate health information

Included in the 5th Grade

Science Curriculum:

• Scientific Method

• Matter and Energy

• Forces and Motion

• Earth and space

• Human body

• Biomes

• Science and technology in society

• STEM (Science Technology Engineering

Mathematics)

Included in the 5th Grade

Social Studies Curriculum:

• Research skills

• Exploration and colonization of America

• American Revolution

• Westward Expansion

• Civil War

• Economics

• Structure and functions of government

• Geography

• Current Events

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