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Welcome to Welcome to curriculum nightcurriculum night
Thursday Thursday 9-15-119-15-11
Please sit wherever you’re
comfortable. The stationery is
there for you to leave a note for your youngster.
It is never my intent for homework to become a giant headache for you and your family. Please encourage your child to see it as an opportunity to
build good habits
improve basic skills
practice managing time and paper
prove that he or she is becoming more independent
HomeworkHomeworkIf we had school
today,
And if we have school tomorrow,There is
homework tonight.
Predictable & Consistent Homework Assignments to avoid confusion and conflict
Math worksheet each day, and Problem of the Week which is due by Friday.Writing exercise----usually a short essay I assign on Monday and which is due by the last school day that week.Reading log---please be honest, but try for at least 20 minutes daily.
Book reports (bi-monthly) and science fair project (1 time, in the spring).
reading
Students work
daily
Reading
independently
Whole Group
Lessons
Small Group Lessons
Reading logThe “reading log” provides us with real data. It is where conversations about your youngster’s reading begin.
Because we want students to “build a reading life,” the log provides us with real data about where each youngster is heading with regard to this goal.
WRITING ORGANIZATIONWays to beginAdding details and examplesTransitionsConclusions
WORD CHOICEUsing synonyms, antonyms, figures of speech, and literary devices including analogy, simile and metaphor, cliché, idiom, hyperbole and understatement
CONVENTIONSStandard English uses for commasApostrophesQuotation marksSemicolonsColonsspelling
SENTENCE FLUENCYCompound sentencesComplex sentencesAppositivesIntroductory Clauses
specific
feedback
4 = outstanding overall in addition to meeting the objectives3= meets the objectives2 = not quite meeting the target or didn’t follow directions1=not demonstrating grade level expectations
Encourage risk taking
without crossing the
line of goodness
and decency.
MATHEMATICS THERE ARE INFINITE WAYS TO RENAME THE SAME NUMBER ADDENDS 3+4=5+2FACTORS 2*3.5=1.75*4ALL SORTS OF COMBINATIONS OF THESE
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRACTION, DECIMAL, AND PERCENTAGE
½ AND 50% AND .5
THERE ARE SPECIFIC WAYS WE MEASURE CIRCLES AND ANGLES
THERE ARE SPECIFIC WAYS WE MEASURE CIRCLES AND ANGLES---THE NUMBERS 180 AND 360 ARE VERY IMPORTANT
WE APPLY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS---MAKING A PICTURE, GUESSING AND CHECKING, LOOKING FOR A PATTERN, BREAKING THE PROBLEM INTO SUB-PROBLEMS
U.S. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
THE 5TH GRADE CURRICULUM COVERS THE ERA OF EXPLORATION THROUGH THE AMERICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.
IN-CLASS PROJECTS SUPPLEMENT THE HISTORY ALIVE! BOOK.
Emphasize
Points of view
Cultural factors
Economic factors
Personalities
Available Technologies
Fact and opinion
Motion and design
inertia
kinetic, chemical, and potential energy
friction
scientific method
Force
vector
In health we will read about human body systems
SkeletalDigestiveRespiratoryCirculatoryNervousThe sensesNutrition
FLASH (Family Living And Sexual Health)
Puberty
Reproductive Systems
Pregnancy
HIV/AIDS
And one more thing, Mildred. Please don’t
buy this instructor presents for Christmas or the end of the year.
That sounds swell, Gladys. I’m just going to have my youngster
write a thoughtful card if we feel like giving
something.
