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WELCO
ME TO FIFTH
GRADE!
Presented
by Mrs. Donskoy
What is Fifth Grade?End of childhoodThe beginning of the conflicting preteen yearsEntrance to the scene of Junior HighAn opportunity to grow up and mature
Fifth Grade is not just another grade, it is Junior High drama and intensity inside the little
world of an elementary school…
Challenges of Fifth Grade
Large Classes
Deadlines
StaggeredAssignment
s
More Independent
Work
Critical Peers
Different relationshi
p with a teacher
What is Fifth Grade?
Academic Skills
Life Skills
Motivation
Raise an Independent Child
ChoresUnloading the dishwasherMaking a sandwichWatching a little brother or sisterSetting the tableCleaning the room
Life Skills
Withouta
reward
A Little Detour…
Children do not need a cell phone because it is a small school; we can always locate your child.Texting is the biggest problem. Get a cell phone with limited texting opportunities.Research your plan for the special cell phones for kids. If you do decide to give a child a cell phone…do not give it to a child as a reward. Give it to them as an emergency tool and reserve the right to look at the phone at any given time.
More detour…
Children do not need a laptopFifth graders need a working desktop computer located in the living room or any other place where people frequently passFifth graders need a working printer and possibly access to Internet with the enforced parental controls.
Raise a Good SportTeach to failA certain amount of stress is okay, raise a resilient child by being positive and trying to find something good in every dayDo not interfere in child’s disputes! Do not allow a child to whine and complain. Whining and complaining do not equate expressing one’s feelings. Teach “I feel that…”
Life Skills
Teach DisciplineIt is possible to discipline a child without love; it is not possible to love a child without disciplineDiscipline=rules +consequences
Life Skills
Teach MannersIt is not just please and thank youBy teaching good manners you are saving your child from begin ridiculed by other students
Teach Work EthicsPractice delayed gratificationHomework: be careful with providing too much assistance; just make sure that it is completedCelebrate achievement and push your child towards more challenging tasksModel it
Life Skills
What is Fifth Grade?
Academic Skills
Life Skills
Motivation
How to Teach Motivation??Show the child a university campusMotivation = work ethicsAvoid large and expensive giftsBehave in a way that you want your child to behave
Motivation
What is Fifth Grade?
Academic Skills
Life Skills
Motivation
A Little Detour…
Biology gives us a brain, the world gives us a mind.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Language ArtsAcademic
Skills
AR Requirement
s2 books
Summer Reading
BookReports and
Reading Logs
Reading to a Child
With every grade students read less and less…
Summer ReadingAcademic
Skills
Summer ReadingAcademic
Skills
Language ArtsAcademic
Skills
Typing vs. Writing
The importance of
following written
directions
Cursive Handwriting
Mostly non-fiction
Language Arts
MathematicsAcademic
Skills
MathematicsAcademic
Skills
http://www.bigbrainz.com
ScienceAcademic
Skills
Earth Science with the focus on meteorology
Physical ScienceChemical equations, formulas, periodic table of elements…
Life ScienceBody systems (respiratory, circulatory, and digestive); photosynthesis equation
Students must be able to read and understand non-fiction text and study, study, study!
Social StudiesAcademic
Skills
The British Colonies American Revolution
Social StudiesAcademic
Skills
States and Capitals US Presidents
Fifth Grade Field Trip
These field trips will be possible only if the parents support us financially
OVERNIGHT TRIP,1 night
$
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
FREE
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory
FREE
Griffith Observatory
FREE
$
Riley’s Farm: Revolutionary War Reenactment
Riley’s Farm: Revolutionary War Reenactment
$
Fifth Grade Finances…
Fifth Grade Finances (Donations)
Field Trips$100?
Yearbook$25.00?
Panorama Picture All
Fifth Graders$16.00?
Fall Pictures
with a class picture
……..
Spring Pictures………..
Graduation Pictures$12 per pictures
Culmination Fees
$25.00
DVDs with Pictures
and Movies
Book Publishing
Project……..
So… what do we do??
Have a good summer!
Rest
Travel
And… breathe…
http://nestleweb.com
Fifth Grade Web-Sites
http://nestleweb.com/donskoy
Catch Up!Reading
Multiplication
Any Questions?