Schedules, Policies, and Curriculum

2015

Mrs. Russell & Mrs. Perry5th grade

Our Schedule• Recess 10:00• Lunch 11:55 – 12:30• Monday

• Art 8:40 – 9:20• Tuesday

• Music 8:40 – 9:20• Dance 9:20 – 10:00

• Friday• PE 9:20 – 10:00

Classroom Management• Individual: Participation Points

• PBIS• Quiet signal• Verbal warning• Moved to “thinking spot”

• Class: Marble Jar• Grade Level: Goal Line

• No missing work - 20 minute recess on Friday at 2:20

• Any missing assignments - stay in for a study hall

Student Responsibilities

• Assignments - Students are responsible for turning in finished work each day. Any unfinished work becomes homework and is due the next day.

• Planner - Completed daily together, the planner lists all assignments and homework.

• Parent Folder - Students take home on Friday, return on Monday.

Homework

In Grades 4-5, the district guideline for homework is two to four assignments weekly, each lasting 15-45 minutes.

The purpose of homework is to reinforce previously taught concepts and develop study habits.

Monday - Thursday• unfinished work • practice spelling words, read 20 minutes• math or language practice sheets as assigned• book reports/research projects will require work at

home

Late Work Policy

• Repeated incidences of late work will result in lowered marks for Lifelong Learning Skills. Percent of missing/late assignments will be noted in report card comments.

• Weekly progress report will list missing assignments.

• Work missed due to excused absences will be given equal number of days to make up (e.g., 3 days absent, work due 3 days later.)

Communication

• Daily planner• Weekly parent folder• Weekly progress report• Mrs. Perry’s webpage• Email is best for questions/concerns

Parent Folder

• Parent folder goes home every Friday – please return on Monday• Includes weekly missing assignment

sheet• Contains work done throughout the

week• Also important papers from the

school/PTA/teacher

Volunteers

• Copying, laminating• Field trip chaperones• Holiday Hats• Biz Town• 5th grade party

English Language Arts• Reading

• McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders reading writing workshop and anthology

• Scholastic News• Novel studies• Book reports by genre

• Vocabulary• Analogies• Greek/Latin roots• Figurative Language

• Grammar

Writing

• Narrative, Opinion, Informative• Scored on 6 traits of writing (organization,

voice, ideas, sentence fluency, word choice, and conventions) and Common Core rubrics

• Step Up to Writing model for expository writing

Math

• enVision MATH – Core Curriculum• Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Interpret algebraic expressions• Analyze patterns

• Number and Operations in Base Ten• Understand place value system• Perform operations with multi-digit whole

numbers and decimals• Number and Operations – Fractions

• Perform operations with fractions

Math cont.• Measurement and Data

• Represent and interpret data• Volume

• Geometry• Graph points on coordinate plane• Classify two-dimensional figures based on

attributes

Science

• The Scientific Method

topics of study during the year:• Physical: Magnets and Motors• Earth/Space: Motion and Design• Life: Ecosystems

Social Studies

• Daily Geography• History Alive

• Tri 1: Geography, Native Americans, Exploration• Tri 2: Colonial Life, The American Revolution• Tri 3: The Constitution, Bill of Rights

• CBA – Classroom Based Assessment - topic is “Causes of Conflict – Revolutionary War”

• States studied by region

TechnologyComputer Lab – weekly• Math and language practice with IXL• Word, Excel, PowerPoint instruction• Research

• Organization• Methodology• Ethics• Citing sources

• Assessment• Math topic tests• iReady for ELA and Math (fall and spring)• SBA (Smarter Balanced Assessment) for ELA and

Math• MSP for Science

Question and Answer Time

please sign up for a conference time before you leave