BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT5TH GRADE 2014-2015PHELPS LUCK ELEMENTARY

MEET THE 5TH GRADE TEAM/DEPARTMENTALIZATION

Karen Boyle- Instructional Team Leader LA/SS Alexis Giles- Math/Science Teacher Arthur Milton- LA/SS Teacher Shannon Rembert-Math/Science Teacher Joann Lorch- Paraeducator AM-

Boyle and Milton are Co-Teaching Giles and Rembert have separate classrooms

PM- Giles and Rembert are Co-Teaching Boyle and Milton have separate classrooms

Village Approach SPED, ESOL, Title 1, Reading Specialists, GT, Speech Co-teaching, Co-planning- Long Range Planning

OUR SCHEDULE

8:40-9:00- Arrival/Breakfast 9:00-9:30- Spanish 9:30-11:30- Academic Session 1 11:30-12:00- Academic Session 2 12:00-12:30- Lunch 12:30-1:00- Recess 1:00-2:30- Academic Session 2 2:30-3:15- Related Arts 3:15-3:25- Dismissal

BREAKFAST PROGRAM AT PLES

Breakfast is offered to our students everyday.

Breakfast is offered from 8:40-8:55. Students should arrive in time to eat breakfast so that the instructional day can begin promptly at 9:00.

Breakfast items are distributed together this year. These may include: cereal, crackers, juice.

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION SUPPORTS- PBIS

Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports- Respect self- Respect others- Respect property

PBIS focuses on acknowledging students for consistent positive behaviors.

Students are rewarded with Fabulous Falcons and special activities for appropriate behaviors.

Rewards include Monthly Falcon club

STEPS FOR SOARING TO SUCCESS

Step 1: Green Everyone starts here.

Step 2: Yellow Stop and Think Level

1. Move student to new area. Give 3-5 minutes to make required behavior change.

2. If behavior has not changed, students is made aware that they need to stop and think about their behavior. Form will be completed with teacher at later time.

Step 3: Red Office Support

HOW CAN PARENTS SUPPORT PBIS AT HOME?

Talk with your child about what it means to respect self, others and property at home.

Regularly ask to see your child’s Monthly Behavior Calendar to monitor behavior.

Focus on the positive things that your child does at home and talk about why these behaviors are important to you.

Assist teachers in the classroom with management of the PBIS program if needed.

REMINDERS

Student handbook in Agenda book Cell phone/electronics Dress code Birthday celebrations Absent Child- Call PLES Office/ Student

returns from absence with note

HOMEWORK- WAYS TO HELP

ELA and Math nightly Monday –Thursday Varies from class to class

Reading Read 25 minutes nightly Regular written response to at home reading

Math Practice Multiplication and Division Facts nightly (based on

student need) Common Core Review twice a week

COMMUNICATION

Emergency Cards* Thursday Folders Agenda Book Emails/Phone Calls Report Cards/Progress Reports Parent Conferences

AM Teacher - November 24th and 25th PM Teacher- February 12th and 13th

MATH UPDATE-WHAT WILL OUR STUDENTS LEARN?

Problem Solving and Application

Decimals Multiplication/Division Fractions Volume Measurement Quadrilaterals and

Coordinate Grids Numerical

Expressions

Grade 5

WHAT WILL OUR STUDENTS LEARN?

Problem Solving and Application

Division Decimals and Fractions Integers Ratio and Proportion Expressions and

Equations Area and Volume Statistics and

Probability

Grade 5- Above Grade Level Curriculum

Navigating th

e Site

What Your Child Will Learn• skills/concepts taught

• vocabulary• activities at home

• links for games

Mobile Apps

Resources for Parents• Vision 2018

• Information about Common Core

• Books

HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD? : SMART PAGES

http://smart.wikispaces.hcpss.org

READING UPDATE

Children who are solid readers: * perform better in school* have a healthy self-image* become lifelong learners

All of the these outcomes lead to our children’s viability in a competitive world.

PHELPS LUCK’S SCHOOL-WIDE READING PROGRAM, GRADES K – 5: “BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF READERS”

For Grade 5, students are to read 25 minutes per night, Monday through Friday.

Teachers will monitor weekly reading by checking their reading logs, and reading notebooks.

WORD STUDY A Powerful New Approach

Suffixes

Greek & Latin Roots

PrefixesPhonics

Spelling

Vocabulary

WORD STUDY

THEN Assigned word lists Little or no connection

to curricular areas or each other

The weekly assignment: “Find and write a definition for each word,” or “Use each word in a sentence”

A test came at the end of the week (rote memorization)

WORD STUDYNOW

Word lists are organized through meaningful roots or patterns

Expand and deepen word knowledge during content-area study

The weekly assignment: “Meet the Root, Combine and

Create, Read and Reason, Extend and Explore” Applied spelling and

language conventions tests

ELA HOMEWORK

A New Look for Assessments

Dictation

Word Meaning

Applied knowledge

FIELD TRIP/ ACTIVITIES

National Building Museum in DC- November 12th

Philadelphia- May/June

Middle School Visit- May 19th

Environmental Report Card Field Experience on site - Spring 2014

Promotion Ceremony- *June 8th/ June 9th- *tentative dates

5TH GRADE ACTIVITIES

Winter Bazaar- Mid-December

Spelling Bee- January

Science Fair Project- due in April

Simulated Congressional Hearing- May 28th

Puberty Education Health Unit- SpringParent Information Meeting will precede this unit

PARCC

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

The PARCC assessment is administered 3 times per year in grades 3-8 over 2-3 days.

The PARCC assessment measures student’s achievement in English Language (ELA) Literacy and Mathematics based on the learning standards contained in the Common Core State Standards.

MAP- MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS

Designed to measure student growth , both during the school year and across multiple school years.

Determines instructional strengths and needs, in conjunctions with other measures

MAP will be taken on the computer and adapts to each individual student. MAP will be administered approximately 3 times per year. As the students answer questions correctly, the questions correctly, the

questions become more challenging. Since each question is based on how the student performed on the previous

questions, students cannot go back to questions they’ve already answered, and they can’t skip any questions.

MAP assessments are aligned to the national Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Reading that can be measured using multiple-choice items.

MAP assessments do not include performance –based or constructed-response items (written responses), which is one area where it does not align with Common Core.

MSA SCIENCE

The Maryland School Assessment is a measure of student achievement in science in grade 5 (testing content from grades 4 and 5)

The test will be administered online over 2-3 days.

STATE AND DISTRICT MANDATED ASSESSMENTS

Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) for GT Testing – December 1-12th The CogAT scores are measured as:

• Verbal (verbal classification, sentence completion, and verbal analogies);

• Quantitative (quantitative relations, number series, and equation building);

• Nonverbal (figure classification, figure analogies, and figure analysis).

PARCC (Performance Based Assessment)- March 2nd-March 27th

PARCC (End of Year)- April 20th-May 15th

MSA Science- April 13th-May 1st

Map Testing- September 22nd-October 22nd/April 20th- May 22nd

TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Teacher/County Recommend Courses Course Selection Forms distributed to

each student. Parent Information Night at the middle

school.

PAYMENTS THROUGH THE YEAR

5th Grade T-Shirt- $5.00 Individual Pictures (Fall) National Building Museum over $5.00 Individual Pictures (Spring) Yearbook - $20.00 Science Board- $5.00 Philadelphia Field Trip- $38.00- $42.00

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

Please remember that out of respect to your child, we would prefer that we discuss their progress at a one-on-one scheduled time, instead of within ear shot of others.

We appreciate your attendance!

Questions?