Back to School Night 2014

Grade 5

Agenda• Welcome and Introductions• Communication• Friday Forms• Homework• Areas of Focus• Learning Skills• Curriculum• Closing

Communication

• Daily Planners/Wrap-Up• Friday Forms (next slide)• Email/Phone calls• Blog

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Homework• Homework will vary from

teacher to teacher• Reading Logs• Math will be assigned on a

regular basis. • Teachers will communicate

when long-term projects are assigned.

• Homework should average one hour per night from homeroom.

• Please support your child while encouraging independence.

Areas of Focus1. Organization2. Time Management3. Quality of Work4. Independence

Learning Skills• 5th graders will receive effort grades• Teachers use a combination of scoring guide, effort

grades, and percentages to respond to student work.• Students are responsible to be ready to turn in

assignments upon arrival.• Study guides provided before most tests.• Assignments not meeting expected quality will be

returned for re-do.

CURRICULUM SCHEDULE 2014-2015Subject Fall Winter Spring

Language Arts:WritingGrammarSpeechVocabularySpellingListening

NovelsReachWriting

NovelsReachWriting

NovelsReachWriting

Social Studies U.S. GeographyExplorersColonies

Early Settlements/Colonization/Events leading to War

Revolutionary WarGovernment

Science Water Planet Levers and PulleysInvention Convention

Living Systems

Health Safety Drugs & Alcohol Human Growth

Events/Field Trips OMSIWatershed

Food Bank