Indian Knoll Elementary

5th Grade Curriculum NightAugust 18, 2015

5th Grade Team

ExpectationsBe RespectfulBe ResponsibleBe Ready

INDIAN KNOLL HOUSES

Agendas

• Student Responsibility: fill out agenda correctly in each class on a daily basis

• Parent Responsibility: check agenda for HW, behavior card, test dates and sign each day

Transportation Changes

• Must be written and include student’s full name and homeroom. (Not in the agenda)

• No transportation changes by e-mail allowed.

• Faxes must include driver’s license photo

Communication/Information• Websites:• SchoolMessenger –accuracy of

contact information VITAL• Remind101 – administration and

5th grade teachers @fbaebc to 81010

• E-mail:firstname.lastname@cherokee.k12.ga.us

• Newsletter

Conferences

CONFERENCESSign up sheets on back table for face-to-face conferences.Homeroom teachers will communicate with those not signed up.

New Grading Policy

Grading policy –weightedTests – 25%Projects/Tasks – 25%Quizzes – 20%Classwork/ Test Prep – 20%Homework – 10%If work is not turned in at all, teachers may give a zero for the grade. For late work, 10 points may be deducted for each day.

READING*Reading from varied sources such as nonfiction, novels, textbooks, and newspapers for information and pleasure for a variety of purposes.*Reading Challenge – Standard*Comprehension Check every Wednesday (computer or paper)

MathCurriculum

Georgia Standards of Excellence

Math Work Text –Go Math (online component)

Moby Max

Class InformationWebpage

links and homeworkHomework

Monday-Thursday Weekly and Daily Friday Assessment

Quizzes, Tests posted on website

Blue folder

Language Arts

Language Arts• Lucy Caulkins “Writer’s Worship” model used.• Mission is to create “avid and skilled readers, writers, and inquirers”• Types of writing

– Narrative Craft– Research Report (in conjunction with social studies: using historical texts, primary source documents,

maps and timelines)– Memoir– Research-based argument Essay

• Grammar focus: - parts of speech (focus conjunctions, prepositions & interjections) - verb aspects and tenses -commas - WEEKLY HOMEWORK: Assigned every Monday, due every Friday. Use peach sheet for help!

Your homework: Delight in your child’s writing! Ask to read their Journal or blog.

Science

Units this year• Cells and Microorganisms • Classification • Genetics• Electricity and Magnetism • Chemical and Physical

Changes • Deconstructive Forces of

Earth • Sixth Grade Preview/ Famous

Scientists

FYI/things to keep in mind

• Students should be looking over class notes/vocabulary each night for homework.

• If a student is absent or missing information it can be found on my website.

Social Studies

Units This Year• Enduring Themes• Citizenship• Civil War & Reconstruction• Westward Expansion• WW 1 & WW 2• Great Depression &

Immigration• Civil Rights• 20th Century

Things to keep in mind• Students should look over

notes/vocabulary nightly.• Interactive notebooks and

yellow folders should come to class daily.

• Textbooks are to be left at home for reading assignment homework.

• Information missed in class is available on my website

Questions?