Welcome to 5th Grade!!

Middle School Preparation Feedback:• Easy transition due to size of school• Students not prepared for switching

classes• Students find difficulty with

organizational skills• Students not prepared for various expectations of several teachers

Plans to Address Needs:•Practice of passing in hallways

•Provide safe manner for students to adjust

•Provide consequences when expectations not met

•Mini-Society/Bi-Weekly Incentive

Math• FIVE+– Workshop Model– COMMON CORE

• RATIOS & PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• THE NUMBER SYSTEM• EXPRESSIONS &

EQUATIONS• GEOMETRY• STATISTICS &

PROBABILITY

• FIVE– Workshop Model– COMMON CORE

• OPERATIONS & ALGEBRAIC THINKING

• NUMBER & OPERATIONS IN BASE 10

• NUMBER & OPERATIONS – FRACTIONS

• MEASUREMENT & DATA• GEOMETRY

Math Expressions -Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Math• 8 Mathematical Practices– Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.– Reason abstractly and quantitatively– Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of

others.– Model with mathematics– Use appropriate tools strategically– Attend to precision– Look for and make use of structure– Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

• DAILY 5– Management• Read to Self• Buddy Read• Listen to Reading• Write About Reading• Word Work

Reader’s Workshop• CAFÉ

- Self-selected books at level- Skills• Comprehension• Accuracy• Fluency• Expanding Vocabulary

Words Their WayA Developmental Approach to Spelling, Vocabulary and Phonic

Instruction Assessment done 1-2 times per year Developmental stages: emergent, letter name, within

word, syllables & affixes, derivational. Instruction differentiated for each student No longer memorizing word lists, but learning the

patterns which make up words Based on brain research: manipulation of the word

cards helps to solidify the learning of patterns and meaning of words (the brain is pattern seeking)

Word Study will take place during our Reading Block-great benefits for all students.

Writing

-Poetry/Autobiography-Opinion Pieces-Narratives-Documentary (Research

Project)

• All Boy/All Girl Writing Classes• Daily Sessions• Writer’s Workshop• 6+1 Writing Traits

Social Studies• Maps/globes and geography• American Indians and their land• European explorations and settlements• Facing Slavery• Colonial Williamsburg• Declaration of Independence• American Revolution• Constitution / Bill of Rights• Economics (Mini-Society)• Online book and Online test

SCIENCE• Kit 1: Mixtures and Solutions

– Students investigate basic concepts of chemistry –

1. properties of mixtures and solutions,

2. dissolving a solid in a solvent, 3. concentration and saturation of a

solution, 4. evidence of chemical reaction,

evaporation, and crystal formation

– Students gain experience with laboratory tools and techniques.

SCIENCE• Kit 2: Sun, Moon & Earth• Explore the motion of the

universe• Essential Questions

SCIENCE• Kit 3: Living Systems

– Explore the transport systems in multi-cellular organisms.

– Essential Questions• What are the basic needs of all cells?• How are materials transported to cells

in multi-cellular organisms?• What are the structures and functions

of the circulatory, respiratory, digestive and excretory systems in humans?

Standards Based GradingBelow Standards Working Toward

StandardsMeeting Most Standards

Mastering Standards

• Not yet meeting grade level expectations• Seldom meets quality work requirements• Needs more support to develop skills & understanding• Requires extended time, instruction, & practice

• Meets some grade level expectations• Meets some quality work requirements• Demonstrates some skills and understanding• Requires extra time, instruction, and practice

• Meets most grade level expectations• Meets most quality work requirements• Demonstrates most skills and understanding• Occasionally requires extra time, instruction, and practice

• Meets grade level expectations• Meets all quality work requirements• Demonstrates all skills and understanding• Applies learning to other subject areas and the real world.

Academic Quality Descriptors

Camp Copneconic• Camp Dates: January 22-24• There will be a camp meeting later this year

with all the details

Need More Information…Mrs. Delgado – ld02bps@birmingham.k12.mi.usMr. Haines – gh04bps@birmingham.k12.mi.usMrs. Peters – sp06bps@birmingham.k12.mi.usMr. Pez– jp21bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us