Welcome to Curriculum Night

2010-2011!

Please sign forms on the desks in the hall.

5th GradeSanford Creek Elementary School

Agenda• Standards Based Grading• Flow of the Day• Homework• Assessment• Curriculum Overview• Teacher Communication• Volunteers• Field Trips• Human Growth and

Development• Q&A

Standard Based Grading

• 4• 3• 2• 1

Flow of the Day– 8:45 - 9:25 Homeroom and Morning Show– 9:25 - 10:10 Specials (PE, Media,

Music, Art)– 10:15 - 12:15 Literacy Block (Reading

and Writing)– 12:15 - 12:45 Enrichment/Remediation – 12:50 - 1:15 Lunch– 1:15 - 1:40 Recess– 1:45 - 2:40 Math– 2:40 - 3:40 Science/Social Studies– 3:40 Dismissal

Homework• Math

– Homework is a review of strategies taught

– Practice multiplication and division facts every night (if your child does not already know them)

• Reading – at least 30 minutes• Social Studies/Science/Writing – as

needed

Assessments• Blue Diamond• Running Record• Dibels• Pre/Post Unit Assessments• Math, Reading, & Science EOG• Other

Curriculum Overview• Connections

– http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum

• Reading and Writing Workshop • Houghton Mifflin Math Expressions• Science kits• Harcourt Social Studies

Literacy• Reading Workshop• Writing Workshop• Word Study

Reader’s Workshop• Mini-lesson each day with active Mini-lesson each day with active

student involvementstudent involvement• Independent Reading with “Just Right”

books• Guided Reading/Conferencing• Partner Talk and Partner Reading –

have authentic conversations about what you read with your child

Writer’s Workshop• Mini-lesson each day with active student Mini-lesson each day with active student

involvementinvolvement

• Conferencing will be used to help Conferencing will be used to help individual individual students develop stronger students develop stronger writing skillswriting skills

• Students will be introduced to and Students will be introduced to and compose compose a variety of writing such as a variety of writing such as personal personal narratives, poetry, All About narratives, poetry, All About Books Books (nonfiction), realistic (nonfiction), realistic fiction, fiction, persuasive essay, memoirs, persuasive essay, memoirs, business and business and friendly letters.friendly letters.

Math Units• Hands-on, manipulative based, and

full of problem solving• Graphing, Exploring Numbers, and

Place Value• Measurement and Geometry• Probability, Fractions, and Decimals

Science Units

• Taught with hands on activities and experiments

• Landforms• Weather• Ecosystem• Force, Motion, and Energy

Social Studies

• Geography• Government• US History • Native Americans and Colonial Life• Economy and Technology

• Weekly Tuesday Folder• Web based communication

(email and Wikispaces) sanfordcreek5th.wikispaces.com

• Conferences• Contact your child’s teacher via

e-mail• School telephone: 570-2100

Teacher Communication

Field Trips• Tie in with science units of study.

– Blue Jay Point (Ecosystems)– National Weather Service Forecast

Office in Raleigh (Weather)– IMAX– POE Health Center (Human Growth

and Development)*** Note – pending approval ***

Parent Volunteers• All parent volunteers must register each year to become

a volunteer• Parents may not volunteer in the classroom until they

have registered in the Computer Lab• Parents should check in at the office.• Parent volunteers are needed for our field trips, copying,

cutting out laminated materials, working with small groups, helping out with special classroom projects

• Please coordinate your volunteer time with your child’s teacher.

• In order to chaperone a field trip, you must be registered as a level 3/4 volunteer status.

Human Growth and Development

• Puberty 101• Bodily changes• Reproductive organs• POE Health Center

Questions/Comments