Welcome to Curriculum Night!

2016-2017Ms. Barber-5th Grade

Kyrene de la Mariposa

Math-Math Resources: Investigations and Engage New York

-Place Value - whole number and decimals

-Multiplication and Division strategies with multi-digit numbers, Order of Operations

-Volume

-Fractions – addition & subtraction with unlike denominators, multiplying & dividing

-Decimals – add, subtract, multiply, and divide

-Algebraic Thinking

-Geometry & Measurement – metric and customary

-Probability

-Integers & Data

English Language Arts (ELA)Reading Resources: Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts-Link: Expeditionary Learning-English Language Arts

Writing: Informative, narrative, and persuasive (EL)

Fifth Grade Modules:

Quarter 1: Stories of Human Rights

Quarter 2: Biodiversity in Rainforests of the Western Hemisphere

Quarter 3: Sports and Athletes’ Impact on Culture

Quarter 4: Natural Disasters in the Western Hemisphere

Science

-Biomes

-Earth and Space

-Matter and Energy

-Human Body

-Force and Motion

Social Studies-Geography Terms

-Early Americans

-European Explorations

-Colonization

-American Revolution

-Bill of Rights & Constitution

-Introduce Civil War

-Student/Parent Codes

-Communicating through Dojo

-Positive/Negative Student Behaviors

Class Dojo-Positive Behaviors

Class Dojo-Negative Behaviors

Mariposa has implemented a school-wide PBIS program

What is PBIS?

Positive Behavior Intervention System

Focuses on positive rewards for good behavior

Creates a plan for “teaching” appropriate student behaviors

Creates a plan to address undesirable student behaviors through teacher and administrative interventions

Lesson plans build on Mariposa LifeSkills

Consistency throughout the school

All staff expectations are the same, using the same language and the same series of rewards and consequences

BLASTBe Respectful

Lead with Integrity

Act Responsible

Safety Matters

Together We Achieve

BLAST takes all the great programs and incentives Mariposa already has in place and ties them together!

School Store coupons (Blast Coupons)

Miss Manner certificates (Blast Coupons)

Principals Lunch

Life skills (all Life skills are imbedded within BLAST)

BLAST

Homework/CommunicationFolders & Agenda – need to be at school everyday

Homework- Expect your child to have approximately 50 minutes each night

Daily – Math and Spelling (Monday – Thursday nights)

Reading (minimum 15 min./4x a week) parent signs on agenda

Communication

E-mail

Class Dojo Messenger

Phone calls

Other Classroom BusinessSpecials:

Monday – Computer Lab

Tuesday – Music

Wednesday – PE

Thursday – Library

Friday – Art

Lunch-11:40 – 12:20

Water bottles

Healthy Snacks

Kid Zone Absences

Grade Level T-Shirts

Fifth grade is ordering a grade-level t-shirt. You will be seeing information coming home within the next week.

Mariposa’s “Smart and Fit” School Plans

Fitness For Life-The Basics

• Four Wellness Weeks each year

• One Wellness Week per nine weeks

• Total school involvement

Play Works

• Connecting recess to a positive school experience