West Riverside Elementary

Welcome to 5th Grade

Supply List

• One 3 ring binder-2inches or more• Dividers• # 2 pencils• Erasers• Pencil pouch/box• Lined paper-wide rule• Four Spiral notebooks (wide rule)• Highlighters• Colored pencils• Small thesaurus• Home use• Small dictionary • Crayons• Glue stick• Scissors • One ruler (inches & centimeters)• One protractor• Classroom donations• One bottle of hand sanitizer • Cleaning wipes (Clorox wipes)• Kleenex

Classroom Rules

• Listen and follow directions• Come to class prepared• Raise your hand and wait to be called on before

speaking• Respect others• Keep hands and feet to yourself• Keep your area clean• Take care of classroom equipment and materials• Always try to perform better than you did the day

before

Daily Schedule

• 8:10-8:15 Flag Salute, Recite the Preamble, National Anthem, Attendance, Lunch Count, Sharpen Pencils

• 8:15-8:45 English Language Development • 8:45-10:00 Reading • 10:00-10:20 Word Work• 10:20-10:35 Recess• 10:35-11:05 Grammar/Writing• 11:05- 11:35 English Language Arts Strategic Support• 11:35-12:00 Mathematics• 12:00- 12:45 Lunch • 12:45-1:00 Mathematics• 1:00-1:35 Mathematics/Strategic Support • 1:35-2:05 Science/Social Studies• 2:05-2:30 Physical Education

Homework Policy

• Homework will be given daily (Monday-Thursday) and due on a daily basis.

• Homework will be given on Friday only to those students who do not complete homework or class work during the week.

• Students who do not complete homework will lose recess or receive an afternoon detention

Homework Policy

• Students who do not come to school prepared with books, homework, and student planner will lose recess or receive an afternoon detention.

• Homework is given as a review of California State Standards previously taught.

• Daily reading at home is essential for your child’s success in fifth grade.

Reward Plan

• Verbal and Written Praise• Classroom Privileges

– Computer time– Free time– Movie time during lunch

• Good Behavior Tickets– Trade tickets for school supplies, books,etc.

Discipline Plan

1st Verbal Warning

2nd Move student to a different location

3rd Lose recess

4th Parent notification

5th Principal’s office

Grading Scale

• Advanced 90%-100% A

• Proficient 80%-89% B

• Basic 70%-79% C

• Below Basic 59%-69% D• Far Below Basic 0%-58% F

My Goals

• To give you the academic and social skills you To give you the academic and social skills you need to progress to 6th grade.need to progress to 6th grade.

• To provide a supportive and fun classroom To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment.environment.

• To help you make new friends and discover new To help you make new friends and discover new interests.interests.

Class Subjects

• The subjects we cover during 5th grade are:The subjects we cover during 5th grade are:– Reading Reading – WritingWriting– English Language DevelopmentEnglish Language Development– MathMath– ScienceScience– Social studiesSocial studies

Reading

You are about to begin a year-long journey in Reading, experiencing rich literature and achieving the standards set for you by the Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools.

California State Standards:1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Vocabulary

Development

2.0 Reading Comprehension

3.0 Literary Response and Analysis

Writing

You will learn to be a good writer by applying strategies from Step Up To Writing

California State Standards:1.0 Writing Strategies

W1.1 Create multiple paragraph narrative compositions` W1.2 Create multiple paragraph expository compositions2.0 Writing Applications

W2.1 Write narrativesW2.2 Write responses to literatureW2.3 Write research reports

English Language Development

• If you are an English Language Learner, you will be provided with Reading Intervention Strategies to make you a successful reader.

Each lesson will:

Reinforce Vocabulary

Build Text Comprehension

Build Fluency

Math

The following topics will be taught:• Addition, Subtraction with Decimals• Multiplication, Division with Decimals• Algebra• Geometry • Addition, Subtraction with Fractions• Multiplication, Division with Fractions• Ratio, Proportions, • Percents, Probability• Integers and Coordinate Graphing

Science

• You will learn about the following topics based on the California State Standards:

– Physical Science- Elements and Compounds– Life Science- Structures of Living Things– Earth Science- The Water Cycle– Earth Science- Weather– Earth Science- The Solar System

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Social Studies

You will learn about United States history and how our country was founded.

The following topics will be taught:

The Thirteen Colonies

The American Revolution

States and Capitals

The United States Constitution

School Year 2011-2012

Let’s have a great year!