curriculum night presentation 2014
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Slideshow from the Fifth Grade Curriculum NightTRANSCRIPT
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Fifth GradeCurriculum Night 2014
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Physical Development
Ten Eleven
Muscles for jumping, running, and other big movements are developing quickly.!Need lots of outdoor play and physical challenges.!Snacks and rest periods help rapidly growing bodies.!Better at small muscle movements; enjoy tracing and copying.!Ready to start using more advanced tools such as compasses and templates.
Restless and energetic.!Need lots of food, physical activity, and sleep.!Growth spurt for many girls; some begin menstruating.!Growing pains (bone outgrowing muscle) may cause nightly aches and daily complaints.!More colds, ear infections, flu
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Cognitive Development
Ten Eleven
Good at memorizing!Enjoy collecting, organizing, and classifying!Like rules and logic!Can concentrate on reading and thinking for longer periods!Open to learning mediation or problem-solving skills
Can think abstractly-able to understand ideas such as “justice”!Beginning to challenge adult explanations and their own assumptions!Would rather learn new skills than review or improve previous work!Enjoy using their developing thinking skills to do brain teasers and puzzles!Like “adult” tasks (researching, interviewing) and “adult” work, though may outwardly fuss while secretly enjoying the work.
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Social Development
Ten Eleven
Eager to reach out to others through community service or tutoring.!Boys and girls work well together.!Quick to anger, quick to forgive.!Competitive but also cooperative.!Listen well but enjoy talking and explaining.!Enjoy adult recognition.
Moody, self absorbed!Easily embarrassed; need to save face with peers!Sensitive about their changing bodies!Need lots of time to talk with peers!Worry about who’s “in” and whose “out”!Like to challenge rules, argue, and test limits!Need adult empathy, humor, and light attitude to help them take things less seriously
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LITERACYVolumeVariety
Vocabulary40 book challenge
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90 minutes “eyes on text”
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Independent Reading!
Read Aloud Response!
Writing About Reading!
Book Clubs & Discussion
Reading Comprehension!
Reading Habits!
Projects!
Class Text Study
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What is a “Just Right” book?
A text that your child can read independently with 98% accuracy.!
A text that is of interest to your child.!
A text that is age appropriate for your child.!
A text that will engage your child in deep thinking.
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MATHEMATICS
Updated curriculum Waiting on parent
resources Focus on precision
and perseverance
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Science/Social Studies
Developing research skills; advanced print research, use of multiple sources, understanding bias, citing sources, analyzing resources.
Developing note taking skills, understanding plagiarism
Using art and technology to demonstrate learning
Inquiry and a sense of wonder about the world
Nonfiction literacy skills
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Linda and Michael ProgramHTTP://WWW.ROBERTCROWN.ORG/PROGRAMDESCRIPTIONS.SHTML
Additional 30 minutes of Physical Education weekly.30 minutes of health instruction weekly.
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Homework
Read 20 minutes every night. 30 is better.
Math homework every night.
Spelling:
Monday-List
Tuesday-Finish their chart
Wednesday-Practice Activity
Thursday-Study
Occasional Writing, Science, or Social Studies
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Your Homework
Check & Review their work Clean out the home folder Set up an organized space & system at home Lead by example
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QUESTIONS