curriculum night september 10, 2015 fifth grade team: mr. clark mrs. gladden ms. skands mrs. laberis...
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Curriculum NightSeptember 10, 2015
Fifth Grade Team:Mr. Clark
Mrs. GladdenMs. SkandsMrs. Laberis
Mrs. Woodrow
Teachers:Math/Science: Mr. Clark
ELA/SS: Mrs. Gladden
Math/Science: Mrs. Laberis
ELA/SS: Ms. Skands
All Subjects: Mrs. Woodrow
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Georgia Standards of Excellence
On February 19, 2015, the State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to rename the ELA and Mathematics standards to the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). The recently revised and SBOE approved
ELA and Mathematics standards for implementation beginning for the 2015-2016 school year will be
called the ELA and Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). Grade level changes for the
2015-2016 school year can be found at: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-
Standards/Pages/default.aspx
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Common Core Shifts-Reading/ELA
http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/About/InstructionalShifts/default.htm
English/Language Arts
Reading –Accelerated Reader
•AR Procedures-Students will be allowed to go to the media center every week. Students are expected to select AR books for independent reading. They are expected to take AR quizzes upon completion
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Math:What is Shifting?
What to look for in the backpack?
What Can You Do?
Your child will work moredeeply in fewer topics, whichwill ensure full understanding.(less is more!)
Look for assignments that require students to showtheir work and explain how they arrived at ananswer.
Know what concepts are important for your kids based on their grade level and spend time working on those concepts.
Your child will keep buildingon learning year after year,starting with a strongfoundation.
Look for assignments that build on one another. For example, students will focus on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Once these areas are mastered, they will focus on fractions. Building on that, they will then focus on Algebra. You should be able to see the progression in the topics they learn
Be aware of what concepts yourchild struggled with last year andsupport your child in those challenge areas moving forward
Your child will now be asked touse math in real-worldsituations.
Your children might have assignments that ask themto show or explain their mathematical thinking – to SAY why they think their answer is the right one
Look for math assignments that are based on the real world. For instance, homework for 5th graders might include adding fractions as part of a dessertrecipe or determining how much pizza friends ate based on fractions.
Talk to your children about theirmath homework and ask them to teach you new concepts. Help them figure out ways to explain their thinking.
Provide time every day for your child to work on math at home.
Common Core Shifts-Math
• http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/About/InstructionalShifts/default.htm
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Social Studies1. The Civil War2. Reconstruction 3. Turn of the Century
America4. World War I5. The Great Depression6. World War II7. The Cold War8. America Since 19759. Personal Finance
Science:
Major Concepts/Skills:
Earth ScienceConstructive and Destructive Forces
Physical ScienceMatterProperties & Changes in MatterElectricity and Magnetism
Life Science CellsMicroorganismsGenetics & HeredityClassifying Plants & Animals
Fountas and Pinnell: This is a reading assessment given three times a year (Fall, Winter and Spring). With this assessment, teachers are able to gain an understanding of your child’s reading level.
GLoSS/IKAN: These assessment assess your child’s mental math strategies. With this assessment, teachers are able to determine which students have deficits in their mental math strategies. Mental math strategies help students compute numbers quicker.
County-wide Assessments
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Where should your child be in reading and math?
Reading:•At the beginning of 5th Grade, the expected Fountas and Pinell level is Level S. •By the end of 5th Grade, the target Fountas and Pinnell level is V or higher.
Math:•At the beginning of 5th grade, the expected stage is 6. •By the end of 5th grade, the target is higher than stage 6 or 7.
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Help Your Child at Home:SUSTAINED LEARNING
• Learning does not end in the classroom-talk to your child about school
• Build a partnership with your child’s teacher
• Create a dedicated place for your child to study
• Encourage real-world relevance of what is learned at school
• Model love of reading, research and math and build a “Culture of Inquiry”
• Allow your child to persevere!
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Teacher/Parent Communication:
EMAIL- The 1st and easiest form of communication with
your child’s teacher.
Teacher websites- Please locate teacher sites from the
Smith-Barnes website. Click on teachers and locate our
names.
Conferences- Always contact your child’s homeroom
teacher to schedule a conference with them. If you need to
set up a meeting with the team, please specify that.
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Teacher/Parent Communication:
5th Grade Remindtext the message @sbe5 to the number
81010
you will get 5th grade reminders and
texts when necessary
check with your child’s teacher to see
if they have their own remind account
for classroom reminders
Behavior Plan
• BEARS Expectations• BEAR Charge Sheets• BEAR Bucks as part of the reward system at SBE• Communication Folders will come home each week on
Tuesday• Infinite Campus should be active soon – updates are
finally completed so we can enter grades
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Homework Policy• Students will receive homework from their teachers.• If your child says they don’t have homework, please
send an email to the teacher for confirmation.• Homework is assigned in class and it is the students’
responsibility to record down homework in agendas.• Please have your child read for 30 minutes each
night in addition to completing homework.
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Grading
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Fifth grade students are graded based on a traditional grading scale. The standards-based grades are done as they prepare for the middle school transition.
100-90 A
89-80 B
79-74 C
73-70 D
below 70 F
Volunteer Policy
• There have been changes in the requirements for volunteers.
• Please see Ms. Stone (across from the front office) for required forms and further information.
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Educational Websites
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www.eduplace.com www.timeforkids.com
www.hspscience.com www.encarta.com
www.georgiastandards.org www.doe.k12.ga.us
www.kidsknowit.com www.smithsonianeducation.org
www.homeworkspot.com www.pbskids.org
www.kidskonnect.com www.brainpop.com
www.starfall.com www.studyjams.com
www.funbrain.com www.coolmath.com
http://www.arcademics.com www.learnforgood.com
www.ixl.com www.wonderopolis.com
www.abcya.com www.mathplayground.com
The End!
Questions? Thank you for
attending !