gateway requirements third trimester
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Fifth Grade Gateway Exhibition Requirements
One of my goals for fifth grade students is that they know how to work in an
organized, independent manner to create high quality, meaningful work.
Your final exhibition will prove that you are able to do this.
The following is a list of the 11 projects you must complete for your Third
Trimester Gateway Exhibition and the newly instituted homework
requirements.
Requirement Description Timeline
Interest Project Answer your driving question and
then show us what youve learned. Becreative with your visual aid. This will
have to be finished at home.
Ongoing
College Project Write letters to three colleges. Make a
vocabulary book of college terms.
Make a poster about one of thecolleges. Write a research report about
the college. This will be worked on at
school except for the poster, which
will need to be finished at home.
Now through early May
Detroit Poetry Tour Project Present your Detroit Poetry Tour
project, which will include poetry
written about different places in
Detroit as well as a collection of
informational writing pieces aboutthese places.
April-May
This will be worked on
mainly at school and will
involve at least one field
trip.
Poetry Book Share the published poetry book thatyouve written during the course of
this year.
Ongoing
Picture Book Students will write and illustrate apicture book that is patterned after one
of the following real books: The ZWas Zapped, The Secret Knowledge
of Grown Ups,Alphabet Riddles,
Night Becomes Day, orIf Not for the
Cat.Books will be made available atschool, but can also be checked out
from the library.
OR
Students can write and illustrate a
picture book that is a re-telling of a
famous fairy tale or childrens story.
May
This will be introduced at
school but will need to befinished at home.
Author Study Choose a famous author from a list
provided by your teacher. Complete
and present an Author Study. This
will involve reading at least three of
this authors books and learning this
persons biography and other facts
about them.
March
This will be introduced andworked on SLIGHTLY at
school. Much will be
required at home.Students
are responsible for finding
their own books!
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Fifth Grade Gateway Exhibition Requirements
Greek Mythology Project After reading several Greek Myths in
class, complete two projects: an
Ancient Greek newspaper involving
at least five of these stories, and either
a short video re-creation of one of
the ancient stories OR a video guide to
ten Greek Gods .
AprilThis will be worked on
mainly at school.
Poetry Reading Present a reading (from memory) of a
favorite poem that youve discovered
this school year. Mr. Curran must
approve your poem selections.
May
Geography Knowledge Know all 50 states. Be prepared tolocate and identify a random selection
of 20 states when shown a map of the
United States.
OngoingStudents should begin on
this ASAP
Botany Project Present the results of a long-term
experiment that you conduct at school
involving two plants. Project report
must contain photos, explanation,
observations, a hypothesis, results,
and conclusions.
April-May
This will be worked onmainly at school, but may
need to be completed at
home.
Stock Market Project Students will learn about the stock
market and create a fantasy stock
portfolio. They will use percentagesand decimals as well as computation
skills to track its progress. This will be
worked on in school.
Mid-March through May
This will be worked on
mainly at school, but may
need to be completed at
home.
HOMEWORK REQUIREMENTS In order to pass this exhibition, you
must have completed the following for
the third trimester:
At least 4 readingletters.
80 percent of all StudyLinks turned in.
80 percent of allProblems of the Weekturned in.
Ongoing
Questions? Send an email:[email protected] or give a call (313) 874-9800. Be sure to
check the blog for updates. I will be posting a lot of information there during the next
three months.
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