Curriculum Night!5th GradeLeischner, Lindsay [email protected], Kylee [email protected], Kris [email protected]
The Leader in Me
• Based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Everyone has a leader within
Curriculum• Arizona Standards in Social Studies and
Science • Arizona College & Career Readiness
Standards in Math, Reading, Writing• Quarterly curriculum maps available online
Infinite Campus (gradebook)
• CUSD website• Parent Portal
– Instructions and codes to sign up (even on your phone!)
Mascot and Dress Code
• Red, white or blue collared shirts. No logos
• Tan or dark blue bottoms• PTO will be selling an
additional shirt option soon
Mathematics
• McGraw Hill – In class• Saxon – At Home
(Once we have books for every student!)
Language Arts – Journeys
• Close reading• Reading across the
curriculum• Textbook highlights all
necessary skills prior to April testing
Language Arts – Reading
• Spalding– Weekly word list with test
on Friday– 30 words– 20 phonograms
• Exploration-Geography-Explorers
• Colonies-American Revolution-Civil War
-Westward Expansion-Industrial Revolution
• Government-Democracy-Economics-Current Events
Social Studies – United States
Science• 1st Quarter
– Solar System– Objects in Space
• 2nd Quarter– Human body systems
• 3rd Quarter– Matter
• 4th Quarter– Force and motion– Simple Machines
Practice and Agendas
• Reading log – 20 min with signature in agenda
• Daily record of in-class work and homework
• Important Announcements
Field Trip – Challenger Space Center• End of September• NEED Tax credit
donations!
Field Trips - BiZTOWN• March 2• NEED tax credit
donations!
Tax Credit Donations
• Maximum that CUSD can ask from parents will not cover field trip cost. Brand new school = no initial budget
• Chandlerdonations.org