Mr. QuilesMs. HerreraMr. Núñez

• Arrive on time, in proper dress code, with all materials.• Follow directions the first time given.• Respond to the attention signal

immediately.• Keep hands, feet, objects and unkind

words to yourself.• Stay on task.

1. Eyes are watching2. Ears are listening3. Lips are closed4. Hands are still5. Feet are quiet

• When rules are broken, students will receive a…

1. Warning2. Notation in clipboard3. Note in agenda and/or phone

call4. District Referral

• We will be focusing on FCAT tested skills throughout the entire year along with the Common Core components

Common Core Units• Key Ideas and Details• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,

including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

• Craft and Structure• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,

including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the

overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are

described.

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone,

or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).• (RL.5.8 not applicable to literature)• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure

stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories,

dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

• Skills such as: • Sequencing• Context clues • Compare and contrast • Main idea • Author’s purpose• Fluency• Vocabulary• Etc.

Writing

•Writing topic sentences, with details

•Expanding on writing with experiences

•Using more advanced words in our writing

Here are a few things we will be learning this year!

• Big Idea 1 – Develop an understanding of and fluency with division of whole numbers.

• Big Idea 2 – Develop an understanding of and fluency with addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals.

• Big Idea 3 – Describe three-dimensional shapes and analyze their properties, including volume and surface area.

Supporting Ideas:1. Algebra2. Geometry & Measurement3. Number & Operations

4. Data Analysis

* Daily Homework* Notebooks* Multiplication Facts

• Mathematical Practice Standards• Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Write and

interpret numerical expressions.• Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Analyze patterns

and relationships.• Number and Operations in Base Ten: Understand the

place value system.• Number and Operations in Base Ten: Perform

operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.

• Number and Operations - Fractions: Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.

• Number and Operations - Fractions: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division.

• We will be covering all 8 required strands.• Nature of Science• Matter• Energy • Force and Motion• Processes that Shape the Earth• Earth and Space• How Living Things Interact with their Environment• Processes of Life

*Notebooks*Essential Labs*Experiments

• We will be focusing on these four major areas in Social Studies.

1. American History2. Geography3. Economics4. Civics and Government

• SRI• SSS Diagnostic (Reading, Math, & Science)• FCAT• Reading Counts quizzes • Palm Beach Writes• Classroom Assessments• CORE K-12

• Class work & Homework – This will be checked each day. Although an actual grade will not be given, students will receive a notation on the clipboard for incomplete work. In addition it will be noted on the report card.

*Completing the homework will benefit your child by teaching them responsibility, and helps them succeed both in school as well as on the FCAT.

• Relax and Remember It’s Your Child’s Homework, not yours !

• PRACTICE Basic Multiplication Facts!!!• Use real money and have your child count

it to make change.• While you are cutting up a pizza, pie, or

cake, talk about fractions.• Create a weekly graph about temperature

and find the average.• Build something together using standard

and metric measurements.

• Read to your child. • Take turns reading to each other. • Discuss what is happening in the book and try to predict what might happen next.• Provide a variety of reading materials.• Encourage your child to journal write.• Visit the library frequently with your child.

• Know what is expected of your child at his/her grade level, and in each subject area• Teach by example. When you show that you value learning, children will learn to value it too.• Utilize the Internet to practice FCAT skills

• Encourage your child to eat nutritious meals and snacks

• Make sure your child gets plenty of rest each school night. Keep on a regular schedule.

• Review HW each night and check your child’s agenda book for assignments or communication from teacher.

• **Make sure your child arrives to school on time. Our day starts promptly at 8:00 AM.

• Helpful websites • www.mr.nestynunez.com• www.palmbeachschools.org

• District website• Students• Learning tools 4 Kids

•www.coolmath.com•www.numbernut.com•www.edmodo.com•www.thinkcentral.com

• Agenda’s – Please check your child’s agenda every night. This is the BEST way to communicate with your child’s teacher.• Email – • nesty.nunez@palmbeachschools.orgnesty.nunez@palmbeachschools.org• Ramon.quiles@palmbeachschools.orgRamon.quiles@palmbeachschools.org• elisa.herreraligero@palmbeachschools.orelisa.herreraligero@palmbeachschools.or

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• Chaperones• Register at the front office to

volunteer.• Please sign agenda daily• Provide excuse notes when

student is out sick