Welcome to 5th GradeCURRICULUM NIGHT!

Ms. Virginia DiederichMs. T. Stewart

Mrs. Jennifer CogdillMrs. Laura Gunter

General REMINDERS*Please sign your child’s AGENDA and BEHAVIORFOLDER NIGHTLY.

*Please review the Red Take Home Folder every night.

*Homework is always written in your child’s agenda.

*Graded papers go home every TUESDAY.

History refers to examining United States history from the Civil War to the present.

Geography refers to locating important places in the United States and to explaining the impact of geography on economic development.

Government/Civics refers to evaluating concepts and rights as outlined in amendments to the United States Constitution and why the Constitution is amended.

Economics refers to analyzing how economics affects historical events, society, and individuals.

Foldable Notes, Interactive Notebooks, Videos, Simulations, Arts Integration…..

SCIENCEMs. Taylor Stewart Rm. 2022 taylor.stewart@Cherokee.k12.ga.us

Life ScienceEarth SciencePhysical Science

• Weathering/Erosion• Human Interventions

• 3RD-4TH NINE WEEKS

• Plant and Animal Cells• Classification• Genetics/Heredity

• 1ST-2ND NINE WEEKS

• Electricity and Magnetism

• Physical and Chemical Changes

• 2ND-3RD NINE WEEK

Vocab. Quizzes—QUIZLET.COM

Student Data Binders

Fifth Grade ELA Content & Standards

Your child's year in language arts will be made up of:

• Writing: Opinion, Informative, Narrative, Response to Literature, ResearchWrite 2 Learn – Online writing and assessment program

• Conventions of Standard English: Grammar, punctuation, sentence construction

• Vocabulary: Using context clues for word meaning, Greek and Latin Affixes and roots

Georgia Standards of Excellence – www.georgiastandards.org

Fifth Grade Reading Content and Standards

Your child's year in reading will be made up of:

• Reading Strategies & Elements of Fiction• Literary Text: Novel Studies & Short Stories• Informational Text• Poetry & Drama

• Teacher will utilize literature textbook, novels, as well as online resources to teach the 5th grade curriculum.

Georgia Standards of Excellence – www.georgiastandards.org

AR Program

• Both fiction and non-fiction books from their independent reading levels / Lexile levels. (Sticker in agenda shows level & range)

• We visit the library for check out every other week.

• Assessments for books read: AR tests (Can be taken in class or in the media center daily)

• Your child should be reading every night!! Weekly or bi-weekly reading logs are assigned for homework – due on Fridays!

MATHGeorgia Standards of Excellence divides 5th grade Math into the following Units:

• Order of Operations, Place Value 1/10th Rule, Powers of 10/Zero Patterns, Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division

• Addition and Subtraction of Decimals

• Multiplication and Division of Decimals

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Fractions

• 2D Figures • Volume and Measurement• Geometry and the Coordinate Plane

• Preview 6th Grade

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE:Constructed Response refers to the expectations regarding word problems. Students must not only solve the problem correctly, but they must also be able to explain their thinking in a short paragraph. We follow the RACES strategy, and students will practice often throughout the year.

MATH

FLIPPED CLASSROOM:A Flipped Classroom refers to a classroom in which Students receive instruction at home through videos, and then practice what they learned in the classroom with teacher support. In my class, students will be asked to watch videos once or twice a week. The videos are housed on my website. However, if watching the video off-campus is a problem for any student, we will be sure s/he has the opportunity to watch it at school.

NUMBER TALKS:Number Talks are exactly what they sound like—a time for us to talk/think about numbers and how they relate to each other. Researchers are finding that many students do not have “number sense”—that is, students do not always understand how numbers work together to make patterns and/or other numbers. Once or twice a week, we will spend 10-15 minutes in math class thinking about and then discussing different ways to solve math problems. The goal here is not that every student always gets the correct answer, but that each student develops a greater understanding of the relationships numbers have with each other.

Grading:

Grades will be weighted according to the following scale:

oTests/Writing assignments: 35oQuizzes:30

oHomework:10oClasswork: 25