Students fulfill their Hopes and

Dreams with Belonging, Significance, and FUN!

Welcome to Theodore Judah5TH Grade Academy

The Responsive Classroom improves learning.

Promoting a Growth Mindset

GROWTH MINDSET and the power of YET

(Improvement Focus vs Grade Focus)

Positive attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs that we are capable of working hard to increase our potential; we can always improve.

Benefits:■ humble■ learn from mistakes ■ comfortable making

mistakes■ open to taking risks■ positive self image

Academy for Advanced Learning

Curriculum: Holt & Envisions Grade 6 Benchmark Advance TCi-Social Studies (Teachers’ Curriculum Institute)

Mystery ScienceAmplify ScienceNovels

Collaborative Team Teaching; Collaborative Learning

Project Based and Inquiry Based Learning NGSS & STEAM focus engages students through questioning and research emphasizes 21ST Century Skills - communicating

- collaborating - critical thinking - creativity

Common Core Standards with depth, complexity, and acceleration

English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance

Novels : Wonder Essays: Personal Narrative Anything But Typical Narrative Mystery Out of My Mind Compare/Contrast Tuck Everlasting Character analysis Bridge to Terabithia Persuasive Sign of the Beaver Research Westing Game Blood on the River Guns for General Washington Tales of Shakespeare

Jr. Great Books - folkloreBenchmark GrammarDaily Paragraph EditingRoots vocabulary and Spelling

Social Studies

■ Geography: U.S. States and Capitals■ Native Americans■ Explorers■ Colonies■ American Revolution■ Westward Expansion

USA Weekly Subscription District History Day Project – 2ND Trimester

S.T.E.A.M

● Amplify Science

● Mystery Science ● Science Studies Weekly

● District Science Fair - March

● Holt Course 1● Keys to Algebra● Problem of the Week (P.O.W.s)● Hands-on Equations

● Report Card grade to reflect Advanced curriculum, not automatic “A”

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Classroom Management

■ Moral Character, appropriate behavior expected

■ Responsive Classroom strategies utilized

■ Class Dojo

■ letter home to be signed and/or phone call as needed

■ immediate Principal referrals for bullying/ physical or verbal harm

■ parent / teacher / student conference for persistent inappropriate behavior

Goal: Respectful, Responsible, Collaborative Learners

5th Grade Agreements

Be Scholarly

Be Mindful of Others

Protect Our School Environment

Homework

■ Daily completion class work, if needed

■ Read to prepare

■ Studying for Spelling or Vocabulary on Fridays

■ Projects and essays given due dates

■ Late work accepted, but points will be deducted (except absences/emergencies)

■ Daily Quiet Time may be used to catch up and finish

Grading and Communication■ Standards based

■ total points – quizzes total pts; tests given % to weight ■ Power School- check weekly No grade checks

■ Wednesday folders – office mailers & returned assignments

■ Preferred communication through email; expect reply within 24 hours

■ Urgent Message? Call the office.

■ Shutterfly (pictures only) and Remind

rberry@fcusd.org jfoster@fcusd.org

Exploring Field Trips

● Sly Park – Set. 30 – Oct. 4 $250

● Challenger Space Simulation at the PowerHouse Science Center

● San Francisco Exploratorium

● Ancient Artifacts Revolutionary War

● Bowling

Questions

Sly Park •Why we go; what’s the goal (s)?

•Facility and staff; TJ teachers and parents

•Behavior expectations and consequences

•Daily routine of students

•Communicating with your child while they are there

•Medications

•What to bring / what NOT to bring

•Sly Park website www.scoe.net/slypark

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