Welcome to 5B Class Tea!

Please help yourself to some refreshments and find your child’s seat to see their newspaper project

Introducing myself…

Things I believe about learning & education:

• People learn from taking risks and making mistakes

• School is about more than academics

• Creativity comes from being provided with the opportunity to think outside the

• It takes a community to raise a child

• Kids are valuable , intelligent and insightful human beings who deserve to be treated as such

LAS Grade 5B Missing/Incomplete Assignments Form

FORM # ______ Name:______________________Date:_______________________

Subject:_____________________

1. Describe the assignment: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Did you complete ANY PART of the assignment? Explain.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Time spent doing homework last night: ________________________________4. Are there any special circumstances that prevented you from completing your work?

NO YES If YES, please explain.____________________________________________________________________________________________5. What will you do in the future to make sure your next assignment will be completed on time? (ie) How can you improve your actions? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________ ________________ ________________Student Signature Parent Signature Teacher Signature

Technology in the Classroom

Moodle http://las.mrooms2.net/

Class Writing Blog http://mswolfenden.edublogs.org/

Laptops – Encouraged but at your own risk!

Math

M.B.F.T (Math Basic Facts Tests)

Math Journals – Problem solving strategies and explaining their thinking

Curriculum :Place ValueAddition, Subtraction, Multiplication, long DivisionMeasurement (standard and non-standard)Graphing/data/statisticsDecimals ( addition, subtraction, multiplication & division)Fractions Geometry Algebra and integersProbability

Language Arts

Read Aloud

Vocabulary & Writer’s Workshop

the day

Daily JournalGuided Reading

Vocabulary

Science Curriculum: - Intro to Science: thinking like a Scientist!

- Ecosystems & Biomes - Pollution and Pollution Solutions

- Scientific Method, experimentation and the Science Fair

- Atoms & the Periodic Table of Elements- Cells and Microscopes

Students working on their Science ‘Toys from Trash’ projects

Social Studies

• Geographical Terms• Latitude/Longitude • 5 Themes of Geography• Create an Imaginary Civilization• Pakistan Project• Explorers Project

– Letter writing– Paraphrasing– Perspective writing– Mapping skills– Characterization (role playing)– Research– Explorer’s Fair

Parent Signatures!

School wide assessments-MAPS-DRAs