WELCOME
to our Parisien Learning Community
Check out your child’s goals!!!
1. Hello Parents! Your child has
written 2 goals for fifth grade (one
academic & one “success”
behavior) on foam shapes. Please
take time to read them.
2. Now….it’s your turn to write goals
you have for your child in fifth
grade.
3. Write one goal on each of the
blank foam stars (one academic goal
and one “success” behavior/social
goal) with a marker.
4. These will be shared & posted for
your child.
Reaching new
heights in 5th
grade!
Back to School Night
Grade 5
Room 23
Mrs. Kathy Egan
M.Ed. Elementary Education
Reading Specialist Certification
National Writing Fellow
Warwick Elementary School
2015 - 2016
Bailey
Getting to know Mrs.
Egan!
Kaitlyn, Evan
and Mom-mom
Tim, Kaitlyn, Jamie
Family Reunion
The Family
Mr. Egan and Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn, Jamie, Tim
Lainey
Tonight’s AGENDA
Developing your child
socially and
emotionally
“Be the best you can be!”
• The Facts and
Logistics About Fifth
Grade
Developing Your Child Socially
& Emotionally
What can you expect our Parisien
Learning Community to look like?
 Common goals
WHO are we?
 Give Feedback
 Make mistakes
 Problem Solve
 Laugh a lot!
 Support
 Learn & Grow
 Care & Show
Compassion
Values vs. Rules
 Our class has identified values that they deem important to their
success as people and students.
 We will be good role models, helping each other practice these
values every day
 Our classroom management system is based on practicing these
values
 Warwick Wonders, Power Paws
 Think Breaks
Resiliency
Effort
Perseverance
Growth
Determination
Questioning & Understanding through Engineering, Science, &
echnology
Monday: Library Tuesday: Art (in classroom) Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Quest Friday: Physical Education
A Typical Day in 5E
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8:45-9:15 Arrival/Morning Tasks/Announcements
9:15-9:55 Special
9:55-10:35 Science/Social Studies
10:35-11:55 Math
11:55-12:55 LUNCH/RECESS
12:55 – 2:25 Reading
2:25 – 3:25 Writing
3:25-3:40
Class Meeting/Pack UP
3:40 – 4:05 Dismissal
Social Studies/Science
9:55-10:35
Marking Period
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Units of Study
Geography
Nature’s Recyclers
Indians and Exploration
Energy
The Road to the Revolution
The Revolutionary War
3 and 4
Weather
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Introduction to the Westward Expansion
Math
10:35-11:55
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Students switch classes
Xtramath.org 3 times per week (checked every
marking period)
Everyday Math Games Online
Homework posted on teacher sites
Maintain math notebook
SRB & Study Links online
accesseverydaymathonline
Test Alerts with standards/skills being assessed
(few days prior)
www.tenmarks.com
Accelerated Math
 Rooted in fifth grade CBSD curriculum
 Enhanced with sixth grade CBSD concepts & skills
 Accelerated pace
Report Card Grades
*Scores of meeting and exceeding the standard for all
descriptors in MP 4
*Scores of exceeding the standard for more than one
descriptor during MP 4
Teacher Recommendation
REQUIRED
4th Grade End of Year Test
90 % or higher
4th Grade Portfolio Task B
80% or higher
4th Grade PSSA Score
1132 (top 25 %)
Lunch & Recess
11:55-12:55
Most days this time is available to students for extra help
Reading
12:55-2:25
• Lead 21, Comprehension Tool Kit and Shared Reading
• Book Clubs with Small Groups
• Independent reading
• Book log in assignment book (Parent initials every night)
• At least 100 minutes every week
• Students must always have
a book with them!
 Online log of finished books Biblionasium
• Read Aloud (and snack time)
• Discovering new words and bringing them to life
• Engaging text and active, close reading is always the goal!
Writing/Language Arts
2:25-3:25
 Inclusion model
 Writing Studio Format
 Lucy Calkins Units of Study
Text types:
~Narrative ~Opinion ~Informative (research/non-researched
based) ~Test Taking genre
 Mentor Texts
 Writer’s Notebook & Binder
 5 Domains
 Focus, content, organization, style, conventions
 Grammar
 Spelling
 2-3 activity pages due every Friday
 Must be completed in cursive!
 Test on Fridays
Class Meeting
3:25-3:40
• Focus on social/emotional through activities and
conversations
• Development of our Parisien Learning Community
• Reflect on our progress toward meeting the day’s
targets and review of targets for following day
What should I expect in regards
to homework?
• Daily (except Friday) & posted on my teacher site
• Assignment book/ please sign each night
• 50 minutes maximum
• Independent (reading, math, spelling)
• Studying for assessments
• Reading each night
• Missing Assignment Sheets
Part Three: Fifth Grade
Logistics/Business Items/Wrap Up
Special Events and
Privileges for Fifth Graders
 Band opportunities
 School play
 Picture Day, 9/30/2015
 Birthday Celebrations
 Peace Valley Nature Center, Ecology
Field Trip – Wednesday, Oct. 21st
• Reading Olympics Opportunities
 Spring Field Trip (TBD)
Parent/Child Book Club
Firegirl by: Tony Abbott
Book Club: Friday, December 4, 2015
Tangle of Knots
By: Lisa Graff
Book Club: Wednesday,
May 11, 2016
What school policies do I need
to know about?
• ABSENCES:
• Immediate excuse note/email
• Call/Email for work to be sent
• Volunteers need clearances
• HEALTH:
• Inform nurse of any medical changes
CBSD
Effectively Communicating
Student Progress
Reporting Student Progress
Marking Period
End of MP
11/5/2015
Parent Portal
availability
1
11/5/2015
11/18
2
1/26/2016
2/10
3
4/7/2015
3/23
4
6/14/2015
6/14/2015
Conferences 11/23
and 11/24
Signupgenius
Conferences
3/24
Signupgenius
What will my child learn in fifth
grade?
• How to be a classroom community
member/leader
• How to achieve his/her personal best each day
• How to be a thinker and be aware of his/her
thinking (metacognition) in all academic areas
• How to independently think and question and
develop supported opinions in order to
have deep, respectful academic conversations
with confidence
Student curriculum websites
• Math: www.everydaymathonline.com
• www.xtramath.org
• www.tenmarks.com
• Social Studies: www.learntci.com
• Reading: www.wglead21.com
• Type to Learn 4
• Teacher Site: www.cbsd.org/Domain/1493
How do I
communicate with my child’s teacher?
Email:
kegan@cbsd.org
Teacher Site:
www.cbsd.org/Domain/1493
School phone 267-893-4050 Ext 1261
Notes in Assignment Book
Why should I leave here tonight
feeling excited about my child’s
school year?
• I promise to embrace your child like my very own
• I will differentiate my instruction to meet your
child’s academic/emotional strengths and needs
• I will maintain communication with you
• I love what I do each day and your child will know
that!
Unity
Author Unknown
I dreamt I stood in a studio,
And watched two sculptors there.
The clay they used was a young child’s mind,
And they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher, the tools he used
Were books, music, and art.
One a parent with a guiding hand
And a gentle loving heart.
Unity
Author Unknown
Day after day, the teacher toiled,
With a touch that was deft and sure.
While the parent labored by his side,
And polished and smoothed it o’er.
And when at last, their work was done,
They were proud of what they had wrought.
For the things they had molded into the child,
Could neither be sold nor bought.
And each agreed they would have failed
If each had worked alone,
For behind the parent stood the school
And behind the teacher the home.