WELCOME TO
CURRICULUM NIGHT
Please make sure you have
signed in on your child’s
homeroom clipboard. We
are so glad you are here!
WMR
5 th
Grade
A Team
- Please contact your homeroom teacher if you
have any questions or comments.
- You may email us or call the office at 8871990 to schedule a conference.
- Dress code
~Tennis shoes must be worn every day.
~Shorts no shorter than 4 inches above the
knee. Sliders must be worn with Nike type
shorts to ensure they are no shorter than 4
inches above the knee.
~No spaghetti straps (straps must be at least
two finger width).
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General Info
Homeroom
- Please have your children to school on time.
The tardy bell rings at 7:30.
A. Items to return the next day from the blue graded
papers folder:
1. ALL graded papers
2. Parent signature on the behavior log sheet
(located in the back of the folder)
3. Any other documents that require a signature, or
info that needs to be returned
B. Items to keep at home:
1. Fliers
2. Newsletter
Please return this folder by Wednesday each week so
we can have time to file returned papers and begin
filling it again as soon as possible for the following
Monday.
General Info
Blue Graded
Papers Folder
THIS COMES HOME EVERY
MONDAY
-Blue Folder- Math
-Red Folder- Language Arts
-Green Folder- Social Studies
-SOAR Folder
-Science & Reading Composition Notebooks
General Info
Notebook
Organization
-Homework Folder (Purple Plastic Folder)
General Info
Discipline
-Expectations – Clear and consistent
-Rewards – Individual, mid nine-weeks,
and end of nine-weeks
-Classroom
-WMR mid and end of quarter
celebrations --No less than 80 points at
mid nine-weeks, and no less than 70
points at end of nine weeks
-Accountability – Deductions for work (5
points) and behavior (varies based on
severity of action)
Homework:
5%
Classwork:
55%
Quizzes/Tests: 40%
Math
-Curriculum – Common Core
-State testing – In April or May (TBD)
-Resources – Go Math! textbook and
workbook, Investigations, handouts, online
lesson plans
-Homework – Check & Change and unit
practice
-Unit tests – Study guides given at least one
week before test date
-Test corrections
Homework:
10%
Classwork:
50%
Quizzes/Tests: 40%
Language Arts
-Homework:
~ DOL – Comes home Thursday, due
completed Monday, check and change each
day in class, and turn in for a grade on
Thursday
~Any unfinished classwork/practice
-WOD – One word a day M-F (study spelling,
part of speech, usage in a sentence,
definition, and syllable division)
-Weekly quizzes on Tuesday – DOL & WOD
-Tests – Study guides provided
-Writing – In class unless past due
-McGraw Hill system-wide textbook
adoption (Wonders)
-Literature groups
-Mini-lessons
-Projects
Homework:
10%
Based on walk to read class
Classwork:
50%
Skill and vocab practice
Quizzes/Tests: 40%
Skills tests and special projects/book
reports
Reading
Taught through a varied approach
-Tests are always announced with a study
guide.
-Projects are completed in the classroom
and at home.
Homework:
Projects/Tests:
Classwork:
n/a
40%
60%
Social Studies
-Exploring our country’s past using group
projects, drama, artifact analysis, writing,
and reading.
-Tests are always announced with a study
guide at least one week before test date.
-Projects are completed in the classroom.
Homework:
Classwork:
Tests:
10%
50%
40%
Science
-Hands-on curriculum mixed with kits,
textbooks, notes, etc.
5th Grade Website
Or access by the WMR school page
Newsletter
-Online
& paper copy in
Monday folder
-HW and important
dates
Resources
http://wrightsmillroad5thgrade.weebly.com
-4-H Camp
September 17th- 18th
-$75.00
-All forms and money due back
on Sept. 11th
-Medication due to Nurse Lowe
Sept. 9th.
-In need of dads to chaperone
Field Trips
-Adventures in Art
September 11th
Mr. Bass
cjbass@auburnschools.org
Mrs. Duncan
ebduncan@auburnschools.org
Mrs. Hines
khines@auburnschools.org
Miss Keith
nckeith@auburnschools.org
Contact Info
Please feel free to contact a teacher if you
have any questions or concerns this year.
The school number is 887-1990
-Please sign and turn in any
other school paperwork
ASAP.
Reminders
-Please turn in PTO form by
Friday.