Woodland Heights
Curriculum Night
5th grade
Mission Statement
• The mission of Woodland Heights
Elementary is to provide a safe, positive
learning environment which nurtures all
children in their pursuit of academic
excellence, emotional, physical, and social
growth with the support and cooperation
of students, parents, staff, and the
community.
5th Grade Curriculum
Follow the instructions below to view curriculum for 5th grade.
From the Iredell Statesville school website:
1. Click on departments
2. Click on curriculum
3. Click on common core essential standards
4. Click on common core wiki to see the
curriculum guide
Common Core Parent Connection
• If you would like to learn more about the
common core curriculum and how you can
help at home, you can visit the following
website.
• http://pta.org/4446.htm
Testing in 5th Grade
• Testing consists of one baseline test in
reading, math and science.
• Two benchmark assessments this year in
reading, math and science
• Students will be required to take reading,
math and science EOGS in May.
• Students take AIMS Web fluency and
math tests three times a year.
Report Card Scale
A
B
C
D
E
100-93
92-85
84-77
76-70
Below a 70
Weekly Vocabulary and DOL
• This grade will be included in your child’s
english language arts grade.
• Students are expected to study the DOL
sentences and vocabulary words daily to
prepare for the quizzes on Friday.
Conferences
Conference time will be here before we know it.
Information will come home within the next
month.
• If your child is labeled AIG, you will be required
to set up a conference in order to discuss and
develop a DEP (differentiated education plan)
Communication
Teachers will communicate through e-mail and weekly
Monday or Friday folders.
E-mail addresses
Kelly Bailey
Nancy Banister
Rusty Bice
Leslie Brooks
Rhonda Freeman
Stephanie Keller
kelly_bailey@iss.k12.nc.us
nbanister@iss.k12.nc.us
stephanie_keller@iss.k12.nc.us
Homework
• Some classes require 20-30 minutes of nightly reading in homeroom
as others are optional.
• Nightly math and reading homework will vary from teacher to
teacher.
• Science Weekly and Time for Kids
• Teachers have gone over their homework policy in class. If you
have any further questions, please contact me and I will be happy
to answer your questions.
Infractions
Any student receiving an infraction will be required to
walk for 5 minutes during recess. The infraction is to be
signed by a parent and brought back the next day.
• Homework infractions: Students who forget their
homework will receive an infraction slip. Two infractions
for missing or incomplete homework within the same
week will require silent lunch on Friday. Two
homework infractions= Silent lunch
• Behavior infractions: Students who misbehave will
receive an infraction and will have an automatic Friday
silent lunch. One behavior infraction= silent lunch
Friends Friday
Students who have no infractions or one
infraction for no homework will be
rewarded with Friends Friday. Friends
Friday allows students to sit by their
friends from other classes during lunch.
Accelerated Math and Reading
• Accelerated math is used for remediation
and enrichment.
• Accelerated reading is not used in 5th
grade, however if students still would like
to take tests, computers are available.
Thank you for coming!