Welcome!
Your students have written personal
“I Am” poems that give clues to their
identity. As a way of finding your
student’s seat, you will need to read
each poem until you find the one that
belongs to your student! Hint… the
names of the authors are on the back
side of the poem
Welcome to Back to School Night!
 Britney
Ward
 Grade 5 Room P8
britneyward@iusd.org
949-936-6937
 Conference sign-ups will begin closer to
the actual conference dates and I will be
sure to notify you once that process
begins.
Our Mission
Statement
Canyon view is a community
.
Of
respectful and responsible learners
Who succeed in a diverse and changing
world.
Philosophy

Each child is gifted, and has special needs.
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It’s ok to make mistakes, that’s the way we
learn.
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We are here to learn, not just to get A’s.
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It is intelligent to ask for help.
What is PBIS?
Positive Behaviors Interventions & Support
•SCHOOL-WIDE
•DEFINES
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SYSTEM
AND TEACHES SCHOOL-WIDE
BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
•POSITIVE
•TEACH,
REINFORCEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS
MONITOR, AND RE-TEACH
EXPECTATIONS TO INCREASE POSITIVE
BEHAVIOR
Canyon View is a community of respectful and responsible learners who succeed in
a diverse and changing world.
Teaching Matrix
S
afety First
T
SWA
 Walk
 Quite hands and
feet
 Push in chairs and
keyboards
 Walk
 Quiet hands, feet
and body
 Sit flat
 Throw trash away
 Clean-up work area
 Signal for help
 Check in during
recess and lunch
 Clean-up work area
 Use equipment and
materials the right
way
 Use quiet voices
 Stay focused
 Use equipment the
right way
 Wait patiently
 Active listening to
do your best work
ake
Responsibility
A
ct
IRC
Playground Area
each for
Personal Best
Restroom
 Stay within supervised
area
 Keep hands and feet to
self
 Use the equipment the
right way
 Clean up trash
 Return equipment
 Follow game rules
 Leave personal items in
backpack
 Walk
 Clean hands
 Eat your own food
 Walk
 Clean hands
 Use, door, sink,
and toilet the
right way
 Place your lunch
box in the basket
 Hold playground
equipment
 Stay within
supervised area
 Flush
 Keep water and
soap in sink
 Keep your visit
short
 Use quiet voices
 Walk around
instruction
 Signal for help
 Active listening
 Protect all living things
 Treat others kindly
 Use quiet voices
 Active listening
 Stay seated until
dismissed
 Keep hands to self
 Use quiet voices
 Wait your turn
 Leave the
bathroom clean
 Wait patiently
 Follow directions
 Active listening to do
your best work
 Be a team player
 Be active
 Include everyone
 Pick up trash and
recycle
 Food is to be
eaten or taken
home
 Give people
privacy
 Keep hands and
feet to self
Respectfully
R
Lunch Area
What are the STAR tickets?
Name ____________________________________
Teacher _________________________________
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S afety First
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T ake Responsibility
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A ct Respectfully
R each for Personal Best
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Provides students with positive, immediate,
and frequent reinforcement

“STAR” tickets increase student learning and
decrease classroom disruptions on campus

Weekly recognition at Monday Morning
Meetings and Monthly STAR drawings in the
classrooms
Canyon View’s Pyramid of Success
“Making Better Choices”
 5th
Grade Behavior Expectations
 Rewards
for on-task behavior
Praise
Fifth
Grade Cash
STAR
Tickets
 Consequences
for poor choices
Verbal
warning
“Take
a Break”
Minors/Majors
Reading
Reading Across the Curriculum: Reading to Learn!
 Text: Houghton Mifflin
 Novels
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Non-Fiction
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Sign of the Beaver and Witch of Blackbird Pond
CLOSE, Science and Social Studies
Reading Groups

Specific skill instruction for individual student needs

Flexible, targeted instruction

Comprehension, Vocabulary, Strategies
Reading Counts

GOAL: 100 points by the end of the year
Oral Language

Language Arts standards include
Speaking and Listening skills

Speeches will be assigned throughout the
year and include rubrics in these
categories:
 Opinion
 Poetry
 Current
Events
 Informational

presentations
In addition, students will be evaluated in
discussion groups for participation as
Writing
 Writing
Lessons
Weekly
and integrated into different
subjects
 Writing
Genres for Fifth Grade
Narrative:
Personal and Creative Stories
Informative/Research: Explain
Opinion: Convince
 Assessed for:
us!
it to us
Spelling/Grammar

English Language Conventions grade includes
Spelling, Grammar, and Editing

Spelling uses two major resources:

Rebecca Sitton Program
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
Houghton Mifflin Program


Cloze tests use high frequency and commonly misspelled words.
Provides word lists with particular spelling rule or pattern
Grammar is based on 5th grade Common Core
standards and includes lessons on :

Sentence structure

Parts of Speech

Punctuation

Figurative Language
Math

Text: Go Math
 Text book, Practice book (Homework), Problem

of the Day
Focus on
 Operations with Fractions,
 Multiplication and Division of
Numbers including decimals
 Volume

Classwork
 Note taking; definitions, examples and practice

Homework
 Homework: Practice and/or Enrichment activities
Common Core
Expectations for Mathematical Practice
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in
solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.

Science Lab
 Two
Lessons per Week with Mr. Hillman
 Hands-on

Science
Lab Experiences (Safety Contract)
In the Classroom
 Text:
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill
 Study
Skills
Reading
for information
Vocabulary
Concept
Acquisition to support and reinforce lab
activities
 Projects
and Tests
Social Studies
Text: Harcourt Reflections
 The Five Themes of Geography
 American History from Native Americans to
Colonies to Westward Expansion
 States and Capitals
 Integrated with Language Arts through novel studies
 Study Skills
 Reading for information
 Vocabulary
 Note taking/outlining
 Thinking maps

Health and PE
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Health – The Great Body Shop

PE – Monday & Thursday

Appropriate Clothing and Water Bottles

Emphasis: Participation, Personal Best,
Sportsmanship

Combination of stretching, skill practice, & games

CA State Fitness Test in March
 One
mile run
 Strength

and flexibility assessments
Health notes required for injury/illness to be excused
Technology

Computer Lab
 Microsoft
Word, Power Point, Internet Explorer
used for projects and through curriculum-based
Web Activities
 Type
to Learn -- Keyboarding Test in the Spring

Online Testing: Star Renaissance, Reading Counts,
SRI, and SBAC (Smarter Balance)

Internet Safety and Responsibility
Art, Music and Drama
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Art Lessons Six Times per Year with Art Specialist, Mrs. Reigle
 Art Masters Program-Three Times per Year
Music – Tuesdays and Fridays
 Tuesday: 12:00 -12:40
 Friday: 8:10 – 8:50 (First thing in the morning)
 Choice of Strings, Winds/Brass, or Chorus
 Forgotten Instruments need to be taken to the Office or
MPR
Drama
 “Thirteen Colonies”
Differentiation/GATE

Individual Needs (GATE, ELL, RSP, etc.)

What you won’t hear . . .

Traits (Depth, Acceleration, Complexity, & Novelty)

Differentiated 1) instructional methods and
2) product expectations

Enrichment opportunities include spelling, math
challenge sheets, writing, projects. . .

Leadership opportunities

Goal setting conferences – goals will be set at teacher/
parent/ student conference
Student Progress

Grades are based on achievement toward standards


Unit tests will be signed by parents
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
Math, Science, Social Studies, some Lang. Arts
Progress reports will be sent home each trimester,
halfway through the grading period
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
Classwork, projects, tests, homework and participation
Must be signed and returned
Online report cards each trimester

5th grade report cards will include Achievement and Effort grades, as well as
progress toward standards.
Homework Expectations
•
Importance of Homework (responsibility and study
habits)
•
Homework
•
•
•
50-60 minutes of on–task HW time expected
nightly
Late Homework Consequences
•
Affects achievement and effort grade
•
$10 fine per assignment
HW is your child’s responsibility!
•
Please provide a note or email if there are
problems.
CV Odds and Ends

Morning Drop-off Time – not before 8:00 am (no
supervision)

Students must go home after school – closed campus
until 3:00.

Fifth grade is dismissed at the bike area

Monday Morning Meetings are at 8:20. You’re welcome
to join us!
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Wednesdays are Box Tops Day

Friday Spirit Wear

100 mile club- more information coming soon

Emergency food- Send as soon as possible
More odds and ends….

Students’ Cell Phones must be OFF and in backpacks while
on campus

CV Cubby Collector is used to reduce classroom disruptions
– do NOT knock on our door with forgotten items

Absences/Leaving Early (no sibling plays)

Water Bottles and Bathroom Visits
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Birthdays/Half-Birthdays -- no food treats!
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Volunteers – Kudos, Inquiries
 Reading
 100
Mile Club
 Mother

Counts Representative?
Daughter and Guy Stuff Volunteers needed.
Please join the PTA
Thanks and
let’s have a
great year!
Miss Ward 