WELCOME PARENTS!
Fifth Grade Curriculum Night
September 17, 2015
Our mission: To challenge and prepare all students for future success.
Welcome to Fifth Grade!
• Last year in elementary school / The year before MIDDLE SCHOOL  or ?
• There will be End of Grade Testing in English Language Arts, Math, Science
 EOGs scheduled within the last 10 days of school
 Probably 3 days of testing
• RHASE
 Reproductive Health and Safety Education (formerly FLEBHS)
 Will be taught as part of Body Systems unit in Health or Science in second semester
• Grading Policy – WEIGHTED! NEW SCALE!
 Reading and Writing combined into English Language Arts – ELA. Health added.
 Grades will be classified into two categories: Formal 60%, Informal 40%
 Formative assessments will count as one formal grade. These may or may not be announced.
 Summative assessments will count as two formal grades. These will be announced.
 Scholastic News will be informal.
 We will no longer drop the lowest grade since this could have a huge impact on an average due
to the 60/40 weights.
 Assignments not turned in will be scored as 50%.
 Homework will be a quarterly informal average that will figure into each content area.
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Homework
• Given nightly in Math and Science, weekly reading minutes, time management
• Reading Logs / Review notes taken in class
• Planner signed daily by teacher! Parent must sign weekly for 150 minutes of
Reading outside of school.
Communication
• Black Folders, newsletters, graded papers, school / PTA / Community
communication – it’s a good idea to match work to Power School.
• Sign and return those indicated, this is the proof I need of your child’s work for their
portfolio
• janet.bevis@cms.k12.nc.us and madisonn.horeth@cms.k12.nc.us . If you don’t
check email, please ask us to communicate with you another way.
• http://bevis-gregory5thgrade.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/ for general info, calendar, long
term projects, etc.
• Power School (check next week for mid-quarter progress)
• Rules and Procedures
 New school-wide discipline plan
 Recurring issues are noted in planner, as is missing homework.
 Missing homework is one demerit per assignment; this includes not
having a book to read.
 Token economy
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Register on the CMS website to volunteer- even classroom
• Lunch procedures – only your child outside
• Dates to Remember
• Next week – mid quarter progress reports – watch for more info
• Log on to Power School
• Check 5th Grade Level Newsletter and our wiki for important dates.
English Language Arts - Reading
Balanced Literacy Units / Themes
• Interactive read alouds for reading and writing across
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content areas.
Related vocabulary and content area specific vocabulary.
Scholastic News for non-fiction.
Monthly current event for non-fiction reading and writing.
Selecting “just right” books.
Focus on independent daily reading – sustained quality
reading.
Conferencing with students about skills, goals, etc.
English Language Arts - Grammar
Students will demonstrate command of the
conventions of Standard English language when
writing or speaking.
Students will use Knowledge of Language and its
conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or
listening by:
• Expanding, combining, and reducing sentences for
meaning
• Compare and Contrast the varieties of English used in
stories, dramas, or poems
English Language Arts - Vocabulary
Students will determine of clarify the meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading
and content .
• Vocabulary comes from weekly interactive read alouds and specific content
areas.
• Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of the word
(photograph, photosynthesis)
• Figurative Language (similes and metaphors)
• Common idioms, adages, and proverbs
• Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of
the words (synonyms, antonyms, homographs)
• Use Domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast,
addition, and other logical relationships (however, although, nevertheless,
similarly, moreover, in addition)
English Language Arts - Writing
• Write arguments to support a position using valid reasoning and
sufficient evidence.
• Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and explain complex
information.
USE THE BATS STRATEGY:
1. Borrow words from the text.
2. Answer the questions using
3. Text evidence to
4. Support your answer.
• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
Math – Students will be able to…..
Mathematical Practices
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of
others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
Math – use mathematical practices to….
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Write and interpret numerical expressions.
• Analyze patterns and relationships.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
• Understand the place value system.
• Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to
hundredths.
Number and Operations—Fractions
• Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to
multiply and divide fractions.
Math – and also to….
Measurement and Data
• Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
• Represent and interpret data.
• Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume
to multiplication and to addition.
Geometry
• Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical
problems.
• Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Social Studies
Students will analyze the chronology of key events in the United States:
• Native Americans
• European Explorers
• Early colonies and 13 Colonies
• Revolutionary War
• War of 1812
• Westward Expansion
• Slavery
• Industrial Revolution
• Civil War
• Reconstruction
Social Studies
Recurring themes throughout the year will include:
• Utilizing map skills
• Comparing primary and secondary documents
• Drawing parallels between current events and historical events
• Exploring the contributions of diverse groups in the building of our nation
• Analyzing migration and immigration
• Determining the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the physical
environment of the U.S.
• Explaining how the physical environment influenced human activities
• Building on knowledge of economics by focusing on economic growth and
principals in various cultures
Science
Weather
 forecasting the weather using instruments and clouds, jet stream, El Niño, La Nina,
daily and seasonal changes in weather, water cycle
Ecosystems
• food chains, food webs, compare ecosystems, classify organisms by their job i.e.
decomposer, relationships between plants and animals
Interactions of Matter and the Changes that Occur
• physical and chemical changes, quantitative and qualitative data, changes in the states
of matter
Heat Transfer
• transfer of heat, convection, conduction, radiation
Science
Force and Motion
•Force, position, gravity, how mass affects an object
Body Systems
• Function and structure of major body systems (Circulatory, Respiratory,
Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, and Nervous System)
Genetics
• How some likenesses are inherited and others are not, how an organism is
similar/different than its parent
Health
• Mental and Emotional, Personal and Consumer, Interpersonal
Communications and Relationships
Fifth Grade Events
• Early Release, October 7 at 12:15
• Fall Celebration, October 15 at 1:45
• Picture Day October 16
• Teacher Workday / Parent Conferences, October 23, Sign Up Genius
• Washington, D.C. Field Trip TENTATIVE February 2-5, 2016
• Fifth Grade Valentine Dance, February 12, 2016
• Departure Rehearsal 9 a.m., June 8, 2016
• 5th Grade Departure Celebration: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Thanks for coming and for your
continued support as we challenge
and prepare your child for future
success!