CURRICULUM NIGHT
5th Grade
2014-2015
Nabil Elhalabi, Huijing Yang, Yuanchun Ma, Laura Tornow, Lawrence Land, Tracy
Kennedy,
Pam Shembo and Emiko Furuya.
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5
Grade
• Level 3, 4 or 5 on EOG’s: Math, English Language Arts, and
Science.
• Check Power School regularly: No surprises! Create an
account with the username and password that you have
received.
• CMS Grading Scale: A 100%-93%
B 92%-85%
C 84%-77%
D 76%-70%
F < 70%
ABSENCES
• Coming to school every day is extremely
important. It is difficult to catch up if the child
has missed several days.
• Avoid early dismissals!
• In case of absence, notify the office and the
classroom teacher by 8:00AM.
• Students can report to class starting at 8:00AM.
Do not drop off your child at 8:15AM or he/she
will be marked tardy!
DISCIPLINE
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High expectations.
PBIS expectations
Rams stickers
Quarterly rewards
Office referral: Major offenses. 2 office
referrals or a suspension: No camp Thunderbird!
MATH
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EOG: Multiple choice and open-ended questions. 50% of the test
is on fractions.
Basic Facts: additions, subtractions, multiplications and divisions.
Practice time tables.
Main Concepts: Graphing, multiplications of 2 or3 digits by 2,3
digit numbers, divisions with 2 digits in divisor, volume of
rectangular prism, geometry (properties of polygons),
measurement within the metric and customary system, additions,
subtractions, multiplications and divisions of fractions, mixed
numbers and improper fractions and patterns.
Challenge math (Mrs.Tita): Once a week.
Use Dreambox, Study Island when needed.
SCIENCE
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EOG: 80 questions on the test. Knowing definitions will help.
Units: Forces and motion, Matter: Properties and Change, Energy:
Conservation and transfer, Weather/Climate, Ecosystems, Human
Body Systems, Evolution & Genetics.
Study guides available for each chapter.
Help your child study every day. Focus on the red questions and
the yellow words (flash cards).
http://www.flashcardmachine.com
http://www.quizlet.com
http://www.studyjam.com
Rhase: Reproductive Health and Safety Education. (After EOG)
SOCIAL STUDIES
• Main units: Geography and history of the USA:
American Indians and their land, American Indian
cultural regions, Explorations, Colonies, Slavery,
Life in Williamsburg, Tensions between the
colonies and Great Britain, the Declaration of
Independence, the American Revolution, the
Constitution, the Bill of rights, the Civil War.
• Discuss the topics studied in class with your child.
Encourage her/him to research more about the
subject if interested.
ENGLISH
• Every day for 60 minutes.
• Flexible groupings.
• English teachers: Mrs. Wyotec, Mrs. Kennedy,
Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Melendez, Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Tita
and Herr Land.
• End-of-Grade Test: Students will have to read
and answer questions for 2 hours. Students will
have to show that they understand poems,
recipes, fictional and non-fictional texts.
• Students should read every day for at least 30
minutes in English or in the target language. They
have time to read during the school day as well.
FIELD TRIPS/SPECIAL
EVENTS
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Discovery Place: Science Reach Programs (Forces and Motion,
Ecosystems) at school.
Visit to Discovery Place in May for a presentation on human body
systems and to visit the museum.
Mint Museum: Ancient civilizations
Camp Thunderbird: 3 days, 2 nights in March (18-20)
Mardi Gras: Dance in February or March.
Moving-On Ceremony in June. Celebration of their elementary
years.
You can pay online or you pay cash or by check to the teacher.
Questions?
THANK YOU FOR
COMING!