WELCOME TO
MRS. LINDA ADAMS’, ED.S
5TH. GRADE CLASSROOM FOR 2012-2013
Mission Statement for Shoal Creek
Elementary School
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LOCATION OF 5TH. GRADE WING
 We are located on the Purple Hallway and
Trailers
 “THE TEAM” consists of Mrs. Linda
Adams. Ed.S, Ms. Krysti Addams, Ms.
Emily Begue, and Ms. Kimberly Edwards,
and Ms. Janet Hardee,
School Hours 2012-2013
 WE are starting school earlier this year.
Students hours are from 7:05-2:10 daily.
 Please, make arrangements for your child
to be on time so that full instructions can
be given. If your child is absent and/or
tardy a written excuse is needed for
justification.
Tardies/Absentees
 Please make sure that your child
is on time for school daily. They
are missing instructional time
when they are absent and/or
tardy. School start at 7:35. If they
come after the bell rings. Parents
are to sign them in and supply a
written note to the teacher of
the tardy.
 It is the responsibility of
the child to get the
work missed when
absent.
 Parents are to request
Please read the Rockdale County
Handbook with your child.
the work of their child
as well. See the
Rockdale Handbook.
Transportation Home
 It is very important that parents please
keep teachers informed of the
transportation home. If at any time, the
transportation changes from the normal
way home, please contact the teacher by
a letter stating specifically that change.
Phone conversations will not be done if
there is a change. It must be in writing.
We want to make every effort on enforcing
your child’s safety to and from school.
Homework Policy
 Parents, please make sure that you are reviewing the skills presented
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daily with your child. Reinforcement and repetition is great for the child.
Read 30 minutes or more daily. When working with your child, have them
to be problem-solvers. Allow the child to think on a higher level of
thinking. Review Bloom’s Taxonomy of questions to help with
discussions.
Mission Statement/Student Handbook—Please, go over this with your
child daily.
Agendas---This is a requirement and they need to be checked daily and
signed by the parent. Homework and notes home to parents will be
written in these agendas. That is why they need to be checked and signed
daily.
Behavior Logs: check and sign daily.
Homework will be given daily. Please, go over skills that have been
taught for the day. We want each child to start off the new year on the
right foot.
Make up homework will be given when parents have a written
excuse/emergency for the child not do his/her homework. The child has 3
days to get it in with a written note.
Parent Information Folders
 We will not do mailbags. We will have a folder for
our classroom that will provide needed papers
for parents to view.
 If you need to contact the homeroom teacher by
note please place it securely in the folder and/or
in the agenda.
 Never place money in the folder. Place any
money in an envelope, and give it straight to the
teacher. Teachers are not responsible for loss of
money.
Classroom Discipline Policy
 Students brought home a contract on this
policy. It is entitled, Shoal Creek elementary
5th. Grade Policies. We will a be following the
rules that are set for our classes, school, and
county. Please, make sure that you read
those in the Rockdale Handbook.
 Student behavior logs
Behavior Contract
Behavior Contract continued
Getting Along Together
 WE are going to be having weekly
meetings in our classroom to discuss any
issues and/or situations that
children/teacher come in contact that
needs addressing. These are life-long
skills to help children adjust to the daily
changes that go to understanding life,
PROBLEM SOLVING. Having a forum to
discuss these issues will help with their
understanding of these life-long skills.
TESTING DATES/REMINDERS
 Georgia Writing Test: March 2013
 Note: no official state writing test
 RCPS has a county wide writing plan and test
schedule in place. Mock Writing tests will be
given within the school year starting in the fall.
Please, practice writing with your child daily.
 CRCT Test: April 2013
 Unit Pre- and Post Tests
 Benchmark testing quarterly in ELA and
Math
At-a-Glance Handout
 New grading/scoring scale: RUBRICS
 Student goal setting
 Portfolios: formative (on-going) and
summative (final) assessments
 Interactive notebooks
 Required county-wide portfolio tasks
 View example
 Student led conferences
 Promotion requirements
FIELD TRIPS/PTA Support
 Jekyll Island trip will be Nov.14-16, 2012. More
information will be coming home to you regarding this
trip. There will also be a meeting with the parents of
children that will be attending the trip. The cost of the
trip is $200.00. The trip is well supervised by teachers
and administrative staff.
 PTA MEMBERSHIP---100% (Family: $6 and individual:
$4
 We need your support. By joining you will help in the
success of SCE.
Math Standards -CCGPS
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Math Websites
 These are some of the Math websites we used
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this summer during the Math Enrichment Camp.
http://www.aplusmath.com/games/
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classroo
ms/linda/algebra/activities/balance/balance.htm
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www.firstinmath.com
Websites continued….
 http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#Be
ginning%20Math%20Activites
 http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
 http://aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html
 http://www.funbrain.com/
 http://www.multiplication.com/
 http://www.primarygames.co.uk/
 http://www.aaamath.com/
 http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp
Websites continued
 http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/walker/games.
htm
Link to CCGPS for all Subjects
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Writing/Reading Link
 Students need to read 25 books and/or 1,000,000 for the
school year. Book reports will be given so that children can link
the reading, comprehension, and type of book to that of their
writing. Each 9 weeks students will read about 6 to 7 books
where they be will assigned the type and possibly in the future
a report will begin on it. They will report using the Story Map
as their guide, find a way to share, which will be provided, and
take an AR test on the book. This is a requirement to help tie in
all the elements mentioned above.
 WE will be using various writing prompts to assist in the
writing process. We ask that you help your child daily on their
writing. Our goal is to have “ALL” children scoring high in all 4
DOMAINS—Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions.
 There will be a rubric coming home that will explain this more
in details.
Social Studies Standards
Unit 1-4, 1st 9 weeks
Unit 1-Using Connecting Themes in 5th. Grade Social Studies
 Unit 2:-Effective Citizenship
 Unit 3: The Civil War: The Nations Divided
 Unit 4: Reconstruction: the Nation Reunited
 Unit 5: Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nations
 Unit 6: Ups and Downs: World War I. the Jazz Age and the Great
Depression
 Unit 7: Hot and Cold War II and Its Aftermath
 Unit 8: Overcoming the Past: The Age of Civil Rights
 Unit 9: Understanding the News: What is America’s role in the
21st. Century
 Unit 10: Effective Citizenship: Conclusion
Social Studies objectives for the 1st 9
weeks
 Process Skills: These skills need
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to be embedded in each 9 weeks
period.
Determines sequence of events
and identifies cause and effects
relationships
Develops and interprets charts,
tables, timelines, graphs,
diagrams, and other graphic aids
Distinguishes between fact and
opinion
Distinguishes between primary
and secondary sources and
determines respective uses.
 Analyzes interpretations of the
same event from multiple types
of sources
 Makes predictions and
comparisons based on factual
information.
Geography
 Migration of People-Examines
cause and effects of the
migration of people
 Characteristics of RegionsRelates how natural resources
and physical features influence
human activity in each region of
the US
 Maps and Globes- Draws
conclusion based on the multiple
pieces of information included on
maps. Uses maps and globes to
explain geographical settings of
historical and current events.
Makes generalizations about
human activities in a
geographical region using map
information
 Translates geographical
data into simple box
graphs.
 Uses grid systems,
cardinal and
intermediate direction
to determine specific
locations
 Review parallels and
meridians on globes
and flat maps
Social Studies Objectives for the 1st 9
weeks…
 Civics
What are the duties and
responsibilities of the three
branches of government?
Which branch of government is
responsible for dealing with
specific topics of current events?
How can we keep government
responsive to the needs and
interest of its citizens?
What concepts are important to US
citizenship and contribute to
national unity?
 How can a citizen bring about
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change in their government?
How does a bill become a law?
What are the rules of the
classroom and the consequences
of breaking them?
What are the rules of the school
and the consequences for
breaking them?
How do you show respect for
others?
How can we work this out?
What is your opinion?
Social Studies Continued….
 EconomicsHow do we decide what is
produced?
How are goods and
services distributed?
What are the basic
concepts and terms of
economics?
What decides what will
be produced?
 How do we deiced
what is produced?
 What factors of
production will be used
and how?
 How are goods and
services distributed?
 How will the results of
production be
distributed?
Science/Health objectives for the 1st 9
weeks
Lab Safety
Scientific Method
Animal and Plant Cells
Classification
Inherited Traits
Health-Inherited Tendencies for illness and
disease
Link to Standards
 http://www.georgiastandards.org/
 This link will give you a detailed picture of the
new Common Core Georgia Performance
Standards and the frameworks for each
subject.
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