WELCOME PARENTS

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WELCOME PARENTS!

• 5th Grade
• Parent Orientation
• August 24, 2009

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5th Grade Faculty

• Melissa Buzzell- Science, Language Arts
• Susan Werner- Apprentice Teacher (Mrs. Buzzell)
• Tonya Parks/Ashley Smith- Social Studies,
  Language Arts
• Pauline Smith- EIP Mathematics and Reading
• Gail Snipes- Mathematics, Language Arts

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School Bells

• 830 Tardy Bell
• 330 Dismissal
• Please be at school no later than 815 for
  breakfast

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  5th Grade Schedule
800-840 Arrival Homeroom 840-910
Math Skills Session (Homeroom) 915-1000
1st period (Science Soc. Studies,
Math) 1000-1045 2nd period (Science, Soc.
Studies, Math) 1045-1130 3rd period
(Science, Soc. Studies, Math) 1130-1230 4th
period READING 1239-115 LUNCH (all 5th
grade classes) 115-130
Recess/Detention 130-230 Language Arts
235-320 Specials (P.E., Music,
Art) 320-330 Homeroom/Prepare for
Dismissal 330-400 Dismissal/Bus
Call/STUDY HALL
   
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ORGANIZATION

• Blue folder social studies
• Green folder science
• Red folder math
• Yellow folder language, spelling
• 1 binder with dividers reading/writing
• PLANNERS/AGENDAS
• Provided free-of-charge by the school.
  Students
• MUST bring to each class to use DAILY for
  assignments.
• No large notebooks, please

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Water Bottles and Snacks

• -May bring daily-
• snack size portions
• no candy, please
• no swapping or sharing
• water bottles-no carbonated drinks

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  FIFTH GRADE EXPECTATIONS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
AND RESPONSIBILITY
     
 
1. Students will be prepared and organized for
class. 2. Homework assignments will be
completed. 3. Students will stay on task. 4.
Follow teachers directions at all times. 5.
Control talking. 6. Use good manners/respect 7.
Keep hands and feet to self. (No horse
playing) 8. Follow before and after school
procedures.
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Fraction Action Plan
All students start out with a whole pie on
display in the classroom.
For each infraction, students will shade in a
fourth of the pie, receive a notice to be signed
and serve detention.
Their goal is to have at least ¼ of their pie
left to join in on our FUN-FILLED FRACTION
ACTION parties throughout the year.
Student Pie Chart
KEEP AWAY FROM AN INFRACTION AND JOIN IN THE
ACTION!
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Good Behavior Celebrations!

• Throughout the year we will have celebrations to
  reward students still having at least one-fourth,
  25 or one piece of pie. This means they have
  received 3 or less infractions.

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Excess Infractions (5 or more)

• Students repeatedly breaking rules will receive a
  letter requesting a parent conference and/or
  office referral.
• Code of Conduct (Columbia County system-wide
  rules) violations will also be handled by
  disciplinary referral to office.

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RECESS

• Privilege earned as a result of
• following rules/ expectations
• 20 minutes /daily
• All 5th Grade classes enjoy together
• Detention takes place during this time for
  students who have received an infraction.
• PTO has provided recreational equipmentdonations
  are welcomed

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CRCT

• All 5th grade students must meet the Georgia CRCT
  promotion requirements in both reading and
  mathematics receiving a minimum score of 800.
  However, we hope to see many students exceed with
  a score above 850!

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Language Arts Instruction

• SRA Imagine It! Series
• All units in SRA Imagine It! Are organized around
  a central theme, such as Heritage or Call of
  Duty .
• Inquiry and collaborative lessons encourage
  interaction and sharing as well as individual
  skills growth.
• Language Arts instruction for 120 minutes per day
  will involve guided reading lessons, fluency
  building activities, comprehension strategy
  lessons, as well as language (grammar)
  instruction and spelling in the Workshop portion.
• Writing instruction will be incorporated into the
  language/workshop class time and will continue to
  follow the Six Traits Instructional Program.

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5th Grade Georgia Writing Assessment
All 5th grade students will be tested on one of
three randomly assigned prompts from either the
informational, narrative or persuasive genres.
Please visit teachers websites to find
additional information including how papers are
scored, 6 traits of writing, and sample papers
from previous years with annotations.
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Reading Logs/Genre Club

• According to the Georgia Performance Standards,
  students are required to read a million words
  throughout the year.
• -Students are required to read 4 nights per week
• -20 minutes each session-
• Students will be responsible for recording their
  nightly readings in the reading logs
• Encourages and establishes reading as a habit
• Improves school performance and standardized test
  scores
• Will count as test grade in reading
• Builds READING FLUENCY
• Everyone is working to earn 8 patches for Genre
  Club!

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Math Curriculum and Units of Study

• Unit 1
• Groovy Graphing
• Analyze all graphs
  Place Value
  
• Compare/Contrast
• all graphs
• Collect/Organize/
• Display Data
• Unit 4
• Positively Perfect
• Plane Figures- 2D
• Congruence
• Correspondence of
• vertices, sides, angles
• Estimate area
• Derive/compute formula
• parallelogram/ triangle
• Circle estimate
• w/partitioning, pi

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How Parents Can HelpMathematics Skills to
Build on and Maintain

• Encourage nightly study/review of multiplication
  and division facts (flashcards, online resources
  listed on website).
• Discuss how math can be seen/used throughout our
  daily lives.
• Encourage your child to THINKand be a problem
  solver!
• Support good homework habits.
• Discuss/complete activities in CSI Mathematics
  unit newsletters.
• Visit the Georgia Performance Standards
  websitebecome familiar with the 5th grade
  curriculum requirements.

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Science Concepts

• Scientific Skills
• Curiosity, skepticism, safety, investigating,
  observing, measuring, estimating, calculating,
  researching, recording data, sketching, and many
  more

National Geographic Explorer magazine will be
used this year in science. Look for
information about it tomorrow in the purple
folder.
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Science Concepts
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SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS
Civil WarReconstruction of our
countryImmigration and industrySettling the
Great Plains and the WestTeddy Roosevelt and
pushing the US into being a powerWorld War
IRoaring 20sThe Great Depression
World War IIThe Cold WarCivil RightsThe
Vietnam WarCold War Gulf War Operation Iraqi
Freedom
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Experiencing History
Your contributions are welcome!
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Signed Papers

• Sent home every Tuesday
• Please sign and return folder and graded papers
  the next day
• 1 grace day given, but then recess time will be
  taken

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REPORT CARDS

• Language Arts
• 70Reading
• 20English/Writing
• 10Spelling

Math, Science, and Social Studies 60tests 40d
aily
Conduct, PE, Music and Art S, S, NI, U
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FIELD TRIPS

• -Currently in the planning stage-
• Details will be available at a later date

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School Discipline Reminders

• No toys or other objects that interfere with
  learning
• No hats
• No electronic devices games, CD players, etc...
• No cell phones

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Attendance

• Please help your child learn by ensuring his/her
  best possible attendance record. ?
• If a student is out, they will need to bring a
  note upon returning to school.
• Students may have up to 5 absences per semester
  without needing a doctors note. Upon the 6th
  absence, a doctors note is required.

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PTO Membership

• One of the best ways you can show your support is
  by joining our PTO.
• Membership is only 15 per family, and your money
  goes a long way in our schooland you get a FREE
  meal Sept. 24th!!!
• PTO is looking for volunteers to help with
  carnival, fundraisers, Santas gift shop, and the
  hospitality committee.
• If you are interested, please fill out the form
  near the sign in sheet and return to your childs
  homeroom teacher.

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5th Grade Community Efforts

• 4H- All 5th graders will enjoy the benefits of
  membership-meetings held at school-promote
  character development
• Please collect and send in pop tabs!
• Our PTO Box Tops challenge is well
  underwayplease keep clipping and sending.
• Thanks for your donations!

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Thank you for your supportand we look forward to
a wonderful school year at North Columbia
Elementary !
Thank You!