Welcome to Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Fifth Grade Curriculum Night

• Please sign in and then sit in your childs seat!

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Mrs. Gress

• Eighth year teaching at Hamlin.
• Graduated from University of Michigan. Go Blue!!
• Received a teaching certificate from Eastern
  Michigan University.
• Earned a MLIS degree from Wayne State.
• Love to hang out with my family, read, cook,
  shop, and travel.

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Miss Kilgore

• First year teaching at Hamlin
• Graduated from Oakland University with
  concentrations in Language Arts and Math
• Taught dance and gymnastics for over 8 years
• Love spending time with my family and friends,
  cooking, reading, and doing dance and gymnastics.

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Housekeeping

• Sign-up
• Fall Conferences
• Class Parties
• Fan Out
• Hamlin Directory
• Home copy of the Math Student Reference Book
• Parent-Student-Teacher Compact
• Health Education Preview

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Communication

• E-mail
• agress_at_rochester.k12.mi.us
• kkilgore_at_rochester.k12.mi.us
• Phone [phone]
• Room 21 News
• Classroom Website/Blog
• Remind 101
• Sign-up to receive text message updates

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Classroom Expectations

• Positive Behavior System (school-wide)
• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible
• Be Ready
• Be Safe
• Hawk Hoorays
• Referral Notes
• Bully Policy

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Classroom Economy

• Learn Economic Principles
• Classroom Jobs
• Debits/Credits
• Pay Day
• Auctions
• Classroom Store

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Grading Scale for Fifth Grade
Percent Letter Grade Rubric Score Comment
90 100 A 4 Wow, you got it.
80 - 89 B 3 Good, youre almost there.
70 79 C 2 Keep trying, you will get there.
69 and below N 0 or 1 Lets make improvements
Practice Papers
? Excellent work. You met all the requirements
for the assignment. ? Good job. You met most of
the requirements for the assignment. ?- Needs
improvement. You did not meet the requirements
of the assignment.
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Our Organizational System

• The binder
• Daily planner
• Homework Folder

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Homework

• Homework is circled in the planner.
• Due the next day unless otherwise noted.
• Homework notifications sent home for missing
  homework.

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Technology

• Classroom Blog Website
• SMART Board
• Individual Student Blogs
• Remind 101
• Google Apps
• Parent note available

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Curriculum
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Common Core State Standards

• What are they?
• Depth vs. Breadth
• Implementing in math and language arts

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Math Workshop

• Everyday Mathematics Program with Common Core
  State Standards
• Math Workshop
• -Mini Lesson
• -Centers
• -Share
• If a student is struggling at home with the
  homework then
• Refer to the SRB. Reading a little refresher on
  the topic may help.
• Have the student attempt to solve the problem by
  showing their steps and writing in an answer they
  think might be correct.

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Reading Workshop

• Extended amount of time reading authentic texts
  on a daily basis
• Workshop Format
• Mini-lesson
• Independent Reading
• Guided Reading Groups
• Strategy Groups
• Share Session
• Reading Log

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Writing Workshop

• Time spent daily writing for real purposes about
  things that interest students
• Workshop Format
• Mini-lesson
• Independent Writing
• Conferencing
• Strategy Groups
• Share Session

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Word Study

• Weekly word sorts focusing on spelling patterns
• Vocabulary Building
• Grammar

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Writing Workshop

• Allow students to spend time daily writing for
  real purposes about things that interest them.
• Mini-lesson
• Independent Writing and Conferencing
• Share Session

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Science

• Inquiry-based approach
• Organization of Living Things
• Ecosystems
• Evolution
• Earth Systems
• Earth in Space and Time

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Social Studies

• Fifth graders participate in a discipline-centered
  approach concentrating on the early history of
  the United States
• Units of Study
• Beginnings to 1620
• European Struggle for Control of North America
• Causes of the American Revolution
• Public Discourse/Decision Making/Citizen
  Involvement

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Fifth Grade Field Trips and Events

• Fifth Grade Camp
• Rochester Hills Public Library
• Authors in April

• Middle School Visit
• Fifth Grade Farewell
• 52nd District Court

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MEAP Testing Dates

• Fifth Graders are tested in the areas of Math,
  English/Language Arts, and Science
• Tuesday, October 14th, Math
• Thursday, October 16th, ELA
• Tuesday, October 21st, ELA
• Thursday, October 23rd, Science

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Classroom Wish List

• Post-it Notes
• Colored pens
• Parents who are willing to help...

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Questions and Answers
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