Woodland Heights Curriculum Night

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Woodland Heights Curriculum Night

• 5th grade

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Mission Statement

• The mission of Woodland Heights Elementary is to
  provide a safe, positive learning environment
  which nurtures all children in their pursuit of
  academic excellence, emotional, physical, and
  social growth with the support and cooperation of
  students, parents, staff, and the community.

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5th Grade CurriculumFollow the instructions
below to view curriculum for 5th grade.

• From the Iredell Statesville school website
• Click on departments
• Click on curriculum
• Click on common core essential standards
• Click on common core wiki to see the curriculum
  guide

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Common Core Parent Connection

• If you would like to learn more about the common
  core curriculum and how you can help at home, you
  can visit the following website.
• http//pta.org/4446.htm

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Testing in 5th Grade

• Testing consists of one baseline test in reading,
  math and science.
• Two benchmark assessments this year in reading,
  math and science
• Students will be required to take reading, math
  and science EOGS in May.
• Students take AIMS Web fluency and math tests
  three times a year.

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Report Card Scale

• A 100-93
• B 92-85
• C 84-77
• D 76-70
• E Below a 70

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Weekly Vocabulary and DOL

• This grade will be included in your childs
  english language arts grade.
• Students are expected to study the DOL sentences
  and vocabulary words daily to prepare for the
  quizzes on Friday.

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Conferences

• Conference time will be here before we know it.
  Information will come home within the next month.
• If your child is labeled AIG, you will be
  required to set up a conference in order to
  discuss and develop a DEP (differentiated
  education plan)

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Communication

• Teachers will communicate through e-mail and
  weekly Monday or Friday folders.
• E-mail addresses
• Kelly Bailey kelly_bailey_at_iss.k12.nc
  .us
• Nancy Banister nbanister_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Rusty Bice
• Leslie Brooks
• Rhonda Freeman
• Stephanie Keller stephanie_keller_at_iss.k12.nc.us

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Homework

• Some classes require 20-30 minutes of nightly
  reading in homeroom as others are optional.
• Nightly math and reading homework will vary from
  teacher to teacher.
• Science Weekly and Time for Kids
• Teachers have gone over their homework policy in
  class. If you have any further questions, please
  contact me and I will be happy to answer your
  questions.

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Infractions

• Any student receiving an infraction will be
  required to walk for 5 minutes during recess. The
  infraction is to be signed by a parent and
  brought back the next day.
• Homework infractions Students who forget their
  homework will receive an infraction slip. Two
  infractions for missing or incomplete homework
  within the same week will require silent lunch on
  Friday. Two homework infractions Silent lunch
• Behavior infractions Students who misbehave will
  receive an infraction and will have an automatic
  Friday silent lunch. One behavior infraction
  silent lunch

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Friends Friday

• Students who have no infractions or one
  infraction for no homework will be rewarded with
  Friends Friday. Friends Friday allows students to
  sit by their friends from other classes during
  lunch.

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Accelerated Math and Reading

• Accelerated math is used for remediation and
  enrichment.
• Accelerated reading is not used in 5th grade,
  however if students still would like to take
  tests, computers are available.

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Thank you for coming!