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.
• With this being the first year of the new
  curriculum, there will be no retest

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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 hand written on the report
  card.
• Weekly vocabulary and DOL will impact whether or
  not your child meets the requirements for honor
  roll as well as the other grades on their report
  card.

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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 on a SSP (student support plan)
  you will be required to set up a conference.
• 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. Also it would be
  helpful if you could send each one of your
  childs teachers an e-mail telling them who your
  child is and the subject taught so they can add
  you to their e-mail address book.
• E-mail addresses
• Kelly Bailey kelly_bailey_at_iss.k12.nc
  .us
• Nancy Banister nbanister_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Erica Bonge erica_bonge_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Patty Clark
  pclark_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Stephanie Keller s_keller_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Haley Munksgard hmunksgard_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Marie Palma mpalma_at_iss.k12.nc.us
• Kerry Storace kerry_storace_at_iss.k12.nc.us

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Flexible Groups Criteria for Movement

• Students will need to meet two out of the three
  criteria to test into a different set or flexible
  group
• Better than a 95 grade point average on tests/
  assessments in reading students should also have
  a better than 95 average in comprehension and
  independent skill work.
• 15 to 20 percentage points higher than class
  average on the PAs (predictive assessment)
• Consistently well above class average performance
  on class work

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Flexible GroupsCriteria for Movement

• Students will need to meet two out of the three
  criteria for movement to test into a different
  set or flexible group.
• Lower than a 70 grade point average on tests/
  assessments in reading students should also have
  a lower than 70 average in comprehension and
  independent skill work
• 15 to 20 percentage points lower than class
  average on the Pas (predictive assessment)
• Consistently below average performance on class
  work

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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. Your childs math and reading
  teacher will be emailing you their expectations.
• All homeroom classes have a DOL test and a
  vocabulary test each week. Definitions are
  assigned on Monday and some classes assign flash
  cards and vocabulary sentences. (Be looking for
  these to come home)
• Science Weekly and Time for Kids
• Teachers have gone over their homework policy in
  class. If you have any further questions, please
  contact that teacher and we 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 and that concludes the
homeroom portion. If you have any further
questions, please contact your childs homeroom
teacher for a conference.