5th Grade Back to School Night

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5th Grade Back to School Night

• Mr. Devine and Ms. Fontaine

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Welcome!

• Please sign-in and take the handouts from the
  counter
• Take a look around the room and find a seat
• We will begin shortly

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Overview

• Mr. Devine and Ms. Fontaine
• Leveled groups for LA and math
• Mr. Devine will teach all LA and SS and Ms.
  Fontaine will teach all math and science
• Homework LA, spelling, math and reading (approx.
  50 mins. for homework and 30 reading
  minutes/night)
• Homework Log

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5th Grade Supply List

• Per student
• -cheap ear buds
• -whiteboard marker and eraser (sock)
• Class donations
• -hand sanitizer
• -tissue
• -lined paper
• -copy paper
• -pencils
• -disinfecting wipes

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Classroom Discipline

• Group Points
• Soaring Hawk Tickets
• Verbal Praise
• Positive Phone Calls Home
• Discipline
• 1 check loss of 10 mins/recess
• 2 checks loss of whole recess
• 3 checks sent to principals office/phone call
  home

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Grading

• Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F)
• Percentages
• 100-94 is an A
• 93-90 is an A-
• 89-87 is a B
• 86-84 is a B
• 83-80 is a B-
• 79-77 is a C
• 76-74 is a C
• 73-70 is a C-
• 69-65 is a D
• 64-60 is a D-
• 59 and below is an F

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Curriculum

• Language Arts
• Students will read a combination of short stories
  (anthology) and novels (Holes, Bridge to
  Terabithia, Tuck Everlasting, etc.)
• Accelerated Reader logs each student must read a
  set number of books each trimester at their
  reading level (determined by the AR system)
• Buzz words fluency (wpm), comprehension, and
  accuracy
• Homework will be assigned four days a week
• Typically homework will include a crossword, word
  search, cloze activity, or dictionary skills
• CA state Language Arts standards can be found at
  www.cde.ca.gov

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Curriculum

• Math
• -Key Concepts
• fraction multiplication
• fraction division
• volume
• -Homework typically 1-2 worksheets a night
• CA State Mathematics Standards can be found at
  www.cde.ca.gov

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Middle School Readiness

• Language Arts
• -comprehension
• -summarizing (retelling in their own words)
• -writing skills
• grammar (i.e.-punctuation, commas, etc.)
• multiple paragraph texts with a central idea,
  relevant supporting details, and a
  conclusion

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Homework Club/Interventions

• Homework Club Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
  from 232-315 pm.
• Interventions will be held based on student need.
  They last for 6 weeks at a time and will
  alternate between language arts and math.

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P.E. and Music

• P.E. Once a week (30 minutes)
• Music Tuesday and Thursday
• (70 minutes)

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Odds and Ends

• Fun Friday
• Wednesday Folder
• Monthly Newsletter
• Class Website
• San Jose Field Trip
• SPLASH Field Trip

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5th Grade Science Camp

• Westminster Woods
• February 29th thru March 3rd
• 295 per student
• 250 per counselor (8 needed)
• http//www.westminsterwoods.org/

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Westminster Woods

• Areas of Study
• Redwood Forest Ecology
• Stream Watershed Ecology
• Marine Science Tide pools      
• Conservation Restoration Ecology
• Challenge Course Teambuilding

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Science Survey

• Take our survey
• http//goo.gl/forms/NEHCGFL51V