Welcome to 5th Grade Curriculum Night

Mrs. Almendarez

Mrs. Herting

Ms. Koshick

Mrs. Noppenberg

Mr. Urquieta

August 3, 2016

Communication with You

• Daily agendas

• Weekly- Parent Update (e-mail/ website)

• E-mail communication with homeroom teacher

• The Gecko Newsletter (e-mail)

• Report Cards (end of each quarter)

• Conferences (October and February/March)

– October: Select students based on academic progress

– February/March: Student led

• Homework on web page

http://www.kyrene.org/Page/29894

• Other e-mails, phone calls, notes, meetings as

needed

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Respectful Behavior System• Brisas’ No Tolerance: No physical aggression, swearing,

destruction of property, defiance

• School Wide PBIS System

– clear and consistent expectations and consequences

– Think time model

• Clip Chart/Behavior Scale System in agenda

• Classroom tickets

• Consistent procedures and routines in all classes

– Teacher collaboration on shared students

• Emphasis on student success and building confidence

using Lifeskills and Kaliedoeye lessons

Classroom Policies

• Water Bottles– bring sock or place on

paper towel

• Restroom– go as needed with pass but

encouraged to go at snack, recess, lunch

• Snack– healthy snack to eat in the

morning (NO candy, fruit roll ups, etc..)

– Due to allergies we are a NUT FREE GRADE

• No toys or other objects that may distract

Homework

• Reinforces skills, builds responsibility and work

habits, purposeful homework

• Should be able to be done mostly independently

• Focus on daily homework

• Classwork that was not finished in the allotted time

may become additional homework that day.

• Homework Policy-unless otherwise stated it is due

the following day. Missing assignments will be

completed during lunch recess.

Agendas

• Each homework assignment, project, and

test is written in the class agenda for

each subject and posted on the 5th Grade

website- www.kyrene.org

• Behavior Scale in agenda each night

• Please check and initial each night

• Write any issues, concerns, questions

Report Cards

• Graded on skills your child has achieved

by 5th grade expectations

• Same skills increase in difficulty as year

progresses

• Some skills are introductory, others

mastery

• Standard scale for letter grades

• Grades available online through Parent

Vue and are updated constantly

http://www.kyrene.org/ksdportal/

This Year’s Standardized

Tests

• Benchmark assessments

throughout the year (STAR Math,

DIBELS)

• AZ Merit-April

ELA: English Language Arts

Reading

Literature and Informational Text

• Balance reading literature with informational text over a

range of genres with a focus on:

– Key ideas and details(cite, summarize/main idea &details,

compare/contrast story elements/topics)

– Craft and structure (vocabulary, figurative lang., text

structure)

– Integration of knowledge and ideas(multiple texts/sources)

– Range of reading and level of text complexity

Foundational Skills

• Phonics and word recognition (roots, prefixes, suffixes)

• Fluency

• 1st Quarter-Tuck Everlasting**Needs to be in class and at home everyday starting 8/8

• 2nd Quarter-Esperanza Rising

• 3rd & 4th Quarter-Smaller works of informational text

ELA: Literature Studies

• 6 Traits

• 4 point scale writing rubric for grading

• Skills integrated with literature studies, social studies and STEM programs, math

• Thinking maps

ELA: English Language Arts

Writing

• Text types and purposes

– Opinion, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative

• Production and distribution of writing

– Organization appropriate to task, purpose, audience

• Research to build and present knowledge

– Research, analysis, and reflection

• Range of writing

• Comprehension and Collaboration – Effectively engage in discussions

• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas– Report on a topic

• Conventions of Standard English and Knowledge of Language– Use proper grammar and conventions both written and

orally

• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use– Determine word meanings using context, roots,

figurative language

(A portion of this grade is observational by all three teachers)

ELA: English Language Arts

Speaking and Listening

• HW is nightly, due the following day, and may include:– reading a chapter (or 2), answering a reading

response question, grammar, vocabulary, spelling

• Tests– Will occur when appropriate within the unit.

• Spelling– Words given on a worksheet every

Wednesday and need to be copied in the agenda. Weekly test on Wednesday over 10 random words from the list.

ELA: Homework/Tests

4 Point Scale Rubric

4 Point Scale Rubric

Score

4.0

In addition to score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was

taught.

Score

3.0

The student is able to independently perform the grade level standard being taught

Score

2.0

Working independently, the student is partially proficient on the grade level standard being

taught

Score

1.0

With help, the student is partially proficient on the grade level standard being taught

Score

0

Even with help, student is not able to complete work on the grade level standard being

taught

Rubric to Percent Conversion

4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0

100 95 90 80 70 65 60 50

4 Point Scale Rubric-Example

Writing -Narrative

Score

4.0

In addition to score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was

taught.

Score

3.0

The student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events clearly and

detailed using the following:

Orient the reader by establishing a situation, introducing a narrator and/or

characters, organize an event sequence

Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop the

story

Link ideas with transition words/phrases

Use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experience

Score

2.0

The student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events using some of

the following:

Orient the reader by establishing a situation, introducing a narrator and/or

characters, organize an event sequence

Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop the

story

Link ideas with transition words/phrases

Use concrete words, phrases, and sensory details

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experience

Score

1.0

With help, the student will write to develop real or imagined experiences or events that

contains some narrative techniques, descriptive details, and/or clear event sequencing

Score

0

Even with help, no response was provided or response if off topic.

5th Grade Math Curriculum

Mathematics- Mathematical Practices from

Common CORE

• Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others

• Model with mathematics

• Use appropriate tools strategically

• Attend to precision

• Look for and make use of structure

• Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

- Homework will be given daily and will be due the next day

- Test and quizzes will be given when appropriate within the unit

Math: Homework/Tests

Close Reading/ Non-Fiction • Emphasis in Science/ Social

Studies/Health– 1st read

– 2nd read and annotate

– 3rd gist

– 4th read for a purpose (if there

are questions read the

questions and reread the

passage and underline the

answers. If it’s a summary

reread for main idea details etc.)

– 5th Complete purpose (answer

questions, write a summary,

etc)

• Homework will reflect Close

Reading Skills

Included in the 5th Grade

Health Curriculum:

• Positive health behaviors and choices

• Basic nutrients and healthy diet

• Media and peer influences

• Growth and development

• Goal-setting and decision-making

• Reducing health risks

• Accessing accurate health information

• Supported by Health textbook, Human

Growth and Development and

Kaleidoeye

Included in the 5th Grade

Science Curriculum:

• Scientific Method

• Human body

– Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous System

• Forces and Motion

– Simple Machines

• Matter and Energy

– Atoms, Chemical and Physical reactions

• Earth and Space

– Moon and Planets

• Biomes

– Solutions to challenges Biomes face

STEM

• Science Technology Engineering and Math

• Used to support Next Generation Science

Standards-engineering focus

• Science Units supported by Engineering Is

Elementary unit

• Human Body

– Knee Brace

• Forces and Motion

– Potato Mover

• Earth and Space

– Mercury Parachute

• Other STEM Challenges throughout the year

Included in the 5th Grade

Social Studies Curriculum:

• European Explorers

• Settlement/Colonization

• American Revolution

• Structure and functions of government

• Westward Expansion

• Civil War

• Research skills

– Explorer Report/State Report

• Economics

• Geography

Current Events

• Supports Social Studies Curriculum

• 1 per quarter

• Worksheet and short presentation

• Internet or print news

• Goal is for students to understand

important local, national, and global

events

• Please remember to keep it appropriate

• Schedule coming soon!

Please take a minute to scan this QR

code below to take a brief survey at the

end of tonight