WELCOME TO 5TH GRADE’S OPEN HOUSE

The goal for your child is to be ready for 6th grade.

How will we do this?Teach the 5th grade curriculum,

help your student become organized, and help your child develop responsible work and

study habits.

Attendance and Tardy Policy

We teach from bell to bell. Our day begins at 8:00. Your child is tardy at 8:01.Attendance Rules

All time out of school is recorded and summed for total days out per quarter. 5 or more total days per quarter or 30 days per year will require a visit by a school board employee.Notes or call-ins to report absences are imperative .

Excused absences will result in no academic penalty as long as missed work is made-up within 2 days. Unexcused absences will result in a zero for the work missed.If your child likes to socialize, please have him/her here at 7:30 so that he/she can chat while in the cafeteria.Science - If your child misses a hands-on activity or video clip due to absence, there will be no make-up. Paper pencil activities, classwork, note taking, etc. will need to be made up.

Uniform Dress CodeFifth graders are the role models.Be sure bottoms are navy or khaki.Tops need to be red, blue, or white.Sweaters or jackets need to be white, blue, or red.Girls bottoms need to be finger tip length.Shirts should be tucked and pants belted.

5th Grade Jobs & ClubsComputer Aides, Media Helpers, Safety Patrols, TOTs, and WGES, are jobs. Jobs such as TOTs and Media Helpers are performed during recess.Eco-patrol, math club, and student council are clubs. Eco-patrol members collect recycling during recess.Jobs and school day activities are a privilege.Keeping a job requires responsible behavior inside and outside of the classroom at all times.Keeping a job requires academic effort at all times.Students are expected to make-up any work missed while performing a job.A job does not excuse a student from schoolwork.

CurriculumIntegration of Florida Standards and Next Generation

Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS).Testing will be the FCAT for Science and the Florida

Standards Assessment for ELA and Math. Students will be responsible for mastering the MAFS,

LAFS, and NGSSS.The Fifth Grade Curriculum is very challenging.The achievement bar has been raised.

New Standards:Depth of KnowledgeThe complexity levels of our standards are variedThe levels vary from 1 – 4.

DOK level 1 focuses Recall DOK level 2 focuses on Skills and ConceptsDOK level 3 focuses on Strategic Thinking and

ReasoningDOK level 4 focuses on Extended Thinking

ELA & Math Test Information

Visit Florida Standards Assessments at http://www.fsassessments.org/

You will be able to take a training test to see what the format will be like.

The table shows the melting points and boiling points for different substances. Melting Point and Boiling Point for Common Substances

Substance Melting point (°C) Boiling point (°C)aluminum 660 2519 chlorine –101 –34copper1085 2927gold 1065 2856mercury –39 357oxygen –218 –182silver 961 2162tungsten 3422 5555

Suppose these substances were placed in a freezer set to –50 °C. Which substance would become a liquid?

A chlorineB mercury

C oxygenD tungsten

Curriculum Reading and Language Arts – Daily 5

Florida Standards (LAFS)Math – GoMath (Textbook is paper & online)

Florida Standards (MAFS)Science - Fusion (Textbook is paper & online)

NGSSSHands-on activities, labs, & units

*Mandatory Science Fair Project due December 10Science Parent Night Tuesday, September 23

Social Studies – Scholastic News, BizTown Curriculum, S.T.A.R.

GradingExpectations are high for our 5th Graders.When a due date is given, work is

expected.If work is late, the student will lose one

letter grade for each day late.This policy is meant to promote fairness

among the students in a class and among the classes within the grade.

HomeworkHomework will be given nightly Monday - Friday. Long-term projects will overlap weekends.Check planner nightly and sign (mandatory).Check that your child has done the work

assigned.Missed homework = an X. An accumulation of 3

X’s in a quarter will result in a 3 on the report card for Homework and Follows Directions. This will keep your child off the Honor Roll.

Griffin Discipline Plan

Field Trips & ActivitiesIn 5th grade there are many reward based

trips and activities.These are privileges that are earned.Any student who has 2 referrals will not

participate.Students with behavior and/or academic

difficulties may not be allowed to participate.

Consistent 3’s on report cards in homework, behavior, etc.

Organizational Skills

These are skills necessary for life, for college, for high school, for middle school, and for 5th grade.

To help develop these skills: Students cannot put items in their desks. Students must keep their backpacks neat and

purged. Students must write in their planners daily.

Preparation for College and Career – for Life!

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