WELCOMEto Curriculum Night!

Austin Road Elementary2015-2016

Curriculum Night• 5th Grade Expectations

• Grading Scale• Georgia Standards of Excellence (English/Language Arts

and Math)• Georgia Performance Standards (Science and Social

Studies)• Agenda

• 5th Grade Discipline Plan• Attendance

• Fountas & Pinnell• IKAN/GloSS

• Infinite Campus• Communication

Rules and Expectations• 5th grade students are expected to:

• Be ready and focused on the tasks at hand each day.• Be positive, respectful, and courteous to others.• Exemplify leadership for others to model.• Report to class on time daily.• Return homework/projects/class work on time when it is due.• Learn and grow into brilliant minds.

Grading System

A= 90 – 100B= 80 - 89C= 71 - 79D= 70F= Below 70

Reaching Excellence in Reading/Language Arts/WritingIn Reading /Language Arts/Writing, students will

learn:

The conventions of standard English Identify author’s purpose, voice & explain how it

impacts the experience Quote accurately from a text and make inferences Draw information from multiple sources on the

same topic How to write different texts for various purposes

(narrative, informational, and opinion pieces) How to conduct short research projects that build

knowledge about a topic

Reaching Excellence in Math

Unit 1: Order of Operations with Whole Numbers

Unit 2: Adding & Subtracting with Decimals

Unit 3: Multiplying & Dividing with Decimals

Unit 4: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide with Fractions

Unit 5: 2D Figures

Unit 6: Volume & Measurement

Unit 7: Geometry & the Coordinate Plane

Reaching Excellence in Science * Life Science• Cells• Microorganisms• Animal Classification• Genetics

* Earth Science• Earth’s Changing Forces • Georgia Landforms

* Physical Science• Chemical & Physical Changes• Electricity & Magnetism• Electromagnets

Reaching Excellence in Social Studies

Unit 1: Connecting ThemesUnit 2: Civil WarUnit 3: Reconstruction Unit 4: A Changing NationUnit 5: WWI, Great Depression, Jazz AgeUnit 6: WWIIUnit 7: The Civil Rights MovementUnit 8: America’s Role in the 21st Century

AgendasHow do they work?• Students use them to record their homework

assignments everyday.• Teachers use them to communicate with

parents.• Parents use them to communicate with teachers

and to confirm your child’s assignments.

Things to Look for in the agenda:• Your child’s homework assignment daily.• A note from the teacher.

SafeOrganizedAccountableRespectful

When positive behaviors are noticed throughout the building, faculty and staff will give the student’s SOAR card a hole punch. Students meeting the required number of punches at the end of the week will be rewarded with a treat.

ARE’s Discipline Plan Routines and rituals will be

taught and followed daily to build a positive learning environment. However, if students do not follow the classroom rules, the following steps will be taken:  

1. Verbal Warning2. Note in the

agenda/deduct Scholar Dollar/Dojo points

3. Opportunity room/contact parent

4. Office Referral

Scholar Dollars

• What is it?• Rewards system generated to encourage

students to do their best academically, socially, and to become overall great leaders!

• Students track their own payments/deposits in their binders.

• Students receive rewards monthly.

Class Dojo• Class Dojo’s mission is to reinvent classrooms by

bringing teachers, students and parents closer together.

• Teachers use Class Dojo as a communication platform to encourage students, and get parents engaged too.

• Classrooms become positive places - which means there's no more “classroom management.” Just happier classrooms.

Students MUST be in class by 7:45 to be marked present.

Students arriving after 7:45 must be brought into the front office for check-in by parent/guardian.

If there is a change in transportation a signed note from the parent must be provided or teachers will follow the original transportation routine for your child.

Attendance

Fountas & PinnellInstructional Level Expectations for Reading• Kindergarten: B-D• First Grade: D-J• Second Grade: J-M• Third Grade: M-P• Fourth Grade: P-S• Fifth Grade: S-V• Sixth Grade: V-Y• Seventh Grade: Y-Z• Eighth Grade: +Z

Click here to access the F&P chart

IKAN/GloSS5th Grade GloSS Expectations

• At Risk: Stages 0-3• Cause for Concern: Stages 4 & 5• Achieving At/Above Expectations: Stages 6

&7• High Achievers: Stage 8

Infinite Campus

Parents can view grades online via Parent Portal on Infinite Campus.

If you haven’t already done so, please contact Ms. Mays in the front office for your log in information.

Click here to access Infinite Campus

Communication• Remind.com•Edmodo.com

•Emails•agendas

Teacher Emails Communication

• Ms. Cheeley• Marquita.Cheeley@henry.k12.ga.us

• Mr. Goodman• Jarri.goodman@henry.k12.ga.us

• Ms. Green• Hayleigh.green@henry.k12.ga.us

QUESTIONS

• We will do our BEST to answer ALL questions.

• If we can’t answer them tonight, or we run out of time, please park it in the parking lot.

THE END!!!

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR

COMING!