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Welcome to Curriculum Night 2011-2012! Please sign forms on the desks in the hall. 5th Grade Sanford Creek Elementary School. Agenda. Standards Based Grading Flow of the Day Homework Assessment Curriculum Overview Teacher Communication Volunteers Field Trips

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  1. Welcome to Curriculum Night 2011-2012!Please sign forms on the desks in the hall.5th GradeSanford Creek Elementary School

  2. Agenda • Standards Based Grading • Flow of the Day • Homework • Assessment • Curriculum Overview • Teacher Communication • Volunteers • Field Trips • Human Growth and Development • Q&A

  3. Standard Based Grading • 4 • 3 • 2 • 1

  4. Flow of the Day • 8:45 - 9:25 Homeroom and Morning Show • 9:25 - 10:10 Specials (PE, Media, Music, Art, Technology) • 10:15 - 11:30 Math and BJB • 11:30 - 12:45 Reading and BJB • 12:50 - 1:20 Lunch • 1:20 - 1:45 Recess • 1:50 - 2:30 Writing • 2:30 - 3:35 Science/Social Studies • 3:40 Dismissal

  5. Math Homework is a review of strategies taught Practice multiplication and division facts every night (if your child does not already know them) Reading – at least 30 minutes Social Studies/Science/Writing – as needed Homework

  6. Assessments • Blue Diamond • Running Record • AIMSWEB • Pre/Post Unit Assessments • Math, Reading, & Science EOG • Other

  7. Curriculum Overview • Connections • http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum • Reading and Writing Workshop • Houghton Mifflin Math Expressions • Science kits • Harcourt Social Studies

  8. Literacy • Reading Workshop • Writing Workshop • Word Study

  9. Mini-lesson each day with active student involvement Independent Reading with “Just Right” books Guided Reading/Conferencing Partner Talk and Partner Reading – have authentic conversations about what you read with your child Reader’s Workshop

  10. Writer’s Workshop • Mini-lesson each day with active student involvement • Conferencing will be used to help individual students develop stronger writing skills • Students will be introduced to and compose a variety of writing such as personal narratives, poetry, All About Books (nonfiction), realistic fiction, persuasive essay, memoirs, business and friendly letters.

  11. Hands-on, manipulative based, and full of problem solving Graphing, Exploring Numbers, and Place Value Measurement and Geometry Probability, Fractions, and Decimals Math Units

  12. Taught with hands on activities and experiments Landforms Weather Ecosystem Force, Motion, and Design Science Units

  13. Social Studies • Geography • Government • US History • Native Americans and Colonial Life • Economy and Technology

  14. Teacher Communication • Weekly Tuesday Folder • Web based communication (email and Wikispaces) sanfordcreek5th.wikispaces.com • Conferences • Contact your child’s teacher via e-mail • Newsletters • School telephone: 570-2100

  15. Field Trips TBD…

  16. Parent Volunteers • All parent volunteers must register each year to become a volunteer • Parents may not volunteer in the classroom until they have registered in the Computer Lab • Parents should check in at the office. • Parent volunteers are needed for our field trips, copying, cutting out laminated materials, working with small groups, helping out with special classroom projects • Please coordinate your volunteer time with your child’s teacher. • In order to chaperone a field trip, you must be registered as a level 3/4 volunteer status.

  17. Human Growth and Development • Puberty 101 • Bodily changes • Reproductive organs • POE Health Center

  18. Questions/Comments

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