Parent Orientation

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Parent Orientation
Welcome to 5th Grade! Mrs. Cook room
29 696-3829 Email - scook_at_amphi.com Website -
http//www.amphi.com/teachers/scook/
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PARENT/STUDENT CONFERENCES Tuesday, Sept.
15Wednesday, Sept. 16Thursday, Sept. 17Friday,
Sept. 18 Please bring your child
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Agenda
Schedules Curriculum Grading Policies
homework Rules Citizenship Donations Field
Trips
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Reading Curriculum
Houghton Mifflin Reading Series
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Reading

• Fiction and non-fiction texts
• Guided reading lessons encourage higher level
  thinking skills and collaboration through
  discussion
• Reading emphasis will be on comprehension,
  vocabulary development, and fluency.
• Opportunities for students to self- select
  reading materials and complete
  independent work

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Math Curriculum
Everyday Mathematics
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• Everyday Math is a research based math program
  based on the National Council of Teachers of
  Mathematics (NCTM).
• Everyday Math covers all strands of math
  including
• Numeration
• Operations and Computation
• Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data and Probability

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MATH - contd.

• Woven into each strand is estimation, logic,
  reasoning, and problem solving.
• Everyday Math is a spiraling program in which one
  concept builds upon others. Not every concept is
  to be taught to mastery.
• Lesson Components
• Guided Lessons
• Small group and independent practice
• Games to reinforce computation skills
  logic/reasoning
• Study Links
• Written assessment

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Science Curriculum
FOSS Kits Full Options
Science Systems
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SCIENCE

• Inquiry process includes
• Questions Observations Hypotheses
• Scientific investigations/testing
• Analyses and Conclusions
• History and Nature (culture people)
• Science in Society (technology comm.)
• Life Science (human body systems)
• Physical Science (matter, motion and force)
• Earth and Space

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TECHNOLOGY
Twenty-first century skills
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TECHNOLOGY

• Techno-literacy
• problem solvers trouble shooters
• Focus on continue learning
• Word Web safety
• Excel Internet/Blogging
• PowerPoint SmartBoard projects
• Procedures Log on, save retrieve info.
  print import graphics access research
• WORD PROCESSING page set-up, editing with spell
  check, use of thesaurus, and cut past function.
• Spreadsheets page setup, manipulate information
  in cells, create graphs based on data
• Keyboard Type minimum of 25 wpm with 90
  accuracy.

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Grading Homework
Policies Information
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GRADING POLICIES

• Formal Grading - Standard Percentage Grades A
  90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F
  59-50
• Informal grading teacher observation. Note
  Not all assignments are entered into the
  gradebook for averaging.
• Late/Missing Work Policy. Homework or classwork
  not turned in on due date results in a 10 grade
  reduction. Two or more days late will result in a
  50.

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HOMEWORK

• Monday - Thursday
• Maximum of 60 minutes including 30 minutes of
  independent reading
• Short and long term assignments
• recorded in student assignment book found on
  website

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Rules Citizenship
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CHARACTER COUNTS!The six pillars

• Responsibility
• Respect
• Caring
• Fairness
• Citizenship
• Trustworthiness

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CLASSROOM SCHOOL RULES

• Be Responsible
• Be Respectful
• Be Safe

All ISSUES FALL UNDER THESE THREE UMBRELLA
RULES.
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Field Trips Donations
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Donations Field Trips

• Tax credit is a great way to supplement these
  experiences!
• Field trip BizTown
• Colonial Days supply donations parent
  volunteers needed.
• Year end picnic
• Technology supplies flash/stick drives

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THANK YOU

• Questions????
• Thank you for coming and participating in your
  childs education.
• I am really looking forward to a successful 5th
  grade experience!

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Parent Orientation
Welcome to 5th Grade! Mrs. Cook room
29 696-3829 Email - scook_at_amphi.com Website -
http//www.amphi.com/teachers/scook/
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Math Curriculum
Everyday Mathematics
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• Everyday Math is a research based math program
  based on the National Council of Teachers of
  Mathematics (NCTM).
• Everyday Math covers all strands of math
  including
• Numeration
• Operations and Computation
• Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data and Probability

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MATH - contd.

• Woven into each strand is estimation, logic,
  reasoning, and problem solving.
• Everyday Math is a spiraling program in which one
  concept builds upon others. Not every concept is
  to be taught to mastery.
• Lesson Components
• Guided Lessons
• Small group and independent practice
• Games to reinforce computation skills
  logic/reasoning
• Study Links
• Written assessment

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Science Curriculum
FOSS Kits Full Options
Science Systems
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SCIENCE

• Inquiry process includes
• Questions Observations Hypotheses
• Scientific investigations/testing
• Analyses and Conclusions
• History and Nature (culture people)
• Science in Society (technology comm.)
• Life Science (human body systems)
• Physical Science (matter, motion and force)
• Earth and Space

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THANK YOU

• Questions????
• Thank you for coming and participating in your
  childs education.
• I am really looking forward to a successful 5th
  grade experience!

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