Welcome to 5th Grade Curriculum Night

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Welcome to 5th Grade Curriculum Night
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General Information

• Subject Integration
• English/Language Arts
• Laura Crider
• Justin Jackson
• Math/Science
• Brian Dolinger
• Kim Summers
• Social Studies
• Betty Lavigne

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Science

• Review of skills from second grade to present
• Physical Science
• Earth Science
• Life Science
• Chemistry
• Greenhouse
• Outdoor Garden
• Science Notebooks

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Math

• Math is integrated in all areas
• Review of skills from second grade on up
• Measurement
• Graphing
• Geometry
• Problem Solving
• Decimals/Fractions Adding, Subtracting,
  Multiplying, Dividing
• Estimation/Rounding
• Math Notebooks

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English/Language Arts

• Our fifth-grade English/Language Arts
  program offers many opportunities for students to
  improve and practice their reading and writing
  skills in a creative, cooperative environment. We
  will compose in our journals daily to enhance
  grammar, composition, vocabulary, and
  comprehension skills. Our curriculum is
  integrated with science, math, and social studies
  concepts to the maximum extent possible through
  weekly interdepartmental planning sessions.
  Within our reading program, we utilize running
  reading records, trade books, and novels along
  with the reading textbook and Accelerated Reading
  program.

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Social Studies

• Reviewing Geography Skills
• Unit 1- Life in the United States Geography of
  the United States
• Unit 2- Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere,
  Native Americans of North America, Life in the
  Eastern Hemisphere
• Unit 3- Contact East Meets West Early European
  Settlements of North America
• Unit 4- The English Establish 13 Colonies, Life
  in the 13 English Colonies, The Struggle for
  North America

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Social Studies (Cont.)

• Unit 5- Breaking Ties with Great Britain, The
  American Revolution, The Constitution of the
  United States
• Unit 6- A Young United States A Changing
  Country
• Unit 7- The Time of Slavery The Civil War and
  Reconstruction
• Unit 8- Newcomers Change the West Industry
  Changes the Country
• Unit 9- Good Times, Hard Times, and World War
  The United States Looks to a New Country

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Tribe Agreements

• Attentive Listening
• Appreciation/No put-downs
• Right to pass
• Mutual Respect

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Behavior Expectations

• Children who do not make good choices in class
  will be asked to redirect their behavior.
• Children who do not redirect their behavior,
  after being asked once, will sit out for a
  portion of their recess.
• Children who consistently lose recess during a
  two-week period will attend a parent-teacher
  conference to develop a behavior plan.

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Labs

• Self-Directed
• Integration of all subjects
• Project Based
• Review of skills
• Cooperative Learning

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Schedule
Key Nebula Summers Rivendale Dolinger Narnia
Crider Area 51 Jackson Atlantis
Lavigne Utopia Combo of all classes
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Homework

• Collaboration between teachers to insure adequate
  load spacing
• Review of materials covered in class

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Web Page

• Posted soon!!!
• Contains quarterly objectives, exciting links,
  and contact information
• A great resource for information
• Linked to the Vega school site, through
  www.mckinneyisd.net

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Conclusion

• Going to have a great year!
• Work together to help every child succeed
• Questions?