Back to School Night

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Back to School Night

• Miss Mazzaro 5th grade Room 3

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loving language arts

• Language Arts
• Reading Groups 2 times a week - 4 groups groups
  are differentiated and change often.
• Include Language Arts skills in all subjects
• Higher Level thinking skills step up from 4th
  grade
• Homework will be Reading Comprehension worksheets
  
• See example of RC worksheet
• We are working on proving answers and supporting
  our reasons for choosing answers.
• This is how the homework sheets should look.

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We will be Writing

• Writing
• Writing Training for new genre
• Narrative
• Response to Literature
• Persuasive
• Common Core
• Students must write in complete sentences and in
  paragraphs. There are multiple paragraph answers
  on the new Common Core assessments. We will be
  spending time in 5th grade working on these
  skills.

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Speleng and vokabularee

• Spelling and Vocabulary
• Wordly Wise 3000
• The books are not replenished every year so
  please do not write in them!
• We will work on specific skills throughout the
  week (packet)
• 5xs each NO TYPING! ?
• Vocabuary Sketch students write the definition
  in their words and draw a quick sketch to help
  remind them of the word.
• Assessments on Friday Spelling Tests were
  created to look like STAR testing types of
  questions. Vocabulary tests are multiple choice
  and require a solid understanding of the word.

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Noteworthy NOVELS

• Novels
• In addition to Language Arts skills we read six
  novels in 5th grade. Five of these novels are
  whole class novels and one is based on reading
  group placement.
• Sign of the Beaver
• Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Tale of Despereaux
• Fever 1793
• Boston Jane
• Holes, Rats of NIMH, Esperanza Rising, Dear
  Mr. Henshaw, Chocolate Fever, Because of Winn
  Dixie, Shiloh

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Oh yes there are Oral presentations

• October 2013 Biography Report
• Students chose 1 famous American from our S.S.
  book and do a report and poster on them. The
  reports are worked on in class. The poster is
  done at home.
• February 2014 Poetry Report
• Students will chose a poem (at least 20 lines
  long) to memorize and analyze. The analyzing will
  be done in class. The memorizing should be done
  at home
• May 2014 State Report
• Students will chose a state to do a power point
  presentation on. This power point will be taught
  at school and worked on at home and in the
  classroom.

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Lots of Language arts homework

• THE FOLLOWING ARE GIVEN ON MONDAY MORNINGS
• Wordly Wise assignment (A, B, C, or D)
• Weekly Reader Mon, Tues, Wed. Thurs.
• 5xs each no typing
• Vocabulary Sketch
• VARIES NIGHTLY
• RC worksheets students are handed a worksheet
  (often complimenting our science or social
  studies topics) to work on every night. EXAMPLE
• Grammar worksheet Every Tuesday we will focus
  on a new grammar skill. That nights homework will
  be more practice on that specific skill.

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Math, math, and yes, even more math!

• Math Notebook
• Students take notes every morning on the concept
  or skill they are learning.
• These notes are provided during math time and
  include rules to follow to solve the problem and
  examples of how to do it.
• These notebooks DO NOT have to stay at school.
• They will DEFINITELY help with homework to make
  your life easier. ?
• I will provide challenge opportunities to those
  students that show solid understanding of the
  math skills taught.

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MATH HOMEWORK

• There will be nightly math assignments
• WB workbook pages
• or
• Math worksheets
• There needs to be work shown on the assignment!!
• Students can show work on the actual page or use
  an extra lined paper.
• Please do not do work on whiteboards I need to
  see proof of working out the problems.

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Spectacular science

• Water Cycle
• Weather
• Solar System
• Life Science (Human/Plant Life)
• Physical Science (Chemistry)
• Science and Social Studies will alternate in the
  afternoons. Once we finish a Science unit we will
  start a S.S. unit.
• Both subjects will NOT be done at the same time.
• Science Lab / Science Experiments

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Super Social Studies

• Native Americans
• Explorers
• Settling Colonies
• American Revolution
• Government
• Westward Movement
• During each unit there will be folder that will
  have a rubric for all assignments that will be
  due the day of the test.
• After every unit there will be an assessment.
• During some of the units there will be a project
  (poster, book, icon sheet)

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Science Social Studies homework

• Science and Social Studies homework is rarely
  given.
• It will be a worksheet from the science lesson or
  an alternative science sheet
• Sometime students will have time to complete
  these sheets in class.
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• Social Studies homework is usually a project that
  they have 1-2 weeks to complete
• Sometimes students will have a sheet out of the
  workbook

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Perfect Physical education

• We will have PE on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
  1105-1145
• PE with the PE teachers will begin on Tuesday,
  September 3rd
• Students will have a State PE test in March 2014
• Mile Run
• Sit ups
• Push ups
• Sit and Reach
• Trunk Lift
• Students need to be in PE clothes on Tuesdays and
  Thursdays (HW)
• NO - boots, UGGS, tight jeans, loosely tied shoes

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Cool clustering

• Clustering is based on specific hand picked
  skills chosen by the 5th grade team from the
  formative and trimester assessments.
• The clustering cycles will be 5 weeks long / 1
  hour a week
• Students will be placed in groups based on there
  performance in that specific area on the
  assessments. They will stay in that group for the
  duration of the clustering.
• A Post test will be given to see growth in that
  area after clustering is over.
• When a new clustering cycle begins a new pre-test
  will be given and new groups will be formed for
  the next cycle.
• EX. A student can be in the Enrichment group for
  a reading comprehension standard and then in the
  Reteach group for a specific math skill.

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SCHEDULE

• WEBSITE
• Pg. 5 in packet

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Groovy Grading

• We use grading homework assignments as a way to
  review skills and concepts we learned during the
  week.
• Informal grading
• Homework and some classwork will be recorded as a
  grade toward effort and citizenship (homework and
  classwork competition)
• Formal grading
• 3 at grade level
• 2 partial grade level mastery
• 1 below grade level
• 4s will be given to students who perform ABOVE
  grade level consistently.

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Heavenly Homework

• Homework will be about 60 minutes a night.
• If your student works at a slower pace then
  homework will take longer.
• Try to designate a homework spot with no
  distractions (no TV, radio etc.)
• Often students need to play for a little bit
  before tackling the homework
• If your student has worked consistently for over
  an hour / an hour and a half you can write a
  note.
• Homework assignments will be posted on the
  website every night.
• They are also written in the homework planners
  the PTA provided.
• Homework is due at 755 in the morning when I
  check off the homework on the clipboard.

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Weekly take home slips

• ACADEMIC
• S no late or missing assignments
• S- 1 or 2 late assignments
• N 3 late or 1 missing assignments
• If a student does not have the entire
  assignment completed in the morning it will
  become a missing until it is turned in, then it
  will become a late
• BEHAVIOR
• S good behavior all week
• S- talking, distraction issues, not following
  directions (more than one warning)
• N white slip from the yard, fights, being
  defiant, multiple warnings

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Parent Weekend Homework

• Yup I said it ?
• Please Please look through your childs Friday
  Folder. There is A LOT of work in there that they
  did throughout the week. There are also notes
  from the principal, PTA, and various
  organizations around town.
• Your job is to look through the papers and SIGN
  the Weekly Take Home Slip!!
• I give students two nights for this (weekend and
  Monday) if it is not handed in by Tuesday morning
  the student now has a missing assignment.
• You will see this sheet EVERY week. Unless
  otherwise noted in Mazzaro Minutes

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Bikes and Scooters and Cars OH MY!!

• If your child rides a bike or scooter to work
  please make sure they have a helmet on!
• Their bike/scooter may be confiscated if they are
  seen without the proper safety gear.
• Students need to walk their bikes on campus and
  can ride them as soon as they reach the Paseos.
• PLEASE PLEASE do not have your child run across
  the parking lot to get to you after school!! We
  have buses, cars, and vans picking up for after
  school care that need to maneuver through that
  lot without hitting children!

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Extra extra read all about it!!!

• Absences
• It is extremely hard to catch up on all work when
  a student is absent. They not only miss the
  assigned work, they miss the discussion and
  teacher demonstration for the subjects.
• Students will receive a blue folder with all the
  information/sheets they missed. They will have
  the same about of days they were absent to make
  up all the work.
• (Ex. If they miss one day of school they have one
  day to make it up)
• Tardies
• Please have your child here on time in the
  morning. It is very distracting when kids are
  tardy.

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The Daily Life of Room 3

• There is a 2 hour and 25 minute interval from the
  start of school until Brunch. Please remind your
  student to use the bathroom!!
• There is a 2 hour interval from Recess to Lunch.
  They are reminded to use the restroom at recess.
• On Minimum Days we go for 3 hours and 10 minutes
  before a break!! (AHHHHH!!)
• There is no sink or running water out here,
  please provide a water bottle for your student,
  especially on PE days.

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Hmmm good to know!!!

• I will never only give ONE night for a writing
  assignment!!
• They usually have a full week (4 nights maybe 3
  nights)
• Yes, there is a possibility your child may finish
  all homework in class.
• Students that are focused on their classwork
  will have class time to work on homework
• They are not allowed to type 5xs each anymore.
• The computer skills are great however the
  purpose is to practice spelling the word not
  having autocorrect do it for you.
• I will always allow a student to use the
  restroom. However, I will ask if they can wait
  until the next break first. If they cant wait
  then they are allowed to go.

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Email me or call me maybe!

• missmazzaro_at_gmail.com
• 661 291-4060 ext. 240
• Mazzaro Minutes come home every Monday
• Website teacher web miss mazzaro