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Welcome.

• Conference Sign-Ups If you did not sign up
  before you entered, please visit the table
  outside in the hall to sign up for a conference
  time.
• Please pick your top 2 choices and we
• will do our best to honor your
  request.

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Mrs. Yates

• B.S. Early Childhood Education
• Georgia College and State University
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• CertificationGeorgia Professional Standards
  Commission T-4 certificate in Educational
  LeadershipGifted Education In-Field
• 19 Years in Education
• (Grades 3,4,5, Math Specialist (2), Math Coach
  (4)
• 2014 PMES Teacher of the Year Finalist

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Mrs. Hoffman

• Ed. S. in Administration and SupervisionLincoln
  Memorial University-Cleveland,TN
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• M.A. in Early Childhood Education
• Piedmont College-Demorest,GA
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• B.S. in Early Childhood Education
• Georgia State University-Atlanta,GA
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• CertificationGeorgia Professional Standards
  Commission L-6 certificate in Educational
  LeadershipGifted Education In-Field
• 17 years of Teaching
  Experience in ECE
• Teacher of the Year- 2012

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School Procedures

• Must sign in and wear a visitors sticker.
• Arrival 745 am.
• Parents must sign in late students.
• Only people listed on Clinic Card may check child
  out.
• Students are expected to be here everyday,
  UNLESS, they have had a fever within the last 24
  hours
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• Transportation changes MUST be made using the new
  transportation form on the PMES website. No email
  or phone calls can be accepted.

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Our Team

• Angie Hoffman Reading/Writing/Spelling/
• Grammar/ Word Study
• Tamara Yates
• Math/Science/Social Studies
• Please contact the teacher of the subject area
  for questions concerns.

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Our Daily Schedule
745-815- Students Arrive 820- 905
SPECIALS 915-1130 Morning Block 1130-1205
RECESS 1205-1235 LUNCH 1235-235 Afternoon
Block 240- Dismissal
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Homework

• Please check your childs agenda for his/her
  nightly homework assignments.
• 5th Grade will have an average of 50 min. of HW
  each night, plus 30 minutes of reading
• OT- Opportunity Time, Study Hall

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Grading
Grading Scale The Gwinnett County Public Schools
use the following scale 90-100..A
80-89B 74-79.....C
70-73.....D
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Grading Rework Policy

• Students scoring below a 73 on classwork will
  have an opportunity for re-teaching and
  reassessment.
• The grade on the second attempt will replace the
  grade on the first attempt to show his/her level
  of mastery.
• This opportunity will occur within two weeks of
  original grade.
• Tests may not be reassessed, although we will
  reteach the skill to attempt mastery.
• There is no extra credit.
• These are school wide policies.

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Work Completion/ Make Up Work

• Students are expected to complete all class
  assignments in class. No students will be allowed
  to take graded assignments home.
• The workshop model used at Pucketts involves
  active engagement in hands on learning
  experiences that cannot be sent home with a
  friend or neighbor. We dont normally have a lot
  of paper pencil activities. Unless he/she will
  be absent three or more days.

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• Parent/Teacher conferences are held twice a year,
  September February.
• However, if you notice is having difficulty with,
  please contact the teacher ASAP. It is our desire
  that all students achieve at the mastery level.
  We are a team and we need your help to achieve
  this goal.

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Standardized Testing Schedule

• CogAT September 15th, 16th, 17th
• ITBS October 20th-24th

• Georgia Milestones April 20th-24th
• Benchmark Testing (DDA)- will go in the gradebook
• October, December,
• February, May

Students are assessed informally daily.
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Communication
Pucketts Mill Elementary http//pmesonline.org/
Mrs. Hoffman Angie_Hoffman_at_gwinnett.k12.ga.us Mr
s. Yates Tamara_Yates_at_gwinnett.k12.ga.us Have
you read the 5th Grade Student Contract?
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Friday Folders Choice Cards

• Please check your childs choice card sign it
  before the return of the week.
• Please sign return reworked classwork
  assignments.

• Includes
• Graded work
• Stakeholder Communication
• PTA News
• Choice Card

Look for weekly emails with important academic
updates, etc.
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5th Grade Field Trip
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Our Philosophy of Education
REACH HIGH! THINK BIG! WORK HARD! HAVE
FUN! DONT give up! Everybody Makes Mistakes
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Reading

• Reading Volume Why does it matter?
• If our goal is for children to grow as readers,
  the one single thing they most need is time to
  read. Dr. Lucy Calkins (director of the
  largest reading/writing research institute in the
  country).
• Research on reading volume
• Krashen (2004) found that students who read more,
  do better on comprehension tests.
• Guthrie, et. Al. (2004) found that reading volume
  predicted reading comprehension scores.

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Reading Continued

• Our FOCUS Increase of self monitored reading
  providing evidence of fiction nonfiction
  reading in written response.
• Goal Minimum of 250 pages per week- average 5th
  
• grader six hours
• Six hours is the minimum your child should
  read. This includes time they read in school.
• 250 pages 5 days 50 pages each school
  day
• 250 pages 7 days approx. 36 pages each
  day (even weekends!)
• Any questions/concerns.. Please contact Mrs.
  Clinkscales.

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Reading Level Grades

• Reading Grades
• 50 of your childs grade will be based on
  his/her reading level and assessments
• Classwork 25
• Written Response/Performance Task/Evidence of
  Thinking bases on TEXT
• On-going feedback will be provided.

• Reading Level Grade
• continuously assessed adjusted in gradebook to
  reflect JR Level

  1st Nine Weeks 2nd Nine Weeks 3rd Nine Weeks 4th Nine Weeks
P 60 58 55 50
Q 64 61 58 55
R 68 64 61 61
S 72 68 64 64
T 78 72 68 68
U 86 78 78 78
V 95 86 86 89
W 99 95 95 89
X 100 99 99 95
Y 100 100 100 99
Z 100 100 100 100
Caution of Content
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Word StudyGrammar Spelling

• Word study Spelling are recorded on students
  report cards as Spelling. We will alternate word
  study spelling every other week.
• Students Spell Spelling Words
• Students Divide Conquer Greek Latin Roots
• Latin Greek Roots
• Vocabulary
• Spelling Patterns
• Authentic Spelling grades from writing samples

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Writing
Goal Prepare students for the academic rigor of
middle school the Georgia Milestones Students
will be informally formally assessed in a
variety of genres including
narrative opinion writing persuasive
informational response to
literature Mini lessons will focus on the four
domains of writing (ideas, organization, style,
and conventions) and provide the students with
many new strategies to practice. PMES writing
rubrics set expectations for the students..
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Math
1st Quarter Targeted Skills 2nd Quarter Targeted Skills 3rd Quarter Targeted Skills 4th Quarter Targeted Skills
Order of Operations Multiplication Division Decimals Fractions Decimals Comparing Multiplying Fractions Dividing Intro to Geometry Geometry 2D Figures Volume Measurement

• PROBLEM SOLVING DAILY
• Spiral HW, Quizzes, Tests (never forget what
  you learn)
• Interactive Notebooks Table of Contents,
  Essential Questions, Notes, Centers
• Hands on Learning
• PLEASE DONT TEACH YOUR CHILD THE
  EASY WAY TO DO MATH!
• We are assessing their mathematical
  thinking.

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Standards for Mathematical Practice

• Make Sense of problems and persevere in solving
  them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the
  reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated
  reasoning.

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Overarching Questions for the year Social
Studies

• How do we know that our constitution is a living
  document?
• What causes war?
• Why do prices change?
• How does geography affect economics?
• Tie in with science
• How does technology change how we perceive the
  world?

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Overarching Questions for the year Science

• Why do we classify things?
• What are the basic building blocks of life?
• What determines who we are?
• How does the Earths surface change over time?
• How does matter change?
• How does technology change the world around us?

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Science Curriculum

• The Scientific Method
• Plant and Animal Classification/Structure
• Cells
• Learned behaviors vs. Inherited traits
• Micro-organisms
• Chemical and Physical Changes
• Earths Changing Crust
• Properties of Matter and Energy
• Electric Circuits

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Social Studies Curriculum

• Map Skills
• Economics
• Amendments and the amendment process
• Civil War
• Reconstruction
• Westward Expansion
• Immigration
• Inventions
• America as a World Power
• Urbanization
• World War I

• Jazz Age/Roaring 20s
• The Great Depression
• World War II
• Civil Rights Movement
• Cold War
• The Gulf Wars and the War on Terror

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Interactive Notebooks Usage Science SS
homework

• Interactive notebooks are a type of structured
  note-taking to help students learn to take notes,
  reflect, and stay organized.
• HW Students need to study notes every night.
• The average student will need to properly study
  around 15 minutes a night to succeed in class. If
  the content is a struggle for your child, more
  time may be needed.
• The key is to study nightly!

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Our HardworkingRoom Moms

• Jennifer Hollifield
• Jennifer Murdoch
• 5th Grade Event Coordinator
• Amy Thompson

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Thanks for Coming to Curriculum Night!