1. Curriculum Night 5 th grade HGT September 10, 2013

2. Reading and Writing Curriculum  William and Mary Gifted and Talented Literature  Book selections and response writing  Aligns with the Common Core Standards  Literature Circles: Novels are selected at student reading level  Step- up- to Writing  Essays and persuasive writing  Historical Fiction

3. Math Curriculum  Everyday Math 6 th grade  Math Journals……Homework  Hands on Equations  Pre-algebra

4. Social Studies Curriculum  Ameritowne:  Economics  Civics  History Alive  Exploration  Colonization  Revolutionary War

5.  William and Mary GT Civil War  Independent Study of period of American  History

6. Science Curriculum  DPS Science kits  Heat and Change  Weather  Human Body  Steve Spangler Experiments  Science Guy demonstrations  Joy Hakim Science Books

7. Kristy Collins  Kristy Collins@dpsk12.orgCollins@dpsk12.org  http://teacherweb.com/CO/SouthmoorEl ementarySchool/ThirdGradeCollins/ucale ndar2.aspx http://teacherweb.com/CO/SouthmoorEl ementarySchool/ThirdGradeCollins/ucale ndar2.aspx  http://southmoor.dpsk12.org/ http://southmoor.dpsk12.org/  On the Southmoor site, go to Classroom News and then Mrs.Collins’website

8. Activities and Clubs Semantics Club: prepares students for interschool, district, State and National bees. Sponsored by Mrs. Collins. Meets in room 106 Tuesday 3:45-4:45 Meets in room 106 during lunch on day TBD

9. Activities  Shakespeare  Band  Choir  Art classes

10. Special 5 th Grade Events  Ameritowne  Balarat two or three days  SPREE  Continuation  American Opera

11. Homework  No homework packets  Homework will be on a ‘needs” finish classwork at homework  Projects will be completed at home and at school  Science Fair Projects  Reading and Writing assignments  Homework chart on inside of classroom door  Assignments will be noted in planners

12. Volunteers  Ameritowne  Scholastic books  Auction project  More?.....