1. Welcome to 5 th Grade Curriculum Night Mr. Spooner

2. Attendance It is very important that your child be at school everyday. If your child has a fever or has been vomiting then they need to stay home. Be on time - Class starts at 9:00 am (10:00 on Wednesdays) Classroom doors are open 15 minutes before School doors open for breakfast at 8:30

3. Common Core Standards Academic Standards in Math and English/Language Arts that have been adopted by 45 out of 50 states across the country These standards provide consistency and clarity for students They are relevant to the real world and challenging to give students the skills and knowledge for success in college and careers

4. The Forward Curriculum It is common core aligned, and offers more digital resources for teachers. This past summer, teachers around the district collaborated to create detailed curriculum maps specifically supporting our David Douglas students.

5. Most students should expect to receive 3 s and 4 s 5 : Exemplary- above grade level 4: Proficient- at grade level 3: Approaching Proficient - occasionally meets grade level standards; beginning to grasp and apply key processes and skills for their grade level, but produces work that contains errors 2: Not Yet Proficient- not meeting grade level standards and is working one or more years below grade level 1: Insufficient Evidence Towards Standard- missing assignments, and/or length of time in school (frequent absences) X: Not yet assessed

6. Grades Throughout the Year Conferences will be a time to go over your student’s testing data, and discuss goals to work on before the report card. Report cards are sent out 2 times in the year (January and June). Grades ideally should go up throughout the year. Content that has been taught earlier in the year, will be reviewed before assessment.

7. State Assessment Smarter Balanced Assessments in math and language arts will take place in April and May. The test is aligned to the Common Core standards.

8. State Assessment 5 th grade will take the OAKS science assessment in the early spring. The test will assess their knowledge of the science taught in grades 3, 4 and 5. 5 th grade content instruction will focus on science after finishing the Biztown economics unit. We will return to social studies later in the spring.

9. A Morning In The Life Of Room 20! We start each day with library/computer lab, music or PE. 40 minutes Reading: Vocabulary Lesson, Strategy Lesson, Small Group Guided Reading Lesson, Independent Task Work. 100 minutes Social Studies or Science 35 minutes Recess at 12:10 with lunch following.

10. An Afternoon In The Life Of Room 20! Language Instruction: 30 minutes Math: 60 minutes Writing: 40 minutes Dismissal at 3:15 p.m.

11. Academic Focal Points: Language Arts Close Reading Strategies Novel Study Analyzing Multiple Texts/Points Of View Challenging Informational Text Variety Of Literary Genres Systematic Vocabulary Practice Fluency and Accuracy.

12. Academic Focal Points: Language Arts Narrative, Persuasive and Expository Writing Projects. Revising Editing Writing Projects Will Connect With Science and Social Studies Lessons. Major Focus On Composing At The Keyboard With District Google Docs Account.

13. Academic Focal Points: Math Multiplication And Division Of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions Measuring Volume Converting Measurements: feet to miles, meters to kilometers Classifying 2 Dimensional Polygons-Quadrilaterals And Triangles Analyzing, Graphing Coordinate Plane Graphing Line Plots Order Of Operations; Writing Numerical Expressions

14. Academic Focal Points: Science And Social Studies Health: Great Body Shop Life and Earth Science: 3 Zenger Farm Field Trips Physical Science: Forces and Energy Scientific Inquiry Projects Economics/Personal Finance: Biztown! Geography Skills Colonial-Revolutionary War US History US Constitution/Government

15. Thank you for coming and supporting your child.