Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Fifth Grade Team Mr. Selak 5 th grade Teacher Mr. Picca 5 th grade Teacher Mrs. Sier 5 th grade Learning Center Teacher Mrs. Plummer 5 th grade Learning Center

MCPS Curriculum 2.0 is built around developing students’ critical and creative thinking skills, as well as essential academic success skills, so that students are well prepared for a lifetime of learning.

Thinking and Academic Success Skills (TASS)

Two sides of the report card: academic success learning skills Academic grades are based on multiple and varied measures over time. Academic grades are based on the student’s level of proficiency on the measurement topics. Academic grades do not take into account effort, attendance, behavior, and attitudes. These areas are noted in the learning skills section. Grading Policy

 Will include all graded work, class work, and important notices.  Review materials with your child.  Initial and return this folder each Friday. Thursday Folders

Curriculum 2.0 Reading / Language Arts

Literary Text Historical Fiction DramaPoetry Traditional Stories Mystery Realistic Fiction Adventure Stories Graphic Text

Literary Nonfiction Articles Extended Informational Text Firsthand/Secondhand Accounts Technical Text Graphic Text Multimedia Formats Informational Text

Peer Discussion Literature Study Shared Inquiry Socratic Seminar Language Vocabulary Collaborative Discussion

Writing Measurement Topics Narrative Informative Opinion Process, Production, and Research Use of Language

InquiryPrewritingDraftingRevisingEditingPublishing Narrative Writing Informative Writing Opinion Writing

Grade 5 Mathematics Overview

Desired Outcomes Operations and Algebraic Thinking Number and Operations in Base Ten Number and Operations– Fractions Measurement and Data Write and Interpret Numerical Expressions Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts of Volume and Relate Volume to Multiplication and Addition Geometry Analyze Patterns and Relationships Understand the Place Value System Use Equivalent Fractions as a Strategy to Add and Subtract Fractions Apply and Extend Previous Understandings of Multiplication and Division to Multiply and Divide Fractions Convert Like Measurement Units within a Given Measurement System Represent and Interpret Data Graph Points on the Coordinate Plane to Solve Real- World and Mathematical Problems Classify Two-Dimensional Figures into Categories Based on Their Properties Perform Operations with Multi- Digit Whole Numbers and Decimals to Hundredths

Math fact tests are given every Monday. Students are given up to 5 minutes to complete the test. Each student progresses at his or her own pace. Math Facts

Marking Period 1: Energy, Forces, Motion Marking Period 2: Electricity, Energy, Magnetism Marking Period 3: Astronomy & Light Marking Period 4: Cells, Heredity

Marking Period 1: American Revolutionary War Marking Period 2: History, Civics, and Culture Marking Period 3: Geography and History Marking Period 4: Economics

Our Chromebook Adventure Begins… We will be using Chromebooks this year.

What is a chromebook? A chromebook is a internet based, highly portable computer. It has a keyboard, microphone and camera. Each chromebook has applications on it that we will use to enhance our learning.

Each student will have a Chromebook to use in the classroom and a Google account that can be used anywhere students have access to the internet

Why are we using chromebooks?

PARCC The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states working together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in college and their careers. These high quality, computer-based K–12 assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy give teachers, schools, students, and parents better information whether students are on track in their learning and for success after high school, and tools to help teachers customize learning to meet student needs. The PARCC assessments will held for grades 3-6: May 9 to June 3, 2016

Are there any questions?

Thank you for coming Please sign up for fall conferences before you leave