1. 5th Grade Ms. Collins, Ms. Harding, Mrs. Perkins
Welcome!
5th Grade
Ms. Collins, Ms. Harding, Mrs. Perkins

2. Class Dojo Accessible on mobile devices/computers
Parent – Teacher Communication
Track student’s behavior progress (positive/negative)
Reward System
Schoolwide System
Entire 5th Grade accessible by all teachers
Please keep conversation to academics and student events (this is a professional communication resource)

3. Parent Connect Instructions provided
Another way to contact teacher about assignments
If a grade is shown in Parent CONNECT, it will come home in graded work folder

4. Cultural Arts Schedule
Teacher
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Harding
Computer Lab
PE/Music
Art
Media
Perkins
Music/PE
Collins

5. Mathematics Broken down into themes for the year
Communication-1st Marking Period
Collaboration- 2nd Marking Period
Critical Thinking- 3rd Marking Period
Creativity- 4th Marking Period
First Marking Period Includes:
Understanding Volume
Various Ways to Multiply
Add/Subtract Fractions
Understanding Place Value with Decimals

6. Writing Communicates Effectively & Applies Conventions
Interactive Read-Aloud to start each class
Q1 – Narrative, Q2 – Informational, Q3 – Opinion, Q4 –Memoirs
Each student has a writing binder that stays in classroom, and a writer’s notebook that can travel home as long as it is back in school each day
“Additionally, students are expected to demonstrate sufficient keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.” – PARCC, 2017

7. Science Science Fair will occur in the spring (details to come)
MISA in the spring
Q1 and Q3 assessment
4 Themes, 4 Units
Communication
Matter and Actions
Collaboration
Star Light, Star Bright
Four Spheres of the Earth
Critical Thinking
Caught up in Food Webs
Creativity

8. Social Studies Reading like a Historian Skills Debates Timelines
Q2 and Q4 assessments
Units of Study:
Unit 1: Colonization
Unit 2: Road to the Revolution
Unit 3: American Revolution
Unit 4: We the People

9. Reading Independent Work Interactive Read Aloud Guided Reading
Skills to enforce good reading habits independently
Word work: spelling/grammar done in class OR outside for HW – Due Friday
Interactive Read Aloud
Mandated by Reading Office
Performed daily at beginning of Language Arts Lessons
Promotes “text talk” with “turn & talk partners”
Guided Reading
Groups based on F & P levels (5th grade is T, U, and V)
Data shared on F & P progress at parent/teacher conferences
3/4 group rotation = smaller student:teacher ratio

10. Homework/Agenda AGENDAS ARE REQUIRED - $6 from the office
EVERY NIGHT – 20 min. reading and signature
AVID tool – agenda should be checked for completion
Calendar – students can organize extracurricular schedules and long term projects (moon journal)
Math HW – One/two sheet(s) for all students for each week; due Friday; can be completed earlier and returned
Spelling & Grammar will alternate weeks – there is a test each Friday and Spelling HW should be stapled/turned in on loose leaf paper (grammar sheets are provided)

11. Wednesday Folder PTA Notices Office Notices (newsletters)
Redo opportunities (one week)
Graded Work (parent signature required)
More data for interims/conferences
Will be sent home in folder WITHIN red & white folder (unless otherwise provided by teacher)

12. AVID – As explained by students…

13. Remember who taught you to study?
STAR
(set up, take, add to and review notes)
Study tool for teachers/students
WICOR (write, inquire, collaborate, organize, read)
Do all these to LEARN
Pillars of successful group work
Organized students are successful students

14. Important Dates Drownproofing Parent-Teacher Conference Dates
October 12, 13, 16, 17 (VOLUNTEERS NEEDED)
Parent-Teacher Conference Dates
October 19th, December 8th, March 2nd
Marking Period Dates
1st November 9/10
2nd January 29/30
3rd April 11/12
*Londontown Field Trip in the Spring
If you haven’t already, and you did not chaperone last year, PLEASE go to aacps.org/chaperone to submit your request for a background check!!!

15. QES Music Program CHORUS: 1PM EVERY TUESDAY
Band Program –
Schedules, information, & resources for students
tiny.cc.quarterfieldmusic
Wednesdays & Fridays
Strings – (Mrs. Fussell)
Mondays & Wednesdays (2PM)
CHORUS:
1PM EVERY TUESDAY

16. Magnet Program Applications
Online Applications
Opens OCTOBER 16TH
Ends NOVEMBER 30Th
Magnet Website –
Contains informational videos in English/Spanish

17. Changes to the Report Card
Informational/Literary Text = COMPREHENDS TEXT
Literary
• When appropriate, recount and summarize stories and events
• Describe events, characters and settings to understand theme, lesson and moral of stories
• Identify the differences between genres
• Understand the point of view of stories
Informational
Identify and support main ideas with text based details
• When appropriate use multiple texts to comprehend and write
• Explain events, procedures, ideas and concepts in nonfiction text • Use story structure elements to comprehend text

18. Questions?