1. Welcome!
Kindly fill in the chairs towards the front and north side of the room first. It will make it easier for those who are arriving at the last minute to slide into the room!

2. WELCOME TO CURRICULUM NIGHT 2017
No individual conferences tonight, please!

3. INTRODUCING OUR 5TH GRADE TEAM
Ms. Hochmuth
Mrs. Evans
Mr. Jesswein

4. PLANNERS AND HOMEWORK Sign daily. Incomplete???
Student must come to school with a note and parent signature.
One day extension with a parent note.

5. PARENT VOLUNTEERS Background Checks for field trips!
(can take up to 3 days for processing)
Junior Achievement
Field trip chaperones
Colonial Day

6. BAND AND ORCHESTRA
Mondays and Wednesdays

7. Readers & Writers Workshop
Model

8. MATHEMATICS
Eureka Math
Homework helpers
Links to parent resources

9. STUDENT LED CONFERENCES
Student need to attend Fall conferences.
New- Earlier date- share behaviors/ testing data.
Report cards / grades will not be ready.
October 19(all day) and Oct 24(after school)
SIgn up will be coming online…
Watch for info!

10. Hands off, please! We will clean
and organize the folders in class.

11. MTSD’s New Science Curriculum Next Generation Science Standards with
STEMscopes

12. Matter and Energy in Plants
Grade 5 Curriculum
Scopes
Earth’s Rotation
Objects in the Sky
Observing the Stars
Matter and Energy in Plants
Food Webs
Matter Cycles
Ecosystems
Energy Transfer
Gravity
STEMscopes calls each mini-unit a Scope. These are the scopes planned for this year for our grade level.

13. Information on NGSS
Adoption of this curriculum and the STEMscopes resource is the result of years of work by dedicated teachers. Our district has a web page with information and links to the NGSS site. Go to our school web page and click on “Academics”. You’ll see the screen look like this. Then, in the first column, click on Next Generation Science Standards. (Do this. Show the page. Point out links to NGSS, etc. The parent resources link and support for the standards link are at the bottom of the page. If you want, you may click on any of the links for the parents.)

14. STEMscopes provides top quality, hands-on science
Developed in collaboration with Rice University, STEMscopes provides us with outstanding inquiry, problem solving and active learning opportunities for our students. It is hands-on and technology rich!
                                             
STEMscopes is our curriculum resource. “Developed in collaboration with Rice University, STEMscopes provides us with outstanding inquiry, problem solving and active learning opportunities for our students. It is hands-on and technology rich.”

15. STEMscopes helps students learn to think like scientists and engineers
Students will learn to
think and reason like young scientists and
solve problems like young engineers.
Math, reading and career connections are woven into the curriculum.
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(Read slide and comment as you’d like.)

16. Developing Reasoning Skills
Beginning in Kindergarten, we will develop students’ ability to draw conclusions based on evidence and to explain their reasoning:
C = Claim
E = Evidence
R = Reasoning
In the early grades, students will state their claim and provide evidence. As they go through the grades, we will develop their ability to explain their reasoning.
Speak from the slide.

17. A Balanced Science Curriculum
We planned a balanced curriculum for our students. Every grade level will have Scopes or mini-units for life science, physical science and earth and space science.

18. Hands-on and Technology Rich
Each student will have his or her own online account.
Online and print activities, including activities to do with parents, will motivate students to learn more about the concepts they explore at school in hands-on activities.
Explain that you will be providing login information to parents in the future.

19. THANK YOU, MTEF!
Thanks to a generous grant to underwrite our STEMscopes materials, every classroom has the hands-on materials needed for every student! And thank you to donors like you!
Please read this slide and add a personal thank you. :)

20. We’re looking forward to a great year in science!

21. QUESTIONS??
Does anyone have any questions about our
presentation?

22. WHAT A GREAT CLASS OF 2025!!!
Please head to your child's classroom for a few minutes