1. Welcome to Back to School Night

2. Math Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals Geometry Perimeter, area & circumference Solid figures, surface area, and volume Customary and metric measurement Ratio and proportion Percent Probability Equations and functions Word problems Data/Graphing

3. Reading Novels: The Color of Bones Where the Red Fern Grows The Sign of the Beaver My Brother Sam Is Dead Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson The Cricket in Times Square Literature Circles - many Newbery award winners Jr. Great Books Program Emphasis on Literary Elements Reading Buddies Daily Read Aloud

4. Language Arts Spelling 20 basic words, 5 review, 5 challenge Alternative spelling Grammar Kinds of sentences Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Punctuation and capitalization Daily Language Review each morning to reinforce grammar skills

5. Language Arts - Writing Writing To persuade To express an opinion Compare and contrast To describe Poetry Research Reports- note cards, bibliography cards, presentations State Weather Decade

6. Social Studies Exploration 13 Original Colonies Revolutionary War Walk through the Revolution Westward Movement States and Capitals Current Events

7. Science FOSS KITS Systems of Living Things Weather Space Matter and Its Properties Atoms and Elements Science Fair

8. Field Trips Astrocamp Walk Through the Revolution Science Center/IMAX Griffith Planetarium

9. Subject Projects Math – Big-tionary Social Studies – Revolutionary ABC Book Speaking/Writing – Vote for Speech Reading – Biography Time Capsule Reading – Newbery Award Winning Quilt Science – Science Fair Project

10. Homework Spelling, vocabulary, math, reading (usually every night) Sign planners Tests announced 1 week in advance and listed on teacher web page Check teacher pages for daily assignments Independence emphasized www.quizlet.com Use of planner along with online assignments

11. Community Service Cookies for Firemen

12. Community Service Pasadena Family Services

13. “ The best appreciation of all is shown by sending a child to school who is loved, rested, read to, listened to, talked to, and disciplined wisely.”