Fifth Grade

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Welcome to Open House

• Fifth Grade
• 2011 - 2012

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Adjusting to 5th Grade

• Fifth grade can be a big adjustment for students.
  Please encourage personal responsibility.
• They should be completing homework independently.
• Students are required to keep up with daily class
  work, homework, projects, etc. in class and at
  home.
• Your child will bring home his/her communication
  folder every Thursday. Please look for graded
  papers as well as notes/communication from
  school.
• In order for your child to be prepared for middle
  school !

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Morning Routine

• Unpack book bag
• Sharpen pencils
• Drop off lunch /ASP money
• Stop at restroom
• Snack placed in desk
• Complete morning work on the board

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Agenda

• Should be kept in the students desk
• Additional daily assignments, homework, and notes
  may be written inside the agenda
• Please also check the Blog for updates in your
  childs classroom

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Communication

• The best way to contact us is through e-mail
• Take Home Folders
• Every Thursday
• Graded Work
• School Correspondence
• School phone number 678.594.8720
• Remember to check our blogs daily.

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Work Completion Policy

• In an effort to prepare students for middle
  school and teach them both responsibility and
  accountability for their work, Bullard Fifth
  Grade Teachers will all be implementing the
  following policy
• All classwork will be given a due date and
  expected to be turned in on time. Any work not
  completed and turned in by the due date will be
  subject to a 10 point deduction in the grade each
  day it is late, however, no work will be accepted
  more than 4 days after the original due date.
• If a student has an excused absence, then they
  will be given one day per excused day to complete
  and turn in any missed work.
• In addition to teaching students to complete and
  turn in their work when it is due, we are also
  encouraging students to do their best work the
  first time they submit an assignment therefore,
  we will not be allowing students to re-do any
  assignments for an improved grade.

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Upcoming Events

• Harriett Tubman Performance September 22nd
  (in-school performance)
• Boosterthon Fun Run - September 15th
• Science Day November 11th
• (Volunteers needed sign up sheet on tables)
• Rock Eagle - Monday, April 30th

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Overview of Curriculum
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Math

• Daily Math reinforcement of basic skills and
  preview of new skills
• Math Journal
• Math Games

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Reading

• Guided Reading - Small group reading that is
  differentiated based upon readiness.
• Shared Reading Connecting, Visualizing,
  Questioning, Determining Importance,
  Synthesizing, and Inferring
• Independent Reading Applying reading skills on
  an independent reading level
• Literature Circles Students complete tasks to
  emphasize a reading skill.
• Reading Response Journals used with novel
  studies
• Independent Book Studies/Reports

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Language Word Study

• Skills for Super Writers
• Reinforces elements of language/grammar.
• Words Their Way
• A word study approach that teaches
  students to look closely at words to discover
  vowel patterns, syllable structures, and spelling
  meaning.

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Writing

• Descriptive/Personal Narrative Essay 1st Nine
  Weeks
• Narrative Fantasy Short Story/Informational
  Writing 2nd Nine Weeks
• Persuasive Essay 3rd Nine Weeks
• Response to Literature 4th Nine Weeks
• Students are taught to use the Six Traits of
  Writing in preparation for the Writing
  Assessment.
• 5th Grade Writing Assessment March 7, 2012

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Science

• Constructive Destructive Forces
• Matter
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Cells and Microorganisms
• Classifications of Organisms Inherited Learned
  Behaviors

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Social Studies

• Government and Citizenship
• Civil War Reconstruction
• American Immigration Industry
• WWI / Roaring Twenties
• The Great Depression
• WWII and Recovery
• Cold War and the U.S. today

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Grading Scale

• A 90 to 100
• B 80 to 89
• C 74 to 79
• D 70 to 73
• F Below 70
• Progress reports will be given at the 4 1/2 week
  mark for all students with a C or below average
  in any given area.

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Testing

• ITBS October 10 -14, 2011
• Writing Assessment March 7, 2012
• CRCT April 18 April 24, 2012

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Absences

• All absences require a written note
• signed by a parent.
• We are required to send home a 5 day notice when
  a child is absent on the 5th day
• Our instructional time begins at 750. Please
  make every effort to have your child to school on
  time.
• When absent, students are responsible for
  completing all missed work within a reasonable
  time frame.

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Transportation

• Please send a note on the day your childs
  transportation will be changed.
• No transportation changes will be accepted after
  120.
• Students are required to be sent home the usual
  way unless we have a written note.
• Please do not send an e-mail.
• Students are not permitted to ride home on a bus
  other than their assigned bus.

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Snack and Lunch

• Please send your child with a nutritious snack
  daily and bottled water (No candy or flavored
  drinks.)
• Please make sure your child has money in their
  account. This can be done through Meal Pay.

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Volunteer Opportunities

• We still need volunteers to help with Science Day
  and Junior Achievement.
• Thank you so much to all of our wonderful
  volunteers. It takes all of us working
• together to make our school year
• successful.

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Thank you for being here tonight. We are
looking forward to an amazing year !