Welcome to Fifth Grade Back-to-School Night

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Welcome to Fifth Grade Back-to-School Night

• South School
• Thursday, September 20th 2012
• 700 P.M.

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Expectations

• Attendance - school begins promptly at 825 A.M.
• Appropriate Clothing- dress for the weather
• Hygiene - encourage showering and deodorant
• Classroom Rules- an agreement made by all
• Handbook- Guidelines for all students

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Homework Policy

• Approximately 50 minutes each night
• Expected to complete and return all assignments
  to fifth grade quality
• Nightly reading will be expected
• Review of math facts is encouraged

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Grading Rubric

• 4 Exceeding the grade level standard. Producing
  quality work consistently.
• 3 Meeting the grade level standard and producing
  quality work.
• 2 Progressing toward the standard. Producing the
  required grade level work with teacher direction
  and assistance.
• 1 Beginning to develop the standard. Not yet able
  to produce required grade level work.

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Anticipated Activities

• Student Council Election
• Field Trip into Boston
• South School Field Day
• Fifth Grade Field Day
• OMS Orientation
• Moving On Ceremony ( last day of school)

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Reading Street

• Skills and Strategies vary weekly
• Spelling/Grammar
• Vocabulary/ Word Study
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Walk to Read Groupings
• Variety of Genres

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Envision Mathematics

• Textbooks
• Access to lessons and support from home (
  students will have a log-in)
• Builds on prior knowledge
• Math Fact Shark Attack
• Open Response Questions ( QFPS)

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Social Studies with Miss Pires

• Government
• Explorers
• Colonial America
• Triangle Trade
• Revolutionary War
• Mapping

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Science With Miss Gabriels

• Weather and Water
• Heat, Light, Sound, Magnetic Energy
• Electricity
• Simple Machines
• Review of Plants, Animals, Rocks, and Layers of
  the Earth in preparation for MCAS in May

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Communication

• Website (homework and events posted nightly)
• Weekly Wrap Ups
• Triangle Folders and Unit Assessments
• E Mail j_gabriels_at_stoughtonschools.org
• a_pires_at_stoughtonschools.org