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Welcome to Ms. Maddox’s Back to School Night
5th Grade
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Curriculum
• Language Arts• Math• Social Studies• Science• Technology
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Assessments
• DRA (reading comprehension assessment)
• District Writing Assessments (1 per trimester)
• CAT/6
• STAR
• VALT
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Grading
• Report Card• Progress Report• Various Rubrics
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Class Rules
• Do Your Best• Respect Yourself and
Others• Raise Your Hand to
Talk• Positive Attitude to
Learn, Work Hard, and to Have Fun
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Homework Policy
• Reading nightly (Will be up to 60 minutes by the end of the year)
• Math (Two to three nights a week)
• Writing (Two to three nights a week)
• Word Study (Incorporated in with writing)
• Research (based on Social Studies and Science)
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Schedule
• P.E.: Tues. & Thurs. 1:15
• Music: Wed 8:35, Fri. 2:10
• Daily Schedule
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Other
• Field Trip—day trip, probably tour of Sacramento State Capitol
• Classroom Website:– http://visalia.k12.ca.us/
teachers/jmaddox
• E-mail me at [email protected]
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• Reading (Literature Study, Independent Reading)
• Writing (Different types, like persuasive, narrative, literature response)
• Word Study (our Spelling Journey)
• Listening/Speaking
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• Number Sense• Algebra Function• Measurement &
Geometry• Statistics & Data
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• History• Geography• Economic and
Cultural Development• All connected to
United States History
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• Earth Science (water cycle, weather, solar system)
• Physical Science (chemistry)
• Life Science (body systems and plant systems)
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• Ethical uses• Power point
presentations• Placement of work on
class web site