Valley Forge Middle SchoolCurriculum Night

2015

Fifth Grade Blue TeamEnglish

Celeste Sparano

Create a memory:

On a Post-It, compose a brief note to your child. “Post-it” on the side whiteboard by class period.

Take away:Expectations

for your child in English class this year.

Binder/English Folder

Plenty of lined paper

Pencils, Pencils, Pencils

Writer’s Notebook

The students will:

Continue their development in writing

Focus on the structure of a five paragraph essay

Develop grammar and vocabulary skills

Learn basic research skills and participate in oral presentations

Narrative

Informational

Opinion

Poetry

Three presentations

2 to 3 minutes in

length

Note cards with

bullet points

They are graded on the following:

FocusContentOrganizationStyle Conventions

Focus on:

The Sentence

Parts of Speech

Improved grammar skills

Better writing and

communication

Writer’s NotebookCollection of thoughtsFavorite leads and endingsOpinionsPreceptsPoemsPhotographs and drawingsQuotesStoriesNOT GRADED

a direction given as a rule of action or conduct

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the

lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Albert Einstein

Graded Assessments

Homework/Preparation

Oral Reports

Writing Assignments

Celeste Sparano

English

Room 703

610.240.2614

sparanoc@tesd.net http://www.tesd.net/mrsspar

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