Welcome to 5th GradeCurriculum Night

Parents,You are your

child’s first and most important

teacher.Thank you for

sharing your child with us this year.

Talk With Your Child(ren) and Us

What can we talk about with our child(ren)?• Use binders, blogs, SCOOPS, and Week

ReviewsTo receive our information…• Emails, Wiki SCOOPS, ParentConnect blog,

Week Reviews

Account

• Very helpful with our computer usage this year

• Use handout to create an account for your child

• Can access it from anywhere with an internet connection

Homework • Using the Daily

Folder• Setting up a time

and a place• Nightly Math and

Reading M-Th & signing Week Reviews every Friday

• Signing and returning homework slips

Read, Read, Read!!• Establishing

reading habits

• Ways to share reading

• Focus on Comprehension Strategies– Reader’s Workshop & CAFE

• 20-30 minutes a night

• Visit the Library regularly

Literacy CAFECAFÉ is an acronym that

stands for:• Comprehension• Accuracy• Fluency• Expanding vocabulary.

These become our goals, and the strategies we use to be successful with our goals are posted below them.

Write, Write, Write!!• Writer’s Workshop – “study”

based learning

• Share your writing

• The “Friday Read Around” and Writing Circles

• “Unpacking” our thinking Mondays and a weekly prompt

• Word study – look at various figurative language, poetry, and parts of speech

Mastering Math• Concepts and Computation- Bridges• Ways to Practice – nightly

homework/games• Pre-tests, flexible groupings across team,

differentiation, clinics• Mastery of Multiplication Fast Facts is

a MUST!

Math

Conceptual Framework: Thinking about math, the how and why things work. This type of thinking is essential in higher mathematics such as algebra, geometry, calculus, applied mathematics and moreAlgorithm: +-x “Plug and Chug” mathematics

Accepting Responsibility for One’s Actions

• Learning, Leading, Exploring Together – 7 Habits

• Credits and debits• Week in Reviews

Growing our Garden of Leaders1. Be Proactive I am a responsible person, I take initiative., I chose my actions, attitudes, and moods, I do not blame others for my wrong

actions, and I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking.  2. Begin with the End in Mind I plan ahead and set goals, and I look for ways to be a good citizen.  3. Put First Things First I say no to things I know I should not do, I set priorities, make a schedule, and follow my plan, and I am disciplined and

organized. 4. Think Win-Win I balance courage for getting what I want with consideration for what others want, I make deposits in other’s Emotional

Bank Accounts, when conflicts arise, I look for third alternatives.  5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood I listen to other people’s ideas and feelings without interrupting and I try to see things from their viewpoints. 6. Synergize I value other people’s strengths and learn from them, and I get along well with others, even people who are different than

me.  7. Sharpen the Saw I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep, I spend time with my family and friends, I learn in lots

of ways and places, not just at school, and I take time to find meaningful ways to help others.

The Closer

• Love them just as much when they don’t

succeed as you do when they soar.

• Mistakes are deposits in the account of learning - Jim Fay

• Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom

to make mistakes.- Mahatma Gandhi

Where to Go Next!6:05-6:30

• Visit Specials Teachers• Art (Room 204) – Mrs. Lichtenauer• Music (Cafeteria) – Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Thomas,

Mrs. Campbell• Gym – Mr. Mantyla and Mr. Kandes• World Language (Room 207) – Mrs.

Szutkowski

Please check the email list on the back tables to see if it is correct! If not, please fix in

ParentConnect!