Transcript Indian Knoll Elementary - Cherokee County School District

Indian Knoll Elementary
5th Grade Curriculum Night
August 19, 2014
5th Grade Team
Agendas
• Student Responsibility: fill out
agenda correctly in each class
on a daily basis
• Parent Responsibility: check
agenda for HW, behavior card,
test dates and sign each day
Field Trips
Fall –High Touch, High Tech
CANCELLED!!!
Money already paid may be applied
to November video conferencing
about Immigration and Westward
Expansion.
Spring- Little White House, Warm
Springs, GA/ Callaway Gardens
Payment plan ($59/student
$64/adult)
Transportation Changes
• Must be written and include
student’s full name and
homeroom. (Not in the
agenda)
• No transportation changes by
e-mail allowed.
• Faxes must include driver’s
license photo
Communication/Information
• Websites:
• SchoolMessenger –accuracy of
contact information VITAL
• Remind101 – administration and
5th grade teachers
• E-mail:
[email protected]
• Newsletter
Conferences
CONFERENCES
Sign up sheets on back table for
face-to-face conferences.
Homeroom teachers will
communicate with those not
signed up.
New Grading Policy
Grading policy –weighted
Tests – 25%
Projects/Tasks – 25%
Quizzes – 20%
Classwork/ Test Prep – 20%
Homework – 10%
If work is not turned in at all, teachers
may give a zero for the grade. For late
work, 10 points may be deducted for
each day.
READING
*Reading from varied sources such as
nonfiction, novels, textbooks, and
newspapers for information and
pleasure for a variety of purposes.
*Reading Challenge – Standard
*Must pass reading on the Georgia
Milestones!
Math
Units
Class Information
One-Intro to Algebra
Two & Three-Decimals
Four- Fractions
Five-Plane Figures
Six-Solid Figures
 Seven-Volume &
Measurement
Webpage
links and homework
Homework
Monday-Thursday
Quizzes, Tests posted on
website
Pass Math on Georgia
Milestones
Blue folder
Language Arts
Language Arts
• Lucy Caulkins “Writer’s Worship” model used.
• Mission is to create “avid and skilled readers, writers, and
inquirers”
• Types of writing
– Narrative Craft
– Research Report (in conjunction with social studies: using historical texts, primary
source documents, maps and timelines)
– Memoir
– Research-based argument Essay
• Grammar focus:
- parts of speech (focus conjunctions, prepositions &
interjections)
- verb aspects and tenses
-commas
Your homework: Delight in your child’s writing! Ask to read
their Journal or blog.
Science
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Cells and Microorganisms (August / September)
Classification (September / October)
Genetics (November)
Electricity and Magnetism (November / December)
Chemical and Physical Changes (January / February)
Deconstructive Forces of Earth (March)
Georgia Milestones (April 14 – 18)
Sixth Grade Preview / Famous Scientists (May)
Social Studies
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Enduring Themes
Citizenship
Civil War & Reconstruction
Westward Expansion
WW 1 & WW 2
Great Depression & Immigration
Civil Rights
20th Century