Transcript Document 7294607

LOVING LANGUAGE ARTS
Language Arts
• Reading Groups 2 times a week - 4 groups – groups are
differentiated and change often.
• Include Language Arts skills in all subjects
• Higher Level thinking skills – step up from 4th grade
• Homework will be Reading Comprehension worksheets
• See example of RC worksheet
• We are working on proving answers and supporting our reasons
for choosing answers.
• This is how the homework sheets should look.
WE WILL BE WRITING
Writing
• Writing Training for new genre
• Narrative
• Response to Literature
• Persuasive
Common Core
• Students must write in complete sentences and in paragraphs.
There are multiple paragraph answers on the new Common Core
assessments. We will be spending time in 5th grade working on
these skills.
SPELENG AND VOKABULAREE
Spelling and Vocabulary
• Wordly Wise 3000
• The books are not replenished every year so please do not write
in them!
• We will work on specific skills throughout the week (packet)
• 5xs each – NO TYPING! 
• Vocabuary Sketch – students write the definition in their words
and draw a quick sketch to help remind them of the word.
• Assessments on Friday – Spelling Tests were created to look like
STAR testing types of questions. Vocabulary tests are multiple
choice and require a solid understanding of the word.
NOTEWORTHY NOVELS
Novels
In addition to Language Arts skills we read six novels in 5 th grade.
Five of these novels are whole class novels and one is based on
reading group placement.
• Sign of the Beaver
• Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Tale of Despereaux
• Fever 1793
• Boston Jane
** Holes, Rats of NIMH, Esperanza Rising, Dear Mr. Henshaw,
Chocolate Fever, Because of Winn Dixie, Shiloh **
OH YES THERE ARE ORAL PRESENTATIONS
October 2013 – Biography Report
 Students chose 1 famous American from our S.S. book and do a
report and poster on them. The reports are worked on in class. The
poster is done at home.
 February 2014 – Poetry Report
 Students will chose a poem (at least 20 lines long) to memorize and
analyze. The analyzing will be done in class. The memorizing should
be done at home
 May 2014 – State Report
 Students will chose a state to do a power point presentation on. This
power point will be taught at school and worked on at home and in the
classroom.
LOTS OF LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK
THE FOLLOWING ARE GIVEN ON MONDAY MORNINGS:
Wordly Wise assignment (A, B, C, or D)
Weekly Reader – Mon, Tues, Wed. Thurs.
5xs each – no typing
Vocabulary Sketch
VARIES NIGHTLY:
RC worksheets – students are handed a worksheet (often
complimenting our science or social studies topics) to work on every
night. EXAMPLE
Grammar worksheet – Every Tuesday we will focus on a new grammar
skill. That nights homework will be more practice on that specific skill.
MATH, MATH, AND YES, EVEN MORE MATH!
Math Notebook
• Students take notes every morning on the concept or skill they
are learning.
• These notes are provided during math time and include rules to
follow to solve the problem and examples of how to do it.
• These notebooks DO NOT have to stay at school.
• They will DEFINITELY help with homework to make your life
easier. 
• I will provide challenge opportunities to those students that
show solid understanding of the math skills taught.
MATH HOMEWORK
• There will be nightly math assignments
• WB – workbook pages
or
• Math worksheets
• There needs to be work shown on the assignment!!
• Students can show work on the actual page or use
an extra lined paper.
• Please do not do work on whiteboards I need to see
proof of working out the problems.
SPECTACULAR SCIENCE
• Water Cycle
• Weather
• Solar System
• Life Science (Human/Plant Life)
• Physical Science (Chemistry)
Science and Social Studies will alternate in the afternoons.
Once we finish a Science unit we will start a S.S. unit.
Both subjects will NOT be done at the same time.
Science Lab / Science Experiments
SUPER SOCIAL STUDIES
• Native Americans
• Explorers
• Settling Colonies
• American Revolution
• Government
• Westward Movement
During each unit there will be folder that will have a rubric for all
assignments that will be due the day of the test.
After every unit there will be an assessment.
During some of the units there will be a project (poster, book, icon sheet)
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK
Science and Social Studies homework is rarely given.
It will be a worksheet from the science lesson or an
alternative science sheet
Sometime students will have time to complete these sheets in
class.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Social Studies homework is usually a project that they have 12 weeks to complete
Sometimes students will have a sheet out of the workbook
PERFECT PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• We will have PE on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:05-11:45
• PE with the PE teachers will begin on Tuesday, September 3 rd
• Students will have a State PE test in March 2014:
Mile Run
Sit ups
Push ups
Sit and Reach
Trunk Lift
Students need to be in PE clothes on Tuesdays and Thursdays … (HW)
NO - boots, UGGS, tight jeans, loosely tied shoes
COOL CLUSTERING
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Clustering is based on specific hand picked skills chosen by the 5 th grade team
from the formative and trimester assessments.
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The clustering cycles will be 5 weeks long / 1 hour a week
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Students will be placed in groups based on there performance in that specific
area on the assessments. They will stay in that group for the duration of the
clustering.
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A Post test will be given to see growth in that area after clustering is over.
When a new clustering cycle begins a new pre-test will be given and new groups will
be formed for the next cycle.
EX. A student can be in the Enrichment group for a reading comprehension
standard and then in the Reteach group for a specific math skill.
SCHEDULE
WEBSITE
Pg. 5 in packet
GROOVY GRADING
We use grading homework assignments as a way to review skills and
concepts we learned during the week.
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Informal grading:
Homework and some classwork will be recorded as a grade toward effort
and citizenship (homework and classwork competition)
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Formal grading:
3 – at grade level
2 – partial grade level mastery
1 – below grade level
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4s will be given to students who perform ABOVE grade level consistently.
HEAVENLY HOMEWORK
Homework will be about 60 minutes a night.
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If your student works at a slower pace then homework will take longer.
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Try to designate a homework spot with no distractions (no TV, radio etc.)
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Often students need to play for a little bit before tackling the homework
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If your student has worked consistently for over an hour / an hour and a half
you can write a note.
Homework assignments will be posted on the website every night.
They are also written in the homework planners the PTA provided.
Homework is due at 7:55 in the morning when I check off the homework on the
clipboard.
WEEKLY TAKE HOME SLIPS
ACADEMIC
S
no late or missing assignments
S- 1 or 2 late assignments
N
3 late or 1 missing assignments
** If a student does not have the entire assignment completed in the morning it will
become a missing until it is turned in, then it will become a late
BEHAVIOR
S good behavior all week
S- talking, distraction issues, not following directions (more than one warning)
N white slip from the yard, fights, being defiant, multiple warnings
PARENT WEEKEND HOMEWORK
Yup I said it 
Please Please look through your child’s Friday Folder. There
is A LOT of work in there that they did throughout the
week. There are also notes from the principal, PTA, and
various organizations around town.
Your job is to look through the papers and SIGN the Weekly
Take Home Slip!!
I give students two nights for this (weekend and Monday) if
it is not handed in by Tuesday morning the student now
has a missing assignment.
You will see this sheet EVERY week. Unless otherwise noted
in Mazzaro Minutes
Bikes and Scooters and Cars … OH MY!!
• If your child rides a bike or scooter to work please make sure they have a
helmet on!
• Their bike/scooter may be confiscated if they are seen without the proper
safety gear.
• Students need to walk their bikes on campus and can ride them as soon
as they reach the Paseos.
• PLEASE PLEASE do not have your child run across the parking lot to get to
you after school!! We have buses, cars, and vans picking up for after
school care that need to maneuver through that lot without hitting
children!
EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!
Absences:
It is extremely hard to catch up on all work when a student is absent.
They not only miss the assigned work, they miss the discussion and
teacher demonstration for the subjects.
Students will receive a blue folder with all the information/sheets they
missed. They will have the same about of days they were absent to
make up all the work.
(Ex. If they miss one day of school they have one day to make it up)
Tardies:
Please have your child here on time in the morning. It is very distracting
when kids are tardy.
THE DAILY LIFE OF ROOM 3
• There is a 2 hour and 25 minute interval from the start of school until
Brunch. Please remind your student to use the bathroom!!
• There is a 2 hour interval from Recess to Lunch. They are reminded to use
the restroom at recess.
• On Minimum Days we go for 3 hours and 10 minutes before a break!!
(AHHHHH!!)
• There is no sink or running water out here, please provide a water bottle
for your student, especially on PE days.
HMMM GOOD TO KNOW!!!
I will never only give ONE night for a writing assignment!!
They usually have a full week (4 nights maybe 3 nights)
Yes, there is a possibility your child may finish all homework in class.
Students that are focused on their classwork will have class time
to work on homework
They are not allowed to type 5xs each anymore.
The computer skills are great however the purpose is to practice
spelling the word not having autocorrect do it for you.
I will always allow a student to use the restroom. However, I will ask
if they can wait until the next break first. If they cant wait then
they are allowed to go.
EMAIL ME OR CALL ME MAYBE!
[email protected]
661 291-4060 ext. 240
Mazzaro Minutes – come home every Monday
Website:
“teacher web miss mazzaro”