Welcome to 5th Grade

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Welcome to 5th Grade
Ben Kneupper
Keri Minier
Elizabeth Kerbow
Katie Cannon
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Fifth grade is a fantastic year in the life of
your child. Your children are precious human
beings who need to be nurtured and educated for
an extremely competitive world. They are also
becoming young adults during this last year of
elementary school. Our task is to prepare your
child academically, behaviorally, and socially so
that the transition to middle school is an
exciting and easy one.
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Visit our website to see what we are working
on. http//cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/las/
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Here, you can log onto parent connect which
lets you see your childs grades in all subjects.
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You can also find the 5th grade page by clicking
on Staff
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Then Click on 5th Grade - Webpage
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From here, you can check out individual teacher
planner pages (daily homework and news) and you
can click on a teacher to visit their website.
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The planner page shows what your child should be
working on and has links to all of the subjects
where you can see detailed lesson plans.
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You can click on a lesson to see detailed lesson
plans.
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This is a sample of our lesson plans.
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• Language Arts
• Individual reading - Students will read books of
  their own choosing and complete book reports
  throughout the year.
• Guided Reading - Students will read books that
  the teacher chooses and meet in small groups to
  discuss the literature and work on projects.
• Whole class reading - Students will read books
  and selected articles chosen by the teacher
  followed by whole class discussions and projects.
• Literature Circles Students will participate in
  a group that is very similar in appearance to a
  book study, based on their reading level.

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• Language Arts
• Readers workshop - Students will keep a reading
  journal containing examples of literary elements
  such as plot, character, setting, etc.
• Writers Workshop - Students will learn
  techniques that good writers use and have an
  opportunity to write their own pieces, using
  their own voice.
• Writing Journals Students will keep a journal
  throughout the year alternating between short and
  long entries. The long entry is an elaborated
  piece that should show growth as the year
  progresses.

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• Language Arts
• Spelling
• Students will receive a list on the first day of
  the week based on their spelling level.
• Students will then study their list and complete
  homework assignments with their words for the
  week. Ss will complete 2 homework assignments
  from their list of spelling activities.
• Students will take a test on Friday to see if
  they have mastered their words.

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New Math Curriculum

• Math Investigations
• Goal Offer students opportunities to explore
  meaningful problems in-depth to solve them
  creatively.
• Ss develop their own personal meanings of
  mathematics concepts.
• Research-Based

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New Math Curriculum

• Ss will stay in mixed ability level classrooms
  to facilitate and extend discussion.
• During RTI Time (30 min a day) Math and ACE
  students will be pulled for enrichment activities
  and higher level discussions.

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New Math Curriculum

• Resources for New Math Curriculum
• Mr. Richs Math Page/blog
• http//cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/richc/
• http//lascolinasmath.blogspot.com/
• Math Videos Showing Strategies
• http//www.schultzcenter.org/mathvideos.shtml
• Math/IB Night
• Sept 16th, _at_630

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Witzzle Pro

• Show Witzzle Pro here.

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• Science
• Students may or may not have science homework,
  based on what we are studying in class. Around
  January, we will start having daily Science
  homework. This will consist of 4-5 questions
  that are TAKS formatted.
• Students are given time in class to complete
  their work. When they do not finish their work
  in class it becomes homework. Grades are taken
  from the homework since it is a science
  assignment.
• Every student has a science notebook that is used
  on a daily basis. Students must complete
  majority of their work in their notebook.
• Students will learn the scientific method and
  know how to write a lab report using this method.
  They will also be studying the four areas of
  science Nature of Science, Life Science,
  Physical Science, and Earth Science.

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• Science Fair Requirements
• Who All fifth graders
• What All students will conduct experiments
  using the scientific method
• When Thursday, February 5th
• This will be counted as a classwork grade and
  test grades!
• Information will be sent home the last week of
  November.
• District science fair is March 11-12.

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• TAKS
• Students must pass the Math and Reading tests to
  move onto middle school. They will be given two
  opportunities during the school year and one
  final opportunity in summer school.
• Students who do not pass the Science test must
  attend summer school to be promoted to 6th grade.

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• Grading Policy
• Students who do not turn in their assignments on
  time will receive a sign in. A total of 3
  sign-ins will be an after school detention.
• 1 day late is minus 11 points
• 2 days late is minus 22 points
• 3 days late is a 0

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Social and Behavior

• Respect
• Respond to adults and other students
  appropriately
• Listen to others opinions and ideas
• Be polite to everyone

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Social and Behavior

• Responsibility
• Keep the school clean
• Pick up after yourself
• Be organized and prepared

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Social and Behavior

• Integrity
• Be honest
• Be helpful
• Be trustworthy

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Social and Behavior

• Our main focus will be the PYP attitudes which
  lead into the learner profile traits.
• PYP attitudes are a part of the IB curriculum and
  are stressed at all levels.

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Social and Behavior

• If a student does not have their planner, they
  automatically miss
• recess.
• If a student is missing an assignment, they will
  attend study hall
• during recess.
• 1st sign-in warning
• 2nd sign-in consequence/fine
• 3rd sign-in after-school detention
• 4th sign-in call home

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5th Grade Economic System

• Ss will have jobs that they fulfill in the
  classroom for pay.
• Ss will pay 1000 in rent a month.
• Surplus money can be saved or spent at our
  monthly auctions (we need donations)
• If a student saves up 3000, they can buy another
  students desk and charge them rent.
• If a student cannot make their rent for the
  month, they will be evicted and must sit on the
  floor until they can make their rent.

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5th Grade Economic System

• Ss paychecks are not enough to make rent they
  must earn extra money through good deeds, grades,
  participation in extracurricular activities.
• Ss will be fined when breaking school rules (Ex.
  missing H.W., dishonesty, rudeness, etc.)

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Miscellaneous

• Camp Grady Spruce
• Camp is scheduled for February 9th-13th
• The cost is 225 as of right now depending on any
  cost increases from Camp or the cost of buses.
• Students will sell cookie dough to help us cover
  the costs of camp above the 225 per student
  which is about 5,000.
• Students who sell cookie dough will receive 25
  off the cost of camp for every 10 tubs they sell.
  So, a student who sells 90 tubs will attend camp
  for free!

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Miscellaneous

• Camp Grady Spruce
• We need volunteers for camp.
• We need about 10 male and 10 female volunteers to
  stay with the kids in the cabins.
• Volunteers will attend camp for free and take
  home a lifetime of memories.

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Miscellaneous

• Volunteers
• If you would like to volunteer for camp or for
  any of our other field trips, you must fill out a
  criminal background check.
• This must be done again this year even if you
  filled one out in the past.
• https//volunteer.cfbisd.edu

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Miscellaneous

• Uniforms
• Our shirts are navy blue (not light blue or other
  blues), red, or white shirts. Shirts may be long
  or short sleeve.  Short sleeve shirts must be a
  knit, polo style with collar.  Long sleeve shirts
  may be button-down or have the regular spread
  collar.  Turtlenecks and sweaters may also be
  worn in cooler weather and should be of the same
  color scheme.
• Boys may wear slacks or shorts.
• Girls may wear slacks, shorts, skirts, skorts,
  jumpers, or capri pants.

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Miscellaneous

• Parent Conferences
• Our first round of parent conferences is already
  beginningthe conferences are held to introduce
  the parents to fifth grade and to answer any
  questions you may have at the start of the year.
• Our second round of parent conferences will be
  held in January February to discuss your
  childs progress.

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Miscellaneous

• Medication
• If your child must take medicine at school it
  must be given by the nurse in the clinic. This
  includes any kind of over-the-counter drugs and
  cough drops.

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Miscellaneous

• Friday Folders
• Every Friday you will receive information from
  the school and graded papers. If you are not
  getting the information that means your child is
  not bringing it home to you.