Curriculum Night!

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Curriculum Night!

• 5th Grade

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Meet the Teachers

• Ms. Leischner- Math
• Miss. Terhark- Reading and Science
• Ms. Burns- Social studies and Writing

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The Leader in Me

• Based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Everyone has a leader within
• Leadership Binders

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Curriculum

• Arizona Standards in Social Studies and Science
• Arizona College Career Readiness Standards in
  Math, Reading, Writing
• Quarterly curriculum maps available
• online

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Infinite Campus (gradebook)

• CUSD website
• Parent Portal and student portal
• Instructions and codes to sign up (even on your
  phone!)

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Leadership Conferences

• Aug 30 Aug 31
• Students lead conference with parents and teacher
• Meet with Homeroom teacher only
• Specific subject concerns can addressed at ANY
  time

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Mascot and Dress Code

• Red, white or blue collared shirts. No logos
• Tan or dark blue bottoms
• PTO will be selling an additional shirt option
• Free dress on Fridays (must follow CUSD
  guidelines)

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Pick up and Drop off

• Campus opens at 815 am
• Front of school
• pickup/dropoff line
• Park and walk student to crosswalk
• South side  CAN NOT drop off their student from
  car.  ALL parents must PARK and meet at crosswalk
• CAN NOT use the parking lot as a drop off or use
  the handicap spots to drop off

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Mathematics

• McGraw Hill math book
• The students will have online access soon but
  will need to have their book and notes with them
  at all times.
• Homework is Monday through Thursday (might have
  some Fridays, depending on quizzes or tests)
• Students can retake any in-class assignments,
  quizzes, or tests once for half points back

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Language Arts Journeys

• Reading across the curriculum
• Textbook highlights all necessary skills prior to
  April testing
• Lit studies

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Language Arts Spelling

• Spalding (done in HRs)
• Weekly word list with test on Friday
• 30 words
• 20 phonograms
• 1 rule
• Daily homework from spelling city or menu Monday
  through Thursday.

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Social Studies United States

• Exploration
• -Geography
• -Explorers
• Colonies
• -American Revolution
• -Civil War
• -Westward Expansion
• -Industrial Revolution
• Government
• -Democracy
• -Economics
• -Current Events

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Science

• 1st Quarter
• Solar System
• Objects in Space
• 2nd Quarter
• Human body systems
• 3rd Quarter
• Matter
• Science Fair
• 4th Quarter
• Force and motion
• Simple Machines

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Project Lead the Way

• Schoolwide STEM learning program.
• 5th grade robotics modules
• Hands-on inquiry
• iPads

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Practice and Agendas

• Reading log 30 min
• WIG 100 non fiction books per quarter per class
  (each student must read 5 points of non-fiction
  per quarter)
• Daily record of in-class work and homework
• Important Announcements

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Backpack load

• Leadership binder and agenda
• 5 colored subject folders
• 1 library folder
• Spiral notebooks some are left in classroom
• Math consumable
• AR book (limit the number of books)

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Field Trip Challenger Space Center

• Beginning of May
• NEED Tax credit donations!

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Field Trips Heritage Festival

• November ??
• NEED tax credit donations!

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Field Trips - BiZTOWN

• October 26th
• NEED tax credit donations!

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Tax Credit Donations

• 77 fifth grade fee
• Chandlerdonations.org
• if everyone pays 77, the cost will not be
  covered. We need tax credit donations up to 250
  (single) and 400 (married) to be fully funded.

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Questions.