Calf Pen Meadow School ~ Grade 5

Today’s Schedule

Whole Group Presentation

Classroom Visits… A Day in the Life!

School Continuous Improvement Plan

(S.C.I.P.)To increase the academic achievement of all students, every Calf Pen Meadow student will have access to a rigorous and quality education and will have the supports needed to be successful.To provide a safe and orderly environment for all, Calf Pen Meadow will establish and maintain a community that supports, promotes, and expects behaviors which ensure students are responsible learners and caring citizens of their school.To strengthen and promote school/family/community relationships, the people attached to Calf Pen Meadow School will be committed to fostering and nurturing these partnerships that contribute to increased learning for all students.

Our Mission Statement As a community we strive to

foster meaningful relationships and build a safe, supportive environment that develops life-long learners who care and think deeply about their world.

Our partnership is critical to this work!

What have our grade 5 mathematicians been working on?Used the area model, partial products, and/or the standard

algorithm to multiply by 1 digit numbers (ex: 457 x 3) and to multiply multi-digit numbers (ex: 23 x 34)

Solved long division problems and word problems involving remainders; decided how to interpret the remainder

Used visual fraction models, number lines, and grid paper to represent fractions and mixed numbers and solved word problems involving fraction concepts

Added & subtracted fractions with the same denominators; solved word problems involving fractions & mixed numbers

Explored relationships between fractions and decimals

What will our grade 5 mathematicians do next?

Solve real world and mathematical problems involving adding & subtracting decimals

Identify and draw geometric figures: points, lines, rays, and angles; Name and classify shapes (polygons)

Solve problems involving perimeter, area, and volume of polygons

Add & subtract fractions and mixed numbers w/unlike denominators

Multiply & divide fractions and mixed numbers using models that build an understanding of the standard algorithms

Multiply & divide decimals using models and place value strategies

How can families help at home?•Fact practice & problem solving practice See CPM website - Academics link for

websites and Fastt Math link

•Promote participation

Extreme-Home Math - Students should record the math task they work on in their planner

Idita-Math Problem of the Week - Problem will be sent home in Friday folders

•Homework… Communicate difficulties to classroom teacher

•“The Planner”

What have our grade 5 readers been working on?

Unit 1: Launching the Reading Workshop

Choosing just right books

follow the routine of a reading community

use strategies to maintain engagement in text

express ideas clearly during discussions and build on others’ ideas

support their thinking with evidence from the text

 

What have our grade 5 readers been working on?Unit 2: Determining Theme Through Character

Change

 identify characters’ traits through an analysis of behaviors, including actions, dialogue, internal thinking and feelings

analyze characters’ behaviors, actions, and thoughts in order to draw inferences about characters

develop and revise theories about characters

analyze characters’ relationships and their point of view

work with partners to share and grow theories about characters, using evidence from the text

use information about characters to determine theme

analyze how authors w/in genres approach similar themes

use information about characters to determine the author’s message and consider how that connects to their own lives

What have our grade 5 readers been working on?Unit 3: Gaining Knowledge From Nonfiction Text

 identify & explain common text structures in informational texts

begin to distinguish the most & least important information in a text

quote accurately from a text when explaining what a text says explicitly

determine two or more main ideas and explain how they are supported by details

summarize the text, incorporating multiple main ideas

identify and determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases

share information learned from a text with others 

What have our grade 5 readers been working on? Unit 4 Editorials: Engaging in Discussion 

read editorials closely to analyze the structure, features, content, and purpose of the genre

compare and contrast multiple perspectives on the same topic

research, plan, and practice in order to present a strong argument to an audience

What will our grade 5 readers do next?Unit 5: What’s the Point? Analyzing Theme in

Short Text, Poetry, and Song Unit 6: Historical Fiction and Informational Text Unit 7: The Quest for Knowledge (Science) Unit 8: Reflection and Assessment: How I’ve

Grown as a Reader

  

How can families help at home?• Promote participation Extreme-Reader - Students should record the

their minutes in the planner

• Daily and Nightly Reading w/ Conversation

“Talking is thinking. Thinking is learning. The more children talk, the more they learn.”

•“The Planner”

Our Performance Target

83 % of families responded

favorably to the indicator…

“This school offers me many ways to be involved in my child’s education.”

Our efforts to increase involvement to date…

Family Numeracy Learning SessionsMystery ReadersFall Conferences Have You Heard? /The GrazeJanuary Open House Weekly NYCUSpecial ProjectsQU Literacy Collaborative

Partnership Opportunities Looking

forward…One School One Book (Grants)Family Nights (PTA)Additional Family Numeracy Learning SessionsFamily Literacy NightName That BookChess ClubSpirit DayApril ConferencesSchool House Rocks Drama Production Iditarod Projects (including “IditaMath” problems)All School Gathering EventsChorus & Band ConcertsArt Shows

Ideas and suggestions???????

Please complete our electronic survey that will be emailed to you… so you

can tell us how we’re doing and so you can share your ideas!