CURRICULUM NIGHT5th Grade

Sawnee Elementary

Mrs. Gomez and Mrs. KauffmanAugust 20, 2011

Our Mission Statement: Sawnee Elementary School prepares children to be life-long learners, self-motivators, and responsible citizens functioning in a global society.

5th Grade PlusAll 4th and 5th grades in FCSS will be using Grade PLUS for the 2011-2012 school year.

Grading and Assessment Video

Mathematics

Houghton Mifflin (Adopted Text)

Whole Group and Small Group

Number of the Week

IXL/Study Island

Homework

IXL and Study Island

Formatives

AlgebraData Analysis

FractionsDecimalsGeometry

MeasurementNumber Sense, Place Value, & Estimating

Problem Solving

Reading / Grammar/Writing

Scott Foresman Reading Street (Adopted

Text)

Incorporating novel studies

Whole Group and Small Group

Accelerated Reader

Study Island

Homework/Reading Log

Scholastic Book Orders

WritingFour genres: Narrative, Persuasive,

Expository, and Response to Literature.

Skills taught using Empowering Writers.

CRCT Writing Test- beginning of March

Writing Journals

FormativesReading

Fiction ComprehensionNonfiction Comprehension

VocabularyFluency

EnglishGrammar/Parts of Speech

Research & WritingSentence Construction

Science

Teaching GPS Standards

Earth Science, Physical Science, and Life

Science

GradingDaily class work, In-class Projects, Quizzes, Tests

4 ½ Weeks per Quarter

Health will be covered in the Science

classroom

Social StudiesTeaching GPS Standards

Continue studying the history of the United States, beginning with The Civil War to the present

Geography, Economics, and Government will be embedded in our study of American History.

GradingDaily class work, Quizzes, Tests, In-class projects

4 ½ Weeks per Quarter

Conduct Card Reasons for signing include: Lunchroom behavior, unprepared,

off task/out of seat, not following directions, disrespectful, disruptive behavior/excessive talking

Missing homework does not count towards the marks – just to make families and students aware

Consequences 2 marks – 1 day of silent lunch 3 marks – 3 days of silent lunch 4 marks – Begin Behavior Plan/Conference with parent 5 marks – Lose 9 week Bash 6 marks – Conference with student, parents, teachers, & administrator

• Benchmark Assessments– October 24-28– February 13-16

• CRCT Writing– March 7th

• CRCT– April 11-20

Important Assessment Dates

Useful Websites• Houghton Mifflin (Math, Science, Social

Studies)– Website: www.eduplace.com– Textbooks: www.eduplace.com/eservices

• Sawnee5classroom• Sawnee5

• Pearson SuccessNet: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

• Sawnee Website:

www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sawneeelementary

Teacher ExtensionsReading/ Social Studies

Mrs. Chester: 771276Mrs. Gomez: 771281Ms. Mengel: 771293Mrs. Pagan: 771288

Mrs. Stephenson: 771296

Math/ Science

Mrs. Henderson: 771272Mrs. Kauffman: 771262

Mrs. Moran: 771292Mr. Pagan: 771297

Mr. Walden: 771280

BOOSTERTHON PEP RALLYSeptember 20th

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS

EVENING!

It’s going to be a wild and exciting year!