st. james school thursday, august 27, 2015 5 th grade parent information night
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• Pillars
- FELS: Faith, Excellence, Leadership and Service
• Sacraments– Focus: Believe, Worship, Live, Pray
• Friends in Faith
• Mass– Planned with the guidance of Mrs. Farrell (Spiritual Formation Director)
– Living Rosary—October (TBA)
• Spring Retreat– Led by Mrs. Farrell and Mrs. McGowan (School Counselor)
• Family Life Health Talk
• Second Step Program
Religion
• Fluency and Comprehension Strategies
• Literature Circles– Novels
– National Geographic Series
• Time for Kids
• Reading Minutes (90 minutes/week)
• Trimester Book Reports (Rotating due dates)
• Plays
Reading
• Grammar/Writing– Parts of Speech
– 6-Trait Writing
– Public Speaking
• Spelling– Words Their Way
– New list on Mondays
– Activities through week
– Test on Friday
• DOL Daily Oral
Language
--In cursive
--daily grammar practice
Language Arts
• Exploration by Europeans
• Settlements in the New World
• The Thirteen Colonies
• Causes of the Revolution
• The War for Independence
• Creating a New Nation
• Know the World (Geography focus)
Social Studies
• Place Value
• Data, Graphs, Probability
• Measurement
• Geometry
• Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals
• Dividing One and Two-Digit Divisors
• Fraction Concepts and Operations
• Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
Math Materials: Mathematics Textbook, Simple Solutions Series
• Nature of Science/Scientific Method
• Climate
• Astronomy
• Earth’s Resources
• Classifying Matter
• Force and Motion
• Body Systems: Respiratory, Circulatory, Excretory
• Healthy Living
• Animal Adaptations
Science
• Student Independence
• Assignments/Assignment Notes
• Late Work
• Sports Eligibility
• Merit/Honor Roll Eligibility
• Grading Scale
• Snack List
• Expectations Incentive – Passport Theme
• Dismissal change emails/absence notification – please notify both office and teachers
• 5th Grade Website (linked through the faculty page of school website)
Odds & Ends