Welcome to Mrs. Snyder’s 5th grade

class!

Inquiring Minds Wanted!!

•Years in education

•Akimel A-al

•Kyrene de las Brisas

Elementary

•Horizon Community

Learning Center

About Me

Classroom Procedures and Expectations• Jobs• Random drawing• Be Safe• Be Respectful• Be Responsible• The Golden Rule• Reminder Cards• Team Points• Birthdays

How will your child be graded?

• Assessments make up 45% of your child’s grade

• 25% for quizzes• 15% for homework• 15% for in-class work• Work not completed in

class will be assigned as homework

• Grades are available online

Language Arts

• Harcourt Trophies adopted curriculum

Reading and Writing for understanding, information and entertainment

Increased fluency, vocabulary and comprehension

Language continued• 6 Traits of Writing• Draft, revise, edit,

rewrite and publish• Trade Book

-Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins

• Read nightly• Book Report• Student choice

Math• Multiplying whole numbers

quickly• Multiplying and dividing

fractions and decimals• Adding and subtracting

fractions with unlike denominators

• Understanding place value• Understanding concept of

volume• Graphing points on

coordinate plane• Analyzing mathematic

patters and relationships

Science

• Arizona Science Standards• Human Body• Biomes• Earth and Space • Matter• Simple Machines

Social Studies• Book:

Harcourt Social Studies: Making a New Nation

• The Land and Early People• Cultures Meet• Thirteen Colonies• American Revolution• A Growing Nation• Mrs. Appleford

Health• Being a wise consumer• Food Pyramid• Alcohol & Tobacco • Safety *Fitness

If your child is absent

• It is THEIR responsibility to find out what was missed

• Late work will receive partial credit

Communication

• Email: esnyder@kyrene.org• Send a note with your child• Phone: 480-783-1426• Website:

http://www.kyrene.org/ksdportal/

• My website• http://www.kyrene.org/staff/esnyder/

Donations/Volunteers

• Donations are appreciated• Volunteers • BOX TOPS!!

My hopes for this school year…

•To guide every student to successfully challenge

themselves

•To encourage creativity

•To challenge students to ask questions about the

world around them!

•To have every paper your child turns in have their

NAME on it

•To enjoy the learning process