Welcome to Room 303 5th/6th Grade

Mrs. Partch

Classroom Guidelines WE ARE RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, AND SAFE!

*Stay on task * Do neat, careful work*Complete work on time * Behave in the classroom*Work cooperatively * Behave on the playground*Follow directions * Respect others*Listen to learn * Practice self-discipline

Common Core State Standards In Language Arts, there is a shift into a balance of literacy and informational text, where students engage in rigorous and evidence-based conversations, as well as use textual evidence to inform their arguments. * Students build knowledge about the world through TEXT rather than teachers or activities. They read grade level appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers create more time, space, and support for close reading.

Common Core State Standards In math, students are to deeply understand and operate within math concepts before moving on. They make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, using multiple strategies. They are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for application without any prompting. Speed and accuracy should occur with simple calculations.

Standards are evaluated quarterly using a four-point rubric.

• 4 = above 3 = at grade level • 2 = approaching 1 = below grade level

Weekly assessments on social studies/science, spelling, and vocabulary.

AR reading program on-going. Weekly AR quizzes to be taken. Achieve 3000 nonfiction articles

(3+ weekly)

Reading

Make sure your child is reading daily! Have your child read to you, and you can read with them.

Ask your child open-ended questions about what they are reading to ensure that there is a deeper understanding.

Choose / order books you can read with your child to help develop vocabulary. (Scholastic Reading Club ONLINE ORDER CODE: ______ )

How can YOU help with Reading?

Reading Incentive

Field Trips (Quarterly)

AR GOALS MET = FIELD TRIP

EARNED10 books+ = Laser Tag10 books+ = John’s Pizza10 books+ = Camp Week10 books+ = Fun-4-All

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Module testsPerformance Assessments Math NotebooksShift to using multiple strategies and explaining how you solved it.

Mathematics

WritingDistrict writing program has very high expectations.Students will write detailed, legible essays that are …A.-narrative B.-informational/explanatory

C. -opinion (5th) or argumentative

(6th) *Students need to address the prompt thoroughly, using correct capitalization and punctuation, and descriptive language.

Social StudiesUnited States History – 5th Grade*The First Americans * Cultures Meet *Settling the Colonies * American Revolution *Governing the Nation * Western Expansion

Social StudiesAncient Civilizations – Sixth Grade

*Early Humankind*India *Mesopotamia *China *Egypt and Kush *Greece *Israel (Hebrews) *Rome

Through investigation and experimentation, students will learn about:

Systems in Living ThingsWater on EarthWeather and the Solar

SystemElements and Their

Combinations

Science – 5th

Through investigation and experimentation, students will learn about:

*Plate tectonics *Heat (thermal energy)

*Earth’s structure and the shaping of the Earth’s surface

*Ecology *Earth’s resources

Science – 6th

Homework must be completed electronically daily and/or hard copies returned by 8:50 a.m. the following school day.

Weekly Progress Reports are sent home on Fridays. Ask for them! Please review, sign and return on Monday.

Students should arrive to school on time, prepared with all of their materials.

Room 303’s Expectations

Sixth grade CAMP dates: March 9-13, 2015 (Raintree Tree Ranch – YMCA Camp near Julian, CA)

Fundraisers * Chocolate Sales (August)

* Cake Auction (tonight)*Chocolate Sales (October) *Jog-a-thon (November)

Important Dates

* Counting money* Making copies

* Field trip chaperones

Volunteers Needed

The success of your child is a team effort between home and school.

We are looking forward to working with you this year.

Please sign-up for a conference tonight to reserve your spot.

Join us for the cake auction and thank you for any dessert donations you have given.

Final Remarks

Melissa.partch@cvesd.orgsixthgradenews.wordpress.com619-420-4151 x 3533

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