Welcome to Fifth Grade

1. Welcome to Fifth Grade

2. Balanced Literacy Program • READING • Whole Class Novels • Junior Great Books • Comprehension Strategies • Literary Devices • Author’s Craft • Responses • Fluency • Storyworks/Time for Kids • Shared reading • Various genres • Guided Groups • Individual needs • Read About (computer)

3. Balanced Literacy Program

4. Grade 5 Common Core Standards for Reading Nonfiction • Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. • Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. • Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. • Determine the meaning of general academic and domain- specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. • Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. • Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. • Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. • Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s). • Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. • By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

5. Grade 5 Common Core Standards for Reading Fiction • 1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. • 2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. • 3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). • 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. • 5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. • 6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. a. Recognize and describe how an author’s background and culture affect his or her perspective. • 7. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). • 8. • 9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

6. Mathematics • Fastt Math • HSP • On Core • State Assessment • Reading • Multi-step problem solving • Dynamath

7. Common Core Math Overview Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Write and interpret numerical expressions. • Analyze patterns and relationships. Number and Operations in Base Ten • Understand the place value system. • Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths. Number and Operations—Fractions • Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions. • Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions. Measurement and Data • Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system. • Represent and interpret data. • Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition. Geometry • Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems. • Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

8. SCIENCE • Houghton Mifflin Program • The Life Processes(CELLS, PLANTS, TRAITS) • Earth Systems (Earth’s Structure and how it changes) • Forms of Energy ( Forces & Motion) • National Geographic Magazine

9. Social Studies • Textbook: A Nation Grows • Integrated ELA/Social Studies Curriculum • History and Geography of U.S., Canada, Latin America • Current Events: Time For Kids Magazine

10. Technology • Integrated into all curriculum areas • Microsoft Word • Power Point • Smart Board (Smart Notebook) • Online Resources (see website)

11. Trips • October: • January: Cradle of Aviation Museum • April/May: Curriculum Based Play • May: Boat Trip • June: Art Trip

13. Class Webpage Go to: valleystream13.com, Schools, Howell Road, Staff List, Fifth Grade, Vanessa Kelly Learning Opportunities and Homework will be available as well as many other important dates, tips, pictures, review games etc. valleystream13.com vkelly@valleystream13.com

14. Howell OWL Behavior Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Caring “Give a HOOT” Helping Out Others Today

15. HOMEWORK Homework is important because it reinforces what is taught in school Completing homework increases understanding, self-confidence and class participation Make sure sufficient time is set aside to complete homework Please check to see HW is complete and help correct mistakes Write a note if homework is too difficult

16. Parents/TeachersPartners • We need and appreciate your support • Check website for HW/Class Schedule and other announcements • Help students plan ahead to complete HW and projects on time • Encourage READING/WRITING • Help students obtain good study skills • Review and Sign Assessment Packet

17. Miscellaneous • Birthdays: We will acknowledge birthdays once per month with a special activity (free time, movie, music) • Absences: Make every effort to call a classmate, refer to Learning Opportunities, bring a note • Restrooms: 1x AM/1x PM, Thumbs Up • Scholastic Book Club Orders: Check or online with Credit Card