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Mrs. Anderson

Kyrene del Cielo

2016-2017As a reminder, all curriculum can be found

on the Kyrene website.

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Mrs. Anderson• Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary

Education from Eastern Illionois

• Master’s of Educational Leadership From ASU

• Teaching for 27 years

• Married with 3 boys

• Mentor a Desert Vista senior

• Absolutely love teaching and working with parents!!

Homework Expectations Homework is assigned Monday –

Thursday

Homework includes: Reading, Fact fluency, Vocabulary Packet, and at least 1 worksheet

Students need to read 4 nights for 20 minutes or more.

Multiplication Fact Fluency: Our goal is 100 in 3 minutes.

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Homework Expectations Assignments are handed out

each day

Assignments are due the following day unless noted on agenda.

Students with missing assignments including class assignments will report to study hall on Friday.

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary lists based on prefixes, suffixes and root words.

Classroom introduction on Monday

Vocabulary Weekly (Packets due on Friday)

Parents may find a copy of flashcards to be printed off at home in Parent Vue.

Test every Friday.

Agenda

Students record assignments on Monday.

Homework requests for absences longer than 2 days.

Science labs and exit tickets are difficult to make-up. Often the student will be exempt.

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Grading

• A=90-100

• B=80-89

• C=70-79

• D=60-69

• Missing assignments

will be accepted up to

the last day of the

quarter. Fourth quarter the Friday

before the last day.

4 point scale

• 4=100%

• 3.5=95%

• 3=90%

• 2.5=80%

• 2=70%

• 1.5=65%

• 1=60%

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Student Vue/Parent Vue

• Check Parent Vue

weekly***Contact Cielo

office if you need a code.

• Most homework

assignments can be found

under homeroom in

Student Vue and Parent

Vue.

• This is a great resource if

students have forgotten

their homework. Students may print off the assignment or copy it

on lined paper.

• Missing work ?

Student can get an extra copy

off of Student Vue

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Nuts and Bolts

Library

Library checkout is on Thursday.

Help your child return books on time.

P.E. Days

P.E. on Mondays

Help your child remember to wear “real” sneakers.

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Fifth Grade Common Core Standards to prepare students to be College and Career Ready

Language Arts

Reading Writing

Listening/

Speaking

Language

Students Who are College and Career Ready in Reading, Writing, Listening and Language

• They comprehend as well as critique.

• They value evidence.

• They use technology and digital media strategically and capably.

• They come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

• Read a variety of genres for literary appreciation and content understanding.

• Read to develop independent reading 11

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Children will• follow and give directions

• recount personal information, knowledge

• give opinion and critique information

• listen and respond verbally

• participate in group discussions

• prepare and deliver information for variety of speaking purposes

Listening/Speaking

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Children will• use the writing process

• write in a variety of genres for different purposes and audiences– Opinion, narratives, informative/expository,

research

• use sources and references for informational writing

Writing

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Fifth Grade Curriculum and Common Core Standards

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

• Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

• Number and Operations—Fractions (NF)

• Measurement and Data (MD)

• Geometry (G)

• Mathematical Practices (MP)

Math

Key Mathematical Practices Learning Goals

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of

others.

• Model with mathematics.

• Use appropriate tools strategically.

• Attend to precision.

• Look for and make use of structure.

• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

American History

Civics/Government

Economics

Geography

Four Strands of Social Studies

BizTown

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• Teaches students basic ideas of economy and personal finance.

• 15 lessons• On-site simulation day in February.• Every student will apply, interview, and

hold a job for the day.• Lessons will begin at the end of October.

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Fifth Grade Science Units

Planets and other objects in the sky.

Force and motion

Matter and Energy

Human Body

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Life Management Skills

Nutrition

Safe Environment and Injury Prevention

Substance Abuse Prevention

Community Health Resources

Disease Prevention and Control

Personal Health and Hygiene

Family Health

Health

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Develop essential technology skills

• Perform computer operations

• Develop keyboarding skills

• Create documents with software applications

• Use technology to demonstrate learning in other content areas

• Use technology resources ~~ google docs

Technology

Family/Teacher

Communication

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Classroom Websites

Parent/teacher/child conferences

It is best to email me.

I can only respond briefly to emails during

the school day.

Use Parent Vue to check grades, and

homework completion.

Mrs. Anderson

cander@kyrene.org

(480) 541-2523

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Questions

If you have a specific

question about your child,

please email me.

Thank you and

have a good

night!