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Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night
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Tarwater’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Night
Picture of us and what we are teaching
Here’s our 5th Grade Team – We collaborate and work closely together so we can have a FABULOUS year!
This is how we feel about the HEAT days! UGH!
Information• Daily agenda- Monday through Thursday- please
sign daily.• Communication through e-mail, weekly newsletter• E-mail is the best way to contact teachers.• Daily snack during recess• Class website
5th Grade-Howell, April / Meet Ms. Howell
Special EventsColonial Day
Poetry Cocoa ShackWinter Friend-a-Bration
Human Growth and Development
Soda Bottle RocketryBizTown
Colonial Play
Field TripsArizona Science Center
Halle Heart Center
Theatrical Production
Junior Achievement’s Biz Town – Feb. 6th
Tax Credit
•Up to a $400 Donation to Tarwater’s 5th Grade•Used for special events and fieldtrips•Full Tax Refund•Make your tax credit donation online at:
https://chandler.mytechsupport.com/eca•Some employers match donations•Any relative in Arizona can donate to your child also!
Social Studies •American History from Exploration to the Civil War•Language Arts Integration•Research Projects•Field Trips/Play
UNITSEarly European Explorers
13 ColoniesRevolutionary War
Westward ExpansionCivil War
Economics
Science
• Bubble Gum Science/Scientific Method• Forces and Motion• Mixtures and Solutions• Science Fair• STEM• Human Body SystemsScience Class Fee of $5.00 (payable to Tarwater PTO) Thank you!
Hands-on ExperimentsNon-fiction texts
ReadingLiterary Elements
Non-fiction and Informational Text Scholastic News Literature StudiesAR-Self Selected Literature
Newly Adopted Reading Program - Journeys
Writing Thinking Maps
Different Types of Writing• Persuasive• Expository• Personal Narrative• Functional• Research
Saxon Math•ON-GRADE Level •ABOVE-GRADE Level •30 problems per day•Textbooks are accessible on-line.
--(Working on the online part.)
Components of Saxon that we love:
*No pictures, just the problems *Students grouped with peers
*Daily computation *New concept introduced
*Daily problem solving (STAR) *Mental Math *Continuing practice & review
Accelerated Reader (AR)
• 85% comprehension score• Goals
-Students help set goals
• Quick Comprehension Results• AR Goal is 10% of the Reading grade• We want kids to LOVE
reading!
· Agenda = do it right! · Parents sign your agenda each night · 30 – 50 minutes of homework each day · Use your class time wisely = less homework · It’s due when it’s due! · 1 day late = 50% of what you earned on that assignment · 2 days late = accepted but at 40% credit · You cannot call your parents for late homework · 2 “Late Homework Passes” per quarter o You can still turn it in the next day for full credit of whatever you earned.
Questions
• Please ask if you have any questions.
Thank You!
We are looking forward to a
productive and exciting school year!