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“Soaring into 5th Grade” 2013-2014

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• Email: schou@alsd.k12.ca.us

• Phone: 909-484-5070

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General Daily Schedule

8:30 Pre-flight Check List (Bellworks, daily grammar)9:00 Language Arts/Writing10:42 Recess 11:00 Math12:15 Lunch1:00-Silent Reading/Read Aloud1:15 Science2:00 Social Studies2:45 Clean-up/Review3:00 Departure

P.E.- Friday morning 8:40-9:40

General Daily Schedule

8:30 Pre-flight Check List (Bellworks, daily grammar)9:00 Language Arts/Writing10:42 Recess 11:00 Math12:20 Lunch1:00 Silent Reading/Read Aloud1:15Minder Binder, Clean-up, Review1:30 Dismissal

Wed: Modified dismissal, 1:30

Schedule:Computer Lab: Tuesday and ThursdayP.E- Every Friday morning (1 hour)Meet the Masters: Meet the Masters

with Mrs. KaneshinaChorus: Starting January 7, 2014 (30

minutes)Library: Monday, 2:25-2:55Band Discovery: Starting September 9th (7

weeks, once a week, for 40 minutes)

Houghton Mifflin

• Instruction based on the CA State Standards.

• Literature, vocabulary, grammar practice, and writing instruction included.

• Comprehension skills are modeled and discussed with each reading selection.

• Reading at home will be expected as part of daily-recommended homework.

Write from the Beginning

Thinking Maps

5th Grade Benchmark Writing

1. Personal Narrative

2. Response to Literature

3. Persuasive Essay

MacMillan McGraw-Hill

• Practice at home is essential

• Please continue to review multiplication facts (2-12 facts) with your student until they are memorized.

• Every day from 12:15-1:00.

• Please make sure your student has lunch everyday.

Macmillan McGraw Hill• Life Science

-Structure of Living Things

-Plant Structures

-Human Body Systems

• Earth Science

-Water

-Weather

-Solar System

• Physical Science

-Types of Matter

-Changes in Matter

Social Studies

Harcourt Brace•US history and geography•How America began•Learn placement of all 50 states and capital (help by quizzing your student at home)•State Report

Homework will be given daily. It may include:

MathSpellingvocabularyGrammarWritingReadingSocial StudiesScienceUnfinished class work

Accelerated Reader

*Students will be given time during the day to read in class, and they are required to read for at least 30 minutes a night at home each week. Reading done at home should be recorded on the reading log.

*Reading Expectation at least 21 points per trimester. (At least 7-8 points a month)

Report Cards and Parent Conferences

1st Trimester (Aug. 5th-Nov. 1st): Deficiency notices in mid-September, Parent Conferences: November

2nd Trimester (Nov. 4th-Feb. 21st): Deficiency notices in mid-January, Parent Conferences: March

3rd Trimester (Feb. 24th –May 20th): Deficiency notices in mid-April, report cards sent home on the last day of school

Communication Folders:

*Will go home daily * Phone calls

*Please check nightly * Email and remove any papers that are to be * Minder Binder left at home.

*Homework should always be returned in the folder.

*Notes

• Marvin Marshall

• Raise Responsibility System-uses hierarchy of social development

• Students are aware of their own behaviors and take responsibility.

• Intrinsic motivation

Classroom Expectations• Be prepared to learn • Listen carefully• Work quietly. Do not disturb others

who are working• Respect others. Be kind with your

words and actions• Respect school and personal property• Work and play safely

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I look forward to working with you and your child this year. It is going to be a

wonderful year filled with exciting learning activities. We will be soaring

to success together.

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