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5th Grade Handbook
2008-2009
**A paper copy of the handbook was either given to the family at Open House,
or was sent home the first day of school.**
Fifth Grade General Information
Contact Information
Mrs. Angie Petersen
5760 Mohawk Drive
Campbellsport, WI 53010
262-626-8427 x5116
Class Web Page
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**Please see below for more information and directions. **
Assignment Notebooks
We will fill out assignment notebooks each night. This must be signed each night by a parent. Please make sure the work is completed before you sign the notebook.
Homework
In our classroom, homework is viewed as a way to communicate what is being covered in the classroom as well as a time of practice for students.
Your child should not have more than 50 minutes of homework each night. Fifteen minutes should be spent reading. The other time will be spent on a math study link or studying for a test when necessary. If you find your child spending more than 50 minutes on homework at night, please let me know. If your child is unable to complete their assignment, please write a note in their assignment notebook.
If there is not a note, they will be given time to complete their assignment at recess.
Birthday Treats
If your child is celebrating a birthday and wants to bring a treat, please send along one for each child. We currently have 21 students in our class. Please do not have your child hand out birthday invitations at school as this leads to hurt feelings among the children not invited. If your child has a birthday over the summer, we will celebrate their birthday during the last week of the school year.
Book Orders
Your child will have an opportunity to order books each month. If you choose to order books, please send a CHECK with the completed order form to school by the due date.
Field Trips
Our class will be going on fieldtrips throughout the year. There will be a letter sent home to let you know when we are going. You will also be able to sign up as a chaperone if you wish to.
Our class will go to Chicago for one of the field trips. All students will be able to bring along a chaperone for this field trip. This trip will probably take place in the first week of June. Several notes will go home before this trip.
Volunteers
If you wish to volunteer in the classroom, please send a letter to school letting me know what times and/or days work best for you. Parents are always welcomed and appreciated for their help.
Classroom Expectations
During our first week at school, the class will decide on class expectations. We will also discuss the idea of natural consequences. For example, if a student chooses to not complete an assignment at night, they have decided to give up class time to get it complete, as that is the other option that is available. Our class expectations will be posted in the classroom throughout the year.
We believe that every choice (positive or negative) or action a person makes has a reaction. we also believe that every action does not have a general reaction. In following these philosophies, any action that does not meet our classroom expectations will result in an individualized consequence that is fitting of the nature of the action. Some of the consequences could include a warning, a reminder of expectations, a phone call or note home, or using time for recess to accomplish tasks.
Conferences
Conferences are in the early fall. There will be a note coming home to let you know the exact date. Communication between parents and teacher is important. Parent teacher conferences are a great way to meet and discuss your child’s strengths and address any concerns.
D.A.R.E.
A variety of topics will be covered in Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Parents will receive a letter indicating topics. This letter will accompany a permission slip, which must be signed and returned for participation.
Fundraising
Our bus for the Chicago trip usually costs around $800.00. To cover this cost, as well as the cost of some spending money for the students, our class needs to fundraise throughout the year. If you have any suggestions for fundraisers please send a note to school with your student. We try to keep the number of fundraisers to a minimum.
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5th Grade
CORE
Syllabi
**Topics that have an * are specifically taught in 5th grade at Wayne Elementary and may not
be taught in other 5th grade classrooms within KSD.**
Reading Content/Genres:
· Nonfiction
o Applying reading strategies to comprehend a nonfiction passage.
o Utilize vocabulary strategies while reading
o Read a variety of materials for multiple purposes (biography, historical, scientific, etc.)
· Historical Fiction
o Applying reading strategies to comprehend a historical fiction passage
o Construct meaning from each passage as it may compare to historical events covered in social studies (US History)
o Utilize vocabulary strategies while reading
· Realistic Fiction
o Applying reading strategies to comprehend a realistic fiction passage
o Utilize vocabulary strategies while reading
o Comparing text-to-text characters/settings/events in book club settings
Reading Skills:
· Text Structure
o Identify text features, story structures and sequencing
o Analyze nonfiction vs. fiction, cause and effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution
o Construct descriptive meaning
· Reading Strategies
o Construct meaning by asking questions, determining importance, synthesizing
o Construct meaning from text through visualizing
o Construct meaning through making connections, inferring, making judgments, analyzing text
· Vocabulary Development
o Recognizing words with unknown meanings through picture and context clues
o Determine meaning of new words by using roots, prefixes and suffixes
o Making personal connections with new connections
· Fluency
o Apply appropriate reading strategy while reading orally
o Apply expression while reading orally
o Apply phrasing techniques while reading orally
Common Assessments:
o Rigby Benchmarks---September Level 29, May Level 30
o Comprehension Assessments—First Semester Assessment 1 & 2 Second Semester Assessments 3 & 5
Writing Topics/Genres
· Personal Narrative
o Compose a piece that tells about an important time in their life
o Describe steps to complete a process
o Conduct research; use it to compose a persuasive speech on a theme
o Describe an object based on its characteristics, using the 5 senses
Writing Skills/6+1 Traits of Writing:
o Voice
o Sentence Fluency
o Word Choice
o Organization
o Ideas
o Conventions
o Writing Process
Grammar/Spelling
· Sentences
o Identify kinds (Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Question)
o Identify and corrects run-on
o Identify subjects and predicates
o Punctuate dialogue
o Identify and correctly use singular and plural
o Identify and correctly use singular and plural possessives
o Identify and correctly use common and proper
o Identify and correctly use adjectives
o Identify and correctly use subject/verb agreement
o Identify and correctly use tenses
o Identify and correctly use irregular verbs
o Identify and correctly use comparing adverbs
o Identify and correctly use subject and object
Listening/Speaking
· Speech
o Students research, create, and present speeches on a particular theme.
· Number Theory
o Demonstrate an understanding of divisibility, prime and composite and even and odd numbers
o Demonstrate an understanding of square numbers and find factors of numbers
o Multiply numbers
· Estimation and Computation
oRound, estimate to make a magnitude estimate
oMultiply, add and subtract whole numbers and decimals
oFind landmarks of data
· Geometry
oEstimate, measure, and identify types of angles and triangles
oLearn the properties of polygons
oUnderstand and make tessellations
· Division
oUse variables in division
oFind quotients and interpret remainders when dividing by 1 and 2 digit numbers
oKnow place value in decimals to hundredths
· Fractions/Decimals/Percents
oOrder, compare, and find equivalent fractions
oDraw, measure and interpret circle graph
o Convert between fractions, mixed numbers and percents
- Using data/Adding and Subtracting of Fractions
o Add and subtract fractions with like/unlike denominators
o Understand sample size
o Find common denominators
- Exponents and Negative Numbers
o Understand and apply scientific and exponential notation, and power of ten
o Number sentences and order of operations
o Compare, order, add and subtract integers
o Multiply fractions
o Add and subtract mixed numbers
o Find percent of a number
- Coordinates, Area of Volume and Capacity
o Plot ordered pairs
o Understand and use formulas to find volume of prisms
o Find base, height and area of triangles, parallelograms and rectangles
o Write algebraic expressions in pan balance problems
o Represent rate problems
o Find circumference and area of a circle
o Solve mystery line plots and graphs
oFind volume of prisms and cylinders
oFind area of polygons and circles
oKnow properties of geometric solids
- Probability, Ratios, Rates
oFind the GCF/LCM
oSolve ratio and rate problems
oUnderstand and use prime factorization
oQuarterly Assessments
oUnit Assessments
oBasic Fact Quizzes
(Every unit will incorporate the scientific method: state a problem, observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, and draw conclusions.)
· Content Topics:
· Cells
· Plant Systems
· Traits of Living Things
· Ecosystems, Communities, and Biomes
· Life in Ecosystems
· Earth’s Changing Surface
· Earth’s Structure
· Using Resources Wisely
· Weather and Climate
· Earth and Its Moon
· Exploring Space
Essential Leanings:
· Cells
o Identify and explain the function of parts of a plant cell and an animal cell
o Classify living things into groups according to their cell characteristics
o Explain the function of cells in the different organ systems of the human body
· Plant Systems
o Describe the process of photosynthesis
o Demonstrate knowledge of the oxygen and carbon dioxide cycle
o Compare and contrast how different types of plants reproduce
· Traits of Living Things
o Collect data and observe the difference between an inherited trait and a learned trait
o Discuss the structure of DNA
o List adaptations in plants and animals that help them survive
· Ecosystems, Communities, and Biomes
o Examine the roles of producers, consumers, predators, prey, and decomposers in communities
o Identify the characteristics of water ecosystems and major land biomes
o Illustrate the flow of energy through a food chain
· Life in Ecosystems
o Observe and report on the behaviors of a specific organism
o Analyze factors that affect ecosystems and population size
o Report on positive and negative ways humans impact ecosystems
· Earth’s Changing Surface
o Memorize that water covers 3/4s of the Earth
o List and define Earth’s main surface features
o Evaluate the effects of erosion, weathering, and deposition on the Earth
· Earth’s Structure
o Create a model of the 4 layers of the Earth
o Differentiate between the 3 types of plate boundaries
o Map the location of earthquakes and volcanoes
· Using Resources Wisely
o Understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources
o Review different types of alternative energy sources
o Experiment with soil to understand its importance in the growth of plants
o Name ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle in order to conserve resources
· Weather and Climate
o Know that temperature and precipitation are the 2 most important characteristics of climate
o Recall the 3 major climate zones
o Sketch the structure, the 4 main layers, of the Earth’s atmosphere
· Earth and Its Moon
o Use models to understand the reason for Earth’s seasons
o Observe the phases of Earth’s moon
o Compare the positions of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a solar and lunar eclipse
· Exploring Space
o Identify objects within the Solar System
o Summarize the life cycle of a star
o Restate the characteristics of the 3 types of galaxies and draw an example of each type
· Common Assessments:
o Create a model or draw a diagram and label the parts of an animal or plant cell
o Research and report on a biome
o Observe, sketch, and identify the phases of the moon
o Analyze and compare and contrast two related features of Earth’s surface—Report findings through an essay or Venn diagram
o Evaluate the actions and effects of early European explorers in the Americas and/or summarizing the experiences of the Vikings, Marco Polo, Vespucci, Cabot, Balboa, Columbus, and Magellan.
o Analyze the impact the Incas had on ancient civilizations and summarize the results of the Spanish explorations in the Southeast.
o Explain the effect of French and Dutch fur trade on North America.
· Colonization
o Analyze the failures and successes of the Roanoke and Jamestown colonies.
o Describe the Spanish and French influences on America.
o Determine the reasons various European groups came to the British colonies and compare/contrast the lifestyle of people in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies.
American Revolution
o Identify the events, which caused the colonies to want to break away from Britain and form their own country.
o Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the Continental Army and British Army and identify the major battles that were fought during the Revolution that lead our nation to freedom.
o Explain the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and the leaders who had an impact on forming our nation.
· Government
o Determine why the nation was weak under the Articles of Confederation and describe the debates and compromises related to the U.S. constitution.
o Compare and contrast the three branches of government and the two-house legislature.
o Summarize the provisions of the Bill of Rights and ways in which rights and responsibilities work together in a democracy.
American Expansion
o Describe important explorers and their contributions in gaining new land for the U.S. including Louis and Clark.
o Analyze pioneer life and the difficulties settlers faced.
o Evaluate how the Industrial Revolution brought about great change because of new inventions and new transportation.
Civil War
o Describe the differences between the North and the South.
o Summarize how slavery impacted people in the U.S. and how slaves helped each other by showing resistance including the Underground Railroad.
o Identify the events leading up to the war and reasons for succession. Compare/contrast advantages and disadvantages of both sides in the war by analyzing the reasons for the North’s victory and the South’s surrender.
o Identify and examine the contributions of:
§ Martine Luther King Jr.
§ Rosa Parks
§ Ruby Bridges
§ The Children’s March
o Review Related Constitutional Amendments
o Identify Primaries and Caucuses within the United States
o Analyze National Conventions
o Examine campaigning of parties
o Summarize Election Day events
o Analyze the Meeting of the Electoral College
o Investigate the events during the Inauguration Day
*Student Government*
o Understand the election process as it effects our school
o Understand and examine campaigning as it relates to our school
o Participate in the voting and selection of a candidate
o Identify why we study
o Investigate what we need to study
§ Materials
§ Environment
§ People
o Examine how much time
o Identify how we can study
o The following virtues will be identifies and reviewed during class meetings, examples will also be created and explained
§ September - Respect
§ October - Responsibility
§ November – Self -Discipline
§ December - Caring
§ January - Integrity
§ February - Leadership
§ March - Cooperation
§ April – Citizenship
§ May - Reflection
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