1. 5th Grade Back to School Night August 26th, 2010 6:15- 7:20

2. Expectations for Fifth Grade Be Respectful Be Safe Do Your Personal Best

4. Math – Scott ForesmanEnvisionMath

5. Social Studies – Scott Foresman

6. Science – Lab with Ms. HansellMcGraw Hill

7. Differentiated Instruction A process of developing tasks and experiences which are challenging, require creativity, and are not always alike for ALL learners Entails creating and extending lessons to meet the needs of each child in the classroom Instruction is varied to meet the abilities of all students to guarantee success Students draw upon prior knowledge and instruction is taken from this point in order to help students grow The focus is on different rates of learning to promote personal success Instruction is based on higher level thinking for each child’s ability Students may be working on different assignments than their classmates.

9. Prepares students for upcoming lessons

10. Teaches personal responsibility

11. Helps students develop strong study habits

13. Students are allowed one day to turn in missed work for each day absent.

15. Homework Expectations Missing homework will result in a loss of a portion of recess time to give students an opportunity to complete the work needed to stay on track with their grade level. Chronic missing homework will result in notification of the parents and can be noted on the report card Late assignments will impact student’s ability to be successful in their learning and their ability to stay on pace with the class ***Please check the district policy on homework, available on the Live Oak and SRVUSD website if you have any questions

16. Grading Policies: What the numbers mean… 4 – The student consistently grasps, applies, and extends key concepts, processes and skills for grade level expectations at the end of the trimester. 3.5 – The student consistently grasps and applies key concepts, processes and skills for grade level expectations at the end of the trimester. 3 – The student grasps and applies key concepts, processes and skills for grade level expectations at the end of the trimester

17. What the numbers mean… 2.5 – The student grasps and inconsistently applies key concepts, processes and skills for grade level expectations at the end of the trimester. 2 – The student is beginning to grasp and apply key concepts, processes and skills through making less than expected progress for the grade level at the end of the trimester. 1 – The student is not grasping key concepts, processes and essential skills for the grade level at the end of the trimester.

19. Volunteer Clearance Form

20. Driver’s license & insurance

21. NO Siblings

23. Parent Homework New volunteer information. Morning and afternoon drop-off procedures. Sign up for fall conferences!

24. Brief Individual Class Presentations(Will follow Camp and Music presentations) Room B-1 ~ Miss Wright Room B-2 ~ Mrs. Marasco Room B-3 ~ Mr. Zefeldt Room B-4 ~ Miss Pult Room B-5 ~ Ms. Halonen Room B-9 ~ Mrs. Freels