Welcome to th 5 grade ENTRANCE SLIP

Welcome to th 5 grade! ENTRANCE SLIP § Please feel free to write your students a message after reading the one they left for you!

Back-to-School Night September 15, 2016 Terrill Middle School Mrs. Salcedo and Ms. Spychalski

Overview ✏ Introduction ✏ Class Expectations ✏ Curriculum ✏ Assessments ✏ Grading Policy ✏ Monitoring Progress ✏ Contact Information

Get to Know me: Mrs. Salcedo

Introduction Mrs. Salcedo ✏ BS- Montclair State University ✏ Early elementary education w/a concentration in early and middle childhood ✏ Certification: ✏ Standard Certificate in k-5 ✏ pursuing supervisory certificate (MS in education) ✏ 5 th year with the TMS family

Get to Know me: Ms. Spychalski

Introduction Ms. Spychalski ✏ Bachelors and Masters- Rutgers University ✏ Elementary and Special Education with a concentration in English ✏ Go Knights! ✏ Certification: ✏ Standard Certificate in K-5 and Students with Disabilities K-12 ✏ 1 st year with the TMS family

Trimester 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Social Studies Art Spanish Science Social Studies Reading Reading Math Math Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Writing Writing Science Social Studies Health Social Studies Science Gym Science Technology Music Gym

Science: FOSS kits ✏ Full Option Science System ✏ Heavily Inquiry Based ✏ Hands-on experiments and activities ✏ Subjects covered: ✏ Variables* ✏ Mixtures and Solutions* ✏ Landforms ✏ Food and Nutrition

Math: Everyday Math CCSS Edition ✏ Equivalent Numbers ✏ Multiplication and Division ✏ Decimals ✏ Equivalent fractions ✏ Organizing and Describing Data ✏ Percents ✏ Prime and Square Numbers, powers of 10 ✏ Basic Geometry ✏ “Spiraling” Curriculum ✏Common Core Standards aligned

Social Studies: History Alive! & Harcourt Brace ✏Non-fiction books, Articles, Newspapers, and technology ✏Act-it-outs, internet based activities, projects ✏ Investigations of: ✏ Native Americans ✏ European Exploration/ Settlement ✏ The Colonies ✏ The American Revolution

Reading: Good Habits, Great Readers ✏ Guided reading ✏ Mini lessons guiding further investigations ✏ Reading log ✏ 30 minutes a night, Monday-Thursday ✏Book Reports ✏Throughout the year ✏ Book clubs to come! ✏ Class readings ✏ Predictions for every chapter ✏ Classroom discussions (text connections) ✏ Final project

Writing: Good Habits, Great Writers ✏ Mini lessons ✏The Writing Process ✏ Peer reviewing/editing (shared learning) ✏ Grammar ✏ “Passport to Genres” (writing & reading) ✏ mini-lessons ✏ Shared learning ✏ Public Speaking ✏ Analyzing ✏ Whole group conferencing

Word Study: Words Their Way ✏ Incorporates phonics, letter-sound relationships, vocabulary and grammar ✏ Reaches out to ALL learners! ✏ Word Lists ✏ NO MEMORIZATION of spelling! ✏ understanding the reasoning behind language

Cross Curricular: Assessments ✏ Homework ✏ “Oops!” sheets ✏ Class Participation ✏ Participating in class discussions, completing class work ✏ Quizzes ✏ ALL subjects, Reading quizzes for every chapter ✏ Labs ✏ Tests ✏ Projects ✏Powerschool

Google Classroom: writing weekly ✏ Practice typing on a weekly basis ✏ Work on self-reflection of progress in class ✏ Students can communicate in a crosscurricular manner

Mrs. Salcedo and Ms. Spychalski’s Grading Policy ✏ Point System ✏Quizzes & Tests are weighted more! ✏ All Homework MUST be completed! ✏ Vacation Policy

Q: How Can I Monitor Progress? ✏Communication Folders ✏Conference information…TBA!! ✏ Google Classroom ✏School Website ✏Check-in on daily homework assignments

Contact Information ✏ E-mail: aambrosino@spfk 12. org ✏sspychalski@spfk 12. org ✏ Phone: 908 -322 -5250 ex. 2084 ✏ Website: Scotch Plains BOE website ✏ Availability: by appointment!

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