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Welcome Back to School!
Ms. Lopez
5th Grade Teacher
Room 202
Homeroom
202
•Lockers
•Attendance
•Morning announcements
•Distribution of important notices
•Contests/Incentives
The Basics
Goals for the School Year:
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Responsibility and accountability
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Independence
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Positive attitude and respect toward others
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Decision making skills
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Academic and social growth
Homework:
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Must be neat and complete
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Must be on time (consequences for late
homework)
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Assignment pad (students are responsible for
writing down homework assignments)
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Available on web page (subject to change)
Report Card:
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Academic grades (A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-,
C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, and
Incomplete)
Citizenship grades of 1, 2, 3, 4 (1 being
the best)
Parent Conferences: November 16th,
19th, 20th (evening)
Preconference form
Please sign up with your child’s
literacy teacher.
Progress Reports:
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Mid-marking period progress reports
displayed in Genesis
 Grading: Genesis Portal:
http://parents.genesisedu.com/verona
Discipline:
 Teacher warning
 Teacher detention
 Parent communication
 Central detention
 Time Out
Things to Keep in Mind…
 Coming for extra help is encouraged
 Communication
 School Phone: (973) 571-6751School Fax: (973) 571-6767
 My email: [email protected]
 Extra Help: After school; morning help will require a
pass given the day before
 Thank you for attending “Back to School Night” this
evening. I am looking forward to a successful year
with your child in my classes!
Literacy
Ms. Lopez
Course Statement:
 Effective communication is essential to our students’ success today
and in the future. The Literacy course for fifth grade is designed to
help students develop their own opinions, thoughts, and feelings
by making connections between the texts that they read and write
to their everyday lives. The students will discover meaning through
various literary genres and writing forms. After experiencing a
variety of authors’ purposes and points of view, students will be
able to develop these key elements of literacy in their own work.
An appreciation and awareness of various forms of fiction and
non-fiction will be heightened as a result of the facets of the
course.
Literacy
Writing Workshop:
 Use the writing process effectively
(thinking/writing like real authors)
 Writer’s Notebook
 A compilation of thoughts, ideas, and
avenues to start writing
 Mentor Texts
 Final celebrated pieces and on demand
pieces
 Writing several genres
 Writing folders/samples
 Writing across the curriculum
Reading:
 Text: Reading McGraw Hill Anthology
 Novels
 Independent reading
 Reader’s Chair
 Teacher reading
 Vocabulary development
 Comprehension (*“Telling About
Books” strategies attached)
 Projects
 Tests and Quizzes
Spelling/Language:
 Spelling lists correlate with reading
vocabulary
 Grammar skills in Writing Workshop
model
Literacy Grades
 35% Reading
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Comprehension
10% Writer’s Notebook
15% On Demand Writing
20% Published Writing
10% Language (spelling,
grammar)
10% Homework
 Genesis system is set up to
automatically weigh the
assignments in each
category.
Math
Course Statement:
 This year, during the marvelous subject that is 5th grade math,
your child will be exposed to various mathematical concepts. As a
result of learning these concepts, they will be able to apply and, in
certain instances, create appropriate representations to reflect
their understanding of these concepts.
Some of the focal topics of our curriculum include geometry,
graphs and data, division, measurement, fractions, and probability.
This course is designed to take students from sole concrete
thinking and application of mathematical concepts to a
combination of concrete and abstract thinking and application of
these concepts. It is our goal that the students will be able to apply
this learned thinking to current as well as future endeavors.
Math
 Text: enVision MATH Common Core Scott Foresman-AddisonWesley
 Learn and apply mathematical skills in real life settings
 Utilize math skills (looking for patterns, using pictures/diagrams/charts,
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checking work, effectively using time, finding other solutions, using a variety of
methods, etc.)
*Mastery of multiplication & division facts is crucial*
 PLEASE HELP PRACTICE AT HOME:
 Flashcards (quiz each other!)
 Computer games (Check my webpage for resources.)
 Ask for facts randomly
Numerical Operations, Geometry and Measurement, Fractions, Patterns,
Data/Statistics/Graphs
 Homework is written on the homework board each day and can also be found on
my webpage. Please note that the homework board is subject to change. What is
written in your child’s assignment pad is most up to date.
Online portion of the program is available.
Please check the handout that was given to your child for registration
instructions.
Math Grades
 55% Tests
 35% Quizzes
 10% Homework
 Project weight will
be determined by
complexity of
assignment
 Genesis system is set
up to automatically
weigh the
assignments in each
category.
Games/sites for practice
and enrichment
Online Textbook
Directions