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Fif
fth Grade
Information
Big Events
Stay
Safe
Camp Jolt
Graduation
Important Times
School Beginning Times
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7:40 am Children come into the rooms
7:50 am Instruction begins in the class room
Lunch Times
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Rivera/Fulton 11:15-11:45 am
Stowers/Mitchell 11:20-11:50 am
Routh 11:25-11:55 am
Dismissal
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2:45 pm Walkers
2:50 pm Car Riders
Homework
All homework will be
assigned on an as needed
basis. Please be sure to
check the agenda for
assigned homework.
Class Room Behavior
Savannah implements a classroom management
approach referred to as C.H.A.M.P.S. Students have
clear expectations set for them in each classroom
for each activity.
Behavior plan (in a six weeks period)
Level 0 - Warning tag (front side only) visual reminder
Level 1 - 1 warning tag, 5 minutes off recess
Level 2 - 2 warning tags, 10 minutes off recess
Level 3 - 3 warning tags, 15 minutes off recess
Level 4 - 4 check marks, office referral
*Students who receive 3 or more warning tags in a six week
period will be ineligible for Gatoriffic for the six weeks.
Reading Goals
1. Develop tools and skills to become independent readers for
life.
2. Understand expository text in order to gain and use
information about our world.
3. Understand literary text using comprehension strategies to
become self-directed, critical readers.
40 Book Challenge
Students will be required to read 40
books this school year from a variety
of genres. Students are given at least
15 minutes each day in class to read
independently, but are encouraged
to read at home as well.
Reading Skills
Expository (Non-fiction)
 Analyze information
 Draw conclusions
 Provide evidence from text to
support their understanding
 Summarize the main idea and
supporting details
 Use multiple text features and
graphics to locate info
Literary (Fiction)
 Recognize setting, narrators,
characters, plot, and theme
 Infer and draw conclusions
 Explain the purpose of various
points of view
 Compare and contrast themes
How Can Parents Help?
Remember we want our children to see
that reading is a life long skill and when we
can share what we've been reading with
others, it helps us become more engaged
in what we're reading.
Sample questions to ask for understanding:
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What is your purpose for reading this
text?
What questions do you have while
reading?
What did the reading remind you of or
what did you learn?
How did it make you feel? Why?
Social Studies
SS Units of Study
*Social studies will be integrated into
reading lessons by using both fiction
and nonfiction literature related to
our unit of study.
1st Six Weeks - Culture, Customs, Traditions
Celebrate Freedom Week - September 15 – 19
2nd Six Weeks - Colonial America
3rd Six Weeks - American Revolution
4th Six Weeks - U.S. Constitution
5th Six Weeks - Westward Expansion/Civil War
6th Six Weeks – 20th century
Science Big Ideas
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Science
Earth and Space
Matter and Energy
Force and Motion
Organisms and Their Environment
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Mathematical
Processes
Order of Operations
Fractions
Geometry and
Measurement
Data analysis,
statistics and
Probability
Problem Solving/Plan
a Strategy
Identify math in
everyday situations
Math Big
Ideas