On the ABOUT page, you will find information about each subject area we are covering in class.
READING / WRITING / LITERACY
As a Literacy Specialist, I will work to use the current and research based practices to improve your child's ability by using grade-level texts for comprehension skills, vocabulary in context, sustained reading, and fluency.
BEST ADVICE? Read a variety of materials at home! Read books, magazines, or newsprint. Read aloud (for fluency) to someone.
Read...Read...Read!
This year we will begin using the writing curriculum developed by Lucy Caulkins. The primary focus will be writing narrative pieces, informational content, and persuasive essays. Your child will truly become an author this year!
CONTENT COVERED IN:
SEPTEMBER: In Reading - Main Idea, Details, and Summarizing; In Writing - The Basic 5 of writing a sentence, RADD (Restate, Answer, Details to Support), and Narratives
As a Literacy Specialist, I will work to use the current and research based practices to improve your child's ability by using grade-level texts for comprehension skills, vocabulary in context, sustained reading, and fluency.
BEST ADVICE? Read a variety of materials at home! Read books, magazines, or newsprint. Read aloud (for fluency) to someone.
Read...Read...Read!
This year we will begin using the writing curriculum developed by Lucy Caulkins. The primary focus will be writing narrative pieces, informational content, and persuasive essays. Your child will truly become an author this year!
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SEPTEMBER: In Reading - Main Idea, Details, and Summarizing; In Writing - The Basic 5 of writing a sentence, RADD (Restate, Answer, Details to Support), and Narratives
MATHEMATICS
Practice MULTIPLICATION FACTS everyday! Just like reading, the more you do it, the better you will become! We take multiplication timing tests almost everyday in class, so be prepared to beat your score!
The website www.ixl.com/ is a great practice resource we have provided for your student. It allows them to practice grade-level math skills linked to what we are learning in class. I will be providing information in class for log-in via Friday Folders. If you need that information, please contact me.
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SEPTEMBER: Place Value and Multiplication Facts
Practice MULTIPLICATION FACTS everyday! Just like reading, the more you do it, the better you will become! We take multiplication timing tests almost everyday in class, so be prepared to beat your score!
The website www.ixl.com/ is a great practice resource we have provided for your student. It allows them to practice grade-level math skills linked to what we are learning in class. I will be providing information in class for log-in via Friday Folders. If you need that information, please contact me.
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SEPTEMBER: Place Value and Multiplication Facts
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES
Science is a another key content area for the fifth grade, and your child will take the Washington State Science Test in the spring. We will work through the processes of becoming a research scientist through our annual Science Fair in early spring. This will be an engaging opportunity for hands-on science!
Social Studies (history) is an important content area for me as a teacher, and I do expose students to a range of historical and current events as our schedule allows or as significant dates/events come along during the year.
Science is a another key content area for the fifth grade, and your child will take the Washington State Science Test in the spring. We will work through the processes of becoming a research scientist through our annual Science Fair in early spring. This will be an engaging opportunity for hands-on science!
Social Studies (history) is an important content area for me as a teacher, and I do expose students to a range of historical and current events as our schedule allows or as significant dates/events come along during the year.
OTHER
RTI - Response to Intervention is an academic yet fluid focus based on necessary skills and abilities in Reading and Math. Your child will be in an RTI group based on their personal abilities in the core content areas.
PBIS: Positive Behavior Intervention Support is a school wide tiered system to acknowledge positive behaviors while redirecting and intervening in more challenging behaviors.
RTI - Response to Intervention is an academic yet fluid focus based on necessary skills and abilities in Reading and Math. Your child will be in an RTI group based on their personal abilities in the core content areas.
PBIS: Positive Behavior Intervention Support is a school wide tiered system to acknowledge positive behaviors while redirecting and intervening in more challenging behaviors.