Fifth Grade Syllabus

2013 - 2014

Fifth Grade Units of Instruction

2013-2014
Language Arts
First Quarter Reading to Construct Meaning Narrative Writing: Narrative Craft Reading with Structure in Mind Reading and Thinking Within and Across Texts Opinion Writing: Working towards the Argument Informational Writing: Through the Lens of History Reading and Thinking about Relationships Reading for Relevance Narrative Writing: Delving into Point of View Informational Writing: Nonfiction Research Project Author's Purpose and Point of View Argument Writing: A Research-Based Argument Essay Unit 5: Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominator Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Math
Unit 1: Place Value: Add and Subtract Decimals Unit 2: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals Unit 3: Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals Unit 4: Geometry and Measurement

Social Studies
Unit 1: Reconstruction Unit 2: Westward Expansion

Science/Health
Unit 1: Force and Motion

Second Quarter Third Quarter

Unit 3: Industrial Revolution & Immigration Unit 4: Becoming a World Power / World War I Unit 5: Prosperity and the Great Depression

Unit 2: Geological Earth Features and Ocean Shore Zone

Unit 6: World War II Unit 7: The Cold Era Unit 8: The Civil Rights Era

Unit 3: Ecosystems: Terrestrial and Aquatic

Fourth Quarter

Unit 7: Graphing and Data

Unit 9: America in the Twentyfirst Century

Unit 4: Properties of Matter

Daily Schedule: Please check each teachers website for specific information. Calculation of Grades: See attached for assessments, percentages, and examples. Letter grade correlations to number grades are as follows: A 100-93 B 92-85 C 84-77 D 76-70 U 69-0 Late assignments will be dropped one letter grade for each day the assignment is late. Homework Policy: Homework is assigned to practice skills taught at school. It is important for each child to complete his/her own homework to instill responsibility. Homework is checked daily and is crucial to participation in class. Students will be required to write down their homework in their daily agendas. Agendas should be taken home every night and shown to parents. All assignments should be completed in the time allotted. Homework will be assigned every day except Friday. Occasionally long-range projects will also be given that may necessitate work over the weekend. Homework will be included as an assessment at the end of each quarter. It will be graded for completion, not accuracy. Each incomplete homework assignment will result in a 5 point deduction from the childs homework grade. Classroom Management Plan: Please check with your childs teacher for their plan. Procedure for Non-Instructional Routines: 1. Early Morning Routines: Students are sent to the classroom at 7:45 each morning. Morning routines include quietly unpacking and beginning morning work. 2. Restroom Procedures: Students are allowed to use the restroom during the day as needed. If instructional time needs to be interrupted, the student must ask permission first. Students are asked to leave the restroom clean for the next student. 3. Choosing Lunch: Lunch choices are made in the morning. At lunchtime, students are to go through the line quietly and are to get everything they need the first time. The first ten minutes are silent (red cup). Once the cup has been turned to green, the students may talk quietly to their neighbor. 4. Recess: Recess is daily around 1:30 for the grade level. 5. Dismissal: Bus and van riders will be dismissed at 2:25. Car riders will be dismissed at 2:30. Walkers and Extended Day will be dismissed at 2:35. Early dismissals are not allowed after 1:45. 6. Change in Transportation: Please let your childs teacher know in writing of any change in your childs transportation home. Do not leave transportation change requests on teachers e -mail or voicemail.

Communication: 1. Phone calls, notes, and e-mails will be used to contact parents regarding student achievement and behavior. 2. The teacher will send home a weekly newsletter. 3. Results of student work will be sent home weekly in a folder. 4. Student progress will be reported through mid-quarter progress reports and end-of-quarter report cards. 5. Conferences will be held during the 1st quarter. The teacher may choose to have additional conferences with the parents as needed. 6. The Bamboo Shoot (school newsletter) will be sent home monthly. 7. Teacher websites may be accessed through Plains website. www.greenville.k12.sc.us/plaine Standards: A complete listing of standards can be accessed through the Greenville County School District website and the South Carolina Department website. www.greenville.k12.sc.us http://ed.sc.gov/visitors/parents