Class Syllabus and Schedule

Mrs. Perry

5thGrade

Subject –Math, Science, Grammar

Room #505

SYLLABUS

2019-2020 School Year

Daily Schedule:

7:45-8:10 Homeroom (Attendance, News show, SSR)

8:15–10:10 Mrs. Powell's Class

10:15-12:05 Mrs. Perry's Class

12:10-12:25 Physical Activity

12:35-1:00 Lunch

1:05-1:50 Related Arts

Monday- Computer Lab

Tuesday-Music

Wednesday- PE

Thursday- Library

Friday- Art

1:55 – 2:25 Reading

2:25 Dismissal

Units of Instruction (Long Range Plans):

Math

1st Nine Weeks:

- Understand Volume

- Develop Multiplication and Division Strategies

- Represent Algebraic Thinking

- Add and Subtract Fractions

2nd Nine Weeks:

- Expand Understanding of Place Value to Decimals

- Compare and Round Decimals

- Multiplying Fractions

- Dividing Unit Fractions

3rd Nine Weeks:

- Volume

- Operations with Decimals

- Classify Two-Dimensional Figures

4th Nine Weeks:

- Customary Conversions in Real World Problems

- Solve Problems with Fractional Quantities

- Coordinate Planes

Writing

1st Nine Weeks

Paragraph Writing Review

  • Use the writing process to write a paragraph
    • Brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, and publish
  • Write a paragraph containing the required components
    • Topic sentence, details, transitions, strong word choice, and closing sentence


Unit 1: Narrative Writing – Narrative Craft

  • Gather ideas from texts, multimedia, and personal experience to write narratives that:
    • develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
    • organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally
    • use dialogue, pacing, and manipulation of time to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing building on personal ideas and the ideas of others
    • provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events
  • When writing:
    • apply correct usage of capitalization
    • use apostrophes and quotation marks
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • over short and extended time frames
    • for a range of domain-specific tasks
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences



2nd Nine Weeks


Unit 2: Opinion Writing – Research Based Essays

  • Write arguments that:
    • introduce a topic or text clearly, state a claim, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose
    • provide logically ordered reasons supported by relevant facts and details
    • use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to connect claim and reasons
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting
    • use paraphrasing, summarizing, quotations, and original language to avoid plagiarism
    • provide a concluding statement or section related to the claim presented
  • When writing:
    • show knowledge of the function of conjunction, prepositions, and interjections
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • over short and extended time frames
    • for a range of domain-specific tasks
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences


Unit 3: Informational Writing – The Lens of History

  • Write informative/explanatory texts that:
    • introduce a topic clearly
    • provide a general observation and focus
    • include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension
    • develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing building on person ideas and the ideas of others
    • use paraphrasing, quotation, summarizing, and original language to avoid plagiarism
    • link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses
  • When writing:
    • use correlative conjunctions
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • over short and extended time frames
    • for a range of domain-specific tasks
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences


3rd Nine Weeks


Unit 3: Informational Writing – The Lens of History (continued)


Unit 4: Narrative Writing – Crafting Memoirs

  • Gather ideas from texts, multimedia, and personal experience to write narratives that:
    • develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
    • orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters
    • organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally
    • use dialogue, pacing, and manipulation of time to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing building on personal ideas and the ideas of others
    • use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events
    • use imagery, precise words, and sensory details to develop characters and convey experiences and events precisely
    • provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events
  • When writing:
    • form and use the perfect verb tenses
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences
    • by adjusting the writing process for task, increasing the length and complexity


4th Nine Weeks


Unit 5: Argument Writing – Literary/Comparative Essay

  • Write arguments that:
    • introduce a topic or text clearly, state a claim, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose
    • use information from multiple print and multimedia sources
    • provide logically ordered reasons supported by relevant facts and details
    • use transitional words, phrases, and clauses to connect claim and reasons
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting
    • use paraphrasing, summarizing, quotations, and original language to avoid plagiarism
    • provide a concluding statement or section related to the claim presented
  • When writing:
    • use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions
    • recognize and use appropriate continuity or shifts in verb tense
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences
    • by adjusting the writing process for task, increasing the length and complexity






Unit 6: Authoring an Independent Writing Life


  • Write informative/explanatory texts that:
    • introduce a topic clearly
    • use relevant information from multiple print and multimedia sources
    • provide a general observation and focus
    • group related information logically
    • use credible sources
    • include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension
    • develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic
    • develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing building on person ideas and the ideas of others
    • use paraphrasing, quotation, summarizing, and original language to avoid plagiarism
    • link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses
    • use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform or explain the topic
    • develop a style and tone authentic to the purpose
    • provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented
  • When writing:
    • recognize and use appropriate continuity or shifts in verb tense
  • Write routinely and persevere in writing tasks:
    • for a variety of purposes and audiences
    • by adjusting the writing process for task, increasing the length and complexity


Science

1st Nine Weeks:

Scientific Inquiry

Force and Motion

2nd Nine Weeks:

Scientific Inquiry

Ecosystems: Terrestrial and Aquatic

3rd Nine Weeks:

Scientific Inquiry

Geological Earth Features and Oceans

4th Nine Weeks:

Scientific Inquiry

Properties of Matter



Classroom Management Plan:

Behavior/Rules

Our rules are Respect and Responsibility. If a student chooses to be disrespectful or irresponsible in any way, there will be consequences for his or her actions. The consequences will be determined and deemed appropriate by his or her teacher.


Tardies

The school day starts promptly at 8:00 a.m. Students are expected to be in their seats and ready for class to start at 8:00 sharp! If your child is late, they will start the day behind. It will also be an interruption to all students and teachers. We thank you for having your child here on time.


Attendance

Attendance is very important! When a student misses a full day of school it is essentially 4-5 hours of missed instruction. This is instruction that cannot be made up. We understand there are circumstances that require a student to miss school, but we appreciate your cooperation in making sure that all work has been made up within the allotted time.


Graded Work and Policy

Please be sure to check the district portal on a regular basis in order to keep track of your child’s grades and current averages. In addition to some paper/pencil assessments, students will also take assessments on chromebooks. You will able to access your child’s online assessments through Google Classroom. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s grades or performance, please contact the teacher of that particular subject area. Grade percentages for Math, Science, Social Studies, and Reading are 60% for minor grades (quizzes, daily grades, etc.) and 40% for major grades (tests and projects). Language Arts is 10% spelling, 30% minor, and 60% major.

Make-up Work

Students are responsible for make-up work. Each teacher will have a designated place where make-up work will be placed. Students must ask the teacher or get class notes from another student. It is the student’s responsibility to ask another student for the notes they missed. They will have the same amount of time to make up their work as the amount of time they missed. (Ex. If a student misses two day, he/she will have two days to complete their assignment.) If the student fails to turn in the assignment on time, it will result in a zero.

As for tests: If a test was assigned prior to absence the student will be expected to make up test on the day they return.


Homework

Homework will be given daily in some form. It is expected to be turned in on time. Homework is very important because it encourages students to practice skills and concepts that were taught that day in class or allows them time to review past skills and concepts.

Procedures for non-instructional routines:

7:45-8:10 Homeroom

(Attendance, New Show, Math review, Self-Selected Reading Time)

12:10-12:25 Restroom break and Physical Activity

(teacher will dismiss students for restroom during this class period)

12:35-1:00 Lunch

(Students will sit with homeroom class in the cafeteria)

Field Trips

(Students will attend all 5th grade field trips with their homeroom teacher and class)

Snacks

Students may bring a non-messy snack from home for a mid-morning snack if they wish. Students need to bring their own snack. No sharing will be allowed.

Communication:

Mrs. Perry

Classroom Phone: 355-6840

Email: jperry@greenville.k12.sc.us

Please do not hesitate to call or email me with any questions or concerns.

5th Grade Folder and Assignment Book (Planner)

Students will receive a folder at the beginning of the school year. This folder should come home every day. It will contain notes, fliers, and other important information. It may also contain graded work that your child has received from his/her classes. Folders are very important because it is an important method for communication between the teachers and the parents.

Your child will be expected to bring his/her planner home daily. Planners are another good method of communication between the teachers and the parents. Homework assignments will be written down daily in their planner.

Newsletters

A weekly newsletter will be emailed or given as a hard copy, if requested, with upcoming dates, reminders, assignments, and other Mountain View information.



Standards:

5th Grade State Standards: SC Parent Guides to the Standards http://www.scfriendlystandards.org/