5th GRADE

Some of the specific ACP opportunities that  all 5th-grade learners will engage in include:

• • • Transitions: Great Start Conferences: Learners and families meet with their teacher prior to the start of the school year to ensure a smooth transition into 3rd grade and to establish strong connections between school and home

    • CARE:  Learners will explore various ways that they can care for themselves and regularly complete  a survey that helps them reflect on their self-care and wellness

    • Social Skills - Respect:  Learners will focus on the power of words - in person and online.  Additionally, students will learn the impact of upstander behavior and practice ways to stop, support, and report bullying or mean behavior

    • Social Skills - Empathy:  Fifth graders will practice using empathy as a leader, in service learning, and in responding to the problems of others with compassion

    • Social Skills - Cooperation:  Learners will identify aspects of a social leader and  how these skills are used in groups and as role models for younger individuals

    • Executive Functioning - Courage:  Fifth graders will explore their level of courage versus comfort in a variety of situations that require character

    • Executive Functioning - Responsibility:  Learners will focus on setting goals, creating action steps, and establishing accountability partners

    • Executive Functioning - Perseverance:  Fifth graders will continue their focus on goal setting by anticipating obstacles and ways to overcome them, breaking large tasks into smaller, more manageable parts, creating timelines, and further developing time management skills

    • Emotional Regulation - Gratitude: Learners will focus on gratitude for the support systems they have that help them manage and navigate stress, and also learn how focusing on gratitude is a stress-management tool

    • Emotional Regulation - Honesty:  Through a series of lessons, students will focus on learning about and practicing a variety of ways to proactively prevent stress and how to productively respond to situations or circumstances that trigger stress

    • Emotional Regulation - Creativity:  Through creativity and critical thinking, fifth graders will focus on developing problem-solving strategies

    • Emotional Regulation - Mindfulness Moments: Throughout the year, students will be introduced to a variety of strategies to use to calm themselves and regulate emotions successfully

• Self-Awareness - Careers 103 (Parts I and II):  Learners will investigate different types of careers

• Transitions - Preparing for Middle School:  Student Services staff from the middle school will introduce students to life in 6th grade.  Topics covered include scheduling, lockers, administration and support staff, class choices, sports & clubs, and frequently asked questions

• Transitions - Transition Stations:  Prepare for a successful transition into middle school through practice at various preparatory activities

• Discuss how your child is performing on standardized tests and in course standards

• Explore the Course Description Guide together to discuss elective offerings for the following year

• Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Attend Great Start Conferences

• Attend Transitioning programming in spring 

• Engage in discussions with your child about their strengths and interests, and how these connect to different classes and careers

• Know the goals that your child has set

• Share your career journey with your child, and explain the experiences and people who have impacted your choices

• Discuss the things that you enjoy most about your career, and those parts that you aren't as excited or passionate about doing