Back to School Night Ms. Jocelyn Causey: Jocelyn_C_ - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Back to School Night Ms. Jocelyn Causey: Jocelyn_C_ Causey@mcpsmd.orgorg Mr. Elie: Kyle_R_Elie@mcpsmd.org Mrs. Allison Garagusi: Allison_C_Garagusi@mcpsmd.orgg Mr. Lewis: Allen_d_Lewis@mcpsmd.org Mrs. McNelis: Eileen_D_McNelis@mcpsmd.org
– Introduce myself – Review the nuts and bolts of 5th grade – Walk through a day in the life of a 5th grader
– Encourage students to talk with teachers – Email List
– All classrooms abide by MCPS & Westbrook’s guidelines for proper Chrome Book use. Digital Citizenship contract has been signed by all 5th grade students & parents.
everything else stays in the binder. – Homework section is student’s responsibility. Teachers are modeling use of student planners. – The Weekly Assignment Chart, WAC, is sent home every Monday and includes parent reminders about important dates. It also always includes the Math indicators for the week. – Graded work will be sent home once per week in a folder (or stamped for signature). Please sign and return folder.
CAN (Child Abuse & Neglect) Online Training before they are able to volunteer in MCPS schools (or go on field trips).
fingerprinted.
– Provide faded support for your fifth grader – Nightly (50 minutes maximum. NO weekend homework is assigned).
Weekly Assignment Chart (WAC). Please stress the importance that they not wait until Thursday night to begin the written response.
due on Friday.
is lost. – Long-term Projects: TBD – Occasional additional assignments (Missed classwork done while at instrumental music etc.).
– Usually completed in late January, early February – The Westland Guidance department is your point of contact – Westland will have a counselor visit our students at Westbrook to go
– Please note that Westbrook teachers can only make recommendations regarding Digital Literacy and Math placement that corresponds with your child’s MAP scores and current Math course. – Only a parent can request that their child begin taking a foreign language in 6th grade. Westbrook teachers are not able to place a student
– We’re happy to help, but please respect the timeframe that is needed to complete recommendations. Please also provide a list of schools to us. – Contact the main office for transcript requests.
– Students read from a variety of genres – Emphasis is on critical thinking, not literal comprehension
– Often integrated with Science and Social Studies units – Emphasis on research
– Habits of good writers
– Book exchange weekly – Research time is flexible based upon writing projects
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– MP1- multiplying using standard algorithm, volume, decimals, (comparing, adding & subtracting) – MP2- division of a 4 digit by 2 digit number, equivalent fractions, addition, subtraction and multiplication of fractions – MP3- multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, division of whole numbers by fractions, measurement – MP4- multiply and divide decimals to hundredths, geometry (2-dimensional figures), graphing
– Second half of 5th grade content & All of 6th grade content
– MP1- Multiplication & Division with Fractions, Areas of Rectangles (including fractional lengths), Multiplication & Division of Decimals to the Hundredths
– MP2- Ratios & Rates (Ratios as Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Multiplication & Division of Fractions and Decimals – MP3- Positive & Negative Integers, Graphing Coordinates, Absolute Value, Algebraic Equations, Order of Operations – MP4- Area & Volume (triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons), Relationships between Variables, Analyzing Data & Statistics, Multiplication & Division of Decimals
– Includes class meetings, morning meetings & monthly lessons from Mrs. Pickle
– Addresses social, emotional, and physical well-being
– Family Life- discussion of puberty – Disease Prevention and Control
patterns
(A, B, C, D)for the following:
(A, B, C, D) in assessed areas.
Grade Description A
B
skill with minimal support.
C
with some support.
D
concept and skill with significant support.
classroom.