St. James SchoolThursday, August 27, 2015

5th Grade Parent Information Night

• Pillars

- FELS: Faith, Excellence, Leadership and Service

• Sacraments– Focus: Believe, Worship, Live, Pray

• Friends in Faith

• Mass– Planned with the guidance of Mrs. Farrell (Spiritual Formation Director)

– Living Rosary—October (TBA)

• Spring Retreat– Led by Mrs. Farrell and Mrs. McGowan (School Counselor)

• Family Life Health Talk

• Second Step Program

Religion

• Fluency and Comprehension Strategies

• Literature Circles– Novels

– National Geographic Series

• Time for Kids

• Reading Minutes (90 minutes/week)

• Trimester Book Reports (Rotating due dates)

• Plays

Reading

• Grammar/Writing– Parts of Speech

– 6-Trait Writing

– Public Speaking

• Spelling– Words Their Way

– New list on Mondays

– Activities through week

– Test on Friday

• DOL Daily Oral

Language

--In cursive

--daily grammar practice

Language Arts

• Exploration by Europeans

• Settlements in the New World

• The Thirteen Colonies

• Causes of the Revolution

• The War for Independence

• Creating a New Nation

• Know the World (Geography focus)

Social Studies

• Place Value

• Data, Graphs, Probability

• Measurement

• Geometry

• Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals

• Dividing One and Two-Digit Divisors

• Fraction Concepts and Operations

• Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Math Materials: Mathematics Textbook, Simple Solutions Series

• Nature of Science/Scientific Method

• Climate

• Astronomy

• Earth’s Resources

• Classifying Matter

• Force and Motion

• Body Systems: Respiratory, Circulatory, Excretory

• Healthy Living

• Animal Adaptations

Science

• Student Independence

• Assignments/Assignment Notes

• Late Work

• Sports Eligibility

• Merit/Honor Roll Eligibility

• Grading Scale

• Snack List

• Expectations Incentive – Passport Theme

• Dismissal change emails/absence notification – please notify both office and teachers

• 5th Grade Website (linked through the faculty page of school website)

Odds & Ends

Questions?