to Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Night 2012-

2013

We hope to give you a lot of information tonight and answer most of your questions about fifth grade. If you have more questions, we have

set up a forum on Today’s Meet. Please follow the link and post your

questions. We will answer these questions as a grade level team.

http://todaysmeet.com/

Fab5th

Please sign up to conference with your

child’s teachers tonight. We want to start the year off right! Both

teachers will be in the conference.

• We are 21st century learners.

• There will be less paper coming home. PROBEs

Problem Based Learning (PBL)

journals

Utilizing technology

• Cooperative learning

We utilize our MAP assessments to attain a

Lexile level on every student. MAP testing

begins next week. Let’s talk about what a Lexile

level is.

The Lexile Framework for Reading - YouTube

• Quiz List

Getting the “just right” books

• Read at least 30 minutes nightly

• No reading log

• Scholastic Reading Counts

1-2 assessments per month

Don’t forget to fill out the Score with Reading

sheets after each book. All the cool kids are

doing it!

Spelling

• Greek/Latin Roots

• Prefixes/Suffixes

• Please watch the newsletter for test dates.

• Accountable for spelling in ALL content areas

Grammar

• Will be taught through reading, writing and spelling.

• Accountable for grammar in ALL content areas.

Writing

• Writing daily

• Writing in ALL content areas

• Narrative and Informational

Questions???

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Fab5th

for making this the best year ever!