Grade 5
Mrs. M. Cirotto
Special Education Assistant
GRADE 5 Agenda:
- Teacher introduction
- Emergency fan-out list- update information (add new student)
- Review of teacher expectations, student responsibilities, homework, uniform, discipline and communication: phone the school, meet with the teacher
- Reporting: Grades, levels of achievement (i.e. beginning, developing, proficient and extending)
- Overview of subjects/themes/field trips for this year
- Open questions and answers
Expectations of Students:
-to treat others with respect and consideration
-to demonstrate increasing independence and to be responsible for themselves
-to work diligently and quietly during independent seat work making productive use of class time
-to work cooperatively with others
-to maintain organized notebooks and duo tangs
-to read over and edit their written work
-to hand in all assignments on time or bring a note signed by a parent
-to take pride in their work and perform it to the best of their abilities
Communication:
Open communication between parents and teachers is extremely important as we both work together for the benefit of your child. Please feel free to contact me by phone or schedule an appointment. We are working as a team: teacher, parent and child.
Medical Issues:
We have some members of our classroom who have allergies to nuts, nut product.
Homework:
Students will be given homework on a daily basis (approximately 30 minutes per day). Homework includes work not completed in class, reading novels, studying for tests, reviewing notes and any projects or assignments. Assignments are recorded on the board and at the end of the day students are given time to record it into their agendas while I orally review each item.
Content in Each Subject Area:
- Christian Education
- Language Arts
- Math
- Science
- French
- Social Studies
- Arts Education
- Health Education
- Applied Design, Skills,
and Technologies
Christian Education
- Class Prayer and School Masses
- We Worship God as Catholic Christians (Christian worship/Sacraments of Initiation)
- We Celebrate the Eucharist (familiarity with the Mass)
- We Celebrate God’s Healing Love (understanding God’s grace and reconciling love)
- We Follow Special Ways to Holiness (Christians are called to holiness/vocations)
- We Worship God by Living in Love (the last 5 commandments/respect for self and others)
Language Arts
Students are expected to know the following:
Story/text
- Forms, functions, and genres of text
- Text features
- Literary elements
- Literary devices
- Perspective/point of view
Strategies and processes
- Reading strategies
- Oral language strategies
- Metacognitive strategies
- Writing processes
Language features, structures, and conventions
- Features of oral language
- Paragraphing
- Sentence structure and grammar
- Conventions
Math
Students are expected to know the following:
- Number concepts to 1 000 000
- Decimals to thousandths
- Equivalent fractions
- Whole-number, fraction, and decimal benchmarks
- Addition and subtraction of whole numbers to 1 000 000
- Multiplication and division to three digits, including division with remainders
- Addition and subtraction of decimals to thousandths
- Addition and subtraction facts to 20 (extending computational fluency)
- Multiplication and division facts to 100 (emerging computational fluency)
- Rules for increasing and decreasing patterns with words, numbers, symbols, and variables
- One-step equations with variables
- Area measurement of squares and rectangles
- Relationships between area and perimeter
- Duration, using measurement of time
- Classification of prisms and pyramids
- Single transformations
- One-to-one correspondence and many-to-one correspondence, using double bar graphs
- Probability experiments, single events or outcomes
- Financial literacy — monetary calculations, including making change with amounts to 1000 dollars and developing simple financial plans
Science
Students are expected to know the following:
Basic structures and functions of body systems:
- digestive
- musculo-skeletal
- respiratory
- circulatory
Solutions and solubility
Properties of simple machines and their force effects machines:
- constructed
- found in nature
Power – the rate at which energy is transferred
The rock cycle
Local types of earth materials
First Peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment
The nature of sustainable practices around BC’s resources
First Peoples knowledge of sustainable practices
French
Students are expected to know the following:
French alphabet
French phonemes
Gender and number
Common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures for communicating meaning:
- asking and responding to simple questions
- expressing basic information about themselves and others
- expressing likes, dislikes, and preferences
- providing simple descriptions
- describing common elements of cultural festivals and celebrations
Location of Francophone and Francophone Métis communities across Canada
A Francophone cultural festival or celebration in Canada
Arts Education
Students are expected to know the following:
Elements and principles that together create meaning in the arts, including but not limited to:
- dance: body, space, dynamics,time, relationships, form, and movement principles
- drama: character, time, place, plot, tension, mood and focus
- music: beat/pulse, metre,duration, rhythm, tempo, pitch,timbre, dynamics, form,texture
- visual arts: elements of design: line, shape, space, texture, colour, form, value; principles of design: balance, pattern,repetition, contrast, emphasis,rhythm, unity, harmony, variety
Processes, materials,technologies, tools and techniques to support creative works
Choreographic devices
A variety of dramatic forms
Notation in music and dance to represent sounds, ideas, movement, elements, and actions
Image development strategies
Symbolism and metaphor to explore ideas and perspective
Traditional and contemporaryAboriginal arts and arts-making processes
A variety of regional and national works of art and artistic traditions from diverse cultures, communities, times, and places
Personal and collective responsibility associated with creating, experiencing, or presenting in a safe learning environment
Health Education
Students are expected to know the following:
- Proper technique for fundamental movement skills, including non-locomotor, locomotor, and manipulative skills
- Movement concepts and strategies
- Ways to monitor and adjust physical exertion levels
- How to participate in different types of physical activities including individual and dual activities, rhythmic activities, and games
- Differences between the health components of fitness
- Training principles to enhance personal fitness levels, including the FITT principle
- Benefits of physical activity and exercise
- Food choices to support active lifestyles and overall health
- Practices that promote health and well-being, including those that prevent communicable and non-communicable illnesses
- Sources of health information and support services
- Strategies to protect themselves and others from potential abuse, exploitation, and harm in a variety of setting
- Factors influencing the use of psychoactive substances, and potential harms
- Physical, emotional, and social changes that occur during puberty
Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies
Students are expected to use the learning standards for Curricular Competencies from Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 4-5 in combination with grade-level content from other areas of learning in cross-curricular activities to develop foundational mindsets and skills in design thinking and making.
My goal is to help your child develop a healthy and positive self-concept. Every child is a unique gift from God, each possessing his/her own special talents. I hope to instil in all of my students the values of responsibility and perseverance in all aspects of their lives.
Thank you in advance for your time, cooperation and support.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns throughout the year, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to a positive and productive school year.