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Welcome to Ms. Maddox’s Back to School Night

5th Grade

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Curriculum

• Language Arts• Math• Social Studies• Science• Technology

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Assessments

• DRA (reading comprehension assessment)

• District Writing Assessments (1 per trimester)

• CAT/6

• STAR

• VALT

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Grading

• Report Card• Progress Report• Various Rubrics

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Class Rules

• Do Your Best• Respect Yourself and

Others• Raise Your Hand to

Talk• Positive Attitude to

Learn, Work Hard, and to Have Fun

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Homework Policy

• Reading nightly (Will be up to 60 minutes by the end of the year)

• Math (Two to three nights a week)

• Writing (Two to three nights a week)

• Word Study (Incorporated in with writing)

• Research (based on Social Studies and Science)

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Schedule

• P.E.: Tues. & Thurs. 1:15

• Music: Wed 8:35, Fri. 2:10

• Daily Schedule

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Other

• Field Trip—day trip, probably tour of Sacramento State Capitol

• Classroom Website:– http://visalia.k12.ca.us/

teachers/jmaddox

• E-mail me at jmaddox@visalia.k12.ca.us

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• Reading (Literature Study, Independent Reading)

• Writing (Different types, like persuasive, narrative, literature response)

• Word Study (our Spelling Journey)

• Listening/Speaking

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• Number Sense• Algebra Function• Measurement &

Geometry• Statistics & Data

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• History• Geography• Economic and

Cultural Development• All connected to

United States History

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• Earth Science (water cycle, weather, solar system)

• Physical Science (chemistry)

• Life Science (body systems and plant systems)

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• Ethical uses• Power point

presentations• Placement of work on

class web site