WELCOME TO 5 TH GRADE! MRS. DORAN’S CLASS 1. PLEASE FIND YOUR CHILD’S SEAT. THERE IS A FOLDER LOCATED AT EACH STUDENT’S DESK WITH THE INFORMATION COVERED.

WELCOME TO 5TH GRADE!MRS. DORAN’S CLASS

1. PLEASE FIND YOUR CHILD’S SEAT. THERE IS A FOLDER LOCATED AT EACH STUDENT’S DESK WITH THE INFORMATION COVERED IN TONIGHT’S MEETING.

2. BEGIN WORKING ON THE “ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER QUIZ” – ANSWERS WILL BE SHARED SHORTLY.

ANSWERS TO “ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?”

1. D 10. B 19. D

2. C 11. D

3. A 12. A

4. C 13. D

5. B 14. C

6. D 15. B

7. A 16. C

8. C 17. A

9. C 18. B

STUDENT GOAL SETTING

• EACH STUDENT HAS LEFT OUT THEIR PERSONAL DATA BINDER

• BROWSE TO SEE THE GOALS THEY HAVE SET FOR THEMSELVES THIS SCHOOL YEAR

• IN YOUR INFORMATION FOLDER YOU WILL FIND A PURPLE PAPER WHERE YOU CAN ALSO WRITE GOALS FOR YOUR CHILD.

• WHEN YOU FINISH WRITING GOALS- PLEASE LEAVE THEM IN YOUR CHILD’S DATA BINDER FOR THEIR REVIEW

ABOUT MRS. DORAN• ATTENDED HAMILTON

SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL

• GRADUATED FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY

• BACHELORS DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

• TAUGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION AT ORCHARD PARK ELEMENTARY

• SIXTH YEAR AS 5TH GRADE TEACHER AT PRAIRIE TRACE

ABOUT MRS. DORAN

• LIVE IN FISHERS WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN

• SON, JACKSON IS 4 YEARS OLD; DAUGHTER, GABRIELLA IS ALMOST 1!

• MY BROTHER IS A TEACHER AT CLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MY SISTER IS A SOPHOMORE AT IU.

• I STAY INVOLVED WITH CHEERLEADING IN THE COMMUNITY

• I LOVE COLLEGE BASKETBALL (GO HOOSIERS!), AND NFL (GO COLTS!)

DAILY SCHEDULE

8:10-8:30 Morning Routine

8:30-9:20 Specials

9:20-11:20 Language Arts11:20-11:40 Recess11:45-12:15 Lunch12:20-1:30 Math1:30-2:30 Social Studies/Science

2:30-2:35 Dismissal

SOCIAL STUDIES-

• TCI TEXTBOOK WITH ONLINE RESOURCES (STUDENT LOG-INS)

• THE 50 STATES AND CAPITALS

• NATIVE AMERICANS

• THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION

• THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

• SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT

• LEMONADE DAY (MAY)

• ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS

• GOOD CITIZENSHIP/ PHILANTHROPY

SCIENCE- 2 WEEK UNITS EACH • 4 MAJOR UNITS AND 1 SMALLER UNIT

• SOLAR SYSTEM (INCLUDING SUN AND MOON)

• MATTER

• FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS

• HUMAN DESIGN (APPLYING PHYSICS/ BUILD ROVER MODEL)

• SCIENCE INQUIRY• START LATER THIS FALL. PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE DURING

COMPUTER LAB TIME AND MAY BE WORKED ON AT HOME AS NEEDED.

• EXPERIMENT WILL BE CAPTURED ON VIDEO AT HOME AND THEN UPLOADED TO A DIGITAL PRESENTATION

READING• REACH FOR READING BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

• CONTENT-BASED READING INSTRUCTION THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT AND AUTHENTIC TEXTS

• STUDENTS WILL LEARN SKILLS AND STRATEGIES WITH AN ACCESSIBLE ANTHOLOGY (ON-LINE AND PRINT)

• RIGOROUS VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION: SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AS WELL AS ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

• STUDENTS APPLY SKILLS AND STRATEGIES WITH DIFFERENTIATED READING (SAME TEXT ON MULTIPLE LEVELS AND DIFFERENT TEXTS ON SAME THEME)

• ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY TOOLS (STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A LOG-IN TO ACCESS CONTENT ONLINE)

• UNIT ASSESSMENTS ARE EVERY 4 WEEKS (APPROX.)

READING

• BOOK CLUBS (NOVEL UNITS) THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WILL BE BASED ON THEME, STUDENT INTEREST, AND INDIVIDUAL READING GROUP

• FREQUENT INDEPENDENT/INDIVIDUALIZED READING CONFERENCES

• READING CONTRACT-PLEDGE TO READ 30 BOOK THIS SCHOOL YEAR

WRITING, SPELLING & VOCABULARY

WRITING• LUCY CALKINS: UNITS OF STUDY IN

OPINION, INFORMATION, AND NARRATIVE WRITING

• 4 (6 WEEK) UNITS: NARRATIVE, RESEARCH REPORTS, RESEARCH BASED ARGUMENT, AND SHAPING TEXTS/MEMOIR

• ADDITIONAL UNITS:

• MYSTERY WRITING

• HIGH INTEREST ARGUMENT WRITING

• POETRY

• OTHER

SPELLING & VOCAB• SPELLING WORDS ARE FROM

REACH FOR READING CURRICULUM (20 WORDS)

• PRETESTS ON MONDAY AND TESTS ON FRIDAY

• ALL LISTS ARE AVAILABLE ON MY CLASSROOM WEBSITE

• SPELLING CITY ACCOUNT LINKED TO MY CLASSROOM WEBSITE

• VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT AT THE END OF EACH UNIT (4 WEEKS)

GRADING100-93% A

90-92% A-

87-89% B+

83-86% B

80-82% B-

77-79% C+

73-76% C

70-72% C-

67-69% D+

63-66% D

60-62% D-

BELOW 58% F

BEHAVIOR

• CLASS DOJO (REFER TO HANDOUT)

• WEEKLY DOJO POINT REPORTS(PARENT SIGNS)

• ACCESS TO VIEW POINTS DAILY VIA THE APP OR WEBSITE

• LEADERSHIP TICKETS

• CLASSROOM ECONOMY- DOJO POINTS/DOJO DOLLARS AND CLASSROOM STORE

• WHOLE SCHOOL-TICKET TOWER & QUARTERLY CELEBRATIONS

• LEADER IN ME LEADER IN ME INTRO VIDEO

ELECTRONICS~BYOD• I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE BYOD- LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO

UTILIZE DEVICES IN CLASS DAILY!!!

• MAY USE E-READERS DURING SILENT READING TIMES

• STUDENTS CAN LOSE THEIR PRIVILEGES AT ANY TIME PER TEACHER DISCRETION

• STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP SAFE

• GOOGLE DOCS- PREFERRED WAY FOR STUDENTS TO SAVE ASSIGNMENTS IN ORDER TO WORK ON AT HOME AND SCHOOL

• GOOGLE CLASSROOM & OTHER GOOGLE APPS

MRS. DORAN’S WEBSITE

• TO ACCESS WEBSITE

• GO TO PRAIRIE TRACE WEBSITE

• CLICK ON CLASS PAGES

• CLICK ON 5TH GRADE

• CLICK ON MRS. DORAN

• USE THIS WEBSITE TO FIND HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AND USEFUL INFORMATION OR LINKS TO RESOURCE

• SIGN UP FOR MYCCS IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY (VIEW GRADES THROUGH PARENT MYCCS ACCOUNT)

• CHECK WEBSITE OFTEN AS IT IS UPDATED SEVERAL TIMES EACH WEEK.

• CLICK HERE FOR DIRECT ACCESS

SOCIAL MEDIA

• TWITTER @MISSSTURGIS5TH

• IF PARENTS DO NOT HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT, YOU CAN STILL RECEIVE MY TWEET MESSAGES VIA TEXT! TO

• FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS TO SIGN UP

• 1. TEXT 40404

• 2. IN THE MESSAGE PART, TYPE FOLLOW @MISSSTURGIS5TH

TEXTBOOK STUDENT LOG-INS • ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MANY PARTS OF OUR

CURRICULUM

• EVERYDAY MATH: STUDENTS GIVEN A CARD (TAPED IN ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOK)

• WWW.EVERYDAYMATHONLINE.COM

• STUDY LINKS

• GAMES

• STUDENT TEXT BOOK/ REFERENCE

• READING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: FIRSTNAMELASTNAME PASSWORD= PTEPTE (NO CAPS)

• WWW.MYNGCONNECT.COM

• VOCABULARY PRACTICE

• STUDENT TEXTBOOK

• TCI SOCIAL STUDIES: FIRSTNAMELASTNAME

• PASSWORD=PTEPTE

• WWW..TEACHTCI.COM

• CHAPTER REVIEW GAMES

• STUDENT TEXTBOOK (ABLE TO READ ALOUD TO STUDENTS)

GOOGLE CLASSROOM• FLIPPED CLASSROOM VIDEO

• IN CLASS AS WELL AS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AND VIDEO LESSONS WILL BE POSTED REGULARLY

• STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT WORK ONLINE

• STUDENTS CAN ACCESS FROM THE APP OR BY GOING TO THE PRAIRIE TRACE HOME PAGE AND TYPING “GOOGLE CLASSROOM” IN THE SEARCH BOX

• ALL STUDENTS HAVE JOINED MY CLASS ALREADY

• STUDENTS LOG IN WITH THEIR REGULAR LOG INS ([email protected]) AND PASSWORD IS THEIR 4-DIGIT CODE THAT THEY USE REGULARLY TO LOG ON THE COMPUTER

• VIEW

APPS TO DOWNLOAD

CLASS DOJO

GOOGLE DOCS

CHARADES KIDS!

GOOGLE DRIVE

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

GOOGLE SLIDES

TRANSPORTATION• PRAIRIE TRACE USES AN ONLINE SYSTEM CALLED SCHOOL

DISMISSAL MANAGER TO MANAGE DISMISSAL PLANS FOR STUDENTS. THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS PARENTS TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE DISMISSAL PLANS AND CHANGES WITH OUR SCHOOL. PARENT MUST GO TO WWW.SCHOOLDISMISSALMANAGER.COM TO CHANGE OR SET UP DISMISSAL PROCEDURES FOR THEIR CHILD. ALL PARENTS WERE SENT A SET-UP EMAIL WITH THEIR USER NAME AND PASSWORD, ALONG WITH SET-UP DIRECTIONS, ON AUGUST 4. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR SET-UP INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] TO REQUEST A NEW EMAIL. IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS A DISMISSAL CHANGE FROM THEIR REGULAR DEFAULT DISMISSAL, THE CHANGE MUST BE MADE ON-LINE BY 1:30PM OR THE REQUEST CAN NOT BE ACCEPTED.

MEDIA CENTER VOLUNTEERS

SOAR LIKE A HAWKOUR ANNUAL FAMILY DONATION CAMPAIGN, “SOAR LIKE A HAWK”, IS OUR #1 FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR!  YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ALLOW US TO SUPPLY ITEMS NECESSARY TO ENRICH OUR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION, WITHOUT ASKING STUDENTS TO DO ANY DOOR-TO-DOOR FUNDRAISING.   WE SUGGEST A ONE-TIME, TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF $50 PER STUDENT, TO HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF $20,000.  EACH FAMILY’S PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS, AND 100% OF THE PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL.  CONTRIBUTIONS GO TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY, FUN EVENTS, CLASS PARTIES, ASSEMBLIES, FIELD TRIPS (NEW THIS YEAR), AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!  PLEASE FILL OUT A DONATION FORM TO PAY BY CHECK (RETURN IT TO SCHOOL IN AN ENVELOPE MARKED "SOAR LIKE A HAWK").  

THANK YOU!

PTO

HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

• THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR WITH YOU AND YOUR CHILD!

•DON’T FORGET TO FINISH WRITING YOUR GOALS AND LEAVE THEM INSIDE THEIR DATA BINDER!