Mrs. Rustin's Leaders
Newsletter August 28, 2015
Curriculum Night
Thank you to everyone who attended Curriculum Night. It was great seeing everyone again and being able to share with you about our year.
If you were unable to attend, forms went home in Friday Folders. Please sign the front and back of the last page in the Student/Parent Handbook and return as soon as possible.
Assessments
Science Classification assessment is scheduled for Friday, September 4th.
Social Studies Civil War assessment is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9th.
Allergies
Cafeteria News
If your child would like to celebrate a birthday here at school, please bring PEANUT FREE cupcakes or an individually wrapped PEANUT FREE snack to share at lunch. Please do not bring anything that has to be cut, as time is limited. Remember to share with our class only. Currently, we have 27 students.
Passports
Friday Folders
Agenda Books
Students should be writing their homework down each day. They will ALWAYS have homework Monday through Thursday each week. The very minimum will be 20 minutes of reading. I will initial in their agenda book daily to verify they have written their homework correctly, and I ask that you sign/initial nightly confirming that they have completed their assigned homework.
Shout Outs
Thanks Ms. Johnson (room mom) for helping create our Social Studies Theme wall.
Boy Scout Meeting
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2015, 07:00 PM
1500 North Road, Snellville, GA
No School - Labor Day
Monday, Sep 7, 2015, 08:00 AM
1500 North Road, Snellville, GA
CogAT Testing
Wednesday, Sep 16, 2015, 08:00 AM
1500 North Road, Snellville, GA
First 9 Weeks Curriculum
Reading
Weeks 3-6 (Literary Text):
*Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings (AKS 21b)
*Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes (AKS 4)
*Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text (AKS 1)
Weeks 7-9 (Informational Text):
*Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area (AKS13)
*Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text (AKS 10)
English/Language Arts
Week 4: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings (AKS 42) - Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words (42c)
Weeks 5-6: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence and to punctuate a compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence (AKS 39b)
Week 7: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences (AKS 38b)
Week 8: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, vocabulary, including that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition) (AKS 43)
Week 9: Review
Social Studies
Weeks 2-5: Civil War
Weeks 6-9: Reconstruction
Science
Weeks 2-4: Classification of Plants and Animals
Weeks 5-7: Cells
Weeks 8-9: Learned Behaviors Vs. Inherited Traits
Math
Week 3: Divide whole numbers using strategies (10.NBT.6)
Week 4: Standard, word, expanded form of decimals (6.NBT.3_a)
Week 5: Compare and round decimals (7.NBT.3_b and 8.NBT.4)
Week 6: Powers of 10 (5.NBT.2) a digit in one place represents 10 times… (4.NBT.1)
Week 7: Add and subtract decimals (12.NBT.7)
Week 8: Multiply decimals (11.NBT.7)
Week 9: Divide decimals (11.NBT.7)
Writing
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences (AKS 31)
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience (AKS 25)
Weeks 1-4: Narrative Writing
Week 3: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events (24c)
Week 4: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events (24e)
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills, with some guidance and support from adults (AKS 27) (Type to publish a narrative piece)
Weeks 5-9: Opinion Writing
Week 5: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information (AKS 22)
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose (22a)
Week 6: Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details (22b)
Week 7: Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically) (22c)
Week 8: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented (22d)
Week 9: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills, with some guidance and support from adults (AKS 27) (Type to publish an opinion piece.)
Reminders
- Lunch is at 11:13
- Ice cream is $1
- Please send a quick/ healthy snack daily
- Students may bring a water bottle
- Please check Friday folders and take out all work/flyers!
- Transportation changes need to be done in the office or with a written note.
- To ensure the safety of our students, please sign in and have your visitor’s badge visible at all times.
- Please sign agenda nightly.
Contact Information
Email: catrina_rustin@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: http://pharres.weebly.com/
Location: 1500 North Road, Snellville, GA
Phone: 770-985-0244
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pharr-Elementary/1386390075022920?fref=ts