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WELCOME TO 5K

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Mrs. Kirk

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General Expectations

  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Kindness
  • Safety
  • Mindfulness

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Homework

  • Cursive packets - Friday to Friday
  • Spelling
  • Reading - 30 minutes every night
  • Math - Monday through Wednesday
  • Projects
  • Need help?
    • Check the website
    • Call a friend
    • E-mail a teacher

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Reading

  • 30 minutes every day, every day of the week - all 7 of them!
  • 20-40 minutes at school
  • Establish a habit
  • Just right books
  • Strategies taught in class, practiced in class and at home

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Writing - Workshop Model

  • Poetry
  • Personal Narrative
  • Fiction
  • Persuasive
  • Expository non-fiction, research
  • Paragraphs and essays in context

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Science

  • Mixtures and Solutions
  • Landforms
  • Water and Weather
  • Structures of Living Systems/Human Growth and Development
  • CalWood/CU Water Festival
  • 9/26 GROWE- volunteers? (HelpAtSchool)

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Social Studies

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  • Explorers
  • Colonization/American Indians
  • Revolutionary War
  • Constitution/US Government
  • Economics/Personal Finance
  • Geography embedded throughout

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Math

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  • Number Sense
  • Operations
  • Fractions/decimals/percents
  • Data and Statistics
  • Patterns and Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Measurement

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  • I hold high expectations and appropriately challenge and support every student to meet his or her greatest potential.
  • Understanding of mathematical concepts deepens over time as students have the opportunity to repeatedly engage with topics and apply what they understand across a variety of contexts and levels.
  • Mathematical understanding builds upon itself. Skipping topics leads to challenges later that can impede success and weaken confidence.
  • A student’s interest in math is critical for overall success in the topic; learning math should be enjoyable.

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Grading

  • Personal achievement over scale
  • All work will be commented on or conferenced about, not all work will be graded
  • 1-4 scale on report card
  • 3 is expected, reach for 4
  • Percentages sometimes used for math or science

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Communication

  • molly.kirk@bvsd.org
  • Message with front office

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  • Website (found under 5th grade on the school website - please bookmark this!)

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Ways to communicate/share this year: Seesaw

SeeSaw: This site will be used as a personal digital portfolio platform and for students to share their work with the whole community.

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HelpAtSchool

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How else can we work together?

  1. Check Seesaw regularly. You'll get notifications about new entries in your child's journal and can respond to their work. Customize your notification preferences in Account Settings.

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  • Celebrate your child's classroom success. Help to encourage the skills your child is working on in class outside of school.

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  • Specific comments are best. Asking questions, or complementing specific details can add to the learning conversation.

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Here’s to an amazing year together!

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HELP????

  • TCLogiq???
  • Library (1:25- 2:10 on Wednesdays)
  • Field trips (see HelpAtSchool)
  • Typing for students
  • GROWE Garden Lessons (9/26)