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WELCOME TO
CURRICULUM
NIGHT!
MS. EMERSON’S
F I F T H G R AD E C L AS S
MEET THE TEACHER!

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FOR FUN…
I love to travel and have been to Australia,
Thailand, South Korea, and Banff in the
past couple of years.

We just recently moved to Sandy Springs

and have been working HARD to fix up our
house! I can do most things around the
house, but not everything. 

I love to be at home reading, playing with

my son, cooking for friends, and watching
bad TV. 

I love animals!

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After the flight to Australia…..

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DAILY SCHEDULE HOW TO REACH OUT

TO YOUR TEACHER
 7:40- 8:10 Team Time
 8:10-9:30 Inquiry into Math
 9:30-9:35 Brain Break, Snack
 9:35-10:45 Inquiry into Reading
 10:45-11:30 Special Areas (M-Music, T-Art, W & Th- PE,
F-Spanish)
 11:30-12:00 Lunch emersone@fultonschools.org
 12:05-12:35 Recess
 12:35-1:30 Inquiry into Writing
Phone Number-404-210-1716
 1:30-2:15 Inquiry into Science/Social Studies
www.HFE5thgrade.weebly.com
 2:20- Dismissal

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COMMUNICATION SCHOOL HOURS

• Weekly class newsletter will be emailed and posted to
• School hours are 7:40-2:20.
Weebly
• If you need your child early, you have to
• Conference Day – October 11th sign them out at the front desk before 2:05.
• Grade Level Newsletter – 1st Thursday of the month Ms. Julia will call the classroom. We cannot
dismiss students from the classroom or the
• Agenda / Notes in Folders playground without notification from the
• Weebly – www.HFE5thgrade.weebly.com
office.

• Report Cards – Each 9 weeks (October, January, March, May)

• If a student misses a day because of illness
• Progress skills checklists (end of October, February, and or other issues send in a note detailing why
May) they were absent.

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOR FIFTH GRADE CURRICULUM

INTERVENTIONS & SUPPORT
• We are an IB school.

• We also follow the Georgia Standards of Excellence. You

School-Wide Positive
can view all of our standards at
Reinforcements
•Safe https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-
Standards/Pages/default.aspx.

•Outstanding Discipline Cycle

• We utilize the Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing units of

•Accountable Classroom Rewards

study.

•Respectful

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SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
Incorporated into IB Units of Study
Inquiry into Social Studies
United States History Since 1860
Unit 1: The Civil War
Unit 2: Reconstruction
Unit 3: Turn of the Century America
Unit 4: World War I
Unit 5: The Great Depression
Unit 6: World War II
Unit 7: The Cold War
Unit 8: America Since 1975
Unit 9: Personal Finance
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
• Primary Years Programme
The PYP prepares students to become active,
Inquiry into Science caring, lifelong learners who demonstrate respect
Unit 1: Classifying Organisms
for themselves and others and have the capacity
Unit 2: Cells
Unit 3: Inherited Traits vs. Learned Behavior
to participate in the world around them. It focuses
Unit 4: Helpful and Harmful Microorganisms on the development of the whole child.
Unit 5: Physical and Chemical Changes
Unit 6: Electricity and Magnetism
Unit 7: Constructive and Destructive Forces

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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
IB PYP
Transdisciplinary Themes:
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Unit 1: Who We Are
Programme
Unit 2: Where We Are In Place and Time
• 6 transdisciplinary themes
• Learner Profile Unit 3: Sharing the Planet
• IB Attitudes Unit 4: How the World Works
• Spanish for 1st –5th
• Cookies for Character
Unit 5: How We Express Ourselves
• International Inquirer Unit 6: How We Organize Ourselves
• Service Projects

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HOMEWORK GRADED PAPERS

• Students should read for at least 20 minutes • Every Thursday you will receive a blue folder with graded
each night and complete math homework. work.

• Sign the signature sheet in the front of the folder. Return

• Math homework will be differentiated based on the folder and keep the graded papers at home to review
your student’s math level. with your child. Students should save work to study for unit
assessments.

• Occasionally students will receive additional • Unit pre-assessments are not graded and are used solely
homework assignments or projects. to provide rich, targeted instruction for your student.

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DIFFERENTIATED ASSESSING YOUR CHILD

INSTRUCTION Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment
(August, December, May)

 Your child will receive differentiated End of Unit Assessments

instruction in small groups based on their
learning needs in reading and math. Performance Tasks

Quizzes
 Station work
Class Assignments

 Adaptive software (iRead and iReady) Group Discussion

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Fulton County Grading PoLicy

 90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
 69 AND BELOW = F

 FORMATIVE 60%
 S U M M A T I VE 3 0 %
 HOMEWORK 10%
 PLEASE USE THE INFINITE CAMPUS APP TO
MONITOR YOUR CHILD’S GRADES.

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SYSTEM WIDE TESTING OTHER GRADE LEVEL

POLICIES
WU10
• Iowa Tests of Basic Skills(ITBS)
• BY OD
– October 21st – November 1st
• LAT E WO RK
• M I SS I NG WO RK
• Georgia Milestones End of Grade
– April 20th – May 8th

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WU10 this is given is grades 3 and 5 only. This is a test given acorss the nation so it compares your child with
other 3rd or 5th graders across the nation and is used to see what the students and know and what we
need to focus on. This test data is also used for TAG eligibility
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Heards Ferry’s vision is to

empower ALL students to
behave safely and
participate responsibly with
technology.

• Students will use their

BEFORE YOU LEAVE,
device for educational
purposes only and be sure
to be safe and
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO
•
appropriate while online.

They will listen to their

COMPLETE THE BACK
head and heart
and protect private SIDE OF YOUR CHILD’S
information and respect
themselves and others
while online.
PAPER ON THEIR DESK.
• Lastly, they will stand up
and say NO to
cyberbullying!

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QUESTIONS?

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