5

th

Grade

Alyssa Beavers
Tracie Helms
Carrie Visger

Wells Branch 2015-2016

Wells branch
Mission Statement

The Wells Branch Learning

Community will provide a safe and
caring environment for the academic
and emotional development of all
members through the use of
engaged learning models, on-going
assessment, systems for support
and interventions, and aligned
curriculum and instruction.

WBE Community agreements

Be Respectful
Be
Responsible
Be Safe

Life & Social skills

Integrity
Flexibility
Organization
Sense of Humor
Common Sense
Perseverance
Responsibility
Patience
Cooperation
Kindness
Courage

Following Instructions
Accepting no for an Answer
Accepting Consequences
Disagreeing Appropriately
Making an Apology
Resisting Peer Pressure
Greeting and Talking with
Others Appropriately
Reporting Others Behavior

5th Grade ELA schedule

7:45-7:55 Broadcast/Affirmations/Warmup
7:55-8:45 Specials
8:45-9:40 Writing
9:45-10:45 Reading
10:45-11:15 Explorer Time
11:16-12:05 Lunch/Recess SWITCH
12:10-1:05 Writing
1:10-1:40 Explorer Time
1:40 2:40 Reading

5 Grade Math/Science/SS
th

7:45-7:55 Broadcast/Affirmations/Warmup
7:55-8:45 Specials
8:45-9:15 Social Studies
9:15-9:55 Science
9:55-11:15 Math/Explorer Time
11:16-12:05 Lunch/Recess SWITCH
12:10-12:40 Social Studies
12:40-1:20 Science
1:20 2:40 Math/Explorer Time

5th Grade homework

Homework is listed in the student planner,
as well as, on the 5th grade website.
Math/Science
-Daily Math Homework Mon.-Thurs.
-Occasional Science Homework
Language Arts Homework
-Read 30 minutes each night and Readers
Responses should be done each night (5)
Agendas need to be signed
-Weekly homework assigned Monday, to be
completed by Friday.
Social Studies Homework
-Occasional Social Studies Homework

5th Gr. Grading policy

Class Assignments (60%)

Late assignments will result in a 10 point deduction. If
it is turned in after grades have gone into the
gradebooks, we will still provide students with feedback
for their effort.
Test/Quizzes (30%)
Homework (10%)
-If no homework is assigned in a subject, Class
Assignments will adjust to 70%
Students will have an equal number of school
days to the number of days absent to complete an
assignment.
Failed Class Assignments and Tests may be retaught and corrected to earn a maximum grade of
70 within 10 days of the failed grade.

5th Gr. Language arts

Well Balanced Reading Instruction

Shared Reading
-Teacher modeling comprehension
strategies (15 minutes)
Guided Reading and Strategy Groups
-Teacher addressing reading challenges
and providing guidance
Independent Reading
-A way for students to practice skills and
strategies taught

Writers workshop
Reading & writing connection

EVERYONE has a story to tell. We want

students to be empowered to tell theirs.
Students learn to incorporate various
writing techniques into their own writing
pieces.
Students develop into successful writers
through the implementation of the writing
process.
-Prewriting, drafting, peer conferencing,
revising, editing, teacher conferencing
and publishing
6 + 1 Writing Traits
-Ideas, organization, word choice, voice,
sentence fluency, and conventions

5th grade math

The student is expected to use a problemsolving model that incorporates

understanding the problem, making a plan,
carrying out the plan, and evaluating the
solution for reasonableness.

STAAR Categories:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Number, operation & quantitative reasoning.

Patterns, relationships & algebraic thinking
Geometry, spatial reasoning
Measurement
Probability, statistics

5th grade science

Physical
Science

Life
Science

Earth
Science

Processes
Systems
Interactions
Changes

5th Gr Social Studies

United states history

Students will learn

about the diverse
groups of people who
came to America, the
challenges they faced
and the eventual
independent nation
they became.
Students will learn
about the geographical
factors that
contributed to the
success of the United
States.

Units of Study
Colonization
Revolution
Forming a Nation
Manifest Destiny
Civil War and
Reconstruction
Industrialization
and Urbanization
of America
Events that
changed the 20th
Century

STAAR Test
(The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness)

5th graders are required to take a

Reading, Math, & Science STAAR test
Timed (4 hour maximum)unless
otherwise specified
March 30th - Reading
March 29th - Math
May 11 Science

Thank you!

We look forward
to collaborating
with you this
year!