Welcome Parents!
Groveland Elementary
School
5th Grade
“What to Expect Next
Year”
Consequences:
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Warning
Time out and/or note home
Phone call home
Office Referral
After-School detention
Wednesday School
(The particular order may vary by teacher)
Curriculum
• Reading – Standardized test
• Language Arts
(English, Spelling, Writing)
• Math –Standardized test
• Science - Standardized test
• Social Studies
Reading Skills
 Phonics (usually done through spelling)
 Vocabulary
 Fluency
 Comprehension
 Focus Skills –
conflict/resolution
character’s motives
sequencing
theme or moral
making inferences
main idea/details
cause and effect
compare and contrast
fact/opinion
summarizing/paraphrasing
Success on
“Cold Reads”
reading test
• True measurement of reading skills
being taught and cannot be read
aloud to student
• Student must show test taking
strategies i.e.
1. underlining/highlighting
2. boxing/numbering paragraphs
3. preview the questions
4. reading/rereading for understanding
5. checking over their work
Example Question for Reading
After reading the passage
Example question to answer
Math
• We dive right in to division 1st week of school !
• Tests/Quizzes will be given most weeks
• Homework in math, Monday - Friday
• Accelerated Math
• Help your child to learn - keep
practicing their multiplication
facts EVERY NIGHT!!!!!!
Example Question for Math
•ABOUT = Estimate
•Double Digit Division
•800 divided by 40
•Prime Numbers
•Factorization
•Exponents
Science
• Also Standardized tested
• Most chapters will be covered in two or three
weeks
• Interactive Journals (grade)
• Grades come from class work, homework,
quizzes, and tests
• Weekly experiments, labs, projects, STEM’s,
“Speedbag” curriculum etc…
Example Question for Science
Example Question for Science
Social Studies
• NOT tested on standardized TEST
• 8 chapters to cover over the course of the year from
Early Explorations to Pre Civil War and the Holocaust,
including economy, government, civics
• Plan on a test every 2-3 weeks
• Very little homework, but students should study
vocabulary and concepts.
What can we do over the Summer?
Science Activities
• Take your child fishing!
• Free fishing days provide an excellent opportunity for
parents who don't yet have licenses to take youth
fishing, or avid anglers to introduce a friend to fishing
without having to purchase a license. On these days,
the fishing license requirement is waived for all
recreational anglers (residents and non-residents).
What can we do over the Summer?
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All other rules (e.g., seasons, bag and size limits) apply.
License-free freshwater days for 2014
Saturday, June 14
Sunday, June 15
License-free saltwater days for 2014
Saturday, June 7
Sunday, June 8
Saturday, September 6
Saturday, November 29
If you keep the fish, open up the stomach of the fish and look at the contents with
your child, noting what the fish ate. Have student try to identify the parts of the
fish.
What can we do over the Summer?
Science and Social Studies activities
• Go to a museum while you are traveling. Here are
some FREE museums in Florida.
• Florida Museum of Natural History – Gainesville
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/
• Fort Christmas Historical Museum & Park - Christmas, FL
Museum and park is closed Mondays
• Holocaust Memorial - Miami Beach
• Museum of Florida History - Tallahassee
• Free Sunday Family Days for families with children age 18 and under with
accompanying adult.
What can we do over the Summer?
• National Museum of Naval Aviation - Pensacola
In addition, enjoy Blue Angels practice Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
March through November. Also, on Wednesdays there is an autograph
session with the pilots inside the museum.
• Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art - Gainesville
Closed Mondays and holidays.
• FREE MUSEUM DAYS
• Jewish Museum of Florida - Miami Beach
Free every Saturday
Children under age six always free
• Miami Art Museum - Miami
Free the second Saturday of each month
Children under age twelve and students with ID always free
• Museum of Contemporary Art - Jacksonville
Free Wednesday night "Art Walk" from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
What can we do over the Summer?
Go for a swim!
• Kelly Park, Rock Springs
400 East Kelly Park Road, Apopka
(407) 889-4179
http://parks.orangecountyfl.net
• Admission: $3 per vehicle for 1-2 people; $5 per vehicle for 3-8 people.
Hours: Daily 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in summer; 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in
winter
Location: Take Rock Springs Road north from Apopka; right onto Kelly Park
Road and follow signs
• The springs are part of the Florida Aquifer. After visiting the
springs, have your child look online or check out a book about it.
• http://www.floridasprings.org/expedition/videos/
What can we do over the Summer?
Go to the beach!
• Look for shells/animals that have washed up on
shore.
• Take pictures and then have your child look them
up on the internet or go to the library and find a
book about them.
What can we do over the Summer?
Math Activities
• Give your child a budget and have him or her use
the flier from Publix and plan what to buy.
• Give your child a budget and have them plan a
“vacation”.
• Make or purchase some flash cards for
multiplication and division facts and keep them in
the car. Have your student practice flash cards for
15 minutes of travel time. THEY MUST BE
PROFICIENT IN THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 5TH
GRADE!