This document provides information about the 5th grade curriculum at Chandler Oaks Elementary School. It outlines the school's mission and values. It then describes the curriculum for each subject area including language arts, social studies, math, and science. For each subject, it lists the topics covered in each semester and how instruction is structured. It also discusses the school's code of conduct and involvement in the IB program. Finally, it provides information about volunteering and asks parents to submit any questions.

1. WELCOME!
Chandler Oaks Back to School Night
2011

2. School Motto
Give our Best
Expanding our Minds
Changing our World

3. What does instruction look like at
COE Video

4. What Does Learning Look Like at
COE?
COE Students are…
 Engaged in Cooperative Learning
 Engaged in problem-solving situations
 Sharing strategies
 Writing and recording in journals
 Listening to their peers’ thinking
 Explaining their thinking
 Asking meaningful questions

5. Credit - Hands On Learning with the Science TEKS
RRISD Professional Development
Summer 2011

6. What Does Educational Research Say About
How Children Learn?

8. Fifth Grade Language Arts Curriculum
First Semester Second Semester
 Establishing  Poetry and Sensory
Reading/Writing Workshop Language
 Drama  Persuasive Texts
 Expository Texts
 Media Literacy
 Literary Nonfiction
 Fiction
 Literary and
 Theme & Genre  Informational Texts
 Sensory Language  Research
 Expository/Fiction  Fiction
 Procedural  Poetry

9. How does it look and sound?
Reader
 Genre Study in Reader & Writer
and Workshop
Writer  Student choice in independent reading and
Workshop writing topics
 Mini-lessons on strategies and skills
 Students practice strategies in independent
reading & writing
 Book club reading & discussions
 Teachers conferring with individuals & small
groups

10. Reading Emphasis
• Purposes for reading • Fact/opinion
• Asking questions • Text Features
• Making inferences • Research
• Elements of Fiction • Sequencing
• Characters • Structural elements of Poetry
• Point of View • Sound effects (alliteration, internal rhyme,
• Themes onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme)
• Drama
• Sensory details
• Summarize
• Imagery
• Make connections
• Figurative language
• Main idea/detail
• Persuasive Language
• Verify facts
• Impact of advertisement
• Organizational patterns
• Design Techniques
• Text Features/Graphics
• Written conventions of digital media
• Research
• Elements of Literary Nonfiction –
biography, autobiography

11. Writing Emphasis
First Semester Second Semester
 Personal Narrative  Poems
 Responses to Texts  Responses to Texts
 Multi-paragraph Essay
 Persuasive Essay
 Responses to Texts
 Personal Narrative
 Multi-paragraph Essay
 Letters
 Literary Text

12. Fifth Grade Social Studies Curriculum
First Semester Second Semester
 Geography and map skills  Manifest Destiny
 Regions of the U.S.  Civil War and
 Colonization of the U.S. Reconstruction
 American Revolution  Art, music, and literature in
U.S. History
 Founding Fathers and
Patriot Heroes  Pioneers in Science and
Technology
 Declaration of
Independence  Industrialization and
Urbanization of America
 U.S. Constitution
 Events that Changed the
 War of 1812
20th Century

13. Fifth Grade Math Curriculum
First Semester Second Semester
 Place Value with Whole Numbers and  Probability
Decimals  Geometry- Attributes and
 Operations Transformations
 Patterns and Relationships (including  Measurement Conversions
Prime and Composite Numbers)  Measurement and Graphing-
 Measurement- Perimeter, Area, and Temperature and Time
Volume We will also revisit the topics for:
 Patterns, Graphing, and Data •Fractions and Decimals- Comparison and
Equivalent
Analysis •Fractions- Modeling Addition & Subtraction
 Fractions and Decimals- Comparison •Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic
Reasoning
and Equivalence •Measurement
 Fractions- Modeling Addition & •Operations
Subtraction
Operations with Decimals and Whole Numbers are Ongoing

14. How does it look and sound?
• Students will be introduced to various math
Engage
content through engaging activities
Explore • Students will explore and explain Problem-
Solving strategies and real-world situations
Explain
• Extensive journaling to record observations
Elaborate and questions about math
• Students asking rich questions about the
Evaluate
world of math around them
• Students monitoring and reflecting on their
learning

15. Fifth Grade Science Curriculum
First Semester Second Semester
 Nutrition  Landforms and
 Matter and Energy Natural Resources
 Force, Motion, and  Weather and Climate
Energy  Seasons
 Earth and Space  Objects in the Sky
 Rocks, Soils, Fossils  Organisms and Their
 Water Cycle Environment
 Landforms and  Ecosystems
Natural Resources

16. How does it look and sound?
• Students will be introduced to various
Engage
science topics in the explore phase
Explore • Labs and other hands-on activities to
explore and explain scientific phenomena
Explain
• Extensive journaling to record observations
Elaborate and questions about science
• Students asking rich questions about the
Evaluate
world of science around them
• Independent student science projects to
explore a scientific question

17. School Code of Conduct
Chandler Oaks Cheetahs Are
SAFE,
RESPECTFUL,
and
COOPERATIVE.
We show INTEGRITY.
We are committed to DOING OUR
BEST!!!!

18. THE IB PYP PROGRAMME
Our goal is to develop internationally-minded people
The profiles of the IB Learner

19. THE IB PYP PROGRAMME (CONT.)
Our goal is to develop internationally-minded people
The curriculum focuses on these areas:

20. THE IB PYP PROGRAMME (CONT.)
Our goal is to develop internationally-minded people
The themes of our IB units are:

21. Volunteering/Guest Speakers
 Please contact your child’s teacher to volunteer in
the classroom or help out.
 We need guest speakers with specific science and
other technical knowledge relating to 5th grade
curriculum as well as help when we do labs with set-
up and tear down.

22. Website and Information

23. Questions????
 Please place your sticky note on the
paper with ANY questions you have.
 We will compile the questions and
send out an “FAQ” email to all
parents.
 Please visit the 5th grade website for
more information!