• SYLLABUS 

    ELA and Math

    Course Descriptions and Objectives

    ELA:

    Students will focus on reading to learn by developing comprehension skills and strategies to manipulate grade-level content of building more complex and extensive exploration and use of vocabulary in reading and writing. Students will learn grammar skills which will be implemented into the writing lessons and complement various topics.

    Math: 

    The instructional time will focus on three critical areas:

    1. Developing an understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication and knowledge of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends.
    2. Developing an understanding of fraction equivalence, addition, and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication by whole numbers.
    3. Understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties, such as having parallel sides, perpendicular sides, particular angle measures, and symmetry.

    Students will also explore content before being explicitly taught and hands-on activities that will help strengthen students’ algebraic and critical thinking skills. Digital and concrete manipulatives will help support mathematical proficiency in all grades. Students will be provided with math practice opportunities that involve both on-screen and off-screen activities.

    Textbook

    Math/I

    iReady

    Unit/Concept Names

    Math Domains:

    • Operations and Algebraic Thinking
    • Number and Operations in Base 10
    • Measurement and Data
    • Geometry

    ELA Domains.

    • Reading Literary (RL)
    • Reading Informational (RI)
    • Reading Foundational Skills (RF)
    • Writing (W)
    • Speaking and Listening (SL)
    • Language (L)

    Course Assessment Plan:

    The Georgia Student Assessment Program includes a set of both formative and summative assessments that work together to provide insights to improve teaching and learning. Different stakeholders need different data – the right data – to meet their needs. For example, classroom teachers need detailed, real-time data to inform their work with students while leaders and policymakers need aggregated, high-level data to inform decisions about policy and instructional programs. This balanced approach to assessment provides data for a variety of stakeholders to inform decisions, whether at a policy, district, school, or classroom level to support the improvement of Georgia's education system.

    Evaluation (School wide Grading Policy):    

    • Summative Assessments 40% (Unit & Chapter Test, Projects, Tasks)
    • Formative Assessments 50% (Quizzes, Class work, Graded Writing Assignments, Group Work, etc.)
    • Homework/Other 10% (assigned at teacher’s discretion)

    Classroom Procedures & Expectations:

    The expectations, rules, procedures and consequences of my classroom are intended to keep the classroom environment safe, orderly, and productive.  Please respect the rules so that we can maximize learning time together.  The rules are not hard to follow, nor are any of them “out of the   ordinary.”  They are simply expected behaviors for elementary school students in this classroom.  If you have any questions about any of these rules, or why they are in place, you have the right to find out – please ask me as soon as possible.  There should never be a rule that does not have a purpose:

    • Respect yourself, the teacher & others
    • Put forth your best effort at all times
    • Be prepared for class each day
    • Follow directions when given
    • Pay attention, participate and ask questions
    • Preserve a positive learning environment
    • Take responsibility for your actions

     

    Class Consequences: 

    1. Verbal warning
    2. Call home
    3. Detention
    4. Referral to assistant principal

     

    * Serious offenses can, at the teacher’s discretion, result in more severe consequences regardless of previous steps taken.  Any infraction of the rules may affect your learning readiness grade.  It can also be cause for further action at the teacher’s discretion.