Welcome to Curriculum

Night!
Ms. Briggs and Mrs. King
5th Grade Grades
Dorchester District 2 Grading Scale Sires 5th Grade- Grading Weights

A: 90-100 Grades for each subject are based

on the following weights:
B: 80-89
40% Tests/Projects
C: 70-79
30% Quizzes
D: 60-69
20% Classwork
F: 59 and below
10% Homework
Study Tips
HW is designed to either review or preview skills from
class.
Look over recent notes for 5-10 minutes each night
Create flashcards on key vocabulary words or a flipchart
Student-created quizzes
Calling a classmate to quiz each other
GATE Expectations
Gate students begin working on material
that is one grade level ahead.
Students are expected to complete tasks
that require higher level thinking.
Students are expected to work at a higher
level of independence.
 ELA-Big Topics we will be Learning this Year
Analyzing and Reading Informational Texts &
Word Study Literary Texts
(Caesars
English and Inquiring about big ideas brought up in our
Stems) world and the readings
Grammar (Parts
Writing: Explanatory, Persuasive,
of Speech and
Argumentative, Narrative, Poetry, & Text
Sentence
Dependent Analysis
Structure)
Writing Communicating throughout large and small group
Reading discussions

Expanding our vocabulary and grammar knowledge

through Caesars English
ELA Assignments
-Monthly Reading Choice Board

-Weekly Caesars English Quiz (Every Friday)

-Weekly Quiz on Grammar

-Unit Tests (Given on Friday or Thursday)

-Quarterly Test (this is review of the whole quarter)

-Reading Projects and Writing Papers (2 weeks or more notice

is given on larger assignments)
How to help your Child with ELA
Check their agenda
Check that they are doing their monthly Reading Choice
Board
Study their Caesars English and Stems with them
Have them read their reading notes every night
Discuss the book they are reading with them
Have them read a book and then watch the movie about the
book
Read over the rubric for the reading and writing projects
Check my website for updated homework and other resources
http://mrskingela.weebly.com
MATH- Big Topics We are Learning This Year
Decimals- understanding place value, naming numbers,
comparing and ordering, rounding, all operations
Whole Numbers- multi-digit multiplication and multi-digit
long division, order of operations
Fractions- all operations
Measurement- converting within metric & customary systems,
finding volume of rectangular prisms
Geometry- identifying & comparing different types of
quadrilaterals & triangles
Graphing- Finding & graphing points based on coordinate
pairs, creating ordered pairs that follow a pattern
Algebraic Expressions
MATH-Assignments
1-3 tests each quarter
Set up in Modules
3-6 quizzes each quarter
8-9 classworks each quarter
Most are graded for accuracy, some are graded for completion
8-9 weekly homework grades
Based on completion--each late assignment is 10 points off weekly
grade; each missed assignment is 20 points of weekly grade
Full credit will only be given when work is shown

***Homework can always be found on briggsclass.weebly.com if

your child loses his/hers.
How to Help Your Child With Math
Students need to have all addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division facts memorized before
starting 5th grade.
Check over their homework at night. Most GATE kids
struggle more with rushing and making careless
mistakes--please encourage them to check their work.
Helpful websites located at briggsclass.weebly.com
Science
Big Topics for the Year: Assignments:

Changes in Landforms and 1-2 tests/projects each

quarter
Oceans 2-3 quizzes each quarter
5-6 classworks each quarter
Properties of Matter Most are graded for accuracy,
some are graded for completion
Forces and motion 8-9 homework grades
Based on completion--each late
Ecosystems assignment is 10 points off
assignment grade
Social Studies
Big Topics for the Year: Assignments:

Reconstruction 1-2 tests/projects each

Westward Expansion
quarter
Industrial Revolution & Rise of
Big Business 2-3 quizzes each quarter
Immigration & Discrimination 5-6 classworks each quarter
US as a World Power Most are graded for accuracy,
World War I some are graded for completion
Roaring Twenties & Great 8-9 homework grades
Depression Based on completion--each late
World War II assignment is 10 points off
Cold War Era assignment grade
Civil Rights Movement
Post 1992 era