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Fifth grade language Arts and grades five through eight Global Studies

Mrs. Beth M. Coode

bcoode@stannnash.org

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I grew up an Air Force brat living all over the United States, and when I was 12 my family settled in Oak Ridge.  I graduated in 1986 from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where I met my future husband. I have been teaching in the Diocese of Nashville for the past twenty two years. I have one son, who is a sophomore at Father Ryan High School. I enjoy traveling, reading (all the time) and playing with my pets. I have two dogs, two cats and a chinchilla and a dragon.

 

Mrs. Coode’s dog Rosey, a bluetick hound.

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Academic Essentials

Behavior Essentials

Grading Policy  

Homework Policy

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

 

Mrs. Coode’s Academic Essentials

Want to make a wonderful grade on homework?

Follow these easy steps!

 

    1.     Make sure your paper is properly headed.
2.     Answer all questions in complete sentences, restating the question, and in cursive.
3.     Answer your questions with as much information as possible-sometimes it might take a paragraph!
4.     Complete your homework every day and turn it in on time. (This makes up 30% of your grade!).
5.     When homework is assigned write it in your planner, it’s not an option!
6.     Be as organized as possible.
7.     Remember: neat and complete.
8.      Learn from your mistakes and move on.
9.     Do your best, even when you don’t feel like it. |
10.  Think about this: Do I want to have it handed back to do again?

 

You can do it if you choose to do it! Make a good choice!

 

 

Mrs. Coode’s Fundamentals

Behavior

  1. When responding to an adult you must say “Yes ma’am” or “No sir.” Just nodding your head or answering in any other way is unacceptable.
  1. Always say thank you when you are given something.
  1. Make eye contact when someone is speaking to you.
  1. During discussions, respect other students’ comments, opinions and ideas.
  1. When you cough, sneeze or burp, it is appropriate to turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand. Afterward, you should say, “Excuse me.”
  1. Do not smack your lips, roll your eyes or make other faces that show disrespect.
  1. When offered something, take only your fair share.
  1. If anyone is bullying you, let me know.
  1. If you win, do not brag; if you lose, do not show anger.
  1. No matter what the circumstance always be honest.

                                                                                                                                  

 

 Grading System

Student grades are determined using the following percentages:

Quizzes 10%  Tests/Projects:  60%

Homework:  30%

The homework grade is based on completion of assignments. If a student does not have a homework assignment on the due date, he/she may turn it in at the next class meeting for ½ credit. 

All text books are published by Prentice Hall and online help is at: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/txtbk_res_ss.html

                                                                                                                     

Homework:

 

Homework instills student responsibility, develops independent study skills, and furthers academic growth. The following paragraphs state the homework policy of the fifth grade.

1. Each student will keep and use an official St. Ann planner. The assignments should be checked off as they are completed. Every assignment must be noted in the assignment notebook or the word "NONE" must be used to indicate no assignment.

2. Assignments in all subject areas may be given daily. Long-range assignments and/or projects may be assigned in Religion, Reading, English, Global Studies, and Science. Each child is responsible for completing assignments on time whether they are finished in class or at home. Homework should be completed in approximately an hour to an hour and a half. If a child consistently takes longer to complete homework, a parent should contact the teacher.

3. Students who have been ill are given a reasonable amount of time to complete make-up work based on individual circumstances.

4. If an emergency should keep the child from completing work at home, parents are asked to write a note to the teacher involved which would allow a one day extension.

5. Parents will be notified of all late/absent assignments in the Tuesday folder. It is the student's responsibility to present the completed late homework to the teacher on the next school day for half credit. Homework is recorded on Power School.

6. Handwriting and neatness of papers is to be stressed in all assigned work. Grades will be withheld until rewritten to meet pre-set standards. Rewriting of a messy paper may be assigned as homework.                                  

 

 

Language Arts

Literature

Fantasy and Realistic Fiction

Non Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Accelerated Reading

Oral Reading

Vocabulary/Spelling

Novels: Chasing Vermeer, Night of the Twisters, Bunnicula, Wrinkle in Time

 

English Grammar/Composition

Parts of Speech

Punctuation

Mechanics

Vocabulary

6+1 Writing Process

Personal Narrative

Creative Writing

 

Students will be required to read 3 AR books in their reading range. Also, students memorize and recite poetry each term.                                                

2009-10 AR due dates

Term 1: September 3, 24, October 15

Term 2: November 5, December 3, 17

Term 3: Jan. 21, February 18, March 4

Term 4: March 31, April 22, May 20

                

Global Studies:

 

Fifth:

 

Global Studies

 

World Geography:

  • Map and Graph Skills
  • Five Themes of Geography
  • Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, Europe
    • Physical and Political Geography
    • Culture and current events

 

Biztown-Economics, Personal Finance

 

 

 

Sixth:

World History

  • Map and Graph Skills
  • Five Themes of Geography
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Development of ancient cultures
  • World Religions
  • Mythology
  • Book: D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

 

 

 

 

Seventh:

United States History

  • Physical and Political Geography
  • Map and Graph Skills
  • Native Americans
  • Exploration
  • Development of Colonies
  • American Revolution and New Republic
  • Government and Citizenship
  • Jeffersonian Democracy
  • Tennessee History
    • Geography
    • Native Americans in Tennessee
    • Early Settlement and Statehood
    • Local and State Governments
    • Current Events
    • Novel: The Buffalo Knife, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eighth

United States History

  • Physical and Political Geography
  • Map and Graph Skills
  • Civil War
  • Reconstruction
  • Rise of Industry
  • Immigration
  • Holocaust
  • Civil Rights
  • U.S. Roles in Wars of 20th Century
    • WWI
    • WWII
    • Korean War
    • Vietnam
  • Research Paper

Novel: Long Way from Chicago

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Bless us Holy Father!