Open house was a success and the first week of school is already in the rear view mirror.  It is amazing how time passes so quickly.  So - here are a few of my take aways.  When looking for new technology to incorporate - be wary of free trials.  I uploaded QR codes into my welcome letter - and a week later, they are invalid.  Once the free trial was over - the codes were deactivated.  Now I'm left with two options - pay for the account and have the existing codes reactivated - or find a different company that might offer QR-coding for free.  The dilemma of a 21st century teacher!  The biggest success from open house night was incorporating Google Form surveys - by 7:15pm the same night as open house I knew what my parents wanted, my students' allergies, and the transportation home with emergency and working phone numbers!  This will definetly be a repeat for me every year for open house!  So - with that in mind, as the second week gets underway, let's keep the momentum moving and see how well the students move into online homework and blogging!
Stay tuned -
Mr. Crouse

Updated Pacing Guide

UPDATE!  This is the current year's pacing guide for GCS in mathematics!  Hope this is useful!

Beginning to plan for first days 2015-2016

The potential pacing guide for 5th Grade math this year!

Pacing Guide

Quarter	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Week 7	Week 8		Week 9
1	Unit One Understand the Decimal Place Value System Duration: 15 days 5.NBT.1 5.NBT.2 5.NBT.3a 5.NBT.3b 5.NBT.4			Unit Two Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals Duration: 15 days 5.NBT.5 5.NBT.6				Unit Three Convert within a Given System and Display Data in a Line Plot Duration: 15days 5.MD.1 5.MD.2
2	Unit Four Classify 2-Dimensional Figures Duration: 5 days 5.G.3 5.G.4	Unit Five Understand Volume and Relate to Multiplication and Addition Duration: 10 days 5.MD.3a, b 5.MD.4 5.MD.5a, b, c		Unit Six Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Decimals to Hundredths Duration: 15 days 5.NBT.7				Unit Seven Use Equivalent Fractions to Add and Subtract Duration: 15 days 5.NF.1 5.NF.2
3	Unit Eight Extend Understanding of Multiplication to Fractions Duration: 20 days 5.NF.4a, b 5.NF.5a, b 5.NF.6				Unit Nine Extend Understanding of Division to Fractions Duration: 18 days 5.NF.3 5.NF.7a, b, c					Unit Ten Write and Interpret Numerical Expressions Duration: 7 days 5.OA.1 5.OA.2
4	Unit Eleven Graph Points on the Coordinate Plane and Analyze Patterns Duration: 10 days 5.G.1 5.G.2 5.OA.3		REVIEW 5.NBT (all) Duration: 10 days			REVIEW 5.NF (all) Duration: 10 days		REVIEW/EOG Duration: 15 days

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