Dear Parents,
Welcome to 5th grade! This will be an important year of academics and social growth for your child. My name is Georgia Roberts I am your child's fifth-grade teacher. My former teaching position was Sixth-Grade Language Arts for fourteen years (change is good)! I have 28 years of teaching experience. I began my teaching career in Tampa, Florida where I taught multiple grade levels. After relocating to Denver, I continued my teaching career at the wonderful Sand Creek Elementary, where I have happily taught for the last fourteen years. I have an Education degree from Michigan State University (Go Spartans) and a Masters Degree in Curriculum Instruction with a strong focus on reading instruction.
I have two children that are attending the University of Colorado and in my spare time, I enjoy socializing, yoga and reading.
Current Projects & Curriculum
Math Module 3- This unit covers fractions: addition, subtraction and equivalent fractions. Students will be drawing concrete to pictorial to abstract approaches to convey concepts. Number lines are also used to visually see fractions in relation to larger while numbers.
Social Studies- The students are working on the regions of the United States. This week we are focusing on the SouthWestern region.
Language Arts- This week the students are reading nonfiction articles about Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. They are also writing short excerpts from experiences at Young Ameritown.
Our Daily Schedule:
9:05-9:15 Check In
9:15-10:30 Social Studies
10:30-11:45 Math
11:50-12:40 Specials
12:40-1:10 Grammar/Read Aloud
1:10-1:50 Lunch
1:50-3:00 Language Arts
3:00-3:15 Recess
3:15-4:00 Continuation of Language Arts
4:00 Dismissal
Homework Assignments
Reading-Thirty minutes of nightly reading is the 5th-grade expectation. Students have assigned nightly reading novel pages.
Week of January 13-19
Eureka Math pages are assigned nightly.
Monday-Lesson1 #1-2
Tuesday -Lesson 2 #1-2
Important Dates
TEACHER WORK DAY- Friday, February 14th
HOLIDAY- Monday, February 17th
SPRING PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES- Tuesday, March 10th & Thursday, March 12th. More info to come.
SPRING BREAK- Monday, March 16th- Friday, March 20th