 Karen Boyle- Instructional Team Leader LA/SS  Alexis Giles- Math/Science Teacher  Arthur Milton- LA/SS Teacher  Shannon Rembert-Math/Science Teacher  Joann Lorch- Paraeducator  AM-  Boyle and Milton are Co-Teaching  Giles and Rembert have separate classrooms  PM-  Giles and Rembert are Co-Teaching  Boyle and Milton have separate classrooms  Village Approach  SPED, ESOL, Title 1, Reading Specialists, GT, Speech  Co-teaching, Co-planning- Long Range Planning

 8:40-9:00- Arrival/Breakfast  9:00-9:30- Spanish  9:30-11:30- Academic Session 1  11:30-12:00- Academic Session 2  12:00-12:30- Lunch  12:30-1:00- Recess  1:00-2:30- Academic Session 2  2:30-3:15- Related Arts  3:15-3:25- Dismissal

 Breakfast is offered to our students everyday.  Breakfast is offered from 8:40-8:55. Students should arrive in time to eat breakfast so that the instructional day can begin promptly at 9:00.  Breakfast items are distributed together this year. These may include: cereal, crackers, juice.

 Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports - Respect self - Respect others - Respect property  PBIS focuses on acknowledging students for consistent positive behaviors.  Students are rewarded with Fabulous Falcons and special activities for appropriate behaviors.  Rewards include Monthly Falcon club

 Step 1: GreenEveryone starts here. Step 2: Yellow Stop and Think Level 1. Move student to new area. Give 3-5 minutes to make required behavior change. 1. If behavior has not changed, students is made aware that they need to stop and think about their behavior. Form will be completed with teacher at later time.  Step 3: Red Office Support

 Talk with your child about what it means to respect self, others and property at home.  Regularly ask to see your child’s Monthly Behavior Calendar to monitor behavior.  Focus on the positive things that your child does at home and talk about why these behaviors are important to you.  Assist teachers in the classroom with management of the PBIS program if needed.

 Student handbook in Agenda book  Cell phone/electronics  Dress code  Birthday celebrations  Absent Child- Call PLES Office/ Student returns from absence with note

 ELA and Math nightly  Monday –Thursday  Varies from class to class  Reading  Read 25 minutes nightly  Regular written response to at home reading  Math  Practice Multiplication and Division Facts nightly (based on student need)  Common Core Review twice a week

 Emergency Cards*  Thursday Folders  Agenda Book  s/Phone Calls  Report Cards/Progress Reports  Parent Conferences  AM Teacher - November 24 th and 25 th  PM Teacher- February 12 th and 13 th

 Problem Solving and Application  Decimals  Multiplication/Division  Fractions  Volume Measurement  Quadrilaterals and Coordinate Grids  Numerical Expressions Grade 5

 Problem Solving and Application  Division  Decimals and Fractions  Integers  Ratio and Proportion  Expressions and Equations  Area and Volume  Statistics and Probability Grade 5- Above Grade Level Curriculum

Navigating the Site What Your Child Will Learn skills/concepts taught vocabulary activities at home links for games What Your Child Will Learn skills/concepts taught vocabulary activities at home links for games Mobile Apps Resources for Parents Vision 2018 Information about Common Core Books Resources for Parents Vision 2018 Information about Common Core Books

Children who are solid readers: * perform better in school * have a healthy self-image * become lifelong learners All of the these outcomes lead to our children’s viability in a competitive world.

For Grade 5, students are to read 25 minutes per night, Monday through Friday. Teachers will monitor weekly reading by checking their reading logs, and reading notebooks.

WORD STUDY A Powerful New Approach Suffixes Greek & Latin Roots PrefixesPhonics Spelling Vocabulary

THEN  Assigned word lists  Little or no connection to curricular areas or each other  The weekly assignment: “Find and write a definition for each word,” or “Use each word in a sentence”  A test came at the end of the week (rote memorization)

NOW  Word lists are organized through meaningful roots or patterns  Expand and deepen word knowledge during content- area study  The weekly assignment: “Meet the Root, Combine and Create, Read and Reason, Extend and Explore”  Applied spelling and language conventions tests

 National Building Museum in DC- November 12th  Philadelphia- May/June  Middle School Visit- May 19th  Environmental Report Card Field Experience on site - Spring 2014  Promotion Ceremony- *June 8th / June 9th- *tentative dates

 Winter Bazaar- Mid-December  Spelling Bee- January  Science Fair Project- due in April  Simulated Congressional Hearing- May 28th  Puberty Education Health Unit- Spring Parent Information Meeting will precede this unit

 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers  The PARCC assessment is administered 3 times per year in grades 3-8 over 2-3 days.  The PARCC assessment measures student’s achievement in English Language (ELA) Literacy and Mathematics based on the learning standards contained in the Common Core State Standards.

 Designed to measure student growth, both during the school year and across multiple school years.  Determines instructional strengths and needs, in conjunctions with other measures  MAP will be taken on the computer and adapts to each individual student.  MAP will be administered approximately 3 times per year.  As the students answer questions correctly, the questions correctly, the questions become more challenging.  Since each question is based on how the student performed on the previous questions, students cannot go back to questions they’ve already answered, and they can’t skip any questions.  MAP assessments are aligned to the national Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Reading that can be measured using multiple-choice items.  MAP assessments do not include performance –based or constructed-response items (written responses), which is one area where it does not align with Common Core.

 The Maryland School Assessment is a measure of student achievement in science in grade 5 (testing content from grades 4 and 5)  The test will be administered online over 2-3 days.

 Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) for GT Testing – December 1-12 th The CogAT scores are measured as: Verbal (verbal classification, sentence completion, and verbal analogies); Quantitative (quantitative relations, number series, and equation building); Nonverbal (figure classification, figure analogies, and figure analysis).  PARCC (Performance Based Assessment)- March 2 nd -March 27 th  PARCC (End of Year)- April 20 th -May 15th  MSA Science- April 13 th -May 1st  Map Testing- September 22 nd -October 22 nd /April 20 th - May 22nd

 Teacher/County Recommend Courses  Course Selection Forms distributed to each student.  Parent Information Night at the middle school.

 5 th Grade T-Shirt- $5.00  Individual Pictures (Fall)  National Building Museum over $5.00  Individual Pictures (Spring)  Yearbook - $20.00  Science Board- $5.00  Philadelphia Field Trip- $ $42.00

Please remember that out of respect to your child, we would prefer that we discuss their progress at a one-on-one scheduled time, instead of within ear shot of others. We appreciate your attendance! Questions?