 Envisions (Pearson)  Video Clip Video Clip  Topics  Website:  Student logins for work  Problem Solving – focus on steps and written explanations  Tests at the end of each Topic  list  Nightly Homework  Missing homework – Miss morning meeting  Difficult homework – write a note/send an Math

Welcome to 5 th Grade! Jackie Arbutina Room

 8:45 to 9:00: Arrive in the classroom  9:00 to 9:10: Morning Meeting  9:15 to 10:15: Math  10:15 to 10:45: Language Arts  10:45 to 11:35: Encore  11:35 to 12:44: Language Arts  12:40 to 1:00: Words Their Way  1:00 to 1:50: Lunch/Recess  1:50 to 2:40: SS/Science  2:40 to 3:30: CE time Schedules

 Morning meeting  Predictable routines  Logical consequences  Collaborative problem solving  Improve social skills  Positive classroom climate  Greater learner investment and independence Responsive Classroom

 Be Ready  Be Respectful  Be Responsible Classroom and School Expectations

 Philadelphia  John Chadd/Barns Briton House  Franklin Institute Field Trips

 Nightly Math: due the next day, reinforce concepts we have studied and mastered; Khan Academy  Weekly: 2 KidBiz articles  Reading each day: log carefully  Unfinished work from the day  Miss Morning Meeting if they have incomplete homework Homework

 Pearson Testing – Fall and Spring  MAP assessments – Fall and Spring  State testing – Spring (ELA and Math) Testing

 One “pearl” of wisdom each day  Teacher’s Jobs:  Keep it short – 9-12 minutes  Give time to practice  Only one thing to learn each day  Students’ Jobs:  Hyperfocused  Participation in practice  Hold all questions until the end What is Workshop?

 “Just Right” reading levels in school/during Workshop  Fiction/getting the year started, Non-fiction – Narrative and Expository, Historical Fiction, Social Issues, Fantasy  Book Club/Reading partnerships  Assessed throughout the year for movement  Must meet the criteria for the level before moving on  Website  Log Reading

 Three Units  Follows workshop set up  Focus on developing ideas planted in writer’s notebooks  Conferring and Editing Process Writing

 Switch among fifth grade teachers  Mr. Pinto teaches science: Catastrophic Events  Mrs.Hendrixson. teaches SS: Native Americans, Explorers, Colonial America and Revolutionary War and beyond  Mrs. A. teachers Seminar: Focus on reading and writing in both science and SS content areas Social Studies/Science/Seminar

 Colonial Day  End-of-the-Year activities: Luncheon, Recognition Ceremony  Google accounts Odds and Ends

 Classroom Snacks  Tissues  Lysol Wipes  Field Trip Chaperones  Classroom parties Ways to Help