1. Math Envisions (Pearson) 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

2. Jackie Arbutina Room 253 jarbutina@rtmsd.org 610-627-7150
Welcome to 5th Grade!
Jackie Arbutina
Room 253

3. Schedules 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 11:05: Language Arts
11:05 to 11:55: Encore
11:55 to 12:45: Language Arts
12:45 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

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

5. Classroom and School Expectations
Be Ready
Be Respectful
Be Responsible

6. Field Trips Philadelphia John Chadd/Barns Briton House
Franklin Institute

7. Homework
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

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

9. What is Workshop? 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

10. Reading “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

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

12. Social Studies/Science/Seminar
Switch among fifth grade teachers
Mr. Pinto teaches science: Catastrophic Events, Mixtures and Solutions
Mrs. A. teaches SS: Explorers, Colonial America and Revolutionary War and beyond

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

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