1. Welcome to Back-to-School Night
Grade 5

2. Presentation Overview
Welcome & Background
Curriculum Overview
Policies
Other Business
Questions

3. Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting Greeting Sharing Activity
News & Announcements
Community Building
Reflecting on Social Behaviors
Role-playing

4. RULER-Yale University
Emotions drive learning, decision-making, creativity, relationships, and health. The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence uses the power of emotions to create a more effective and compassionate society. The Center conducts research and teaches people of all ages how to develop their emotional intelligence.
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5. Everyday Mathematics Journal Volumes 1 & 2 Home Links Homework
Student Reference Book – Hard cover and online
Math Games – online and in class
Assessments
Pre-tests
Unit review packets

6. *Master Math Facts* Achieved by constant reinforcement Quizzes
Math sheets
Flash cards
Support from home

7. Language Arts
The centerpiece of the Tenafly elementary school program is our language arts curriculum, incorporating best practice as based on current literacy research. We use authentic literature, Schoolwide units, and Scholastic Storyworks materials to teach reading and writing.

8. Reader’s Workshop Structure Read Aloud Mini-lessons
Guided Reading Groups
Book Clubs/Literature Circles
Independent Reading Time

9. Daily Reading Logs

10. Writer’s Workshop The Writing Process Immersion Generating Ideas
Selecting an idea
Developing an idea
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing

11. Writer’s Workshop Units of Study Launching: How Writers Work Grammar
Informative Essay
Persuasive Essay
Writing within Science and Social Studies Units
Independent Writing Projects

12. Social Studies Units of Study Westward Expansion Civil War
Civil Rights
Variety of resources to support units
Historical Fiction Chapter Books
Centers
Internet research

13. Science
This year we will be implementing a new science program- Inspire Science. We will cover concepts such as Physical Science, Earth Science and Life Science.
Some units include:
Structures and Properties of matter
Physical and Chemical Changes
Plant and Animal Needs

14. Homework
All assignments are written into the student planner on a daily basis
Quiet Time/Study Hall as needed
Parents, please check to see that assignments are completed
Students are to complete 5 reading logs a week
Missed or incomplete homework assignments result in a variety of consequences depending upon individual student needs

15. Report Card Grading System
New Elementary Report Card
- Standards-based
- New Grading
4 = Exceeding Grade Level Standard
3 = Meeting Grade Level Standard
2 = Approaching Grade Level Standard
1 = Not Meeting Grade Level Standard
* This does not align with a traditional A, B, C grading system.

16. Social Studies Units Westward Expansion Our unit test
Group participation during our simulation
The completion of assigned tasks for the simulation ( i.e., a skit about the   reasons for going  west,  a guide book for other travelers going west etc., pioneer towns, pioneer centers
A critique of the centers
The Native American debate (research, participation, and presentation)
 Native American reports - (students are assigned a region to investigate and design a PowerPoint presentation)
A journal with entries that reflect their knowledge of the trail,  and include authentic "pioneer language" and experiences learned in class
Open-ended responses to articles about the Oregon Trail and Native Americans

17. Social Studies Units A unit test
Slavery & Civil War
A unit test
Research a famous person of the Civil War 
Participation and written responses to packets corresponding to our slavery centers
Participation and responses to our civil war centers

18. Social Studies Units Civil Rights
Civil Rights notebooks/scrapbooks that students create and we grade
Civil Rights student presentations on assigned Civil Rights Topics
Discovery students usually write plays about a Civil Rights leader or event which they cast, direct, and perform.

19. Other Business Snacks Healthy (i.e. crackers, fruit, yogurt) allergies
December Conferences
Sign-In Sheet
Field Trips
Clearwater Sailing (TBD)
Metropolitan Opera (TBD)
Nature Center
Pool Party
Graduation

20. Parent-Teacher Communication
Our 5th Grade Team’s Addresses
Mrs. Donna Klein -
Mr. Arnold Almaguer -
Mrs. Esther Loor -