1. VFMS Curriculum Night Fifth Grade Blue Team Social Studies Mrs. Celeste Sparano sparanoc@tesd.net

2.  Geography & Maps  Early Man & The Development of Civilizations and Writing  Latin America  North Africa & Ancient Egypt  Europe  Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica

3.  Geography  History  Culture  Modern Issues

4. connected.mcgraw-hill.com

5.  Time for Kids  Social Studies Journal  Folder  Handouts

6.  Pinnacle Internet Viewer  Tests & Quizzes  Journal pages  Hands on Projects  Class work  Homework

7.  Advisory Support  Schedule  Lockers  Assignment Books  Teacher Pages  Field Trip  Afterschool Clubs  5 Bowling/Skating Parties

8.  2 days out of the 6 day rotation  Same teacher all year  Non-Graded  Seek help from another teacher

9.  Quiet, respectful environment  Largely dedicated to work completion  Collaboration is allowed, but students should still be able to work independently without being disrupted or disturbed.

10.  Make-up work  Opportunities to seek out teachers for extra help and support  IRP book or self-exploration project at a minimum.

11.  Passes are not required for students to see other teachers.  We encourage the students to seek assistance from their advisory teacher first.  Library passes for computer use will be available during the day up to the end of lunch activity.

12.  Students can access their Guidance Counselor or Gifted Support Teacher if they are available via pass or phone call from Advisory Support Teacher.

13.  Some students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) may have an additional 2 or 4 days of support to work on their goals in lieu of some special area classes.

14.  Honesty  Empathy  Respect/Responsibility  Open-Mindedness

15.  Definition of Bullying and the Bullying Circle  Student awareness

16.  Building Homebase Communities  18 Yearly Hero Homebase Meetings  Digital Citizenship Lessons included

17.  sparanoc@tesd.net sparanoc@tesd.net  http://www.tesd.net/mrssparano http://www.tesd.net/mrssparano  610.240.2614