1. Mackay School Grade 5 Curriculum & Expectations Overview

2. Presentation Overview I. Responsive Classroom (Emotional Intelligence) II.Curriculum Overview III. Policies IV. Other Business V. Questions

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

4. 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

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

6. 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 Mondo Bookshop materials to teach reading and writing.

7. Reader’s Workshop Structure –Read Aloud –Mini-lessons –Guided Reading Groups –Independent Reading Time

8. Reader’s Workshop Units of Study Launching Reader’s Workshop Fiction Nonfiction Content reading

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 Realistic Fiction/Fantasy Argument Writing (Persuasive Essay) Biography Writing within Science and Social Studies Units Test Prep Independent Writing Projects

12. Social Studies Our topics this year will be studied through the lens of Social Injustice. Units of Study Westward Expansion (Pioneer & Native American perspectives) Civil War (Including a study of slavery) Civil Rights Variety of resources to support units –Historical Fiction Chapter Books –Centers –Internet research

13. Science Units of Study Simple Machines Pollution/Environmental Sustainability Introduction to Physical Science

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 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 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. Science Units Grades are based on many factors POLLUTION Unit Test Endangered Animal Project Oil Spill Project Group experiment activities with worksheets (participation and completion of worksheets) Open book quizzes on types of pollution

20. Science Units SIMPLE MACHINES Hands-on activities/experiments Worksheets to accompany each lesson Rube Goldberg project (Invention Convention)

21. Other Business Snacks –Healthy (i.e. crackers, fruit, yogurt) –allergies December Conferences –Sign-In Sheet Field Trips –Clearwater Sailing –Metropolitan Opera (Possibly) –Tenafly Nature Center –High Touch High Tech Pool Party Graduation

22. Parent-Teacher Communication Our 5 th Grade Team’s Email Addresses jangerson@tenafly.k12.nj.us dklein@tenafly.k12.nj.us aalmaguer@tenafly.k12.nj.us cmortara@tenafly.k12.nj.us