1. 5th Grade Curriculum Night Social Studies and ELA Ms. Luongo

2. 5th Grade Schedule
7:30-7:45   Homeroom/Attendance/Lunch Count/Do Now 7:45-9:00   ELA/SS
9:00-9:15 Writing 9:15-9:45   Recess 9:45-10:15  Writing 10:15-10:55  Fine Arts 11:00 Switch Classes 11:11-11:41 Lunch 11:41-12:15 Writing
12:15-1:45 ELA/SS 1:45-2:15 iii 2:15  Dismissal .

3. Rules 1. Be respectful 2. Be responsible. 3. Be kind.
4. Be ready to learn.

4. Complete all required work to the best of ability
Expectations:
Good attitude
Manners
Take pride in work
Sense of humor
Complete all required work to the best of ability
100% effort

5. Educational Computer time
Rewards
Educational Computer time
Kindness Cards
Free Reading time

6. Parent Contact (email or phone call)
Consequences:
Reminder
Parent Contact ( or phone call)
Write up
Referral to the office

7. Disruptive and/ or unacceptable Behavior:
Excessive talking
Out of seat or area
Insubordination (talking back to teacher)
Failure to follow directions
Horseplay
Inappropriate comment/language

8. Social Studies Text Used: Florida Social Studies: McGraw Hill
The student will know:
How European explorers and American Indian groups interacted/perceived with each other.
How daily life in the colonies varied based upon the cultural background of the inhabitants.
How and why the political and economic structure among the colonies varied.
Why the colonies wanted freedom from Britain and how they obtained their freedom.
How our government formed and changes made throughout the years
Westward Expansion
Text Used: Florida Social Studies: McGraw Hill

9. Reading
Reading is broken down into 3 strands: fiction, nonfiction, and foundational skills, which include phonics, morphology( roots and affixes) and fluency.
Students will have regular practice with complex texts in a variety of genres including novel studies through out the year
Students will work with finding evidence to support answers
Reading, writing, and speaking will all be grounded in evidence from texts, both literary and informational

10. Literacy Teaching Practices
Read a Loud: teacher reads to the whole class, modeling fluency comprehension, and critically thinking strategies
Shared Reading: the teacher leads the class in reading allows for practicing the reading process
Guided Reading: teacher guides small groups of students based on their needs
Paired Reading: students read with a friend/students read with someone with a higher of lower level than they.
Independent Reading: students read to learn, for enjoyment, to build stamina

11. Writing
There will be opportunities for writing across the curriculum (Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies)
Students will learn how to plan and organize for writing all types of essays (Opinion, Informative and Narrative)
Will be able to support their views using support from readings

12. Testing Students have just completed the a baseline Journeys test.
Students are in the process of having Reading Running Records completed
Students will be completing the iReady test to prepare for online practice and tutorials.
Palm Beach Writes written response exam (sometime in Sept)
Students will be administered Unit test approximately every other Friday, based on the benchmarks, spelling and vocabulary taught during that period.

13. Extended Activity
45 minutes of iready needs to completed each week for both Math and ELA.
20-30 mins daily of reading

14. Field Trips Duncan Theatre in January Johnathan Dickinson in November
Washington D.C. safety patrol only
End of the Year- Animal Kingdom

15. Contact
I try to respond in 48 hours.
If for some reason it has been longer, please resend ! 

16. What is the ib Program?
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) is a curriculum framework designed for students aged 3 to 12. It prepares students for the intellectual challenges of further education and their future careers, focusing on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.
The curriculum is centered through the IB PYP 5 Essential Elements.

17. What you will see in your students classroom:
Central Ideas – a “Big Idea” for a 6 week unit of study aligned through Science and Social Studies
Lines of Inquiry – objectives aligned through Science and Social Studies to guide inquiry through the 6 week unit
Learner Profile – attributes valued by the IB of students that “can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities”.
Inquirers, thinkers, communicators, knowledgeable, risk takers, principled, caring, open-minded, balanced, and reflective.
Action
Inquiry based lessons

18. Want to know more about the ib pyp?
Please visit the IBO website:
Franklin Academy Boynton Beach’s IB Weebly:
Attend Curriculum Nights and IB Nights when announced.
Ms. Packard the IB Coordinator: