Co-Teaching We have the unique opportunity to share your childs
5 th grade education. Our partnership affords our students the
benefits of our expertise, our dedication and our passion for
teaching. We are privileged to have you, their parents, as the
single most important members of their team. Thank you for
supporting them this evening!
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Writing Workshop Our day begins by getting out the junk in our
Writers Notebooks. We gain inspiration for our Daily Page writing
from individual events, pictures and questions we have in our own
lives. By writing each day, we build stamina and purposefully
practice our writing skills!
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Our Writers Notebooks
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Writing Workshop Our Writing Workshop continues with a mini
lesson pertaining to the genre we are studying. The focus of fifth
grade writing is the narrative, persuasive and argumentative
genres. Our management board keeps track of individual student
progress and small group needs.
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Encore Classes! Once a day we are off to our special area
classes. These include library, art, gym, computer and music.
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Math Workshop Students step into the role of the teacher to
begin our Math Workshop each day. During the Student Led Review
time, peers use their knowledge of mastered skills to provide a
review for the class. This is a great way to reinforce important
concepts needed for our challenging curriculum!
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Student Led Math Review
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Math Workshop After the Student Led Review, students travel in
small, flexible groups through the workshop. Each group has the
opportunity to work with a teacher, complete independent practice
and engage in a math game. Members of our support staff are
integral to the success of our workshop.
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LUNCH! Our fifth graders have the privilege of enjoying their
lunch with friends at any table in their section!
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Fresh air, exercise, socialization RECESS!
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READ, READ, READING WORKSOP! In fifth grade, we are firmly
rooted in the connection between reading and successful futures! We
read each and every day. We read a variety of genres and authors.
We read for pleasure, for implementation of reading strategies and,
most importantly, we read to become lifelong readers! YESWE LOVE
READING!
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Independent Reading Time During Independent Reading Time,
students read either a book of their choice or their Literature
Circle novels. Carving out reading time every day provides exposure
to rich literature while helping us build stamina!
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Book Notes Following Independent Reading Time, students
complete a short summary of the pages theyve read. They record
their summaries in their Reading Workshop binders and then share
out with their tablemates. This often inspires others to want to
read the books we are reading!
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Igniting Reading! To kick-off our Year of Reading, we devoted
an entire day to literature. Students traveled in groups to present
Bio-Bags, gather quotes from listening to some of our favorite
authors speak about their own reading/writing experiences, and
finally conduct research about their authors to create Everything
About Authors boards. It was a day full of learning and fun that
inspired us to begin our journey into the wonderful world of
books!
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Read to Succeed!
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Reading Workshop Our Reading Workshop consists of leveled small
groups working through differentiated tasks to practice literary
skills. Students utilize a Literacy Ticket as a management tool to
record completed requirements and monitor choices. Reading Workshop
is a vehicle for individualized purposeful practice, interactions
with embedded technology and peer collaboration.
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Science This year, students in fifth grade will study a
collaborative unit on weather and oceans. The unit provides
relevant and interesting information that they can easily apply to
their everyday lives! Our newly adopted Social Studies Alive!
curriculum is a fully interactive, hands-on and technology based
approach to learning about our past. Social Studies
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We hope this presentation has provided a small glimpse into
life in fifth grade. Each day is filled with learning, discovery
and growth. The potential that lies in every one of our students is
truly endless and we welcome the opportunity to foster it
throughout this year! Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Gillespie & Mrs.
Leonard Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of
a fire. William Butler Yeats