Welcome to Back To School

NightPlease find your child’s desk and read the letter that your child

wrote to you. When you are done, you may write a letter back to your child and put it in their desk.

A Little AboutMrs. Haberkern

Masters of EducationGraduate of Penn State University! ROAR!19 years teachingMother of Gregory, 11, and Ryan, 3 1/2!Eagles & Phillies fan!

Our Expectations of Students

To develop organizational, listening and notetaking skills

To enhance appropriate study habits

To inspire independence in thinking and behavior

To expand time management skills

To inspire appropriate questioning for help when needed

To provide firm, fair yet friendly atmosphere which is conducive to learning experience

To prepare fifth graders for middle school

Teaming-A Collaborative Effort

We believe that teaming will:

increase your child’s educational experience.

better prepare students for the middle school.

allow teachers to further enhance teaching practices.

help students become more responsible and organized.

Morning ProceduresMrs. Haberkern

During homeroom the students engage in the following activities:

Read “Morning Message” on PowerPoint presentation for daily

reminders and morning workUnpack book bag and copy homework

from whiteboardPlace all important notes for the office

or teacher in homeroom binOrganize homework papers for the day

Classroom Practices

Notebook checks for neatness and organization

Cubbies checked for neatness and organization

Computer use throughout day

Healthy snack can be brought in daily

Website & Genesis Check website for additional

information and slide shows

Genesis- review for assignments and grades

Specials Schedule

Monday: Art & PE

Tuesday: Spanish and PE

Wednesday: Music &Curriculum Extension

Thursday: Spanish & Word Work

Friday: Library/Keyboarding & ID

**Schedules Located in Folder**

Afternoon Procedures/Homeroom Period

At the end of each day…

Students are provided with an opportunity to work

on class assignments as well as homework.

Additionally, it is a time for teachers to meet with

students for a variety of needs.

Assignments are reviewed and copied into agenda

books

Children stay in seats until they are dismissed

Birthday Celebrations

During homeroom period

Always welcome

Peanut allergy

Behavior Policy

Be respectful of their peers and teachers as well as property.

Listen attentively and wait for appropriate time to speak (usually by raising hand).

Cooperate and work together.

When a student repeats misbehaviors or commits a serious infraction, the principal will be notified.

Behavior detentions will be given at the discretion of the teacher. These detentions will be held before school or during lunchtime.

Fifth Grade Highlights

Projects:Poetry PortfolioSocial Studies mini-projects

Field Trips:Bouman-StickneyReadington Middle School OrientationLiberty Science Center

Homework Assignments Are…

• Due upon student arrival to classroom- Students need to come to school with homework completed

• Required to have proper heading.•Checked for accuracy, completion, & effort• Given nightly; occasionally on weekends•Genesis- parental portal•Website- for additional information

*Homework Room is mandatory if assignments are not satisfactorily completed.

Homework Room

1. When a student does not have an assignment completed on time, he/she will sign his/her homework log page.

2. Parental contact will be made when a third assignment is not completed on time within one marking period.

3. The student will serve a morning or an afternoon detention (teacher discretion) upon not completing a fourth assignment during one marking period.

*The students are assigned to the Homework Room for an entire recess period.

Social StudiesProgram: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: The United States: Making a New Nation

Units of Study: Native Americans Exploration/Relations with Native Americans Colonization American Revolution

Social StudiesSpecial Features

Biographies

Leveled Readers by unit

Primary Sources

Time Links

Internet resources such as: www.harcourtschool.com/ss1

Meet ECO!!!

Primary Sources

What are Primary Sources?

They are additional sources to gather information to enliven past people and events such as maps, historical documents, paintings and drawings, speeches, letters and newspaper articles, political cartoons, photographs, and posters.

Report Card/Grading

Report Cards will be computerize

New grading systemA – 90-100B – 80-89C – 70-79D – 60-69F – less than 59

Effort Grades:O-OutstandingS-SatisfactoryI-InconsistentU-Unsatisfactory

The Winning Formula

Consistency and Communication are the keys to

success!

Communication

Ext. 2028

ahaberkern@readington.k12.nj.us

Assignment books

It is important that we keep an open line of communication!

Reading Workshop Approach

Reading Workshop follows a very similar format to writing workshop. First the teacher models a reading strategy during a mini-lesson. Next students engage in a large block of time where they apply their reading strategies. Lastly, the students meet to share what they learned as readers.

Supplemental Materials: • Picture Books• Authentic Literature

Word Study• Word Journeys- new program

“True comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader’s interaction with text. If students are to become thoughtful, insightful readers, they must extend their thinking beyond a superficial understanding of the text.”Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

“True comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader’s interaction with text. If students are to become thoughtful, insightful readers, they must extend their thinking beyond a superficial understanding of the text.”Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

“Once thought of as the natural result of decoding plus oral language, comprehension is now viewed as a much more complex process involving knowledge, experience, thinking and teaching.”(Linda Fielding and P. David Pearson, 1994)

“Once thought of as the natural result of decoding plus oral language, comprehension is now viewed as a much more complex process involving knowledge, experience, thinking and teaching.”(Linda Fielding and P. David Pearson, 1994)

1. Connect to the Text

2. Ask Questions

3. Expand Vocabulary

4. Predict & Prove

5. Sense It

6. Decide What’s Important

7. Make Inferences Then Draw Conclusions

8. Summarize and Synthesize

9. Check Your Understanding

10. Build Fluency

CAUTION!“Although these strategies tend to be introduced independently, readers rarely use these in isolation when reading. These thoughts interact and intersect to help readers make meaning and often occur simultaneously during reading.”

Harvey and Goudvis

CAUTION!“Although these strategies tend to be introduced independently, readers rarely use these in isolation when reading. These thoughts interact and intersect to help readers make meaning and often occur simultaneously during reading.”

Harvey and Goudvis

Reading is

Thinking

Reading is

Thinking

Sense ItSense It

Making Inferences/ Draw Conclusions

Making Inferences/ Draw Conclusions

Connect To Text

Connect To Text

Ask Questions

Ask Questions

Summarize/ SynthesizeSummarize/ Synthesize

Decide What’s Important

Decide What’s Important

Build FluencyBuild Fluency

Expand VocabularyExpand Vocabulary

Predict and Prove

Predict and Prove

Check Understandi

ng

Check Understandi

ng

CAFEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIiRNkt1DDw

C- Comprehension

A- Accuracy

F- Fluency

E- Expanding Vocabulary

Science

Program: FOSS and Delta

- Hands-on activities

Modules/Themes

Environments

Mixtures & Solutions

Oceans