Notice that your child is in the middle of the

Cosmic Plane of Development.

After absorbing information for the last three years,

they are now ready to put their

knowledge into ACTION!

Welcome to Upper Elementary!

Where the “Age of Serenity and Rudeness”

is put into action!

Upper Elementary General Overview

Classroom Constitution Morning Meeting Advisors’ roles Going Out Daily/Weekly Jobs Friday Sharing Time Kindness Ripples

Pin Map Desk Atlas Wordly Wise Classical Roots (Spelling) Word Study Box 4 Nights of Math Homework Ongoing Shelf Work

Weekly Goals

Read 20 Minutes Each Night (Either IRB or Book Club Group Assignment)

Either a Reading or Writing Sheet that coincides with Reading or Writing Workshop

Math Puzzle Story Card Science Observation Creative Project

Weekly Goals Continued…

Spiraling Curriculum Continual Review of Place Value & 4

Operations Constant Reinforcement of Math Facts Pretty Patterns

Study of Numbers How are they grouped? Part to Whole Relationships(6th Grade Math is taught by Tracy.)

Math

From Concrete to Abstract

Materials as Models

The goal of Writing Workshop is for children to learn to observe the world within and around them and to draft, revise, edit, and publish well-crafted narrative and expository texts.

Writing Workshop

Personal Narrative Personal Essay Research Paper Persuasive Essay Poetry Realistic Fiction

Units of Study

Generate Entries in Writer’s Notebook Choose a Seed Idea Expand Seed Idea Revise, Revise, Revise… Publish Celebrate

The Writing Cycle

Learning to Read & Reading to Learn

Book Club & Reading Instruction

The goal is for children to learn to observe the world within and around them with empirical methods, critical thinking, questioning and testing.

Physical Ocean Ocean Floor Map Geology

Ocean in Motion Waves Currents Weather & Climate

Science and Cultural Studies

Water Chemistry Ocean Zones Ecology Human Impact on Ocean Where Ocean Meets Shore

Science and Cultural Studies Continued…

The First Immigrants The War on the Ocean The Triangle Trade Waves of Immigrants The Ocean and New England Life – Past and Present

The Great Connection The Ocean and New England

Whale Watch (Try again in the spring) Mystic Seaport (May 25-27) Multiple Local Beaches Geology Ecology (Invasive Species,

Changing Environments) Possibly: Plum Island Other Islands in the Sound (Misery, Winter) Wetlands

Going Out

Drifters – A Case Study The Problem PartnersGulf of Maine Institute (Through NOAA Grant)

Salem Sound Coast Watch Real Science

Problems in a Changing Ocean

“Education is a natural process carried out by the child, and is not acquired by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment.”

~Maria Montessori

Closing Circle

With FREEDOM Comes

RESPONSIBILITY~Eleanor Roosevelt