IB Curriculum Night September 29, 2011

1. IB Curriculum NightSeptember 29, 2011 Wauwatosa Catholic 5th Grade

2. Dates to Remember “Joining Together to Become One” October 6th TV Land Trivia Night at St. Pius October 8th Report Cards November 16th Conferences Noveber 17th student presence is mandatory

3. International Baccalaureate Our school of fish are learning about the IB learner profiles: Inquirer ThinkerCommunicatorRisk-taker knowledgeableprincipled caring open-minded balanced reflective We will also be introducing the IB learner attitudes: Appreciation, commitment, confidence, cooperation, creativity, curiosity, empathy, enthusiasm, independence, integrity, respect, tolerance

4. Global Citizens Internationally minded students Aware of what is going on in their World Recognizing that we are all interconnected Making a Difference

5. How We Organize Ourselves Central Idea Communities provide interconnected services by importing and exporting goods to meet global needs Key Concepts • An inquiry into the historical movements and reasons behind why people trade • An inquiry into the importing and exporting of goods (nationally and internationally) • An inquiry into international Fair Trade

6. Reading Just completed: Nature’s Fury Differentiated Reading Centers • Guided reading with Miss McElroy • Word Work • Spelling and phonics • Comprehension • Writing On the horizon: Give it all you’ve got! Giving your best requires both determination and risk Book Club/Literacy Circles The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

7. Writing Writing Prompts from September: Marooned! If you were stuck on a desert island, what three items would you want to have and why? A snail dancing on the moon For one day you could be anything, go anywhere, and do anything 5 Senses Descriptive writing—using food and our 5 senses to make our writing as descriptive as possible • 6+1 Writing Traits Ideas Organization Voice Sentence Fluency Word Choice Conventions

8. Religion • 5th grade planned their first school mass for 9/28 • As a class we wrote prayers of the faithful to be read and recited a Spanish prayer to incorporate the values of IB into the service • What Church means to me… • Created blueprints of our ideal Church • On the horizon: Learning about our role in the community of God’s Kingdom and how we serve others

9. Math • Just completed: • Place value, Rounding, and Estimates—oh my! • Application of strategies • Differentiation-enrichments activities • Chapter test next week! • On the horizon: Multiplication • multiplication patterns • Estimating products • An introduction to Algebra

10. Science • Scientific Method • Basic Units of Life • Classification of Animals • Animals, vertebrates, invertebrates • Plants, Conifers, ferns, flowering plants, mosses • Archabacteria • Protist • Euebacteria • Fungi • On the horizon: Cells to Systems • All about the human body

11. Homework Policy • 2 missing assignments in one week=10 minutes of recess • Call to parents • Students must make up all missing work! • Homework is a part of students’ overall grade