Product Overview

Upper Elementary Refresher Course:

(Every teacher attending the course receives a copy of all Elementary II Teacher Training Manuals).

Cost: Cost is for 4 consecutive days, per attendee. Hosting school, or school district must provide a minimum of six attendees, maximum 24 + traveling expenses (Traveling expenses are calculated and arranged with the host school. Dates based on calendar availability).

Day 1:

An in-depth exploration, discussion and understanding of the characteristics, learning styles, and tendencies of that particular age group.

Classroom design with an emphasis on what the environment should look like, sound like, and feel like.

Concrete to abstract, simple to complex

Expectations from children moving in from lower elementary.

Math explorations.

Operations - Algebraic Thinking

Finishing whole numbers of multiplication and division
Introduction to Decimals
Addition and subtraction of Decimals
Multiplication of Decimals
Division of a Decimal

Day 2:

Continuation of Math explorations with concepts in:

Fractions

Equivalency
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division

Advanced Math

Multiplication of a Binomial
Using Square Guides
Square Roots Concretely
Square Root Algorithm

Language

Reading
- Literature Discussion
- Literature Analysis with a focus on discussing big ideas leading to peace education
Word Study
Writing
- Writing Rhombus
- Narrative
- Expository

Grammar

Day 3:

Geometry

Three Concepts/Three Properties
Constructive Triangles
- Triangle Box
- Large Hexagon Box
- Small Hexagon Box
Area
- Yellow Area Box
- Area of Rhombus
- Polygon
- Circumference
- Circle

History

Great Lessons
Clock of Eras
Timeline of Life
Timeline of Early Humans
Timeline of Ancient Civilizations
Middle Ages Study

Social Emotional Development

Classroom Leadership

Day 4:

Geography

Impressionistic Charts
- Chapters 1,2,3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6

Science

Biology
STEM
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Ecology