Located on the shores of Lake Champlain, Malletts Bay School is a third through fifth grade elementary school with approximately 494 students.
MBS Philosophy
We are a fair and welcoming community of life-long learners who strive to do our best, and who think not only what is, but what can be. We do this by...
...providing a safe, caring, and respectful environment
...exploring academic fields of knowledge
...using a variety of instructional strategies
...integrating technology
Adequate Yearly Progress Letter from Principal Barbara Nason
3rd Grade
Curriculum
4th Grade Curriculum
5th Grade Curriculum
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STUDY/ SPELLING |
MATH | SCIENCE | SOCIAL STUDIES |
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Comprehension
Strategies: connecting visualizing questioning inferring synthesizing summarizing questioning Literature Circles Guided Reading Self Select Independent Reading Fiction & Non-fiction Fluency Readers' Theater Genres Read Alouds Readers' Notebooks |
Portfolio Pieces: procedure response to literature persuasive narrative report personal essay Free Writes Poetry Readers’/Writers’ Notebooks Journals GUM (grammar, usage, mechanics) |
Weekly words
Word sorts
Word meaning
Weekly tests
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Everyday Math Problem solving (Portfolio Pieces) computation numbers operation concepts geometry measurement algebra statistics probability Math Games
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Animal Adaptations
Electricity and Magnets
Solar System
Human Body
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Native Americans
Map Skills
Communities
Social Skills
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STUDY/ SPELLING |
MATH | SCIENCE | SOCIAL STUDIES |
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Comprehension Strategies: Fluency/Accuracy Literature Circles Guided Reading Genre Variety Fiction and Non-fiction Reading Reader’s Theater Read Alouds Independent Reading Reader’s Notebooks Vocabulary Development
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Portfolio Pieces: Poetry
GUM
(grammar, usage, mechanics) Writing Process (Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish) Writing with purpose, organization, detail, and voice and tone
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Word Patterns Six Syllable Types Prefixes and Suffixes Irregular Spellings Homophones Compound Words Plurals
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Everyday Math Program |
may include the following units: Weather States of Matter Plants Forces and Motion Land and Water Earth Materials |
may include the following units:
Regions of the World Vermont Current Events
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| READING | WRITING | WORD STUDY |
MATH | SCIENCE | SOCIAL STUDIES |
| Guided Reading
Fiction & Nonfiction Variety of Genre Comprehension Skills Independent Reading Small Group Lit. Circles Read Aloud Book Talks Home Reading
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Guided Writing
G.U.M. (grammar, usage, mechanics) Writer's Craft Free Writing Poetry Portfolio Process: Communication Journals |
Spelling Patterns Word Sorts Language Games/Activities Grammar
Editing/ Vocabulary |
Everyday Math Arithmetic, Numbers, Operation
Concepts Geometric and Measurement
Concepts Functions and Algebra Statistics and Probability Problem Solving Portfolios
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Inquiry Skills Eco. Systems Introduce Cells Chemistry:
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American History (may include) Explorers Colonial and Revolutionary Times Westward Movement Slavery/ Civil War US States and Capitals Civil Rights Current Events |