Randall 5th Grade Blog 2022-2023

                         What's Up in 5th Grade? Calendar Wednesday, December 21st-Tuesday, January 3rd--                              No school for Winter Break School resumes Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 Thursday, January 5th--Badger Rock visits 5th grade Thursday, January 12th--Wright Middle School visits 5th grade Monday, January 16th-No school for                                                      Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Thursday, January 19th--Wright Middle School Showcase                                                                 5:30-6:30 pm Friday, January 20th--No school for semester grade reporting Monday, January 23rd--beginning of  3rd quarter Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm New News...... Next week we will not have a blog entry. On Tuesday, December 20th, Randall students will get to watch a movie with their grade level peers for their November reward!  So cool!   Wright Showcase   Oldie, but goodies .....  Badger Rock Middle Sc

  Information about grading: Our math and literacy curricula, Bridges and EL, are a “spiraling” curricula, which means that key concepts are not taught all at once and completed. Rather, the same concept is presented repeatedly throughout the year, but with deepening layers of complexity. What that means for report card grading is that most students will be developing towards the end-of-year standards during Q2 because they have not yet had the opportunity to learn and fully demonstrate their mastery of various standards. Receiving a grade of developing does not mean that your student is not understanding the material or is performing below grade-level. Most students will not achieve a meeting mark in math until the end of the year, when the math and literacy standards will have been fully addressed. We assess student work differently in science and social studies because they are not spiraling curricula. In those subjects we consider whether students are consistently meeting the c

                            What's Up in 5th Grade? Calendar Thursday, December 15th--12:45 Spelling Bee                              (Parents of participants are invited.) Wednesday, December 21st-Tuesday, January 3rd--                              No school for Winter Break School resumes Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 Monday, January 16th-No school for                                                      Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Friday, January 20th--No school for semester grade reporting Monday, January 23rd--beginning of  3rd quarter Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm New News...... Badger Rock Middle School --The lottery is technically open as of December 1st ( link ) for application  Dear Families: This week, your student learned about an opportunity to enter their creative work into a local contest called the Greater Dane Anthology Project. They can enter art, a cartoon, poetry, a short story, or a persuasive essay.  Here's the slide deck tha

  Please remind students and parents that the Bucky Women's Basketball game is this Sunday December 11th at 1pm.  If they attend with their reading log in hand they will receive prizes from Bucky.  Students should have filled out the online form for 4 free tickets (emailed to parent's email address) during library/REACH.  Below is the link to the form if anyone needs it last minute (can't find their emailed tickets).  I can still take November reading logs next week for food prize coupons only .   Students will have to attend the game to get Buckey's prizes. Book it With Bucky info Book it With Bucky online Form Thanks,

                           What's Up in 5th Grade? Calendar Monday, December 5th--No school for students--(staff pd) Thursday, December 15th--12:45 Spelling Bee                              (Parents of participants are invited.) Wednesday, December 21st-Tuesday, January 3rd--                              No school for Winter Break School resumes Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 Monday, January 16th-No school for                                                      Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Friday, January 20th--No school for semester grade reporting Monday, January 23rd--beginning of  3rd quarter Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm New News...... You're invited to the Advanced Learning Advisory Committee meeting next week, Thursday, December 8, from 6-8 pm.  This flyer has more information.  To learn more about the work of the Advanced Learning Advisory Committee, you can visit  this site .  The Wright lottery is open and and closes on    January 27, 2023