What's Up in 5th Grade??
What's Up in 5th Grade?
Calendar
- Monday, January 23rd--beginning of 3rd quarter
- Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm
- Friday, February 24th--No school for students (PD day)
- March 27th-31st--Spring Break
- Monday, April 3rd--4th Quarter begins
- Friday, April 7th--Early release for students (conference prep)
- Monday, April 10th--No school for students (PD) day
- Thursday, April 12th--Early release for students for conferences
- Friday, May 26th--No school for students (PD day)
- Monday, May 29th--No School for Memorial Day
- Thursday, June 1st--5th Grade Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
- Wednesday, June 7th--5th Grade Moving On Ceremony (1 pm ?)
- Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade!!!
New News......
- Families, Please find the January Advanced Learning Newsletter at this link.
- New After School Club at Randall:
If they are, we have a new after-school opportunity for them -- Mythology club, which will begin on January 26, 2023. We’ll be meeting Thursday afternoons from 2:40-3:30 to learn about mythological heroes, gods and monsters and also pick up some Latin vocabulary. Our first session will last 6 weeks, meeting on January 26, February 2, February 9, February 16, and February 23. Mythology club will be led by Marissa Gurtler, a PhD student at UW-Madison, with support from Amy Rountree, the Advanced Learning specialist at Randall.
If your student would like to try this activity, please fill out this form. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Rountree at aerountree@madison.k12.wi.us, or (608)204-3337.
Oldie, but goodies .....
- Fresh start :) You can always go back to older blog posts if you missed something.
5th Grade Math this week....
- January Number Corner--This month we will be focusing on multiplication and addition of fractions as it relates to time and money. We will also be working with numerical patterns and graphing.
- This week we revisited some division strategies.
- Next week we will review for Unit 4 and then take the assessment
- Unit 5 will be on Multiplying and Dividing fractions.
Literacy this week....
- Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests.
- This week we revisited the idea of a painted essay. We worked as a class on fluency, creating focus statements and writing a literary essay together as a class.
- Next week students will finish the class literary essay and take and end of unit assessment where they will be writing an essay on their own.
Science this week....
- Next week we will start our third science unit-Earth Systems.
- Unit Question: What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Chapter One: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
Social Studies this week....
- We finished up a mini-unit on Native American Histories and Stories
- The text we used was called Mountain Wolf Woman by Diana Holliday.
- This week we asked students to culminate their learning in a final project. Ask your kiddo what they did.
- In February, we will devote 2 days a week to science and 2 days a week to some learning that supports Black History Month. This might look different between our classrooms. Ask your 5th grader what they are doing!!
SELS this week...
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Randall's behavior incentive goal for January is Pajama Day (whole school!!)
- We are focusing on being kind
- January's Goal for the whole school: 1700 Paws
Here's the Randall Way video for January -
https://youtu.be/v4FSJbpRjjoInterested in volunteering at Randall or chaperoning a field trip with your student's class? - start the process by visiting the Volunteering page at MMSD’s website.
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