What's Up in 5th Grade?

January 27, 2023

Calendar

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 13th--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......

Welcome to the new student teachers from UW-Madison! Ms. Margolis will be joining Room 213 and Ms. Kampa. Ms. Hanson will be joining Room 218 and Ms. Godfrey. We are so lucky to have them join us!
Hamilton Middle School came to visit this week. Because Hamilton is the middle school most Randall students attend, every student must fill out the yellow registration form and return it to school. Even if you have or are planning to attend another middle school, every Randall 5th grader must fill this form out. Please return the form by:Thursday, February 23rd.

Oldie, but goodies .....

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.

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 reviewed Unit 4 and then took the assessment.
We also jumped right into Unit 5 with multiplying whole numbers by fractions.

Literacy this week....

Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests.
This week we completed our group literary essay and then began our end of unit assessment. Students were individually assessed on fluency, summarizing a text and writing a literary essay.
Next week students will finish up this assessment and begin some learning and practice around narrative writing.

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....

Next week we will devote some time each week to learning that supports Black History Month. This might look different between our classrooms. Ask your 5th grader what they are doing!!

SELS this week...

What Do I Stand For?
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/v4FSJbpRjjo

Interested 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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