What's Up in 5th Grade

                       What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Friday, March 24th--Opera for the Young @ 9:30 am
• Friday, March 24th--February Reward "Read In/Stuffy" Day
• March 27th-31st--Spring Break
• Monday, April 3rd--4th Quarter begins and every Monday until the end of the year there will be 60 minutes of asynchronous learning planned for the early release time.
• Friday, April 7th--Early release for students (conference prep)
• Monday, April 10th--Asynchronous Learning Day for students  (Teacher PD)
• Thursday, April 13th--Early release for students for conferences
• Tuesday, April 18th--Film Festival for Godfrey 9:30-11:15
• Thursday, April 20th-Film Festival for Faber/Kampa 9:30-11:15
• Monday, May 22nd--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert 11-11:30
• Wednesday, May 24th-Faber Strings Concert 10:30-11:00
• 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--5th Grade Field Trip to Vilas Park 
• 11:15-1:45 pm (sack lunches)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade 

                                    

New News......

• Have a wonderful Spring Break!!!
• Monday, April 3rd will be the first day of students having an hour of asynchronous work on Monday afternoons until the end of the year.v  We have created a 5th Grade Asynchronous Classroom in Google Classroom that they will be able to access.  Activities will be assigned every Monday at 1 pm (8:00 am for Monday, April 10th).  Please let your teacher know if you would prefer paper copies of some activities instead.
• Don't forget there is an early release on Friday, April 7th after we return for conference preparation.

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Mark your calendar for Conferences on Thursday, April 13th!

Kampa Conference Sign Up Link

Faber Conference Sign Up Link

Godfrey Conference Sign Up Link

Forward Testing Schedule

Math

• Tuesday, April 11th --8:00 am
• Thursday April 13th--8:00 am

Literacy

• Tuesday, April 11th-- mid-morning for Godfrey 

                                       --afternoon for Faber/Kampa

• Wednesday, April 12th-- afternoon
• Friday, April 14th-- afternoon

5th Grade Math this week....

• March Number Corner--This month we will continue to look at area, but by multiplying with decimals instead of fractions.  We will also do some data collection and line plots. Finally we will learn a form of bingo involving division with decimals.  
• April Number Corner--(Coming soon!!) This month will involve more work with volume once again.  Students will also work with fractions as related to time and money.  In addition, they will review learning on their understanding of decimals and number sense. 
• This week we worked with volume of rectangular prisms, measuring, coordinate grids and area.  Using all of these, students were asked to relate these concepts to some real life story problems.
• After Spring Break, we will finish up Unit 6!

Literacy this week....

• Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• This week we started Unit 2 in class. 
• Students listened to speakers, had to take notes and summarize what the speakers said.  
• Students also spent some time discussion and exploring point of view from a text/speaker and how that can influence a reader/listener.  
• Students wrote more summaries :)

Science this week....

• We have completed our third science unit-Earth Systems!
• Before we jump into our final science unit of the year, we are going to take a small break to do some other projects.
• After Spring Break, we will use this science/social studies time to prepare for our Student Led Conferences on April 13th.
• We will also take some time to learn and practice some skill around mapping.
• Our final unit in science, Ecosystem Restoration, will begin the week of April 17th.

SELS this week...

• Looking at Race and Racial Identity in Children's Books

• Randall's behavior incentive goal for March is "Board Game Day"
•  We are focusing on forgiveness and apologizing
• March's Goal for the whole school:  1000 Paws
Here's the "Randall Way" video for March: https://youtu.be/PrYLr9sy_EI

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.