What's Up in 5th Grade?

 

Calendar

• Tuesday, April 18th--Film Festival for Godfrey 9:30-11:40
• Thursday, April 20th-Film Festival for Faber/Kampa 9:30-11:40
• Thursday, April 20th--Tornado Drill at 1:45
• 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......

• Thank you so much for taking the time to attend your child's conference this week!  We are looking forward to great end to 5th grade. 
• Mallards Game Ticket Voucher
• Please return permission slips as soon as you can.  Also consider volunteering to chaperone with us :)  

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• 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.
• Film Festival Update:  We were informed over Spring Break that this festival will be 81 minutes long vs. the 60 minutes they originally told us.  We will be arriving back to Randall by lunch time at 11:45.
• Our classrooms will be starting/ have started Human Growth and Development in our classrooms.  

Forward Testing Schedule

5th Grade Math this week....

• April Number Corner--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 used some of our math time for Forward testing and begin Unit 7 which will include multiplication and division of whole numbers, decimals and fractions. 
• Next week we will be focusing on strategies for division.

Literacy this week....

• Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• Students also spent time discussing and exploring how to form and support an opinion based on a text. 
• Next week, students will work to complete this unit by writing an opinion based essay and engage in peer reviews.

Social Studies this week....

• This week we will take some time to learn and practice some skill around mapping in addition to practicing for our conferences.
• Our final unit in science, Ecosystem Restoration, will begin next week!
• Ecosystem Restoration Unit Question:  How do organisms in an ecosystem get the matter and energy they need to grow and thrive?
• Ecosystem Restoration Chapter One Question:  Why aren't jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?

SELS this week...

• Randall's behavior incentive goal for April is Extra Recess
•  We are focusing on being an ally!!
• April's Goal for the whole school:  1200 Paws
Here's the "Randall Way" video for April: 
https://youtu.be/FpsaQVYHxKM

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.