What's Up in 5th grade? (Week 4)

   

Calendar

Tuesday, October 1st--Randall Student Success Night 5:30-6:30 pm 

Thursday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct.4--No School for students

Friday, October 11--Child Protective Lessons with Ms. Kati in the afternoon (1/2 hour)

Friday, October 18--Child Protective Lessons with Ms. Kati in the afternoon (1/2 hour)

Thursday, October 24th-Picture Day

Friday, November 1st--Mid Day Release for students--Teacher

                                         planning/prep for conferences

Monday, November 4th--No school for students/Conference Day

Tuesday, November 5th--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Wednesday, November 6th--2nd Quarter begins

Thursday, November 14th-Picture Retake Day

Wednesday, November 27th-Friday, November 29th--Fall Break

Monday, December 2nd--No school for students--Teacher PD 

Monday, Dec. 23rd-Tuesday, Jan. 5th--Winter Break

Monday, January 5th--School begins again!!!

Monday, January 20th-No school for Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Monday, January 27th--No school for students--Grade reporting day

Monday, January 28th--3rd Quarter begins

Friday, February 21st--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Monday, March 24th-28th--Spring Break

Monday, March 31st--School begins again!!!

Monday, April 7th--Mid Day Release for students

                                --Teacher planning/prep for conferences

                                --4th Quarter begins

Thursday, April 10th-Tentative--Film Festival Field Trip

Thursday, April 10th-Evening conferences

Friday, April 11th--No school for students--Conference Day

Friday, May 2nd--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Monday, May 26th--No school for Memorial Day

Tuesday, June 10th--Music Concert/Moving On Celebration (1:00 ish-2:30)

Wednesday, June 11th--Last day of school!!!

                                       --5th grade field trip to Vilas Park  (11am -2 pm)

New News

• Randall Student Success Night is next Tuesday!!  Please join us--Tuesday, October 1st from 5:30-6:30 to visit the classroom and check out some of the literacy we have been working on.  There will be ice cream as a treat after your visit :)  We  hope to see you there.
• Ask your 5th grade about the monarch butterflies....they are almost ready to start their migration!!

Oldie, but Goodies

• It is Hispanic Heritage Month!  Ask your 5th grader what we have learned!!

Math

• This week the 5th grade math class assessed some of our volume and multiplication strategy learning. 
• Next week we will work through Module 4 on some basic division strategies and assess that learning at the beginning of the week after the long weekend. 
• Unit 2 will be focused on fraction work!!!  Remember, fractions are FUN!!
• Our September Number Corner will focus on making connections between numbers written as fractions and decimals and start our work with volume in tangible and strategic ways. 
• Our October Number Corner will focus on gathering, analyzing and making predictions on data we collect on a daily basis using carrots.  In addition, we will be observing viewpoints of 3-dimensional buildings and using our knowledge of volume and shapes to uncover the "mystery buildings"

Literacy this week

• We are almost done with our first EL unit of the year based on Stories of Human Rights.  We have continued to read and discuss the book chapter by chapter.  Then we think about what we have read and make connections to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, find the "gist", define new vocabulary and summarize our learning in verbal and written communication.  This includes how to respond to questions using complete sentences, quoting accurately from a text and summarizing a text with supporting details.  
• Fair warning:  The amount of writing expected in the 5th grade curriculum jumps dramatically from 4th grade.  There are some growing pains with this jump and we are finding where there are holes we are hoping to fill with their writing skills.  
• For ALL Block, we continue to work on learning routines and purpose for our literacy time.  We are also working on building our stamina for independent reading and doing activities that support our literacy growth.

Science 

• Our first unit will be on Patterns of Earth and Sky as we answer the question:

Why do we see stars at different times?

• Our first chapter will focus on :  Why don't we see a lot of stars in daytime?
• Our second chapter will focus on :  Why is the sun up sometimes and not at other times?

SELS/Health lessons

• Giving positive "shout outs" to peers/staff
• Where to find health information

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.