Thursday, February 27, 2025

What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #24)

 



Calendar
Tuesday, March 4th--Hamilton Open House for families M-Z @ 6:00 pm
Wednesday, March 5th--Hamilton comes to Randall to talk to 5th graders
Monday, March 24th-28th--Spring Break
Sunday, March 16th--Super Science Sunday at Randall
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--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
Monday, June 2nd--Randall Talent Show
Thursday, June 5th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Tuesday, June 10th--Music Concert/Moving On Celebration (1:00-2:30)
Wednesday, June 11th--Last day of school!!!
                                       --5th grade field trip to Vilas Park  (11am -2 pm)


New News
Forward Testing Schedule:

Math :  7:50 am
Tuesday, April 8th
Thursday, April 10th

Literacy--1:00 pm
Tuesday, April 8th-- Reading 
Tuesday, April 15th--Language/Writing
Wednesday, April 16th--Language/Writing



Oldie, but Goodies
Math
  • This week we continued with fraction by fraction multiplication, models to understand our thinking, and generalizations about products of fraction multiplication. 
  • Next week we will take our second Bridges Interim Assessment before we continue with Unit 5 Module 4.
  • Our March Number Corner will be focused on area of objects using multiplication of decimals.   In addition, each week we will be gathering data of pencil lengths, placing the data in a line plot, analyzing data and making predictions.
Literacy this week
  • This week we started Module 3 which is about athletes for social change.  Our text is Promises to Keep  written by Sharon Robinson.  The book is about her father, Jackie Robinson.
  • This week we explored the text, summarized parts of the book and started thinking about characteristics people possess for social change. 
  • For ALL Block, we continue to work with vocabulary words, writing responses to our reading and fluency work.  
Science--

Our third unit will be on Modeling Matter as we answer the question: What happens when two substances are mixed together?

  • Our first chapter will focus on : Why did the food coloring separate into different dyes?
  • Our second chapter will focus on : Why do some salad dressings have sediments and others do not?
  • Our third chapter will focus on : Why can salad dressing ingredients separate again after being mixed?

SELS/Health lessons
  • Advertising Healthy Routines
  • Randall Way Video for February is shared in your 5th grader's Google Classroom.  Our February goal is 1,100  paws to try and earn a Game Day in March.


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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Thursday, February 20, 2025

What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #23)

 


Calendar

Friday, February 21st--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Thursday, February 27th--Hamilton Open House for families A-L @ 6:00 pm
Friday, February 28th--PJ/Stuffy/Read IN Day!!!
Tuesday, March 4th--Hamilton Open House for families M-Z @ 6:00 pm
Monday, March 24th-28th--Spring Break
Sunday, March 16th--Super Science Sunday at Randall
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--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
Monday, June 2nd--Randall Talent Show
Thursday, June 5th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Tuesday, June 10th--Music Concert/Moving On Celebration (1:00-2:30)
Wednesday, June 11th--Last day of school!!!
                                       --5th grade field trip to Vilas Park  (11am -2 pm)


New News
  • Welcome Back, Mr. Wallace and Thank You, Dr. Wright!!!
  • No School on Friday, February 21st for a teacher PD day.
Oldie, but Goodies
  • Friday, February 28th we will have our January reward day of:         PJ/Stuffy/Read-In Day
  • Hamilton Open House for families:

    Thurs Feb 27 (A-L) & Tuesday March 4 (M-Z)

    Time: 6-7:30 open house

  • In preparation for our student led conferences in April, we will be collecting "evidence of student work" for them to discuss with you. Therefore, you may not be seeing as much work coming home, but you will receive all of it at their conferences. Sign Up Genius for these conferences will come in early March.
Math
  • This week we started Unit 5.  This week was focused on multiplying fractions by fractions using models and strategies to solve story problems. 
  • Next week we will continue this work find area as well. 
  • Our February Number Corner will be focused on finding the area of objects using multiplication of fractions.  In addition, we will work with the metric system as we measure, convert milliliters to liters, record our findings, make predictions for liquid measurement. 
  • Our March Number Corner will be focused on area of objects using multiplication of decimals.   In addition, each week we will be gathering data of pencil lengths, placing the data in a line plot, analyzing data and making predictions.
Literacy this week
  • We finished Module 2 this week with our narratives and rainforest projects. 
  • Next week we will begin Module 3 which is about athletes for social change.  Our text will be Promises to Keep  written by Sharon Robinson.  The book is about her father Jackie Robinson.
  • For ALL Block, we continue to work with vocabulary words, writing responses to our reading and fluency work.  
Science--

Our third unit will be on Modeling Matter as we answer the question: What happens when two substances are mixed together?

  • Our first chapter will focus on : Why did the food coloring separate into different dyes?
  • Our second chapter will focus on : Why do some salad dressings have sediments and others do not?
  • Our third chapter will focus on : Why can salad dressing ingredients separate again after being mixed?

SELS/Health lessons
  • Sleep Tight and Rest Well
  • Randall Way Video for February is shared in your 5th grader's Google Classroom.  Our February goal is 1,100  paws to try and earn a Game Day in March.


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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Friday, February 14, 2025

What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #22)


Calendar

Friday, February 21st--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Thursday, February 27th--Hamilton Open House for families A-L @ 6:00 pm
Friday, February 28th--PJ/Stuffy/Read IN Day!!!
Tuesday, March 4th--Hamilton Open House for families M-Z @ 6:00 pm
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--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
Monday, June 2nd--Randall Talent Show
Thursday, June 5th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Tuesday, June 10th--Music Concert/Moving On Celebration (1:00-2:30)
Wednesday, June 11th--Last day of school!!!
                                       --5th grade field trip to Vilas Park  (11am -2 pm)


New News
  • Thank you to all the families that contributed to our Author's Tea this Friday!!
  • Friday, February 28th we will have our January reward day of:         PJ/Stuffy/Read-In Day (details to come later)
  • Hamilton Open House for families:

    Thurs Feb 27 (A-L) & Tuesday March 4 (M-Z)

    Time: 6-7:30 open house

Oldie, but Goodies
  • Hamilton Open House for families:

    Thurs Feb 27 (A-L) & Tuesday March 4 (M-Z)

    Time: 6-7:30 open house

  • In preparation for our student led conferences in April, we will be collecting "evidence of student work" for them to discuss with you. Therefore, you may not be seeing as much work coming home, but you will receive all of it at their conferences. Sign Up Genius for these conferences will come in early March.
Math
  • This week we started Unit 5.  This week we worked with strategies for multiplying fractions using models and used these strategies to solve story problems. 
  • Next week we will focus on multiplying fractions by fractions using models and strategies. 
  • Our February Number Corner will be focused on finding the area of objects using multiplication of fractions.  In addition, we will work with the metric system as we measure, convert milliliters to liters, record our findings, make predictions for liquid measurement. 
  • Our March Number Corner will be focused on area of objects using multiplication of decimals.   In addition, each week we will be gathering data of pencil lengths, placing the data in a line plot, analyzing data and making predictions.
Literacy this week
  • We worked in Module 2 Unit 3.  This week students planned for, created, wrote and revised a non-fiction narrative story based on our text by Kathryn Lasky.  They will finish up this work next week. Students will also work on an independent slideshow based on rainforest books they are reading. 
  • For ALL Block, we continue to work with vocabulary words, writing responses to our reading and fluency work.  
Social Studies
  • Students shared and made recommendations about the books they what they read over the past few weeks  during our Author's Tea today.  
Science--Starting Next Week!! 
  • Our third unit will be on Modeling Matter as we answer the question: What happens when two substances are mixed together?

  • Our first chapter will focus on : Why did the food coloring separate into different dyes?
  • Our second chapter will focus on : Why do some salad dressings have sediments and others do not?
  • Our third chapter will focus on : Why can salad dressing ingredients separate again after being mixed?

SELS/Health lessons
  • Stress Relief Toolkit
  • Randall Way Video for February is shared in your 5th grader's Google Classroom.  Our February goal is 1,100  paws to try and earn a Game Day in March.


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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Thursday, February 6, 2025

What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #21)

 



Calendar

Saturday, February 8th--Glow Ball @ Randall School 5:30-7:30 pm
Friday, February 14th--Author's Tea in 5th Grade to celebrate African American authors
Friday, February 14th--Pass out valentines in class (Optional)
Friday, February 21st--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Thursday, February 27th--Hamilton Open House for families A-L
Tuesday, March 4th--Hamilton Open House for families M-Z
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--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
Monday, June 2nd--Randall Talent Show
Thursday, June 5th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
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
  • Friday, February 28th we will have our January reward day of:         PJ/Stuffy/Read-In Day (details to come later)
  • Hamilton Open House for families:

    Thurs Feb 27 (A-L) & Tuesday March 4 (M-Z)

    Time: 6-7:30 open house

  • In preparation for our student led conferences in April, we will be collecting "evidence of student work" for them to discuss with you. Therefore, you may not be seeing as much work coming home, but you will receive all of it at their conferences. Sign Up Genius for these conferences will come in early March.
Oldie, but Goodies
  • Valentine's Day will be on the same day as our Author's Tea. We will find time for the 5th grader's to pass out valentines to their peers. This is OPTIONAL. We just ask that if your 5th grader brings valentines that they bring one for everyone in the class. Your 5th grader's teacher will send a list of names if your kiddo would like to participate. Thanks!

  • Please update your emergency contact information!! We are sending home a form today that will give you three options on how to do this.

  • Please check your email or see separate post about our Black History Month project and Author's Tea Sign-up.

  • It looks like we are starting to deplete our Cheerios stash for snack time. If you are able and willing, we would appreciate your donations of Cheerios (no flavored kinds....just plain) or similar off brands. Thank you!!!

Math
  • This week in Unit 4, we finished up with this work, reviewed the unit and took the assessment. 
  • Unit 5 will be on multiplying and dividing with fractions. 
  • Our February Number Corner will be focused on finding the area of objects using multiplication of fractions.  In addition, we will work with the metric system as we measure, convert milliliters to liters, record our findings, make predictions for liquid measurement. 
Literacy this week
  • We finished up our in Module 2 Unit 2 with some fluency and writing a literary paragraph based on a section from our text by Kathryn Lasky.  We also started Unit 3 where students will work on an independent slideshow based on rainforest books they are reading.  They will also write a non-fiction narrative. 
  • For ALL Block, we continue to work with vocabulary words, writing responses to our reading and fluency work.  
Science---Our third unit of study will be on Modeling Matter and will begin next week!!

Social Studies (Black History Month)
  • We are reading and discussing books by African American authors with our reading partners.  
  • We are looking forward to sharing our books with one another at our Author's Tea on Friday, February 14th. 
SELS/Health lessons
  • Managing stress
  • Randall Way Video for February is shared in your 5th grader's Google Classroom.  Our February goal is 1,100  paws to try and earn a Game Day in March.



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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Hamilton Middle School Open House information

 Hamilton Open House

Thurs Feb 27 (A-L) 


 Tuesday March 4 (M-Z)


Time: 6-7:30 open house

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