What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #33)

 

Calendar

Monday, May 12th--5th Grade Talent Show Tryouts

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

Wednesday, May 28th--Strings Concert 10:45am-11:30 am 

Monday, June 2nd--Randall Talent Show

Thursday, June 5th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa

Monday, June 9th--PTO/PEG Ice Cream Social at Brittingham Park Shelter 5:30-7:00

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

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

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

New News

• Check out the separate post that shows the LAST 10 Days of Fifth Grade Fun!!

Oldie, but Goodies

• Permission slips for our last two field trips came home last week!  Please try to return these as soon as possible.  
• Please consider joining us for our upcoming field trips as a chaperone.
Thursday, June 5th--All day field trip to Lake Kegonsa 
Wednesday, June 11th-- 11:00 am-2:00 pm Vilas Park

In order for Thursday, June 5th to be a success, we need as many parent volunteers as possible.  More parents allow for smaller groups and flexibility for everyone.  If you are able, we would appreciate any help on June 5th.

In order for you to be a chaperone, you will need to be approved for Level 2 volunteering tasks which involves a background check.  I recognize this can be an inconvenience, but unless we have you on our Level 2 approved list, we can not allow you to join us........  start the process by visiting the Volunteering page at MMSD’s website.

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Math

• Unit 7 focus is on division of fractions and whole numbers. We are exploring different division strategies and with whole numbers, fractions and decimals. 
• Next week we will take Thursday and Friday to do some district math assessments for the end of the year.  After that we will continue and finish Unit 7.
• After Unit 7 we will reflect on the areas of the 5th grade curriculum that might need a bit more review and that will take us to the end of the year :) 
• Our May Number Corner will be focused on ordered pairs/graphing skills and converting liquid measurement from customary units to metric units. 

Literacy this week

• This week we continued with Module 3 Unit 3.  What are the key factors that contribute to success in being an effective leader of social change? 
• This week we worked on a slide show presentation and poster to answer the question above. 
• This will be our LAST unit of this module!! 
• Next week we will change gears and and do some chapter book reading and projects to end out the year. 
• In the next two weeks we will also take a spelling and reading assessment.

Social Studies/Science

• This week we did our Human Growth and Development lessons for 5th grade.
• Next week we will begin our last unit in Science.
• We will also be using some of our time in the last weeks to do some mapping work.

Science

Our fourth unit will be on Earth Systems:  We will work to answer the question: What can determine how much water is available for human use?

• Our first chapter will focus on : Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not? 
• Our second chapter will focus on : Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris? 
• Our third chapter will focus on : Why is there more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
• Our fourth chapter will focus on : Why is there more water vapor high up over West  Ferris than East Ferris?
• Our fifth chapter will focus on : How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater? 

SELS/Health lessons

• Family (Part 2)
• Randall Way Video for April is shared in your 5th grader's Google Classroom.  Our May goal is 1,100 paws by being an ALLY to try and earn a popsicle treat.  

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.