- Time for summer :)
- Thank you for a great year!!
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
What's Up in 5th Grade? #38
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show 8:30 @ West
(Families of performers are now able to come!)
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music
Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th --5th Grade field trip to Vilas Park 11:15-1:45
--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Lake Kegonsa was a blast! Thank you so much to all the chaperones that helped us pull that off!
- Please make sure to send extra bags/empty backpacks next week so that we can start cleaning out those desks and lockers before Thursday!!
Oldie, but Goodies
- Last 10 days for 5th Grade
- Hat Day --6/3
- "Sit Anywhere You Like Day"--6/4
- Read-In Day (with an actual book)--6/5
- Eat Lunch Outside with 5th Grade Day-6/6 (Vilas Park)
Math
- May Number Corner will be focused on coordinate grids and conversion work between cups and ounces. In addition, we will have a variety of problem strings and activities that will review our 5th grade skills.
- This week, we revisited some of our earlier work in the year and did the math volume zoo project.
- Next Monday will be our last day of math!
Literacy this week
- Ask your 5th grader which book they chose to read first for literacy!!
- We will be doing a combination of various literacy activities. Each classroom may be a bit different, but in general we plan to do parts of EL Module 4-Natural Disasters, chapter book reading/responses/activities, some additional read alouds, daily oral language and cursive.
Science
- We are now in our 4th science unit of the year: Earth Systems
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fourth chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fifth chapter's guiding question is: How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater?
SELS/Health lessons
- The video for May is now available via your child's Google Classroom.
- Our focus this month will be on Practicing the "Randall Way" and our goal is 1,250 paws to earn a Popsicle Day in June!
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.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
What's Up in 5th Grade? #37
Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28th--Watters Football SuperBowl
Thursday, May 30th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Friday, May 31st--Stuffy/PJ/Movie Day
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show 8:30 @ West
(Families of performers are now able to come!)
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music
Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th --5th Grade field trip to Vilas Park 11:15-1:45
--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Remember there is no school for students on Friday, May 24th and Monday, May 27th! Enjoy your holiday weekend.
- Remember those sack lunches (unless you pre-ordered one from the school), sunscreen, bug spray, water bottles and tennis shoes for our Thursday field trip to Lake Kegonsa!!
- Friday PJ/Stuffy/Movie day.....please make sure your child is wearing shoes (no slippers) and any pajamas must be school appropriate.
Oldie, but Goodies
- Last 10 days for 5th Grade
- Arts and Crafts/Creative Day-- 5/28
- Twin Day--5/29
- Outside Day--5/30 (Lake Kegonsa Field Trip)
- PJ/Stuffy/Movie Day--5/31`
- Hat Day (Hats will remain at Randall for Talent Show)--6/3
- "Sit Anywhere You Like Day"--6/4
- Read-In Day (with an actual book)--6/5
- Eat Lunch Outside with 5th Grade Day-6/6 (Vilas Park)
Math
- May Number Corner will be focused on coordinate grids and conversion work between cups and ounces. In addition, we will have a variety of problem strings and activities that will review our 5th grade skills.
- This week, we took the Unit 7 test, the Amath screener and the final Bridges Interim Assessment. Whew :)
- We will finish off the year by revisiting some of our earlier work in the year and do the math volume zoo project.
Literacy this week
- Ask your 5th grader which book they chose to read first for literacy!!
- We will be doing a combination of various literacy activities. Each classroom may be a bit different, but in general we plan to do parts of EL Module 4-Natural Disasters, chapter book reading/responses/activities, some additional read alouds, daily oral language and cursive.
Science
- We are now in our 4th science unit of the year: Earth Systems
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fourth chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fifth chapter's guiding question is: How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater?
SELS/Health lessons
- What is beauty??
- Human Growth and Development will be starting soon! (Different dates for each class.)
- The video for May is now available via your child's Google Classroom.
- Our focus this month will be on Practicing the "Randall Way" and our goal is 1,250 paws to earn a Popsicle Day in June!
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.
Monday, May 20, 2024
What's Up in 5th Grade? #35
Monday, May 20th--5th Grade Talent Show Tryouts
Monday, May 20th--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert @ 11:00 am
Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In
Wednesday, May 22nd--5th Grade Strings Concert @ 10:30 am (all 5th gr. classes)
Wednesday, May 22nd--Last 10 Days of 5th Grade begins!!!
Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28th--Watters Football SuperBowl
Thursday, May 30th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Friday, May 31st--Stuffy/PJ/Movie Day
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show 8:30 @ West
(Families of performers are now able to come!)
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music
Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th --5th Grade field trip to Vilas Park 11:15-1:45
--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Each of our classrooms were treated to a Hmong read aloud this week! Ask your 5th grader what they heard and learned!!
Oldie, but Goodies
- Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In Please help your 5th grader remember to bring their charger in on these days so that it can be checked by the LMC to make sure it is working properly. 5th Graders will be keeping the chromebooks over the summer and taking them to middle school.
- Last 10 days for 5th Grade
- Extra recess Day--5/22
- Game Day--5/23
- Arts and Crafts/Creative Day-- 5/28
- Twin Day--5/29
- Outside Day--5/30 (Lake Kegonsa Field Trip)
- PJ/Stuffy/Movie Day--5/31`
- Hat Day (Hats will remain at Randall for Talent Show)--6/3
- "Sit Anywhere You Like Day"--6/4
- Read-In Day (with an actual book)--6/5
- Eat Lunch Outside with 5th Grade Day-6/6 (Vilas Park)
Math
- May Number Corner will be focused on coordinate grids and conversion work between cups and ounces. In addition, we will have a variety of problem strings and activities that will review our 5th grade skills.
- This week, we finished up this unit and did some review.
- Next week we will take the Unit 7 test, the Amath screener and the final Bridges Interim Assessment. Whew :)
- We will finish off the year by revisiting some of our earlier work in the year and do the math volume zoo project. Keep sending in the boxes!!!
Literacy this week
- Ask your 5th grader which book they chose to read first for literacy!!
- We will be doing a combination of various literacy activities. Each classroom may be a bit different, but in general we plan to do parts of EL Module 4-Natural Disasters, chapter book reading/responses/activities, some additional read alouds, daily oral language and cursive.
Science
- We are now in our 4th science unit of the year: Earth Systems
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fourth chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fifth chapter's guiding question is: How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater?
SELS/Health lessons
- Human Growth and Development will be starting soon! (Different dates for each class.)
- The video for May is now available via your child's Google Classroom.
- Our focus this month will be on Practicing the "Randall Way" and our goal is 1,250 paws to earn a Popsicle Day in June!
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.
Thursday, May 9, 2024
What's Up in 5th Grade? #34
Monday, May 13th--Permission slips due to classroom
Tuesday, May 14th-Hmong American Day
Thursday, May 16th--Safety Patrol Party during lunch
Monday, May 20th--5th Grade Talent Show Tryouts
Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In
Wednesday, May 22nd--5th Grade Strings Concert @ 10:30 am (all 5th gr. classes)
Wednesday, May 22nd--Last 10 Days of 5th Grade begins!!!
Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28th--Watters Football SuperBowl
Thursday, May 30th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Friday, May 31st--Stuffy/PJ/Movie Day
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show 8:30 @ West
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music
Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th --5th Grade field trip to Vilas Park 11:15-1:45
--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Ask your 5th grader about the Land Acknowledgement Ceremony today!!
- Please remember all permission slips are due on Monday! Also, our goal is to have all volunteers approved for Level 2 by the end of next week so we can start to make groups. Thank you!!
Oldie, but Goodies
- Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In Please help your 5th grader remember to bring their charger in on these days so that it can be checked by the LMC to make sure it is working properly. 5th Graders will be keeping the chromebooks over the summer and taking them to middle school.
Summer opportunities for 6th graders - 5th grade teachers, please share in your newsletters!
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery -English Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Spanish Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Hmong Flyer
- Change in schedule!! Instead of having two String Concerts, there will be one for the whole 5th Grade. It will be on Wednesday, May 22 @ 10:30 am
- Last 10 days for 5th Grade
- Extra recess Day--5/22
- Game Day--5/23
- Arts and Crafts/Creative Day-- 5/28
- Twin Day--5/29
- Outside Day--5/30 (Lake Kegonsa Field Trip)
- PJ/Stuffy/Movie Day--5/31`
- Hat Day (Hats will remain at Randall for Talent Show)--6/3
- "Sit Anywhere You Like Day"--6/4
- Read-In Day (with an actual book)--6/5
- Eat Lunch Outside with 5th Grade Day-6/6 (Vilas Park)
- Two end of year permission slips were sent home Monday, April 22nd. Please return these by Monday, May 13th. For our trip on May 30th, we really need as many chaperones as possible. In order to be a chaperone, you must be Level 2 Approved/Certified Please consider joining us that day. You will need to be a level 2 certified volunteer. Start the process by visiting the Volunteering page at MMSD’s website.
- Randall Talent Show will be on Tuesday, June 5th at West High School. However.........Only Randall staff and students this year....we hope to try and live stream it.
Math
- May Number Corner will be focused on coordinate grids and conversion work between cups and ounces. In addition, we will have a variety of problem strings and activities that will review our 5th grade skills.
- This week we started to work with multiplication and division of powers of 10.
- Next week, we will finish up this unit and do some review.
- We will take the Unit 7 test the week of May 20th along with our final Bridges Interim Assessment and Amath screener. Whew :)
- We will finish off the year by revisiting some of our earlier work in the year and possibly some math hands on projects.
Literacy this week
- Ask your 5th grader which book they chose to read first for literacy!!
- We will be doing a combination of various literacy activities. Each classroom may be a bit different, but in general we plan to do parts of EL Module 4-Natural Disasters, chapter book reading/responses/activities, some additional read alouds, daily oral language and cursive.
Science
- We are now in our 4th science unit of the year: Earth Systems
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fourth chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fifth chapter's guiding question is: How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater?
SELS/Health lessons
- Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall Uprising
- Human Growth and Development will be starting soon! (Different dates for each class.)
- The video for May is now available via your child's Google Classroom.
- Our focus this month will be on Practicing the "Randall Way" and our goal is 1,250 paws to earn a Popsicle Day in June!
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.
Thursday, May 2, 2024
What's Up in 5th Grade? #33
Calendar
Friday, May 10--Land Acknowledgement Ceremony @ 1:30 pm
Monday, May 13th--Permission slips due to classroom
Tuesday, May 14th-Hmong American Day
Thursday, May 16th--Safety Patrol Party during lunch
Monday, May 20th--5th Grade Talent Show Tryouts
Monday, May 20th--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert @ 11:00 am
Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In
Wednesday, May 22nd--5th Grade Strings Concert @ 10:30 am
Wednesday, May 22nd--Last 10 Days of 5th Grade begins!!!
Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28th--Watters Football SuperBowl
Thursday, May 30th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show 8:30 @ West
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music
Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th --5th Grade field trip to Vilas Park 11:15-1:45
--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Tuesday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 22nd--Chromebook/Charger Check In Please help your 5th grader remember to bring their charger in on these days so that it can be checked by the LMC to make sure it is working properly. 5th Graders will be keeping the chromebooks over the summer and taking them to middle school.
Summer opportunities for 6th graders - 5th grade teachers, please share in your newsletters!
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery -English Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Spanish Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Hmong Flyer
Oldie, but Goodies
- Change in schedule!! Instead of having two String Concerts, there will be one for the whole 5th Grade. It will be on Wednesday, May 22 @ 10:30 am
- Wednesday, May 22nd-Thursday June 6th--Last 10 days for 5th Grade
- Extra recess Day--5/22
- Game Day--5/23
- Arts and Crafts/Creative Day-- 5/28
- Twin Day--5/29
- Outside Day--5/30 (Lake Kegonsa Field Trip)
- PJ/Stuffy/Movie Day--5/31`
- Hat Day (Hats will remain at Randall for Talent Show)--6/3
- "Sit Anywhere You Like Day"--6/4
- Read-In Day (with an actual book)--6/5
- Eat Lunch Outside with 5th Grade Day-6/6 (Vilas Park)
- Two end of year permission slips were sent home Monday, April 22nd. Please return these by Monday, May 13th. For our trip on May 30th, we really need as many chaperones as possible. In order to be a chaperone, you must be Level 2 Approved/Certified Please consider joining us that day. You will need to be a level 2 certified volunteer. Start the process by visiting the Volunteering page at MMSD’s website.
- Randall Talent Show will be on Tuesday, June 5th at West High School. However.........Only Randall staff and students this year....we hope to try and live stream it.
- Tuesday, April 30th--Book Share Day--has been postponed to a later date (TBD)
Math
- April Number Corner will be focused on some old favorites topics of volume and thinking of money and time when working with fractions and decimals as we review our skills with all four operations.
- May Number Corner will be focused on coordinate grids and conversion work between cups and ounces. In addition, we will have a variety of problem strings and activities that will review our 5th grade skills.
- There will be 2-3 quizzes coming home this week.
- This week we worked with different strategies for division with story problems and work places. Next week we will also work with multiplication and division of powers of 10. For the week of May 13th, we finish up this unit and do some review. We will take the Unit 7 test the week of May 20th along with our final Bridges Interim Assessment and Amath screener. Whew :)
- We will finish off the year by revisiting some of our earlier work in the year.
Literacy this week
- We have completed Module 3-Athlete Leaders of Social Change!!!
- The text was Promises to Keep-How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.
- This week we finished up our essays, completed and presented our slideshow and created posters to show our learning.
- Next week and to the end of the year, we will be doing a combination of various literacy activities. Each classroom may be a bit different, but in general we plan to do parts of EL Module 4-Natural Disasters, chapter book reading/responses/activities, some additional read alouds, daily oral language and cursive.
Science
- We are now in our 4th science unit of the year: Earth Systems
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What can determine how much water is available for human use?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
- Our fourth chapter's guiding question is: Why is more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?
SELS/Health lessons
- Being a student in a New Country
- Human Growth and Development will be starting soon! Look for a parent letter that will be coming home at least 2 weeks before lessons begin in your child's classroom.
- The video for May is now available via your child's Google Classroom.
- Our focus this month will be on Practicing the "Randall Way" and our goal is 1,250 paws to earn a Popsicle Day in June!
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.
Summer Opportunities for incoming 6th Graders!!!
Summer opportunities for 6th graders - 5th grade teachers, please share in your newsletters!
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery -English Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Spanish Flyer
Career and Technical Education Summer Discovery - Hmong Flyer
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