What's Up in 5th Grade? (Welcome Edition)

 

Mrs. Kampa

Godfrey

Mrs. Faber

Calendar

Tuesday, September 5th--School begins!!!

Friday, October 6th--Randall Fun Run (more info to come)

Tuesday, October 10th--Academic Success Night(more info to come)

Friday, October 20--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Tuesday, October 31--Mid Day Release for students--Teacher
                                         planning/prep for conferences

Thursday, November 2nd--Evening Conferences

Friday, November 3rd--No school for students--Conference Day

Monday, November 6th--2nd Quarter begins

Wednesday, November 22nd-Friday, November 24th--Fall Break

Wednesday, December 20th--No school for students--Teacher PD 

Thursday, Dec.21st-Tuesday, Jan. 2--Winter Break

Wednesday, January 3rd--School begins again!!!

Monday, January 15th-No school for Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Friday, January 26th--No school for students--Grade reporting day

Monday, January 29th--3rd Quarter begins

Friday, February 16th--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Monday, March 25th-29th--Spring Break

Monday, April 1st--School begins again!!!

Monday, April 8th--4th Quarter begins

Thursday, April 11th-Evening conferences

Friday, April 12th--No school for students--Conference Day

Monday, April 15th--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day

Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day

Thursday, June 6th--Last day of school!!!

New News

• Please remember to sign and return the Digital Device Agreement form to school.
• Students will need headphones and a computer mouse at school.  Please send this in as soon as you can--Thanks!
• This is our weekly blog where we will update what we did that week, post information for families, update calendar events and other important information.  An updated blog will be posted every Friday.
• If you are ever looking for past information, you will have access to all of our posts throughout the year. 

Oldie, but Goodies

• This is a spot for information that families may still need.

Math

• This week the 5th grade math class was introduced to our first unit on Expressions, Equations and Volume.  
• Our Number Corner this month will focus on making connections between numbers written as fractions and decimals and start our work with volume in tangible and strategic ways. 

Literacy this week

• We will be doing a short book study that will compliment our first EL module that will begin in two weeks.
• The book is called Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (a Madison author) where we will begin the important discussion around human rights.
• We also did a variety of "Get to Know Me" activities

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?

SELS/Health lessons

• Community building
• Universal practices
• Healthy habits

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.