Calendar
Sunday, November 5th--Daylight Savings Day (Move your clocks back one hour)
Monday, November 6th--2nd Quarter begins/Snack reinstated (see blog post for specifics)
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
Monday, May 20th--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert @ 11:00 am
Wednesday, May 22nd--Faber Strings Concert @ 10:30 am
Friday, May 24th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 27th--No school for Memorial Day
Thursday, May 30th--5th Grade All Day Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
Tuesday, June 4th--Randall Talent Show (time/place tbd)
Wednesday, June 5th--5th Grade Moving On Celebration/Music Concert 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6th--Last day of school!!!
New News
- Thanks for making the time and effort to meet with us this week!
Oldie, but Goodies
Math
- November Number Corner will focus on classifying triangles, placing triangles on a coordinate grid and observing the triangles as they transform from day to day on the grid. In addition, we will make conversions using the metric system and make connections between decimals and fractions.
- This week we revisited and reviewed our fraction strategies and learning. We also did a unit review to help us prepare for the test. Some classes took the test today and others will take it on Monday. After the test, we will take a few days to work with Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Denominators before we begin Unit 3.
- Unit 3 will focus on Place Values and Decimals.
Literacy this week
- Our first EL Module is about Human Rights and we are using the book Esperanza Rising as a mentor text.
- This week we continued in Unit 2 in Module 1.
- This week we finished up our two voice poetry presentations. Then we deconstructed what a literary essay looks like and and continued to talk about reactions that characters have in the story based on events that occur. We began the process to write a literary essay comparing the reactions of two characters for our end of unit assessment.
- Next week we will finish the essay and begin the third and final unit in Module 1.
Social Studies
- During the weeks of October 16, 23 and 30th, our 5th graders will do a short unit on Native Americans. We will be using the text Mountain Wolf Woman by Diane Holliday to guide our learning.
- This week we finished reading the book, discussed, explored vocabulary words and wrote responses to what we read.
Science
- Next week we will begin our second science unit of the year!
- Our second unit is called Ecosystems Restoration (This unit will also support our 2 Module in EL when we begin in early December!) The question we will be answering is:
How do organisms in an ecosystem get the matter and energy they need to grow and thrive?
- Our first chapter's guiding question is: Why aren't the jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?
SELS/Health lessons
- Understanding Empathy and Perspective Taking
- Practicing our skills to analyze influences
- Watch the Randall Way video for October (Featuring Kampa Class!!) Our focus this month is being kind and we are working towards a goal of 1200 Raccoon Paws to earn an extra recess!!
( You may need to copy and paste the link address in a new tab)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LfBopeLPU
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.
