Monday, January 15th-No school for Martin Luther King, Jr Day
Tuesday, January 16th--Lockdown drill for Randall
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
Saturday, February 24th--Glow Ball Dance 2024 5:30-7:30 pm
Saturday, March 9th--Super Science Saturday 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Monday, March 25th-29th--Spring Break
Monday, April 1st--School begins again!!!
Monday, April 8th--4th Quarter begins
Wednesday, April 10th--Big Screens, Little Folks film festival field trip 9:15am-noon
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
Reminder: No school on Monday, January 15th and Friday, January 26th.
Oldie, but Goodies
Math
- January Number Corner involves revisiting some volume work. Daily, are given a "building" to observe, describe and look for patterns as it continues to grow. When a building is complete, we use our observations to create a formula/algebraic expression that would work if the building continued to grow. In addition, we are able to see how we can find the volume of a composite figure by looking at the rectangular prisms that work together to create the whole. In addition, we are doing some problem solving with adding fractions of money and time.
- Last week we started Unit 4 on multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals.
- This week we focused on multiplication and the relationships between fractions and decimals as operators in multiplication strategies.
- Next week, we will move from multiple strategies for multiplication to the array strategy as we prepare to move into the algorithm for multiplication.
Literacy this week
- Our second EL Module which is about rainforest canopies. We will be using the narrative nonfiction text The Most Beautiful Roof in the World as well as a variety of other articles and text support our reading and writing.
- This week students read to find evidence to support a new question: "How can we help save the rainforests?" Then, students used their evidence and understanding of the topic to participate in a science talk as a way to assess learning at the end of Module 2 Unit 1.
- Next week we will begin Unit 2 in Module 2. We will read some new texts and find the "gist" of their meaning.
Science
- This week finished with our second science unit of the year: Ecosystems Restoration
- The question we answered was:
How do organisms in an ecosystem get the matter and energy they need to grow and thrive?
- Our first chapter's guiding question was: Why aren't the jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?
- Our second chapter's guiding question is: Why aren't cecropia trees growing and thriving?
- Our third chapter's guiding question is: Why aren't cecropia trees growing and thriving in the soil?
- Next week we will jump right into our third science unit of the year: Modeling Matter
- The question we will be investigating and answering is:
What happens when two substances are mixed together?
- Our first chapter's guiding question will be: Why did the food coloring separate into different dyes?
SELS/Health lessons
- Reviewing Decision Making
- What is Racism?
- Watch the Randall Way video for January via your child's Google Classroom. (Coming soon!!)
- Our focus this month are kind behaviors on the bus and playground and we are working towards a goal of 1500 Raccoon Paws to earn a February Stuffy and Read-In day!! The video can be found in your child's Google Classroom.
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