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What's Up in 5th Grade January 5, 2024

 



Calendar


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
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

  • Today we had a visit from the Multico performance group from West High School.  This is always a treat to have them come and talk about important social issues in our schools.  Ask your 5th grader about what they saw!

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.
  • This week we started Unit 4 on multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals.
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 used a mid-unit assessment to remind of what we were doing before break with non-fiction text structures and summaries.  Then we started to learn the process for science talks.  Next week, students will lead and participate in a science talk as a way to assess learning at the end of Module 2 Unit 1. 
  • During our ALL Block, students are working to find the main idea/key details in a text.  

Science
  • This week continued our second science unit of the year: Ecosystems Restoration 
  •  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 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?
SELS/Health lessons
  • Substance abuse and your brain
  • What is Race and Racism?

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