2023 Glow Ball

 Save the date for Glow Ball 2023!

Get Ready for Glow Ball 2023!

Saturday, March 4th, 5:30–7:30pm

Save the date, and start practicing your dance moves! The Glow Ball Dance will take place on Saturday, March 4th, 5:30–7:30pm in the Franklin Elementary Gymnasium. Enjoy fun dance music in the light of glow bracelets.

Request a song from the DJ in advance: bit.ly/GB23-songrequest. Also, please consider volunteering for this special event: https://bit.ly/GB23-volunteer. We cannot wait to celebrate a musical evening together!

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Opportunity for Poets

 

Valentine's Day

 

On Tuesday, February 14th, our classes will celebrate Valentine's Day for a part of the day where they will have time to pass out and receive valentines. Your child does not need to bring valentines, this is optional. However, if your child would like to bring in valentines, they must bring one for everyone in the classroom. See the class list below. 

That day is also "Read Your Heart Out Day," so we will have guest readers at some point. 

Let us know if you have any questions! 

Wyatt
Will
Mila
Aubrey
Koll
Piper
Amelia
Owen
Anu
Silas
Emily
Coco
Finley
Judah
Jane
Luke
Daniel
Oscar
Sean
Franz
Avner
Saul
Bernie
Evie
Jamisley
Gabby

Strings Fest 2023

Strings Fest 2023

Week of January 27

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm
• Friday, February 24th--No school for students (PD day)
• March 27th-31st--Spring Break
• Monday, April 3rd--4th Quarter begins
• Friday, April 7th--Early release for students (conference prep)
• Monday, April 10th--No school for students (PD) day
• Thursday, April 13th--Early release for students for conferences
• Friday, May 26th--No school for students (PD day)
• Monday, May 29th--No School for Memorial Day 
• Thursday, June 1st--5th Grade Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
• Wednesday, June 7th--5th Grade Moving On Ceremony (1 pm ?)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade!!!

                                    

New News......

• Welcome to the new student teachers from UW-Madison!  Ms. Margolis will be joining Room 213 and Ms. Kampa.  Ms. Hanson will be joining Room 218 and Ms. Godfrey.  We are so lucky to have them join us!
• Hamilton Middle School came to visit this week.  Because Hamilton is the middle school most Randall students attend, every student must fill out the yellow registration form and return it to school.  Even if you have or are planning to attend another middle school, every Randall 5th grader must fill this form out.  Please return the form by:Thursday, February 23rd.

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

•  Families, Please find the January Advanced Learning Newsletter at this link.  
• New After School Club at Randall: 
Is your Randall student a big fan of Greek and Roman Mythology? Do they enjoy books by Rick Riordan?


If they are, we have a new after-school opportunity for them -- Mythology club, which will begin on January 26, 2023. We’ll be meeting Thursday afternoons from 2:40-3:30 to learn about mythological heroes, gods and monsters and also pick up some Latin vocabulary. Our first session will last 6 weeks, meeting on January 26, February 2, February 9, February 16, and February 23.  Mythology club will be led by Marissa Gurtler, a PhD student at UW-Madison, with support from Amy Rountree, the Advanced Learning specialist at Randall. 


If your student would like to try this activity, please fill out this form. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Rountree at aerountree@madison.k12.wi.us, or (608)204-3337.

5th Grade Math this week....

• January Number Corner--This month we will be focusing on multiplication and addition of fractions as it relates to time and money.  We will also be working with numerical patterns and graphing.
• This week we reviewed Unit 4 and then took the assessment.  
• We also jumped right into Unit 5 with multiplying whole numbers by fractions.  

Literacy this week....

• Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests. 
• This week we completed our group literary essay and then began our end of unit assessment.  Students were individually assessed on fluency, summarizing a text and writing a literary essay.  
• Next week students will finish up this assessment and begin some learning and practice around narrative writing. 

Science this week....

• Next week we will start our third science unit-Earth Systems.
• Unit Question:  What can determine how much water is available for human use?
• Chapter One: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?

Social Studies this week....

• Next week we will devote some time each week to learning that supports Black History Month.  This might look different between our classrooms.  Ask your 5th grader what they are doing!!

SELS this week...

• What Do I Stand For?
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for January is Pajama Day (whole school!!)
•  We are focusing on being kind
• January's Goal for the whole school: 1700  Paws
Here's the Randall Way video for January - 
https://youtu.be/v4FSJbpRjjo

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.

Week of January 19

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Monday, January 23rd--beginning of  3rd quarter
• Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm
• Friday, February 24th--No school for students (PD day)
• March 27th-31st--Spring Break
• Monday, April 3rd--4th Quarter begins
• Friday, April 7th--Early release for students (conference prep)
• Monday, April 10th--No school for students (PD) day
• Thursday, April 12th--Early release for students for conferences
• Friday, May 26th--No school for students (PD day)
• Monday, May 29th--No School for Memorial Day 
• Thursday, June 1st--5th Grade Field Trip to Lake Kegonsa
• Wednesday, June 7th--5th Grade Moving On Ceremony (1 pm ?)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade!!!

                                    

New News......

•  Families, Please find the January Advanced Learning Newsletter at this link.  
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• New After School Club at Randall: 

Dear Families:

Is your Randall student a big fan of Greek and Roman Mythology? Do they enjoy books by Rick Riordan? 

If they are, we have a new after-school opportunity for them -- Mythology club, which will begin on January 26, 2023. We’ll be meeting Thursday afternoons from 2:40-3:30 to learn about mythological heroes, gods and monsters and also pick up some Latin vocabulary. Our first session will last 6 weeks, meeting on January 26, February 2, February 9, February 16, and February 23.  Mythology club will be led by Marissa Gurtler, a PhD student at UW-Madison, with support from Amy Rountree, the Advanced Learning specialist at Randall. 

If your student would like to try this activity, please fill out this form. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Rountree at aerountree@madison.k12.wi.us, or (608)204-3337.

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Fresh start :)  You can always go back to older blog posts if you missed something.

5th Grade Math this week....

• January Number Corner--This month we will be focusing on multiplication and addition of fractions as it relates to time and money.  We will also be working with numerical patterns and graphing.
• This week we revisited some division strategies.  
• Next week we will review for Unit 4 and then take the assessment 
• Unit 5 will be on Multiplying and Dividing fractions.

Literacy this week....

• Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests. 
• This week we revisited the idea of a painted essay.  We worked as a class on fluency, creating focus statements and writing a literary essay together as a class.     
• Next week students will finish the class literary essay and take and end of unit assessment where they will be writing an essay on their own. 

Science this week....

• Next week we will start our third science unit-Earth Systems.
• Unit Question:  What can determine how much water is available for human use?
• Chapter One: Why is East Ferris running out of water while West Ferris is not?

Social Studies this week....

• We finished up a mini-unit on Native American Histories and Stories
• The text we used was called Mountain Wolf Woman by Diana Holliday.
• This week we asked students to culminate their learning in a final project.  Ask your kiddo what they did.   
• In February, we will devote 2 days a week to science and 2 days a week to some learning that supports Black History Month.  This might look different between our classrooms.  Ask your 5th grader what they are doing!!

SELS this week...

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for January is Pajama Day (whole school!!)
•  We are focusing on being kind
• January's Goal for the whole school: 1700  Paws
Here's the Randall Way video for January - 
https://youtu.be/v4FSJbpRjjo

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.

Information on Wright Middle School

 Good afternoon West Feeder Schools -

Wright lottery is hosting an Open House (Showcase) on Thursday January 19th from 5:30 - 6:30pm. If you have any questions please let me know.

Showcase information

Information about Wright

FAQ - English    Spanish

Application

In NEED!

 We love to have a cleaner heathier classroom, so we'd love some donations of surface wipes for cleaning. 

Also, I bought 12 pairs of headphones before I left on my leave and only one pair is left (wiping my tears...)

Please, if you have a pair of headphones at home that your child can keep at school that would be GREATLY appreciated! 

Week of January 6

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Tuesday, January 10th--Randall Spelling Bee 9:00 am
• Thursday, January 12th--Wright Middle School visits 5th grade
• Monday, January 16th-No school for                                                                                         Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Thursday, January 19th--Wright Middle School Showcase                                                                5:30-6:30 pm
• Friday, January 20th--No school for semester grade reporting
• Monday, January 23rd--beginning of  3rd quarter
• Friday, January 27th--Wright application due date at 4:00 pm

New News......

• Welcome Back!!  We hope that you all had a relaxing Winter Break!  
• Badger Rock Middle School visited this week.  Ask your kiddo about what they learned.
• Next week will have a visit from Wright Middle School.
• Next Friday we will be able to watch a performance from West High School called Multico!!

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Badger Rock Middle School --The lottery is technically open as of December 1st (link) for application 
• To learn more about the work of the Advanced Learning Advisory Committee, you can visit this site. 
• The Wright lottery is open and and closes on  January 27, 2023 @ 4:00pm
•  Wright Showcase 

5th Grade Math this week....

• January Number Corner--This month we will be focusing on multiplication and addition of fractions as it relates to time and money.  We will also be working with numerical patterns and graphing.
• This week and next week for Unit 4 we focusing our multiplication work on the partial products array strategy and moving towards the algorithm.  This is such an exciting time to watch students make that connection from strategy to algorithm.  You've got this, 5th graders!!

Literacy this week....

•  Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests. 
• This week we eased our way back into school with some figurative language review, read alouds and review of learning before Winter Break.
• Next week we will begin Module 2/Unit 2 where we will read some new texts based on the rainforest and focus on point of view, vocabulary and figurative language. 

Science this week....

• We are taking a break from science for a few weeks.

Social Studies this week....

• We are doing a mini-unit on Native American Histories and Stories
• The text we are using is called Mountain Wolf Woman by Diana Holliday
• We focused the first few days on what we know about the Ho-Chunks and interacting with different texts and vocabulary

SELS this week...

• Race and Racism
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for January is Pajama Day (whole school!!)
•  We are focusing on being kind
• January's Goal for the whole school: 1700  Paws
Here's the Randall Way video for January - 
https://youtu.be/v4FSJbpRjjo

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.

Badger Rock Middle School Information

 Is your 5th grader interested in Badger Rock Middle School?

Badger Rock is a project-based charter school in MMSD serving approximately 100 students in grades 6-8. We prepare students to thrive as citizens, entrepreneurs, leaders, collaborators, and innovators who work to restore the natural world and better the cultural environment while creating just, nourishing, and sustainable communities.

With limited spots open for the 2023-24 school year, acceptance is based on a lottery, and we invite you to apply now through January 27 at badgerrock.mmsd.org/apply.

 

If you'd like to learn more, we hope you and your family will attend an upcoming Open House: 

In-Person Open House

January 17, 5:30-7:30pm

501 E. Badger Rd., Madison

Zoom Open House

January 18, 5:30-6:30pm

Use this Zoom link

You can also hear what current Badger Rock students have to say about their experience in this video and others on our YouTube channel. 

We hope to meet you soon! 

Questions? 608-442-0049

badgerrock@madison.k12.wi.us