Movin' On

 

5th Grade Music Concert and Moving On Celebration

You’re Invited! 

5th Grade Music Concert 

and 

Moving On Celebration

Wednesday, June 7th  

1:30 - 2:25 pm

Randall School Playground

*Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to use if you don’t want to stand for the concert/celebration

Order of Events:

• 12:45 pm - Playground will be open for families

• 1:15-1:30 pm - Classes line up and come out to the playground

• 1:30-2:10 pm - Words to the graduates, music presentation and student names will be read by classroom teachers

•  2:10-2:25 pm - Greet and gather with families

April 21

Calendar

• Monday, May 22nd--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert 11-11:30
• Wednesday, May 24th-Faber Strings Concert 10:30-11:00
• 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/Music Concert from 1:30 pm- the end of the day 
• Thursday, June 8th--5th Grade Field Trip to Vilas Park 
• 11:15-1:45 pm (sack lunches)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade 

                                    

New News......

• Please return permission slips as soon as you can.  Also consider volunteering to chaperone with us :)  
• 5th Grade Moving On Ceremony/Music Concert will be held on Wednesday, June 7th from 1:30 pm- the end of the day (more info to come) 

•  Tri 4 Schools creates a fair, safe, and fun environment for kids to be active. But we can’t do that without volunteers! If you, your family, or friends are interested in an awesome day watching kids accomplish their goals, you can learn more and sign up here.  It’s officially spring, and we are just over one month away from our first Tri 4 Schools event of the year!  Registration is open! Remember, 100% of youth entry fees are donated to your schools. The more kids that participate from your school, the more money you earn. In 2022, the top school earned over $1,000! Please contact Amanda Marek Carlson, Executive Director ( amanda@tri4schools.org) if there are any questions or if there are students with a financial aid need.

  
  

  2023 Schedule:

  Waunakee Triathlon – May 20, 2023

  Madison Bike + Run – June 10th, 2023

  Middleton Triathlon – August 19th, 2023

   

  Tri 4 Schools creates a fair, safe, and fun environment for kids to be active. But we can’t do that without volunteers! If you, your family, or friends are interested in an awesome day watching kids accomplish their goals, you can learn more and sign up here.

• Dear Families: Please find the Advanced Learning Newsletter for Randall here to learn more about Advanced Learning at Randall.

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Mallards Game Ticket Voucher
• Please return permission slips as soon as you can.  Also consider volunteering to chaperone with us :)  
• Our classrooms will be starting/ have started Human Growth and Development in our classrooms.  

5th Grade Math this week....

• April Number Corner--This month will involve more work with volume once again.  Students will also work with fractions as related to time and money.  In addition, they will review learning on their understanding of decimals and number sense. 
• This week we focused on working with strategies for division.
• Next week we will do some fraction division

Literacy this week....

• Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• Students also spent time discussing and exploring how to form and support an opinion based on a text. 
• Next week, we will begin our final unit in Module 3.  We will be exploring and close reading a new text on Jim Abbott and comparing and contrasting him to Jackie Robinson.

Science this week....

• Ecosystem Restoration Unit Question:  How do organisms in an ecosystem get the matter and energy they need to grow and thrive?
• Ecosystem Restoration Chapter One Question:  Why aren't jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?

SELS this week...

• Invisibility of Latino Immigrants
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for April is Extra Recess
•  We are focusing on being an ally!!
• April's Goal for the whole school:  1200 Paws
Here's the "Randall Way" video for April: 

https://youtu.be/FpsaQVYHxKM 

March 17

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Friday, March 17th--Trinity Irish Dancers @ 1:00 pm
• Saturday, March 18th--Strings Festival at West
• Wednesday, March 22nd-5th Grade Battle of the Books-10-11am
• Friday, March 24th--Opera for the Young @9:30
• Friday, March 24th--February Reward "Read In/Stuffy" Day
• March 27th-31st--Spring Break
• Monday, April 3rd--4th Quarter begins and every Monday until the end of the year there will be 60 minutes of asynchronous learning planned for the early release time.
• Friday, April 7th--Early release for students (conference prep)
• Monday, April 10th--Asynchronous Learning Day for students  (Teacher PD)
• Thursday, April 13th--Early release for students for conferences
• Tuesday, April 18th--Film Festival for Godfrey 9:30-11:15
• Thursday, April 20th-Film Festival for Faber/Kampa 9:30-11:15
• Monday, May 22nd--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert 11-11:30
• Wednesday, May 24th-Faber Strings Concert 10:30-11:00
• 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--5th Grade Field Trip to Vilas Park 
• 11:15-1:45 pm (sack lunches)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade 

                                    

New News......

• Mark your calendar for Conferences on Thursday, April 13th!

Kampa Conference Sign Up Link

Faber Conference Sign Up Link

Godfrey Conference Sign Up Link

Forward Testing Schedule

Math

• Tuesday, April 11th --8:00 am
• Thursday April 13th--8:00 am

Literacy

• Tuesday, April 11th-- mid-morning for Godfrey 

                                       --afternoon for Faber/Kampa

• Wednesday, April 12th-- afternoon
• Friday, April 14th-- afternoon

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Please return permission slips for the Film Festival to your 5th grader's teacher
• It is time to "Pay the Piper" for those snow days.....
                   1) On Mondays during the weeks of April 3, to June 5, 2023 - there will be an additional 60
                                                                                     minutes of asynchronous learning for grades K-12.


                   2)  April 10, 2023 - will be a full day of asynchronous learning for all grades K-12.



                    3) More information on this to follow  (when we hear more about how we are doing this )

• Please follow this link to read the Randall Advanced Learning Newsletter! 
• Don't forget to set those clocks ahead one hour for Sunday!!
• "Read In/Stuffy Day" --On Friday, March 24th, our classrooms will have a designated time for the students to just read any text they would like a healthy chunk of time.  They are also allowed to bring in a stuffed animal for the day.  (Must be able to fit on top of desk along with a text/book.)

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

5th Grade Math this week....

• March Number Corner--This month we will continue to look at area, but by multiplying with decimals instead of fractions.  We will also do some data collection and line plots. Finally we will learn a form of bingo involving division with decimals.  
• This week we started off with a quiz on coordinate grids and ordered pairs that we had to reschedule because of our virtual day.
• We then reviewed our understandings of how to work on how to classify triangles and quadrilaterals.
• Next week we will revisit volume.

Literacy this week....

• Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• We will be finishing our mentor text with close reading, discuss the gist of our text, find main ideas and key details.
• We are focusing on writing informational summaries from text........LOTS OF SUMMARIES :)
• We will take our end of Module 3 Unit 1 assessment.
• Next week we will begin Unit 2 that will focus on opinion writing around factors that we felt were the most important in breaking the color barrier in baseball. 

Science this week....

• Our third science unit-Earth Systems.
• Unit Question:  What can determine how much water is available for human use?
•  Chapter Five: How can East Ferris turn wastewater into clean freshwater?

SELS this week...

• Being an Ally in situations involving racism.

• Randall's behavior incentive goal for March is "Board Game Day"
•  We are focusing on forgiveness and apologizing
• March's Goal for the whole school:  1000 Paws
Here's the "Randall Way" video for March: https://youtu.be/PrYLr9sy_EI

From the Advanced Learning Department

 Advanced Learning Newsletter

March 10

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Saturday, March 4th--Glow Ball 5:30-7:30
• Friday, March 17th--Trinity Irish Dancers @ 1:00 pm
• Saturday, March 18th--Strings Festival at West
• Wednesday, March 22nd-5th Grade Battle of the Books-10-11am
• Friday, March 24th--Opera for the Young @9:30
• 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
• Tuesday, April 18th--Film Festival for Godfrey 9:30-11:15
• Thursday, April 20th-Film Festival for Faber/Kampa 9:30-11:15
• Monday, May 22nd--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert 11-11:30
• Wednesday, May 24th-Faber Strings Concert 10:30-11:00
• 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--5th Grade Field Trip to Vilas Park 
• 11:15-1:45 pm (sack lunches)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade 

                                    

New News......

• How about that rain this week??  Wow!
• Please return permission slips for the Film Festival to your 5th grader's teacher

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• 
  

5th Grade Math this week....

• March Number Corner--This month we will continue to look at area, but by multiplying with decimals instead of fractions.  We will also do some data collection and line plots. Finally we will learn a form of bingo involving division with decimals. 
• This week we took the Unit 5 assessment and the Bridges Interim Assessment #2
• Then, we jumped into Unit  6 and started refreshing our skills with coordinate grids.  
• Next week we will add onto these skills by looking a patterns and sequences  with our ordered pairs.  Finally, we will take a quiz to assess how we are doing.  

Literacy this week....

• This week we started Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• We explored our mentor text, did some close reading,discussed the gist of our text, found main ideas and key details.

Science this week....

• Our third science unit-Earth Systems.
• Unit Question:  What can determine how much water is available for human use?
• Chapter Three: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
• Next week we will start Chapter Four: What is there more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?

Social Studies this week....

•  Black History Month---Classrooms finished up our work on this early in the week. 

SELS this week...

• Being an Ally in situations involving ability
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for March is (tbd)
•  We are focusing on (tbd)
• March's Goal for the whole school:  Paws (tbd)
Here's the Randall Way video for March - (not available yet)

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.

March 3

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Saturday, March 4th--Glow Ball 5:30-7:30
• Friday, March 17th--Trinity Irish Dancers @ 1:00 pm
• Saturday, March 18th--Strings Festival at West
• Wednesday, March 22nd-5th Grade Battle of the Books-10-11am
• Friday, March 24th--Opera for the Young @9:30
• 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
• Tuesday, April 18th--Film Festival for Godfrey 9:30-11:15
• Thursday, April 20th-Film Festival for Faber/Kampa 9:30-11:15
• Monday, May 22nd--Kampa/Godfrey Strings Concert 11-11:30
• Wednesday, May 24th-Faber Strings Concert 10:30-11:00
• 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--5th Grade Field Trip to Vilas Park 
• 11:15-1:45 pm (sack lunches)
• Thursday, June 8th--Last Day of 5th Grade 

                                    

New News......

• How about that rain this week??  Wow!
• Please return permission slips for the Film Festival to your 5th grader's teacher

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• 
  

5th Grade Math this week....

• March Number Corner--This month we will continue to look at area, but by multiplying with decimals instead of fractions.  We will also do some data collection and line plots. Finally we will learn a form of bingo involving division with decimals. 
• This week we took the Unit 5 assessment and the Bridges Interim Assessment #2
• Then, we jumped into Unit  6 and started refreshing our skills with coordinate grids.  
• Next week we will add onto these skills by looking a patterns and sequences  with our ordered pairs.  Finally, we will take a quiz to assess how we are doing.  

Literacy this week....

• This week we started Module 3--Athletes Leaders of Social Change
• We explored our mentor text, did some close reading,discussed the gist of our text, found main ideas and key details.

Science this week....

• Our third science unit-Earth Systems.
• Unit Question:  What can determine how much water is available for human use?
• Chapter Three: Why is more water vapor getting cold over West Ferris than East Ferris?
• Next week we will start Chapter Four: What is there more water vapor high up over West Ferris than East Ferris?

Social Studies this week....

•  Black History Month---Classrooms finished up our work on this early in the week. 

SELS this week...

• Being an Ally in situations involving ability
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for March is (tbd)
•  We are focusing on (tbd)
• March's Goal for the whole school:  Paws (tbd)
Here's the Randall Way video for March - (not available yet)

Friday, February 17

 What's Up in 5th Grade?

Calendar

• Tuesday, February 14th--Read Your Heart Out Day
• Thursday, February 23rd--Hamilton Forms due to teacher
• Thursday, February 23rd--Pajama Day
• Friday, February 24th--No school for students (PD day)
• Saturday, March 4th--Glow Ball 5:30-7:30
• Friday, March 17th--Trinity Irish Dancers @ 1:00 pm
• Friday, March 24th--Opera for the Young @9:30
• 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......

• Interested in Girl on the Run?  Check out the blog post earlier this week with information.
• Pajama Day on Thursday, February 23rd !!!  (Our incentive reward for January)

1. Students should wear appropriate pajamas and have multiple layers so that they are able to go outside for recess.
2. No slippers
3. Optional 

Oldie, but goodies ..... 

• Hamilton Forms are due by Thursday, February 23rd to your classroom teacher. 
• Check out the blog post about the Glow Ball on March 4th!!

• We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest

  Madison Public Library will once again host the We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest in collaboration with Forward Madison FC in the spring of 2023. Youth 18 and under are encouraged to submit a story, poem, song, etc. to the contest, with the opportunity to win prizes and be published in the We Read Anthology. The library will be announcing the new youth ambassador, theme and prize info in March, with submissions for the contest opening on Monday, April 3, 2023. For more info, visit:

  https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youthvoices 

• Families, Please find the January Advanced Learning Newsletter at this link. 

5th Grade Math this week....

• February Number Corner--This month we will be revisiting the old friend known as area.  We will look at the dimensions of various objects and multiply to find the area of each object in square units.   In addition, we will be measuring liquids and converting liters and deciliters to  milliliters and back again.  
• This week we focused our learning around making generalizations about multiplying with fractions, started some division of fraction models and story problems, and we took a small quiz to see how we are doing so far.
• Next week we will finish up the unit, review and take and end of unit assessment.

Literacy this week....

• Our theme for Module 2--Rainforests. 
• This week we finished our revisions on our personal narratives as part of our end of unit 3 assessment.  We also assessed our understanding of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.  
• In our groups, we wrote an author's note for our end of the unit project e-book.
• We also analyzed some book covers and designed a cover for our e-book.  wrote our own narrative writing for our mid-unit assessment.  Then we used this narrative as a draft to do some revisions and editing.
• Next week we will finish up our e-books!!!  Then we will take a few days to catch-up on any lessons and share our hard work. 

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 does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris?

Social Studies this week....

•  Black History Month---  Classrooms may differ on what they are doing, so be sure to ask your kiddo what they did. 

SELS this week...

• Ability
• Randall's behavior incentive goal for February is "Bring a Stuffie / Read In Day"
•  We are focusing on being kind and respectful greetings
• February's Goal for the whole school: 1000  Paws
Here's the Randall Way video for February - 
The Randall Way--February

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.