What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #10)

 

Calendar
Thursday, November 13th-Picture Retake Day
Wednesday, November 26th-Friday, November 28th--Fall Break
Monday, December 1st--No school for students--Teacher PD 
Friday, December 12th--Family Movie Night 6-8 pm Randall Cafeteria
Monday, Dec. 22nd-Tuesday, January 2nd--Winter Break
Monday, January 5th--School begins again!!!
Monday, January 19th-No school for Martin Luther King, Jr Day
Monday, January 30th--No school for students--Grade reporting day
Monday, February 2nd--3rd Quarter begins
Saturday, February 7th-- Glow Ball @ Franklin Elementary 5:30-7:30
Friday, February 20th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, March 2nd--No School for students--Teacher planning/prep for conferences
                                   --Evening conferences
Tuesday, March 3rd--No school for students/Conference Day
Saturday, March 14th--Super Science Saturday
Monday, March 23rd-27th--Spring Break
Monday, March 30th--School begins again!!!
Monday, April 6th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Tuesday, April 7th--4th Quarter begins
Friday, May 8th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Monday, May 25th--No school for Memorial Day
Tuesday, June 2nd--Talent Show
Thursday, June 4th--5th Grade Field Trip to......(tbd)
Tuesday, June 9th--Music Concert/Moving On Celebration (1:00 ish-2:30)
Wednesday, June 10th--Last day of school!!!
                                       --5th grade field trip to Vilas Park  (11am -2 pm)

New New
  • Thank you all for taking the time to engage in our Fall conferences.  It was great to see you all!
  • Wow!  Our trip to Wright Middle School was so interesting.  Ask your 5th grader about what they saw and experienced!

    Oldie, but Goodies


    Math
    • This week we did a mini-unit on GCF and LCM.  
    • Unit 3 will begin next week.  This unit will be on place value and decimals. 
    • November Number Corner will focus on classifying triangles based on angles and lengths of sides.  In addition, we will include some work with coordinate grids and transformations.  Finally, we will introduce and look for patterns when comparing measurements within the metric system for length. 
    Literacy this week
    • This week we began Module 1/Unit 3. The texts we will be using are Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan and an abridged version of  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
    • We are will continue to work on speaking and writing about what we read.  
    • This week we started to talk about our final project for Module 1. Ask your 5th grader to tell you about it! 
    • For our ALL block this week, we engaged in various reading skill activities that include: fluency work, summarizing, discussion, grammar and vocabulary.  
    • Each classroom is doing a read aloud as well!  Ask your 5th grader what book we are using.

    Social Studies
    • We are using a text called Mountain Wolf Woman-A Ho-Chunk Girlhood by Diane Holliday.
    • We will be reading, engaging in discussion, working with vocabulary and various activities to try and gain a deeper understanding of the Ho-Chunk nation.
    • We will be in this unit for 3 weeks.
    SELS/Health lessons
    •  Zones of Regulation
    • Managing Feelings and Emotions

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