What's Up in 5th Grade? (Week #11)

 

Calendar

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

• Ask your 5th grader about the Bridge Ensemble from today!
• Don't forget!  No School on Wednesday, November 26th-Friday, November 28th for Fall Break. And.....No School on Monday, December 1st for a teacher PD day.

Oldie, but Goodies

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Math

• This week we started Unit 3. This unit will be on place value and decimals. 
• This week we worked on whole number and decimal place values.  We did modeling, reading and comparing 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 continued to work on our monologues for our final presentation project.  We will work on these next week and present the two days before Fall Break. 
• 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 finished up this week!)

• 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.

Science --Ecosystem Restoration(Starting Next Week!)

Our second unit will be on Modeling Matter as we answer the question:

How do organisms in an ecosystem get the matter and energy they need to grow and thrive?

• Our first chapter will focus on :  Why aren't the jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?

SELS/Health lessons

•  Circle of Safety and Getting Help