Friday, April 17, 2026
Week of April 17
Calendar
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 Lake Kegonsa
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 (9:30am -12:45 pm)
--West High School graduate walk through at Randall (12:45)
New News
- Ask your 5th Grader what was their favorite short film from the field trip on Thursday!!
Oldie, but Goodies
- Human Growth and Development Dates
April 28 and 30th and 5th.
Math
- We are working in Unit 6 of the Bridges Curriculum. This unit will be focused on graphing, geometry and volume.
- This week we went back to our old friend of volume :)
- Next week we will be finish this work, review the unit and assess our learning.
- During the week of April 27th, we will begin our LAST UNIT in 5th grade Bridges!!! Unit 7 will focus on division of whole numbers and fractions.
- April Number Corner will focus on volume, decimals and fraction relationships and story problems involving each of these concepts.
- May Number Corner will focus on ordered pairs, coordinate grids, customary units in measuring volume with liquids and using conversion strategies to go from cups to ounces.
Literacy this week
- This week we continued our work in Module 3 of EL titled-- Athlete Leaders of Social Change.
- We are reading a non-fiction text called Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson. She is the daughter of Jackie Robinson and we will learn a lot about his personal and professional history and his journey to become an inspirational athlete for social change.
- In this unit we focusing on thinking about factors that helped Jackie Robinson becoming a leader for social change.
- We will continue to work on speaking and writing about what we read.
- This week we completed our opinion essay on factors that we thought led to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in the MLB. This was also the end of Unit 2 in this module.
- Next week we will begin Unit 3 where we expand our learning, reading, research and discussions to explore other athletes that have broken a social barrier.
- 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.
Science --Patterns of Earth and Sky
Our third unit in science will be: Patterns of Earth and Sky as we answer the question:
Why do we see different stars at different times?
- Our first chapter will focus on : Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?
- Our second chapter will focus on : Why is the sun up sometimes, but not other times?
- Our third chapter will focus on : Why do we see different stars at different times of the year?
SELS/Health lessons
- Just Ask--Learning About Differences
- HGD letters were sent out
Friday, April 10, 2026
Week of April 10
Calendar
Thursday, April 16th--WI Film Festival Field Trip
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 Lake Kegonsa
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 (9:30am -12:45 pm)
--West High School graduate walk through at Randall (12:45)
New News
Oldie, but Goodies
- Human Growth and Development Dates
April 28th and 30th, and May 5
Math
- We are working in Unit 6 of the Bridges Curriculum. This unit will be focused on graphing, geometry and volume. (Yes! Volume again!) Due to Forward Testing, we only had 2 math lessons this week.
- Next week we will be shifting our focus more towards finding the volume of rectangular prisms and surface area.
- April Number Corner will focus on volume, decimals and fraction relationships and story problems involving each of these concepts.
Literacy this week
- This week we continued our work in Module 3 of EL titled-- Athlete Leaders of Social Change.
- We are reading a non-fiction text called Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson. She is the daughter of Jackie Robinson and we will learn a lot about his personal and professional history and his journey to become an inspirational athlete for social change.
- In this unit we focusing on thinking about factors that helped Jackie Robinson becoming a leader for social change.
- We will continue to work on speaking and writing about what we read.
- Students will be writing about which factor they think was the most important factor that helped Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in the MLB.
- This week we didn't have much time to work on our essays due to Forward Testing. Next week, students will resume this work and complete the essay.
- Each classroom is doing a read aloud as well! Ask your 5th grader what book we are using.
Science --Patterns of Earth and Sky
Our third unit in science will be: Patterns of Earth and Sky as we answer the question:
Why do we see different stars at different times?
- Our first chapter will focus on : Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?
- Our second chapter will focus on : Why is the sun up sometimes, but not other times?
- Our third chapter will focus on : Why do we see different stars at different times of the year?
SELS/Health lessons
- Exploring Our Feelings About Race
- HGD letters were sent out
Friday, April 3, 2026
Week of April 3
Calendar
Monday, April 6th--No school for students--Teacher PD day
Tuesday, April 7th--4th Quarter begins
Tuesday, April 7th--Forward Testing
Wednesday, April 8th--Forward Testing
Thursday, April 9th--Forward Testing
Thursday, April 16th--WI Film Festival Field Trip
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 Lake Kegonsa
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 (9:30am -12:45 pm)
--West High School graduate walk through at Randall (12:45)
New News
- Reminder! Next Monday is a PD Day for teachers. There is no school for students.
- Forward Testing is next week! Please make sure your 5th grader is rested, at school on time and has a hearty breakfast. Thanks!
- Human Growth and Development Dates: April 28th and 30th.
Math
- We are working in Unit 6 of the Bridges Curriculum. This unit will be focused on graphing, geometry and volume. (Yes! Volume again!)
- Next week we will be working on classifying characteristics of triangles and quadrilaterals.
- April Number Corner will focus on volume, decimals and fraction relationships and story problems involving each of these concepts.
Literacy this week
- This week we continued our work in Module 3 of EL titled-- Athlete Leaders of Social Change.
- We are reading a non-fiction text called Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson. She is the daughter of Jackie Robinson and we will learn a lot about his personal and professional history and his journey to become an inspirational athlete for social change.
- In this unit we focusing on thinking about factors that helped Jackie Robinson becoming a leader for social change.
- We will continue to work on speaking and writing about what we read.
- This week we started to prep for our end of the unit opinion essay. Students will be writing about which factor they think was the most important factor that helped Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in the MLB. If we have time next week between our Forward Testing, students will be continuing this work and hopefully finishing the essay the following week.
- 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.
Science --Patterns of Earth and Sky
Our third unit in science will be: Patterns of Earth and Sky as we answer the question:
Why do we see different stars at different times?
- Our first chapter will focus on : Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?
- Our second chapter will focus on : Why is the sun up sometimes, but not other times.
SELS/Health lessons
- There were no activities for this week.
Friday, March 20, 2026
Week of March 20
Calendar
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
Tuesday, April 7th--Forward Testing
Wednesday, April 8th--Forward Testing
Thursday, April 9th--Forward Testing
Thursday, April 16th--WI Film Festival Field Trip
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 Lake Kegonsa
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 (9:30am -12:45 pm)
--West High School graduate walk through at Randall (12:45)
New News
- Spring Break will be next week (in case you forgot
)! Students will return back to school on Monday, March 30th. Enjoy your time with your family!
Oldie, but Goodies
- Here is a link if your family is interested in looking at what type of questions/format there will be for the Forward standardized testing in April WI Forward Practice Tests
- Thinking ahead.....Tuesday, April 7th/Wednesday, April 8th/Thursday, April 9th are going to be Forward Testing days for the 5th grade. PLEASE try to have your child to school on time, eat a hearty breakfast and avoid making any appointments on those days. Thank you!!
Math
- This week we started Unit 6 in the Bridges Curriculum. This unit will be focused on graphing, geometry and volume. (Yes! Volume again!)
- March Number Corner will focus on finding area of rectangles with dimensions expressed in decimal form. In addition, we will conduct an experiment with pencils where we measure our math pencils every week, collect the data, sort the data on a scatter plot and then analyze what we collected and look for patterns. Finally, we will continue to practice our division skills through some games.
- April Number Corner will focus on volume, decimals and fraction relationships and story problems involving each of these concepts.
Literacy this week
- This week we continued our work in Module 3 of EL titled-- Athlete Leaders of Social Change.
- We are reading a non-fiction text called Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson. She is the daughter of Jackie Robinson and we will learn a lot about his personal and professional history and his journey to become an inspirational athlete for social change.
- In this unit we focusing on thinking about factors that helped Jackie Robinson becoming a leader for social change.
- We will continue to work on speaking and writing about what we read.
- In addition.....your 5th grader will be writing a LOT MORE in this module. Be prepared for possible whining and complaining. It is a lot, but it is important work. Their skills and confidence in writing summaries will jump a significant amount :)
- 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.
Science --Patterns of Earth and Sky
Our third unit in science will be: Patterns of Earth and Sky as we answer the question:
Why do we see different stars at different times?
- Our first chapter will focus on : Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?
SELS/Health lessons
- The Power of Words/Advocacy
- Reflecting on Personal Identities
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