Week of February 20

 

Calendar

Thursday, February 26th--Hamilton Orientation for Family names ending in A-L

                                                    6:00 pm-7:30 pm

Monday, March 2nd--No School for students--Teacher planning/prep for conferences

                                   --Evening conferences

Tuesday, March 3rd--No school for students/Conference Day

Tuesday, March 3rd--Hamilton Orientation for Family names ending in M-Z

                                                    6:00 pm-7:30 pm

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

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

• No school for students Friday, February 20th for teacher professional development.

Sign up for parent teacher conferences: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B48A5AC2EA4FE3-61895849-2026#/

Oldie, but Goodies

• Thursday, February 26th--Hamilton Orientation for Family name ending in A-L  6:00 pm-7:30 pm
• Tuesday, March 3rd--Hamilton Orientation for Family names ending in M-Z 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
• Thinking ahead.....Wednesday, April 8th and 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 continued in Unit 5 on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions.  We spent time this week using our knowledge of multiplying fractions by whole numbers and expanded to multiplying fractions by fractions.  Then, we moved to making sure we knew how to make a model of this.
• February Number Corner will focus on finding the area of objects that are measured in fractional parts along with whole numbers.   In addition, we will do activities involving converting units in the metric system using milliliters and deciliters.
• 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. 

Literacy this week

• This week we started 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. 
• 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.

Conference Prep 

• During our social studies and science time for this week, students prepared for their student led conferences.  They reflected on their learning and found evidence of strengths/struggles this year.  They also be practiced presenting this aloud to an audience.

Social Studies--The Mishomis Book   (Starting next week)

• Over the next 3 weeks, our classes will be reading and discussing a book on the Ojibway Nation and learning about the orgin story of the seven fires.  

Science --Patterns of Earth and Sky (Starting the week of March 16.)

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

• Ethel Payne
• A is for Advocacy