Friday, April 17, 2026

Week of April 17 SPANISH

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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

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    Friday, April 10, 2026

    Week of April 10 SPANISH VERSION

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    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
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      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. 
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