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Fifth Grade Weekly Update... May 27-30, 2025

5th Grade Families,

Happy Friday Everyone!

I can't believe it is almost here... the LAST WEEK of 5th grade.  Just four more wake-ups!  Even this week, your children's progress & creativity continue to amaze me! (and that is something the last week of school!) I am so proud of them and I hope they are proud of what they have accomplished this year too.   We can feel the energy & excitement building here at school!  As Sully says in Monsters, Inc, it is time for our kids to....

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Let's Dig Deep, so we can finish fifth grade, taking pride that we have given our best until the very end.  Please help your child check FastDirect this weekend and encourage your child to turn in all missing work and/or corrections by Wednesday at the latest.  There is lots going on this last week around here - see below for a day by day breakdown.

MONDAY - Please note that there is NO SCHOOL on MONDAY for Memorial Day.  

WEDNESDAY - LAST regular FULL day of classes

THURSDAY - Track & Field day & Locker Clean Out  & Yearbooks   Students may wear athletic shorts Thursday, but no tank tops please.  From past experience, there is very little breeze and it gets REALLY warm in the “bowl” at Kettle Moraine Lutheran. Kids get hungry, hot and can quickly get dehydrated.  While we are there, we have no access to running water, so PLEASE be sure to pack a large bottle filled with water & a snack. Students can bring a small string bag with these items if they like.  In the afternoon, we will clean out lockers - please send a bag or two for students to carry things home in.  Students will get their yearbooks and will have time to sign each other’s books.  

FRIDAY - OUTDOOR closing chapel service  at 8:25am - students, please bring a chair or blanket. Parents are welcome - please bring a lawn chair or blanket if you plan to join us for worship.   

📅  IMPORTANT DATES: COMING SOON / PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR:

    • May 23: 1/2 Day  11:40 Dismissal
    • May 26:  NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
    • May 29: Track & Field Day @ KML & School Picnic  *BRING WATER BOTTLE & SNACK*
    • May 29: Locker Clean Out *PLEASE SEND 2 BAGS*
    • May 30:  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL & Closing Chapel Service with 10:00am dismissal *BRING A CHAIR OR BLANKET*
    • June 1: MSY Event 4-6pm - 5th graders invited!

INFORMATION/UPDATES:

🎯 MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH   Sunday, June 1, 4-6pm  All 5-8 graders are invited to our final Middle School Youth group of the school year. We are going to be having a Nerf war and BBQ. Don’t forget to bring your Nerf guns! Sign up here to join the fun and sign up to bring items for the BBQ: https://tinyurl.com/MSYJune25.

🏃👟TRACK & FIELD DAY: On May 29th, we will be headed to Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School for track-and-field day. Students will participate in some track and field events. It’s always a fun day.   VOLUNTEER SPOTS ALL FILLED - THANK YOU!

🌭🍉End-of-Year School Picnic: It is our tradition here at St. Paul to have an all-school outdoor picnic on Track and Field Day when we return in the afternoon.  The picnic will include a hot dog, watermelon, chips, bottled water and a dessert. 

✝️Lutheran Junior Honor Association (LJHA) Information...This coming August, our fifth graders will have the opportunity to apply for membership into the Junior Lutheran National Honor Association (LJHA) if they are able to meet the criteria set forth. If you are interested in this honor, please see my detailed email from 3/13 for more information. Be sure to start ACTIVELY seeking out opportunities for community & school service this summer. Please know that many more details will be sent from the NJHA Coordinators - Mrs. Yurk, Mrs. Wulfkuhle, & Mr. Fischer in a couple of months.  

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Math Website & Daily Assignments
Science Website & Daily Assignments
Music & Choir

Writing

We will present our biographies in class on Tuesday. The rubric is posted to the Writing Google Classroom if you’d like to look it over with your child before then. On Tuesday, we will draft a "Dear Future Me" letter, which will be put away to be opened at 8th grade graduation in 2028. These will be due Wednesday. 

Health

Math

MATH BLOCK:    WEDNESDAY   This week in math, we will wrap up any loose ends and clean up our classroom & materials. That will be a wrap! 🙂

Music

School-Wide Notes… Details on Ms Bremer's music page Classes singing in Worship… (keep watch for changes) 
  • Sun, Sept. 8 - Gr. K-8 - 11am Outdoor Worship - bring chairs & blankets to sit on!
  • Sun., Oct. 27, 9:30am Gr. 4-5 sing in Worship (Reformation)
Choir/JuBellate Notes… * Groups & Schedules  ** Extracurricular Handbook  
  1. JiVE (Gr. 5-8) - Rehearsals start Wed, Sept 11 & first sing for worship, Sun. Oct. 13, meet 7:40am
  2. JuBellate (Gr. 5-8) - Rehearsals start Mon, Sept 16 & first play for worship, Sat. Nov 2, meet 4:30pm
Eligibility checked every 2 weeks (Gr. 5-8) for students in extracurricular Music Groups  General Music Class… 
  • Gr. 5 - Ms Valerie Bremer, teacher
  • Bands - Mrs. Heide Young, teacher

PE

Please have your inside shoes, pe uniform shirt, and athletic shorts ready to go.  Also, be sure to review grading for Mr. Fischer's pe class which is available on my webpage links. 

Reading

 Now that we have finished Gregor the Overlander, we have begun working on the final project – a board game that incorporates the conflict, characters, and setting of the Underland. We will work on these on Tuesday, and then play each others’ games on Wednesday. 🙂

Religion

5th Religion This week in 5th Religion we will be talking about Hezekiah and the Assyrian Invasion.  We are done with Memory Work!

Science

SCIENCE BLOCKS:  TUESDAY   This week, we will finish our unit on Ecosystems. We will focus mostly on following the flow of energy through Food Webs and Energy Pyramids and practice applying what we learned last week.  Expect a few checkpoints during the week.  NO major tests are planned. We will clean up our classroom and science materials. 

Social Studies

We will have a final assignment to wrap up our final 5th grade topics.  That is all.

Vocab

None! 😄

Quarter Class

Each week, we are asking that you sit down together (mom/dad and child) to have a family meeting. Check grades on Fast Direct, look at homework on the webpage, and talk about what you have going on for the week. Parent NEEDS to sign the assignment notebook.  That states that you had your meeting and I give your child 10 points. Thank you for taking this valuable time – 10 minutes can set the tone for the whole week!