Fifth Grade and Math and Science

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Fifth Grade Weekly Update...June 1-5, 2026

5th Grade Families,

Happy Friday Everyone!  I can't believe it is almost here... the LAST WEEK of 5th grade. Just five 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....

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 - Regular day of classes

TUESDAY - Ropes Course Field Trip (see details in email) -  don’t forget to pack gloves, water and a cold lunch for your climber(s).

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 or 2. Students can bring a small string bag with these items if they like and keep their bag in the bleachers .In the afternoon, we will clean out our lockers - please send a bag or two for students to carry things home in.  Students will have time to sign each other’s yearbooks.  

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 31: MSY BBQ & NERF WAR Event 4-6pm - 5th graders invited to attend!
  • Jun 2: 5th Grade Field Trip - Boundless Adventures Ropes Course  *BAG LUNCH & GLOVES*
  • Jun 4: Track & Field Day @ KML & School Picnic  *BRING WATER BOTTLE & SNACK
  • June 4: Locker Clean Out *PLEASE SEND 2 BAGS*
  • June 5:  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL & Closing Chapel Service with 10:00am dismissal *BRING A CHAIR OR BLANKET*

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.  Please be sure to apply sunscreen and have students bring a small string bag with  a filled WATER BOTTLE & SNACK.  *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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5th Grade Vocabulary
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Church & School Calendar
Google Classroom
Math Website & Daily Assignments
Science Website & Daily Assignments
Music & Choir

Writing

We will present our persuasive commercials on Monday. Then, students will write a letter to their future selves to be opened on their last day of 8th grade.
Please make sure that your script is attached to the assignment on Google Classroom so that I can print it Monday morning. 🙂 

Health

Due Friday, April 17th žMake an album, Google Slides, or a poster, of the life cycle stages žUse your family members (same person or different people is ok!) žIdentify which stage the person is in the picture is in ¡Infancy ¡Early Childhood 1-3 ¡Middle Childhood 3-6 ¡Late Childhood 6-12 ¡Adolescence 13-18 ¡Adulthood

Math

MATH BLOCKS:    MONDAY & WEDNESDAY We will learn converting measurements, reading data displays & patterns. Students will be working on some performance tasks & projects, applying many of the skills they learned this year.  No major tests are planned.

Music

School-Wide Notes… Details on Ms Bremer's music page Classes singing in Worship… (keep watch for changes) 
  • Sun, April 19 - 8am Gr. K-8 students L-Z with Concert Band; 10:30am Gr. K-8 students A-K with JuBellate
Choir/JuBellate Notes… * Groups & Schedules  ** Extracurricular Handbook
  1. JiVE (Gr. 5-8) - Wed rehearsals 
  2. JuBellate (Gr. 5-8) - Mon rehearsals- next worship Sun, April 19. Then Sat, May 16
SPRING CONCERT - Thursday, May 21 at 9am and 6:45pm Eligibility checked every 2 weeks (Gr. 5-8) for students in extracurricular Music Groups.

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

The movie comparison response is due Monday!

Religion

Week of June 1-5 We've reached the final week of religion and our study of the Old Testament.  We will review our 40 I AM Statement project from last week and will end the week with one last in-class journal assignment.  There will be no memory quiz for this week.

Science

SCIENCE BLOCKS:  MONDAY & WEDNESDAY   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

Vocab

None! We are done for the school year! 😀

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!