Fifth Grade and Language Arts
Elizabeth Wulfkuhle • 1-262-377-4659 x135 • elizabeth.wulfkuhle@splgrafton.org
Calendar of Events
Fast Direct Grades
Hot Lunch Menu
February 24 - 28th
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Mon February 24 – No School
- Fri February 28 – End of 2nd Trimester
- Fri March 7 – Interest Day // Early Dismissal (11:40am)
- Fri March 21 – Family Day // Early Dismissal (10:45am)
- March 24 - 28 – SPRING BREAK!
- April 4th – World of Discovery Academic Fair
5th Grade Singing Schedule: Sunday April 13th (L-Z Last name @ 8am // A-K Last name @ 9:30am)
Eaton’s Pizza Reading Challenge: February calendars (450 minutes) are due by Tuesday 3/4 and need a parent signature.
World of Discovery Project: Directions are linked here. Projects will be at the beginning of April!
Writing
We will select our own fairy tale story to rewrite from the perspective of the “bad guy” to practice writing from a different POV. The challenge will be in maintaining the same story elements while explaining why they did what they did.
*Please check Fast Direct for any missing/late work – especially if your child has had a recent absence!*
Health
Math
MATH BLOCKS: WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
This week, we will begin Unit 9, which will review the basics of fractions and will begin to add and subtract fractions both with and without common denominators. No tests or projects are planned.
Music
School-Wide Notes… Details on Ms Bremer's music page
- Sun, Sept. 8 - Gr. K-8 - 11am Outdoor Worship - - Brick after Brick
- bring chairs & blankets to sit on!
- Gr. K-8 Class Singing Schedule for the year!
- Spring Concert Thurs, May 8, 2025
- 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)
- JiVE (Gr. 5-8) - Rehearsals start Wed, Sept 11 & first sing for worship, Sun. Oct. 13, meet 7:40am
- JuBellate (Gr. 5-8) - Rehearsals start Mon, Sept 16 & first play for worship, Sat. Nov 2, meet 4:30pm
- 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
This week, we will study the question “Should children have limited screen time?” We will practice looking at research and forming our own strong argument using the rubric we created last week.
*Please check Fast Direct for any missing/late work – especially if your child has had a recent absence!*
*Please check Fast Direct for any missing/late work – especially if your child has had a recent absence!*
Religion
5th Religion
This week in 5th Religion we will be talking about Crossing the Jordan and Rahab and the Spies.
Memory Quiz #22 - Due Friday, Feb. 28
Hebrews 11:31 ~ By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies..
Science
SCIENCE BLOCKS: TUESDAY & THURSDAY
This week, we will continue our 5th unit on "Systems in Space" . Last week, we compared & contrasted stars and looked at what makes some stars brighter (or just appear brighter to us on Earth) than others. This week, we will be learning more about stars, but we will focus more on the Sun and how the sun compares to other stars. We will research how the sun compares to other stars in the Milky Way galaxy and then assessing student learning with another CER essay. We will continue the week learning about Earth’s movements. No major tests/projects are planned.
Social Studies
5th grade will be learning about the Civil War this week. No quizzes or tests.
Vocab
We will begin unit 10 this week.
- Homework: Pg. 102-104 (write out full words, 1 page in cursive) are due Thursday
- Quiz: Friday 2/28
- Resources: Unit words can be found on Google Classroom and the sidebar of Mrs. Wulfkuhle’s webpage.
Quarter Class
The Wulfkuhle homeroom will be in Art with Mrs. Schumann for 3rd quarter.