5th Grade – Karl Reuter | John Ireland Catholic School

May 11^th, 2012

Happy Mother’s Day! – May you have a relaxing weekend and a wonderful Sunday. I hope that you enjoy the gift that your children made for each of you.

6^th grade graduation – Please make sure that you read the letter in Friday Folders this week from Mandy Salfer. The letter provides details about what the 5^th grade families are expected to do as part of the 6^th grade graduation. Thank you Mandy!

AAG – Our final trip to Adopt-A-Grandparent for the 2011-2012 school year will be next Friday, May 18^th. The activity for the trip will be banana split races. The residents will make banana splits in teams while the students cheer them on. Afterwards everyone will have the finished banana splits as treats. The students are encouraged to dress tropical for the afternoon if possible. Dave Ringler and Margaret Kropinski have volunteered to drive but we still need one more driver. If you are able to drive, please contact me.

Mass – The fifth grade will be leading Mass next week. This is our fifth and final Mass to lead this school year. If you are able to attend, the students always enjoy seeing you here!

Social Studies – You will find social studies grades attached to the recent projects in Friday Folders. Please return the grading page signed, but keep your child’s project. These were sent home together so that you could see how Miss Wenner graded the projects.

Reading – Our reading selection for next week is social studies themed. “Lewis and Clark” will be the final reading selection this year.

A.R. – Please make sure that students continue to read Accelerated Reader books this weekend. The final day for A.R. tests will be Monday, May 21^st. The fifth grade has done a fantastic job with A.R. this school year. SEVEN fifth graders have made the 100 point club as of this week and six of these students are among the top ten readers in the entire school! Way to go!

Science 5 – We will review during class on Monday and Wednesday. The final science test of the year will be next week on Thursday.

Science 6 – We only have six days of class left this year! Next week we will review on Monday and Tuesday, and then have the final test on Wednesday. There will not be class Thursday due to the fishing trip.

Language Arts – We worked some on personal narratives this week and will publish them next week.

Math – Thursday the class took math test #24. You will find this test in Friday Folders. The class will have one more math test this year next Friday.

Spelling – Unit 27 will be the final spelling unit this year. Unit 27: Prefixes disappear refuel unpleasant disobey repaint uncover disagree rewrite unselfish dislike rebuild unbutton dissatisfy reheat unload dishonest rewind unlock incorrect incomplete

May God Bless you and your family, Mr. Reuter

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May 4^th, 2012

May the 4^th be with you! – Happy Star Wars Day! This morning I had each student write a paragraph titled “What Makes a Hero.” After writing, each student also had the opportunity to color a Star Wars picture.

AAG – Our final trip to Adopt-A-Grandparent for the 2011-2012 school year will be May 18^th. The activity for the trip will be banana split races. The residents will make banana splits in teams while the students cheer them on. Afterwards everyone will have the finished banana splits as treats. The students are encouraged to dress tropical for the afternoon if possible. Dave Ringler and Margaret Kropinski have volunteered to drive but we still need one more driver. If you are able to drive, please contact me.

Spring Program – Next Friday afternoon is the Spring Program. We will have program practices next week on Tuesday and Wednesday morning as well as Thursday afternoon. Please avoid appointments during these times.

Mass – Please remember that even though it is May and shorts are allowed to be worn in school, shorts are not acceptable forMass. I always provide time to change clothing if need be.

Social Studies – Please check Miss Wenner’s on-line newsletter for information about 5^th grade social studies.

Plant Sales – Plants will arrive at the school next week. The following is a reminder of the work schedule sent home by Miss Wenner a few weeks ago.

Thursday, May 10^th

5-6 p.m.Grack Family
6-7 p.m.Ringler Family

Friday, May 11^th

8:30-9:45 a.m.Padilla Family
9:45-10:30 a.m.Vande Family
11:45-12:45 p.m.Pettis and Burg Families
2:30-3:30 p.m.Miller, More, and Reicks Families

Saturday, May 12^th^{(Before and After Mass)}

Schloesser and Pollock Families

Sunday May 13^th ^{(Before and After Mass)}

Dickie and Salfer Families

Reading – You will find the tests for “Little by Little” and “Off and Running” in Friday Folders this week. Please sign and return them Monday. We will not have reading class next week due to Spring Program practices in the morning Tuesday and Wednesday.

LOI – This week I posted photos to the web page from our service project last week. Not all the photos were able to be posted due to the size of some of my photo files and limits that the web pages sets. If you would like copies of the photos, please contact me. If you bring a thumb drive to school I can very easily copy the file for you.

Science 5 – Looking forward to the final science test of the year, the chapter 9 test is scheduled for Thursday, May 17^th. The 5^th grade has shown great interest in the Periodic Table, elements, atoms, and molecules. This has been a good way to end the year.

Science 6 – The chapter 4 test is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16^th. After the test we will only have three remaining class periods of 6^th grade science.

Language Arts – We worked some on personal narratives but will have more time next week. I will have more time to work with the class on personal narratives during language arts time next week without reading or spelling classes.

Math – Thursday the class took math test #23. You will find it in Friday Folders this weekend.

Regional Science Fair – Congratulations to the nine JI students who participated in the Regional Science Fair this year. I have listed below ALL the awards received this year… WOW!

John – Blue Ribbon and a book award in 3^rd grade Chemistry & Biochemistry

Michael C. – Purple Ribbon and second place in 4^th grade Family Consumer Science

Jade – Purple Ribbon and second place in 5^th grade Energy & Transportation

Ken – Purple Ribbon and third place in 5^th grade Chemistry & Biochemistry

Caitlin – Purple Ribbon and first place in 5^th grade Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Sarah – Purple Ribbon, first place in 6^th grade Chemistry & Biochemistry, and a Broad Com Master Award

Casey – Purple Ribbon, first place in 6^th grade Energy & Transportation, and a Broad Com Master Award

Sophia – Purple Ribbon, first place in 6^th grade Health Science & Human Performance, and a Broad Com Master Award

Kendall – Purple Ribbon and third place in 6^th grade Energy & Transportation

May God Bless you and your family, Mr. Reuter

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LOI Yard Work Photos

Parents, I have many more photos but am unable to load them to this page due to file size. If you would like to have a copy of the photos, please bring a thumb drive to school and I will be happy to copy the file for you.

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Pictures from our Filed Trip Friday, April 20th, to the MN Capitol and the History Center:

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The 2012 5th grade Valentine Boxes. Tuesday, Feb. 14th the boxes were judged as part of an annual competition in the 5th grade.

The only requirements were that each box had a small opening, a large opening, was big enough to “hold” Valentines, and that Valentines could be removed without destroying the box.

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Pictures taken during the Christmas Program. Click on the thumb nail picture to see each one full size. – Enjoy, Mr. Reuter