Dear 5th Grade Families,
We hope you had a fun and restful summer and are ready to start another amazing year at Lincoln Elementary School! We are so glad to have met many of you at the Ice Cream Social and are looking forward to the first days of school! This year will be such a memorable one for you and your family as well as for our class family!
You will receive much of the information needed for this year at Back to School Night on September 16, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. More information will come soon.
Drop-Off / Pick Up
Drop-off begins at 8:15. Students may enter for breakfast at this time.
5th Grade Teachers will meet students on the playground with a sign to walk students into the building.
Dismissal starts at 3:50.
Classroom Supplies
FIFTH GRADE
1 zipper pencil pouch
1 highlighter
1 hand-held pencil sharpener
1 box sharpened pencils
1 box colored pencils
4 single subject notebooks & 4 pocket folders > can be labeled
Red: Social Studies
Yellow: ELA
Blue: Science
Green: Math
2 pack of Sharpies
Headphones or earbuds
OPTIONAL DONATIONS
2 large boxes of tissue
1 roll of paper towels
1 container of Clorox Wipes
1 hand sanitizer for class
**If you need help with these supplies, please let your homeroom teacher know.
Weekly Schedule
Specials are at 8:40. See chart below.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons will happen bi-weekly.
Switching Classes: As we get back into the swing of things, we want to make sure that you are aware that we switch classes for some of our subjects in 5th grade. This is to give students an opportunity to get a taste of middle school and get used to learning from multiple teachers within one year. Your child will be learning Science from Mrs. Kern, Social Studies from Mrs. Lawrence, and Math from Mr. Werner. We will not plan to switch until Thursday. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to your child’s teacher.
Food at School
Lunch is at 11:30 and snack time will be at 2:15 each day.
We do have multiple peanut and/or tree nut and egg allergies in each 5th grade class. Please bring snacks that are peanut and tree nut free and egg free from the list below:
Free Breakfast/Lunch: We are excited to offer free breakfast and lunch to students this year. All families will need to fill out the lunch forms in the Meal Magic Family Portal: https://stjosephmi.familyportal.cloud/in order to ensure funds for these meals from the state and federal government. Thank you!
Drinks = Water Only, Pretty Please!: Labeled water bottles are encouraged. Only water is permitted in the room for students.
Donation Opportunities:
Peanut, tree nut, and egg free snacks are always welcome as donations!
Birthdays: We love to celebrate birthdays! For students who would like to celebrate birthdays in our class please bring in non-food items, for example instead of cupcakes, maybe pencils. Sometimes parents put together little gift bags. These are just ideas. There is no obligation to send anything!
Getting to Know You Form
Please fill out the following Google Form based on your child's classroom teacher:
LAWRENCE: Getting to Know You 2024-25
WERNER: Getting to Know You 2024-25
Want to Volunteer in 5th Grade? Send an email to Mrs. Kern: mkern@sjschools.org, if you are interested in helping with copies, bulletin boards, filing papers in student folders, or prepping Mystery Science materials.
**Please complete and submit the Volunteer Background Check Consent Form before helping in the classroom, attending a class party, or volunteering in the school.**
Checklist:
Does your student have supplies for school?
Have you filled out the Getting to Know You Form?
Have you filled out forms for breakfast and lunch, regardless of income?
If you made it this far, have your student tell us the secret word “stellar” on the first day of school.
We look forward to a great year partnering with you!
- Your 5th Grade Team (Kern, Lawrence, Werner)
