5^th Grade
End of Year Newsletter
 

Dear 5^th Grade Families,

As we make it through the end of April and move into May I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of your 5^th grade student, myself the teacher, and the St. Leander school community! I never would have thought this is how we would be working through the end of this school year.  I know it is with your help that your student is staying on track and will finish the 5^th grade strong. 
 
In the class, we are continuing to learn more and more each day.  Here is a brief update of what we have been working on lately:
 
First, in Religion we are finishing up our unit on the Easter season.  We will begin a new unit on prayer and the importance of prayer in our lives.  Lastly, we’ll finish up our Second Step lessons and Faith Family units. 
 
Next, in Language Arts, we are practicing reading and writing skills daily. We just began the final novel study of, Capture the Flag by Kate Messner.  The students are enjoying this story! We are finding many parallels in the novel to our Social Studies unit.  We visited the Smithsonian museum online where the beginning of the book takes place.  We will also use this book as the basis of a writing project we will begin soon.
 
In Mathematics, we are finishing up the chapter on fractions.  We will spend a little more time practicing multiplying, and dividing fractions before we move on to measurement and geometry. 
 
I would like to thank you again for your continued support and understanding during this new way of attending school. I will continue to work hard to meet all of the 5^th grade standards.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me (rmartinez@csdo.org) I miss you all so much and look forward to the day when we can join together and celebrate all you have accomplished this year!
 
 
Thank you & Blessings,
Ms. Rebecca Martinez