Welcome to the first day of FIFTH GRADE!
"When schools flourish, all flourishes." Martin Luther
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to Mrs. Bullen’s 5th grade class! I am pleased to be your child’s teacher this year and I look forward to meeting each of you at our Open House, if not sooner. I believe all children are full of remarkable possibilities and I look forward to helping each student reach his or her potential. My two most important rules are:
#1 Always put forth your best effort
#2 Be kind to everyone.
I believe that each student is responsible for his or her own learning. Therefore, I expect my students to do their best regarding both schoolwork and behavior. With the guidance and direction of both teacher and parents, this can be accomplished.
Goals
My highest goal is to cultivate a passion in my students for learning and growth. Learning is one of the most important things in life and I hope to make this process fun, engaging, and accessible for all students.
Expectations
I will be putting forth my best effort and I will expect the same from all of my students. Even though each student brings different strengths and weaknesses in various subject areas, I expect the work turned in to be their best quality. Assignments need to be handed in when they are due. All students will be given a student planner this year. We will be teaching students how to record homework each night. This will be a great step in getting them ready for middle school. We will go over this planner each day in class and this should be done at home as well.
Our class will have a blog again this year to keep parents and students informed of homework, procedures, announcements, upcoming events, and much more. Our blog can be found at bullenh.blogspot.com. This website will help support learning in the classroom. This is a great spot to check out all the fun learning happening each and every day. One thing that I started last year to help support students during homework time, was recording “Homework Help Videos.” These are small lesson taught by the students. It was a big hit last year!
As your child’s teacher I work with them to build a positive, safe, nurturing environment where your child feels comfortable taking risks. We will be understanding, caring, respectful and supportive of one another. These characteristics are of the utmost importance.
Homework
Students will record homework each day in their daily planner. Any work that is not completed during class time, will be sent home for homework. My goal for each student is for them to learn to manage their time and put forth their best effort during school.
I look forward to an excellent year filled with learning, growth and fun. If you should have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call me at 578-8151, or you can e-mail me at bullenh@sad44.org. I am available most days after school to go over your child’s progress, or to answer questions you may have. Please remember to just call ahead of time so that I may plan accordingly. Thank you for sharing your children with me and let the learning begin!
Mrs. Bullen
5th Grade Teacher
