Mrs. Bullen's Blog: November 2014

November 9, 2014

November is flying by quickly! We certainly have had a busy last two weeks with the Halloween concerts and Parent Teacher Conferences. Before we know it, it will be Thanksgiving Break. Hopefully everyone has some fun plans for the holiday! I am very excited to have both of children home from college and my five nieces all together this year. Needless to say, I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving!

Dates for your calendar:

11/11 - Holiday

11/17 - Bus Safety

11/26 - Workshop Day

11/27 & 11/28 - Holiday & Vacation Day

12/6 - Breakfast with Santa

I would like to thank each and every family for taking the time out of your busy day to come to parent teacher conferences. I love spending time with you talking about your child. I am so thankful to be their teacher! I have quite an amazing bunch of scholars!

On Friday, we made homemade pretzels and divided them into fractions as a fun kick off to our unit on fractions. We will be starting fractions before Thanksgiving break. This week we will be focusing on Order of Operations. Students will be creating a slideshow to demonstrate their understanding of the concept.

In reading, we are finishing up our books and getting reading to switch groups. I think the students love having the opportunity to work with all the teachers and different classes. Please continue to check student planner each night and sign that you saw it, even if they do not have homework. The reading assignments need to paced out over the week, as we only switch groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Planning the amount of time spent on homework each night is an important skill to master in 5th grade.

Lots of exciting learning going on in our classroom!

Here are some Halloween pictures! Sorry I am a bit late with my post!