Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to All the Room 115 (Final 5's) Families,

Thank you for all your generousity!  I hope you all have fun this vacation with your families.
See you next year!

Mrs. Burns

Winter Concert

Mrs. Mosier has been busy preparing the students for the Winter Concert. Our dress rehearsal is on December 14th. Students should come to school with their costumes/chorus attire (white top, black bottom, and festive hat). Students should wear their outfits to school on Wednesday, December 15th for our school performance. The Winter Concert for families is on December 15th at 7:00pm. Students should be here at 6:30 (in costume) for attendance and warm ups.

Reminder

A few reminders for parents this week (Nov. 15-19):

Report Cards go home on Wednesday, November 17th
No School on Friday, Novemeber 19th
Parent-Teacher Conference Day is Friday, Novemeber 19th

Math Facts Log

November 1, 2010  (This letter went home with students today)

Dear Parent(s),

Welcome to November! We are getting ready to increase the level of homework now that our 5^th graders are used to the schedules and courses by now.  Our goal for 5^th grade is to get them to the one hour a night level so that the students will be better prepared for the homework demands of middle school.

Today we are starting a Math Facts Log which is yellow and can be found under the November Reading Log.  Students were shown today the many different ways they can practice their math facts at home.  They can use one of the many different websites listed on my blog under Math as well as the Memorial Math Tutors Blog (link on Mrs. Burns’ Blog). They can make/use flash cards, play games from school (Multiplication Compare) or even play Multiplication War using regular playing cards. They can practice with friends or make-up practice tests on the facts they need to practice.

Every night they will need to write on their Math Facts Log:

1)     How they studied

2)     How long they studied for

3)     Their parent’s initials.

The goal is to study for 10-15 minutes a night.  As you are signing their reading log every night anyway just flip the page and also initial the yellow Math Facts log.  We appreciate your support! 

Vocabulary Parade

Vocabulary Parade letters went home with students today.  On Friday, October 29th the students will be dressing up as either a social studies or science word. The kids picked their words today. The costumes must show their word and absolutely can be simple.  Have fun and let me know if you have any questions!

Spelling City Website

Check out the Spelling/Vocab tab. for new instructions. Parent letter went home today with all students.

Mrs. Burns is Back!

Thank you to all for your warm wishes for my recovery. My surgery went well and I will be working on my physical therapy for the next few months to get my knee back into shape. Thank you to all the students who made me "Get Well Soon" cards.  I received a big package of them at my home as well as many in the classroom.  Thank you to this wonderful class for trying their hardest and putting their best foot forward for Mrs.Wiernicki.  A thank you to Mrs. Wiernicki for doing a fantastic job in my absence - students and teacher alike...had a lot of fun! Thanks to All!    Mrs. Burns :)