Rainy Day!

Bingo For Books
Don't forget about PTO BINGO for Books and Pizza TONIGHT beginning at 5:30 PM here at Creekside. This is a FREE event and everyone can have pizza and a drink and then all children will go home with a free book after playing some fun Bingo games. Don't worry if you didn't RSVP...see you tonight!

College GO Week!

Coming Soon!  College Go Week!  September 25-29, 2017.  We will have morning announcements and some other fun things planned for the week!  Never too early to decide to go to college!

Dress Up Days will be:

Monday: Hats off to College and Career Readiness Day (Hat Day)

Tuesday: Time to interview Tuesday (Dress for Success Day)

Wednesday: We want to be....Wednesday (Career Dress-up Day)

Thursday: College Gear Day (College Gear or Colors Day)

Friday: Celebrate being a Creekside Cougar (Creekside Spirit Wear Day)

Book It

I have signed our class up to participate in Book It! this year.  If you are unfamiliar with the program, it is a monthly reading program that partners with Pizza Hut, and runs from October-March.  Each month the students will bring home a reading calendar.  Any night you read at home together, color in the calendar.  All students who bring back a completed calendar at the end of the month get a free pizza certificate from Pizza Hut!  All students who complete all 6 months will get a pizza party with me in the classroom one day during lunch.  Look for the October log to come home soon!  Happy Reading!

Box Tops

Please keep sending in Box Tops labels to our classroom and help our school earn money!  Also we gladly accept Box Tops, Campbell's Labels (also found on V8, Pepperidge Farm, etc.), Coke points (worth $.05 each; parents can enter those online and donate the points themselves, or I can enter them), Tyson Project A+ labels ($.24 each), Sunbeam School Spirit upc's ($.05 each), and also pop can tabs for Riley Hospital.

Zoo Permission Slips
Permission slips and money for the zoo will be due soon.  Please keep in mind we are in need of many parents to chaperone.  Volunteers will need to have a background check on file prior to the trip.  Also, because of lack of bus space, parents will need to meet at Creekside and then drive to the zoo.  Carpooling with other parents is a great idea to save on parking--the zoo will still charge you to park that day ($6) even though it's a field trip. :( 

Parent Teacher Conferences (also known as Creekside Family Conferences!)

In your child's folder TODAY you will find a sign up sheet for parent-teacher conferences that will be held October 11th and 12th.  Please sign up your preference for a time to come meet with me to discuss your child's progress, and return to school as soon as possible.  It will be no problem giving everyone their first choice of day, but please understand you may not get your top choice of times.  I will do my best to accommodate each family, but with 21 children and many having the same top three choices, it just isn't possible.  But I promise to get as close to your time as I can.  I will give preference first to those who turn their forms in sooner!  Our goal is 100% parent participation, so let's make it happen for our class!

Specials Schedule

Monday--Library

Tuesday--PE

Wednesday--Computer Lab

Thursday--Art

Friday--Music

Math
Here are the skills we will work on this week during our whole group math lessons:

• Used "quick look" cards with dots on them to quickly tell how many dots were on a card
• Examine, describe, and compare triangles
• Use number boards to explore the concept of "one more" and growing patterns
• Use concrete materials to begin exploring and talking about addition and subtraction

Don't forget that some lessons contain the Math Home Link paper that give your and your child an extension on the lesson that many times connects the skill to "real life."  You do NOT need to send the paper of the completed assignment back to school.  This is for home use only.  Thank you!