It's Almost Christmas!!

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• multiplication facts
• measuring area
• Our unit 4 math test was today.  I will try to get those graded and sent home before break!  We will wait until after Christmas to start unit 5.  Wednesday we will do fun math centers in the morning.  Thursday is our second grade Jingle Jog!  (More info below).

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• silent letters in words
• memory words: instead, meant, weather, break, breath, great, heavy, feather, already, steak, healthy
• Suffixes: -less, -ful
• comprehension
• Book Club book--Wagon Wheel
• The spelling test is TOMORROW.  Please help your child study tonight!

Holidays Around the World

For 15 days, we will "travel" to a different country, and learn how children in that country celebrate Christmas.  We will do a power point, story, writing journal, and craft for each day/country.  Students will bring home all their research before Christmas break.  Here are the 4 countries we are doing this week:

• America
• India
• Canada
• Russia

Your child will bring home their "suitcase" of souvenirs, book, and research journal on Thursday!

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• learning about changes
• completing literature webs
• creating stories for wordless picture books

Christmas Info

1.  Your child will be bringing home a special gift for you tomorrow (Wednesday) that we made in class.  They are really excited about these!  Some want you to open it right away, and others want you to wait until Christmas.  :)  Merry Christmas!

2.  Thursday morning, 2nd grade is having our "Jingle Jog" for our Christmas party.  This is like the "turkey trot" that we did for Thanksgiving.  The classes will rotate between all 4 teachers classrooms, and do special Christmas themed STEM activities, games, and crafts.  Then in the afternoon, each class will watch a Christmas movie and do some activities in our own rooms to celebrate the Holidays.  Should be a fun day!  We have everything we need, so we won't need any donations for this party.  Thanks!

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 12/21-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK
• 1/8--1st day back to school
• 1/8--PTO meeting @6pm
• 1/14--PTO shoe drive starts
• 1/21--NO SCHOOL --MLK Jr. Day

Have a great afternoon!

Field Trip Day!

Field Trip Today
We had a great time on the field trip to the Children's Museum today! I will post pictures on our class Facebook page. Thank you so much to all the chaperones that went and helped make today so successful! Chaperones--if you took any pictures, feel free to send them my way! You can text, email, or post as comments on our class Facebook page.

PTO Pottery Night
UPaint Pottery Night is TONIGHT from 6-8 (open house style) in the Creekside Cafe! UPaint Pottery will be set up so you can come create some hand-painted ornaments, mugs, bowls and plates to give as gifts or keep for yourself. Bring the whole family! Each item painted is $10 and the PTO receives $2. The items will be taken back to the studio to be glazed and kiln fired. They will be carefully wrapped up and returned to Creekside so they can be sent home with your child the next week before break--a Great gift idea and fun for the whole family! We hope to see you tonight!


Skating in PE

We will be roller skating during PE after the holidays-January 14th-February 11. Don't forget to keep sending those permission slips in!  Let me know if you need another copy.  I would like for slips turned in by December 14th.  This allows us time to get money and skate sizes organized.  

Roller skating:  January 14-Feb 11

COST:  $5  

MUST HAVE permission slip signed to skate

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS:  email Mrs. Sherry

CANNOT BRING IN THEIR OWN SKATES

Good Cheer Drive
Don't forget to send in canned goods for our good cheer drive basket!

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• multiplication facts
• exploring perimeter
• measuring area
• writing number sentences for figuring area
• Our unit 4 math test will be Tuesday, December 18.  Be sure to work through the packet this next week so your child can study.

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• silent letters in words
• memory words: teach, taught, catch, caught, bring, brought, think, thought, buy, bought, straight, listen
• prefixes: -re
• vocabulary: play words (script, dialogue, set)
• comprehension
• Super Magazine--Go, Go, Go!
• The test over the new words will be next Thursday, December 13.  We will do one more unit before Christmas break.  It will be Friday December 14-Wednesday December 19th.  That spelling test will be on the 19th.

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing persuasive pieces

Holidays Around the World

For 15 days, we will "travel" to a different country, and learn how children in that country celebrate Christmas.  We will do a power point, story, writing journal, and craft for each day/country.  Students will bring home all their research before Christmas break.  Here are the 4 countries we are doing this week:

• Sweden
• The Netherlands
• England
• America

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Charlotte's Web
• learning about symbols
• completing literature webs
• personification

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 12/11--PTO U Paint Pottery night @6pm
• 12/19--good cheer drive ends
• 12/21-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great afternoon!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Skating in PE

We will be roller skating during PE after the holidays-January 14th-February 11. Don't forget to keep sending those permission slips in!  Let me know if you need another copy.  I would like for slips turned in by December 14th.  This allows us time to get money and skate sizes organized.  

Roller skating:  January 14-Feb 11

COST:  $5  

MUST HAVE permission slip signed to skate

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS:  email Mrs. Sherry

CANNOT BRING IN THEIR OWN SKATES

Good Cheer Drive
Don't forget to send in canned goods for our good cheer drive basket!

Field Trip

Don't forget we are going to the Children's Museum on Tuesday, December 11.  All students and chaperones need to bring a sack lunch on the 11th.  Chaperones, please be in the classroom by 8:15am.  You can ride the bus with us to the museum, or drive yourself.

Santa Projects
Check out our class Facebook page for pics of our completed projects!  We finished writing our final copy today, and displayed them in the hall.  They look great, and we've already gotten several compliments on them!


Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• measuring with a tape measure
• measuring with a ruler
• multiplication facts
• exploring perimeter
• measuring area
• writing number sentences for figuring area
• Our unit 4 math test will be Tuesday, December 18.  I'll send home the study guide next Monday so your child will have a week to practice for the test.

NWEA
This week, second grade is taking the winter NWEA test (we took this in August, and will take again at the end of the year).  Today we took the reading test, and Thursday afternoon we will take the math test.  Look for these results to come home soon!

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• silent letters in words
• memory words: teach, taught, catch, caught, bring, brought, think, thought, buy, bought, straight, listen
• prefixes: -re
• vocabulary: play words (script, dialogue, set)
• comprehension
• Super Magazine--Go, Go, Go!
• Due to 2 days of NWEA testing, and a special presentation from the Johnson County Recycling district tomorrow afternoon, we are only doing Superkids Monday and Friday this week.  So there will not be a spelling test on Friday.  Instead, the test over the new words will be next Thursday, December 13.  We will do one more unit before Christmas break.  It will be Friday December 14-Wednesday December 19th.  That spelling test will be on the 19th.

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing persuasive pieces

Holidays Around the World

For 15 days, we will "travel" to a different country, and learn how children in that country celebrate Christmas.  We will do a power point, story, writing journal, and craft for each day/country.  Students will bring home all their research before Christmas break.  Here are the 5 countries we are doing this week:

• Mexico
• Greenland
• Germany
• Israel
• Australia

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Charlotte's Web
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• personification

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 12/6--Math NWEA testing
• 12/11--PTO U Paint Pottery night @6pm
• 12/11--Children's Museum Field Trip 
• 12/19--good cheer drive ends
• 12/21-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great afternoon!

Snowy Day!

Skating in PE

We will be roller skating during PE after the holidays-January 14th-February 11.  We will sending home permission slips soon.  I would like for slips turned in by December 14th.  This allows us time to get money and skate sizes organized.  

Roller skating:  January 14-Feb 11

COST:  $5  

MUST HAVE permission slip signed to skate

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS:  email Mrs. Sherry

CANNOT BRING IN THEIR OWN SKATES

Good Cheer Drive
Don't forget to send in canned goods for our good cheer drive basket!

Field Trip

Don't forget we are going to the Children's Museum on Tuesday, December 11.  I am still missing about 9 permission slips.  Please get those in ASAP.  Let me know if you need another copy.  I have 6 chaperones currently, but would love to have some more!  Please consider joining us!  All students and chaperones need to bring a sack lunch on the 11th. 

Santa Projects
Don't forget to keep sending in the new suit for Santa project!  I would like to have all those in by Friday so we can do the writing project early next week.  The ones I have so far are very fun!

Spirit Wear
Today is the final day to order Creekside and Franklin Spirit Wear! Order by 11:59 PM tonight!!!!

Creekside PTO's online Spirit Wear store is open for business and the link is below! There are both Creekside and Franklin items available, as well as some "BLING" items for those of you wanting to add a little sparkle to your wardrobe. This is an ONLINE SALE ONLY and the store will be open until Nov. 27 at 11:59pm. All items will be sent home with your child BEFORE Christmas break (Dec 12-14, watch for email) so if you'd like to order items as gifts, you will have them in time for Christmas. There are 3 options for delivery of your items: 

     1) FREE- Fill in your child's name and select their teacher so items can be sent home with your child.

     2) FREE- If you want to give items as a gift- select GIFT under the teacher section. Items will be left in the office at Creekside and you can pick them up at your convenience during regular office hours M-F 7:10-3:15. 

     3) Ship items directly to your home (shipping fees apply). 

Here is the link:

https://franklincreekside2018.itemorder.com/

Feel free to share this link with family, friends and neighbors to purchase items too! Just make sure they know who your child's teacher is if they are selecting that delivery option. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim Lock by call/text or email at 317-294-6685 or klockmomrn@yahoo.com. 

Thank you for supporting your PTO and showing your school spirit!

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• measuring with a tape measure
• measuring with a ruler
• multiplication facts
• working with polygons
• identifying special quadrilaterals
• exploring perimeter

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• words that have the soft g sound and the soft c sound
• silent letters in words
• memory words: knew, know, knee, kneel, climb, thumb, comb, wrong, wreck, wrap, write, right
• prefixes: un
• using a dictionary
• comprehension
• Super Magazine--Go, Go, Go!

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing persuasive pieces
• writing step by step directions using sequencing words

Holidays Around the World

Starting Thursday, we are going to be doing a special writing/social studies unit.  For 15 days, we will "travel" to a different country, and learn how children in that country celebrate Christmas.  We will do a power point, story, writing journal, and craft for each day/country.  Students will bring home all their research before Christmas break.  Here are the 2 countries we are doing this week:

• France
• Italy

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Charlotte's Web
• sequence words
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• haiku poems
• personification

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/27--PTO spirit wear orders due by MIDNIGHT tonight!
• 11/28--November Scholastic book orders due
• 12/11--Children's Museum Field Trip 
• week of 12/3--winter NWEA testing
• 12/21-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great afternoon!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Project
I am in need of 27 paper grocery sacks by the end of next week.  If you have any at home that you could send in for a special Holiday project, please send them in!  Thanks so much!

Spirit Wear Orders

Creekside PTO's online Spirit Wear store is open for business and the link is below! There are both Creekside and Franklin items available, as well as some "BLING" items for those of you wanting to add a little sparkle to your wardrobe. This is an ONLINE SALE ONLY and the store will be open until Nov. 27 at 11:59pm. All items will be sent home with your child BEFORE Christmas break (Dec 12-14, watch for email) so if you'd like to order items as gifts, you will have them in time for Christmas. There are 3 options for delivery of your items: 

     1) FREE- Fill in your child's name and select their teacher so items can be sent home with your child.

     2) FREE- If you want to give items as a gift- select GIFT under the teacher section. Items will be left in the office at Creekside and you can pick them up at your convenience during regular office hours M-F 7:10-3:15. 

     3) Ship items directly to your home (shipping fees apply). 

Here is the link:

https://franklincreekside2018.itemorder.com/

Feel free to share this link with family, friends and neighbors to purchase items too! Just make sure they know who your child's teacher is if they are selecting that delivery option. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim Lock by call/text or email at 317-294-6685 or klockmomrn@yahoo.com. 

Thank you for supporting your PTO and showing your school spirit!

Good Cheer Drive
The good cheer drive starts next Monday!  Send in any non perishable canned foods if you can!  Let's fill our class basket!

Santa's New Suit
Yesterday in folders you should have seen a decorate a Santa paper.  We will be dong activities in class with this after Thanksgiving, including a story and a writing project.  I sent them home because I knew some of you would prefer to do them over break, and some of you will prefer to wait and not worry about school work over break.  Either way is totally fine with me!  Please have all decorated Santas back to school no later than Friday, November 30th.  Be creative and have fun!

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/21-11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL
• 11/26--Good Cheer Drive Starts
• 11/27--PTO Spirit Wear Orders Due
• 11/28--November Book Order due
• 12/11--Children's Museum Field Trip
• 12/22-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great Thanksgiving Break!!

brrrr!

Turkey trot

On Tuesday, November 20th, the 4 second grade classes are going to join together for a special "turkey trot" celebration in honor of Thanksgiving.  The classess will rotate to each of the 4 rooms and complete 4 activities: craft, snack, stories, and a STEM activity.  We are looking for some donations to make this possible.  If you have any of the following, please send in before Tuesday the 20th:

toilet paper tubes (we need as many as possible!)

bag of fall colored m&ms

E-Learning Practice day
Tomorrow is our E-Learning practice day.  Your child will have a NORMAL day of school tomorrow.  We will spend two hours in the morning completing activities on our Chromebooks, to make sure that all students are comfortable using it before January.  As an added fun bonus tomorrow, 2nd grade has decided to have a theme day tomorrow:  sock/slipper day!  Your child may wear fun socks, and take their shoes off during our e-learning practice time, or bring slippers to change into.

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Picture Retake Day
Tomorrow is picture retake day!  Please send back the original packet of pictures and a note if you are interested in having your child do picture retakes.

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• making name collection boxes
• exploring equvilalent names for numbers
• line plots
• measuring with a ruler
• multiplication facts

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• words that have the soft g sound and the soft c sound
• memory words: city, circle, excellent, decide, pencil, excited, large, danger, change, strange, imagine, huge
• sequence words
• editing and rewriting
• abbreviations
• comprehension
• Book Club--Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing persuasive pieces

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Charlotte's Web
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• literature webs
• vocabulary webs
• homonyms

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/14--E-Learning Practice Day (during school)
• 11/21-11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL
• 12/11--Children's Museum Field Trip (more info TBA)
• 12/22-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great afternoon!

8 school days until Thanksgiving!

Epic!
You should have seen a paper titled Epic! in your child's folder today.  Be sure to check this out!  It's a new website that I will be soon linking to our google classroom.  It is filled with free educational content!  It would make a great resource at home for when your child has "screen time".  It has books to read, audiobooks, and educational and how-to videos.  Be sure to check it out using our login code that is listed on the paper.  This is not meant to take the place of Reading Counts or anything else, jsut a fun way to supplement and make reading even more exciting!

sub tomorrow
Just to let you know--I will be out of the classroom tomorrow.  I will actually be at school, just in a high ability teacher training meeting all day. :)  Mrs. Sanders will be the sub, and if you don't know her, she does a great job!  The class will be in good hands. :)  I have told them not to try to quiz on their multiplication facts.  I will take care of those on Thursday.  Also, if you have any transportation changes, please send a note to Mrs. Sanders, or call the office so they can send a note down at the end of the day.  I'm not sure how much email access I will have.  See you Thursday!

Muffins With Mom

Creekside is holding its annual Muffins with Mom events on Wednesday, November 7th and on Friday, November 9th. These events are free. Because we believe turn-out will be large, we have two events:

• Cub Academy, K-2 students with moms - Wednesday, November 7th from 7:00-7:30 AM
• 3-4 students with moms - Friday, November 9th from 7:00-7:30 AM

Both mornings will be in our gym.

We ask that moms try to attend the event that corresponds with their child's current grade level. However, moms that have children in more than one grade may choose the event that works the best for their schedule and attend one event with their children. Also, if one event works better than the other, moms can attend either event with their son or daughter.

The menu will be muffins and fruit along with fruit juice and coffee.

Please RSVP to attend at https://goo.gl/forms/tygLo6X6Q6I7p9up1 or call 317-346-8800.

Early Release

Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• exploring area
• partitioning rectangles
• using multiplication rules to help solve problems:  turn around rule, adding a group, subtracting a group, square arrays
• exploring multiplication squares and arrays
• The unit 3 math test will be Thursday!!

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• words that have oo (both long and short sounds)
• memory words: to, two, too, blue, blew, one, won, four, for, by, buy, good-bye
• homonyms
• quotation marks
• comprehension
• Book Club--Good Night, Good Knight
• Spelling test Friday!

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• grading our writing using a rubric
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing personal narratives
• writing a Thanksgiving themed persuasive letter (look for pictures soon on Facebook of our completed project!)

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Frindle--we finished this today!  Ask your child to tell you the surprise ending.  We will start Charlotte's Web on Monday!
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• literature webs
• analogies

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/7--K-2 Muffins with Mom @7am
• 11/14--E-Learning Practice Day (during school)
• 11/21-11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL

Have a great night!

Happy Halloween!

field trip
Just a reminder that our field trip to downtown Franklin is TOMORROW. We can have 5 chaperones only per class, due to capacity limits at the museum and city hall.  If you are one of the 5 parents picked, you should have gotten an email from me last week.  Here are the 5 I have going:  Joel's mom, Emery's mom, Addison's mom, Brent's mom, and Harrison's mom.  But don't worry!  We will be going on a field trip to the children's museum in December, and will take AS MANY chaperones as want to come for that field trip!

We are still planning on going on our field trip tomorrow, however, we are aware the the weather forecast calls for rain and strong winds.   We will have the buses available to take us between our stops, if we feel it is needed.  Your child may still get a bit wet getting on and off the bus and walking short distances, so rainjackets or water repellent jackets would be helpful.   We will do our best to make it an enjoyable trip for all. Don't forget to send a sack lunch with your child tomorrow!  We will eat inside at Franklin College.

Muffins With Mom

Creekside is holding its annual Muffins with Mom events on Wednesday, November 7th and on Friday, November 9th. These events are free. Because we believe turn-out will be large, we have two events:

• Cub Academy, K-2 students with moms - Wednesday, November 7th from 7:00-7:30 AM
• 3-4 students with moms - Friday, November 9th from 7:00-7:30 AM

Both mornings will be in our gym.

We ask that moms try to attend the event that corresponds with their child's current grade level. However, moms that have children in more than one grade may choose the event that works the best for their schedule and attend one event with their children. Also, if one event works better than the other, moms can attend either event with their son or daughter.

The menu will be muffins and fruit along with fruit juice and coffee.

Please RSVP to attend at https://goo.gl/forms/tygLo6X6Q6I7p9up1 or call 317-346-8800.

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• exploring area
• partitioning rectangles
• creating scaled bar graphs
• creating scaled picture graphs
• exploring multiplication squares and arrays
• Thursday I will put the unit 3 review packet in folders.  The unit 3 test will be on Thursday, November 8.

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• words that have ow, ound, out, ouch, out, and long ow.
• memory words:window, follow, yellow, tomorrow, allow, flower, flour, thousand, house, mouse, our, hour.
• homonyms
• e at the end of words
• adverbs
• comprehension
• Super Magazine--Lights Out!
• **The spelling test will still be on Friday this week, even with the field trip tomorrow.**

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• grading our writing using a rubric
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing personal narratives

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Frindle
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• literature webs
• vocabulary webs
• identifying the parts of a paragraph

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 10/31--2nd Grade field trip (walking trip of downtown Franklin)
• 11/7--K-2 Muffins with Mom @7am
• 11/14--E-Learning Practice Day (during school)
• 11/21-11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL

Have a great afternoon, and a safe Halloween trick or treating night tomorrow!