Happy December!

13 school days left this semester!

We are in the last push until Christmas and the end of the semester!  I am going to keep things pretty normal this week schedule wise.  The next two weeks will be a little different, with special Christmas activities, NWEA testing 2 days, and DIBELS testing.  For that reason, we will finish our Wonders reading unit this week, NOT start wonders next week until Thursday, and then we WILL finish wonders M-W the last week before break.  

Some important dates to note:

12/2--Math test Unit 3

12/3--Spelling test

12/6--NWEA testing
12/7--NWEA testing

12/8--DIBELS testing

12/15--spelling test

12/16--Holiday party in class (more details below)

12/17--PJ day/movie day!

Canned Food Drive

Let's spread some holiday cheer by collecting canned goods for families in Franklin! Items can be brought to school throughout the month of December. All baskets will be collected on December 17th. The top class in each grade will win a popcorn party after winter break. Send in canned goods if you can!

Themed Days

To spread some holiday cheer, we are going to have some fun dress up days the last week before break! This is totally optional, and only if your child wants to participate any of the days.

12/13--red/green day

12/14--Frosty/white day

12/15--favorite holiday shirt day

12/16--Grinch/green day

12/17--PJ day

Important Note--

I will be out of the classroom this Thursday and Friday 12/2 and 12/3. Please put any transportation notes in your child's folder for my sub to get, or call the office with last minute changes so they can send a note down for the sub. Thanks!

Holiday Party

Our Christmas Party is scheduled for Thursday, December 16th. The class will be doing 4 fun stations to celebrate the season! We are looking for some items to make the party special! If you would be willing to donate, please let me know! Donations should be at school no later than Wednesday, December 15th, but can come in any time earlier.

Here is a list of the items needed:

box of frosted cheerios

box of rice chex

2 bags red and green M&M's

bag of pretzels

bag of peanuts

bag of mini marshmallows

napkins

juice boxes

bowls

2 bags of big marshmallows

red solo cups

Writing

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

• editing, proofreading

• writing a persuasive letter

• Santa projects

High Ability

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

• wordless books

• adding titles to pictures

• change charts

• reading-- Charlotte's Web

Math

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

• add a group strategy
• subtract a group strategy
• equal names for groups
• Thursday--Unit 3 math test (the review packet came home in folders yesterday!)

Wonders Reading

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

• essential question--What can we see in the sky?
• genre--fiction
• phonics--long o sound
• Grammar--past/future tense verbs
• vocabulary---compound words
• writing--personal narrative
• writing--conclusion
• writing--edit and proofread
• comprehension--reread
• comprehension--sequence
• text features--point of view

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 countries for this week:

• France
• Italy
• Mexico
• Greenland
• Germany

Early Release

Don't forget--Tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means early release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40.

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 12/1--early release @1:40
• 12/8--early release @1:40
• 12/15--early release @1:40
• 12/16--Holiday Party @12-1 
• 12/17--end of 2nd 9 weeks
• 12/18-1/4/22--CHRISTMAS BREAK--NO SCHOOL

Have a great week!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's a short blog post this week!  I just wanted to take some time and say Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all have a restful and happy holiday!

 

Santa's New Suit

Don't forget about our Santa project. Please have all decorated Santas back to school no later than Tuesday, November 30.  Be creative and have fun!

Friendly Reminder 

We have had an issue lately with students bringing in dead chromebooks.  Please help remind your child to charge their chromebook each night and return with it to school ready to go the next day!  This will make it much easier to use them during the day for our lessons.  Thanks for your help with this!

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 11/24-11/28--THANKSGIVING BREAK--NO SCHOOL
• 12/1--early release @1:40
• 12/6--NWEA Winter Testing
• 12/7--NWEA Winter Testing
• 12/8--DIBELS Winter Testing
• 12/8--early release @1:40
• 12/15--early release @1:40
• 12/16--Holiday Party @12-1 (more info TBA)
• 12/17--end of 2nd 9 weeks
• 12/18-1/4/22--CHRISTMAS BREAK--NO SCHOOL

It's almost Thanksgiving!!

Santa's New Suit

Monday 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 will be sending them home next week 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 Tuesday, November 30.  Be creative and have fun!

Spirit Wear

Our fabulous Creekside PTO is doing a quick spirit wear order, to arrive in time for Christmas! It is your chance to order Creekside or Franklin gear!

Your child should have brought home the form linked below. All forms and $$$ are due back THIS Friday, November 19th. 

All spirit wear will be delivered before Christmas Break!

Pro Tip: If you would like for this to be a surprise for your child, note that on the form and we will contact you so you can pick up your order in the office instead of sending it home with your child. 

United Way Coat Drive

United Way of Johnson County OPERATION BUNDLE UP (OBU) needs your help in collecting NEW only HATS, GLOVES, MITTENS, and SCARVES.  FCS is teaming up with UWJC and accepting donations through October 29th.  Please send your donation to school with your child or you can drop it off during school hours in the OBU totes in the entryway of each school building.  See the attached flyer for more information.

Coats and used items will not be accepted this year due to COVID-19 precautions.  Approved families will be receiving a voucher to receive a coat. 

Thank you for helping keep our families warm this winter.

Early Release

Don't forget--TODAY is Wednesday!  That means early release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40.

Writing

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

• writing persuasive pieces

• writing personal narratives

High Ability

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

• analogies

• personification

• homophones and homonyms

• Reading--Charlotte's Web

Math

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

• multiplication facts
• area
• picture graphs
• multiplication squares
• turn around rule in multiplication

Wonders Reading

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

• essential question--How can people help out their communities?
• genre--narrative nonfiction
• phonics--long i sound
• Grammar--present tense verbs
• vocabulary---synonyms
• writing--personal narrative
• writing--organization--sequencing
• writing--draft
• comprehension--ask and answer questions
• comprehension--author's purpose
• text features--photos and captions

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 11/17--early release @1:40
• 11/24-11/28--THANKSGIVING BREAK--NO SCHOOL
• 12/1--early release @1:40
• 12/8--early release @1:40
• 12/15--early release @1:40
• 12/16--Holiday Party @12-1 (more info TBA)
• 12/17--end of 2nd 9 weeks
• 12/18-1/4/22--CHRISTMAS BREAK--NO SCHOOL

Have a great week!!

A few warm days left of fall this week!

 Countdown to WORLD KINDNESS DAY!

Monday 11/8	Tuesday 11/9	Wednesday 11/10	Thursday 11/11	Friday 11/12
*  Kindness week introduced on the  announcements. Each day on the announcements we will talk about a simple way to spread kindness. *  Miss Cook will be coming by classrooms in the morning to drop off the KINDNESS CHALLENGE! * Simple way to spread kindness: Smile as you pass people in the hallway!	*  Bucket filler cards will be reintroduced on the announcements. On Friday, I will be coming to each lunch to read out bucket filler cards. Please be on the lookout for students being bucket fillers!  * Simple way to spread kindness: Give a staff member a compliment today! Tell them why you think they are great!	* Hats off to kindness! WEAR YOUR FAVORITE HAT! * It’s Wonderful Word Wednesday and we will connect our word of the month GRATITUDE to KINDNESS.  * Simple way to spread kindness: show gratitude by saying THANK YOU to a helper. A helper can be a teacher, a custodian, a police officer, or a veteran (plus lots more!).	*WEAR RED WHITE AND BLUE for Veteran’s Day!  * There is only one more day to complete the kindness challenge!  * Simple way to spread kindness: Look for a way to be kind at recess. Invite someone to play a game. Make sure to include everyone who wants to play. Take turns and share.	*We completed our challenge day! WEAR ORANGE TO CELEBRATE!  *  When each class completes their challenge, they will be given an orange sticker to wear. *  We all wear orange together to show that Creekside is united together in kindness.  * Simple way to spread kindness: Take what we have talked about this week home!

Check with your child about "Special Agent Cook" who visited your child's classroom today for our focus on spreading kindness to our communities. This week we will have discussions and activities where we challenge our students to think about how they are kind or spread kindness to our community. 

To celebrate this week and Veterans Day on Thursday, we have three dress up days.

Wednesday, November 10th - Hats Off to Kindness Day (Hat Day!)

Thursday, November 11th - Red, White, and Blue Day for Veterans Day (we also have special Veterans Day programming on this day for our students)

Friday, November 12th - Wear Orange to Celebrate Kindness Day

United Way Coat Drive

United Way of Johnson County OPERATION BUNDLE UP (OBU) needs your help in collecting NEW only HATS, GLOVES, MITTENS, and SCARVES.  FCS is teaming up with UWJC and accepting donations through October 29th.  Please send your donation to school with your child or you can drop it off during school hours in the OBU totes in the entryway of each school building.  See the attached flyer for more information.

Coats and used items will not be accepted this year due to COVID-19 precautions.  Approved families will be receiving a voucher to receive a coat. 

Thank you for helping keep our families warm this winter.

Disney On Ice Field Trip

We are headed to Disney on Ice in January! Keep those permission slips coming in!! We think we will be able to take chaperones--please return the slip for your child NO LATER than next Friday, November 12. This is a hard deadline so we can order enough tickets. No chaperones will be able to be added later.

Early Release

Don't forget--tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means early release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40.

Writing

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

• writing fall themed projects

• writing persuasive pieces

• writing friendly letters

High Ability

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

• analogies

• grading writing

• persuasive writing using the hamburger model

• homophones and homonyms

• Reading--Charlotte's Web

Math

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

• multiplication facts
• counting up subtraction
• expand and trade subtraction

Wonders Reading

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

• essential question--How can people help out their communities?
• genre--narrative nonfiction
• phonics--long a sound
• Grammar--action verbs
• vocabulary---synonyms
• writing--personal narrative
• writing--organization--sequencing
• writing--draft
• comprehension--ask and answer questions
• comprehension--author's purpose
• text features--photos and captions

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 11/9--PTO meeting @6pm
• 11/10--early release @1:40
• 11/10--hat day
• 11/11--wear red/white/blue for Veteran's Day
• 11/12--wear orange for kindness day

• 11/17--early release @1:40
• 11/24-11/28--THANKSGIVING BREAK--NO SCHOOL

Have a great week!!

Happy November!

Multiplication Facts

Tonight your child is bringing home their first multiplication facts bag.  There is one bag for each fact family #s2-12.  Please practice the flashcards one time each night. In class, we will be practicing the facts as well.  I do not want to do the timed tests right now, but if students are not memorizing the facts, I will add that in. For now, when your child thinks they have memorized all facts in one family, have them bring the bag back to school.  I will work through the flashcards with them one time.  If they get them all right, they get to move their name tag up the wall and get a new set of cards.  If they miss 1 or more, I will send the bag back home for them to practice more.  They can earn prizes along the way, and a grand prize when they have memorized all multiplication facts through the 12s!  Second semester we will repeat with division facts. Thank you for your help with this at home!

Friendly Reminder 

We have had an issue lately with students bringing in dead chromebooks.  Please help remind your child to charge their chromebook each night and return with it to school ready to go the next day!  This will make it much easier to use them during the day for our lessons.  Thanks for your help with this!

United Way Coat Drive

United Way of Johnson County OPERATION BUNDLE UP (OBU) needs your help in collecting NEW only HATS, GLOVES, MITTENS, and SCARVES.  FCS is teaming up with UWJC and accepting donations through October 29th.  Please send your donation to school with your child or you can drop it off during school hours in the OBU totes in the entryway of each school building.  See the attached flyer for more information.

Coats and used items will not be accepted this year due to COVID-19 precautions.  Approved families will be receiving a voucher to receive a coat. 

Thank you for helping keep our families warm this winter.

Disney On Ice Field Trip

We are headed to Disney on Ice in January! You will find the permission slip with details in your child's folder (I sent home yesterday.) We think we will be able to take chaperones--please return the slip for your child NO LATER than next Friday, November 12. This is a hard deadline so we can order enough tickets. No chaperones will be able to be added later.

Early Release

Don't forget--tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means early release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40.

Writing

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

• writing fall themed projects

• writing persuasive pieces

High Ability

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

• analogies

• grading writing

• persuasive writing using the hamburger model

• homophones and homonyms

• Reading--Charlotte's Web

Math

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

• multiplication facts
• partial sums addition
• column addition

Wonders Reading

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

• essential question--What do we love about animals?
• genre--poetry
• phonics--3 letter blends
• Grammar--possessive nouns
• vocabulary---suffixes -ly and -y
• writing--rhyming poems
• writing--word choice
• writing--precise language
• comprehension--reread
• comprehension--key details
• text features--rhyme and rhythm

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 11/3--early release @1:40
• 11/9--picture retake day
• 11/9--PTO meeting @6pm
• 11/10--early release @1:40
• 11/17--early release @1:40
• 11/24-11/28--THANKSGIVING BREAK--NO SCHOOL

Have a great week!!