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!!