Halfway through January already?!

Outside Recess

Just a friendly reminder that our rule for going outside for recess is for it to "feel like" 20 degrees or warmer. Please make sure your child has appropriate cold weather recess gear!

Yearbooks

It is time to order your 2021-2022 Creekside Yearbook! You may order and pay online at www.inter-state.com/order and use code 63957P. Yearbooks are $15 each and have covers designed by our 4th grade yearbook cover contest winners! Place your order soon so your child can keep a memento of his/her school year here at Creekside.

We Are Family!

Orders are due by Friday, March 4, 2022. Yearbooks arrive before the end of the school year.

Writing

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

• writing goals

• sequencing

• writing a fiction story

High Ability

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

• how are things connected?

• reading-- Because of Winn Dixie

Math

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

• area
• perimeter
• parts of a whole
• I will be sending the chapter 4 study packet home Thursday. Our test will be Thursday, January 20th.

Wonders Reading

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

• essential question--How are kids around the world different?
• genre--realistic fiction
• phonics--silent letter blends
• Grammar--linking verbs
• vocabulary---similes
• writing--realistic fiction
• writing--develop details
• writing--compare and contrast
• comprehension--visualize
• comprehension--compare and contrast
• text features--point of view

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 1/17--NO SCHOOL--MLK JR Day
• 1/18--yearbook candid picture day
• 1/19--Early release day @1:40
• 1/19--100th day of 2nd grade!!!
• 1/21--Disney on Ice field Trip!!!
• 1/26--Early release day @1:40

Have a great week!!