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!

Welcome back!

Welcome back from Fall Break!  I hope you all had a great week off of school!

sub tomorrow
Just to let you know--I will be out of school tomorrow.  I am going to help my husband chaperone his students on their field trip to National FFA Convention in Indy!  Mrs. Miller 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. Miller, 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!

field trip
Just a reminder that our field trip to downtown Franklin is next Wednesday, October 31.  I am still missing about 8 permission slips.  Please have those in WITH $1 as soon as you can.  We can have 5 chaperones only per class, due to capacity limits at the museum and city hall.  If I have more than 5 sign up, I will pick 5 out of a hat.  Right now, I have 7 that are interested.  I will let you know if you have been picked by the end of this week. 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!

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:

• solving multiplication number stories
• solving division number stories
• adding 3 digit numbers using column addition
• adding 3 digit numbers using partial-sums addition
• subtracting using counting up subtraction.
• subtracting using expand and trade subtraction
• estimating using rounding

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

• words that have oi, oy, oil, or oin.
• memory words: annoy, again, alive, alone, apart, among, afraid, begin, between, because, behind, beside.
• synonyms
• antonyms
• punctuation--commas and periods
• comprehension
• Super Magazine--Lights Out!

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 friendly letters

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

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

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 10/25--Storybook Night @6pm
• 10/26--movie night
• 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!

Almost Fall Break!

Fall book fair
Don't forget you are invited to the fall book fair family night!  It will be: Thursday, October 11th - 3-7 PM - Creekside Library

field trip
Yesterday you should have seen a paper in folders about our walking trip around Franklin.  Please have those in WITH $1 as soon as you can.  We can have 5 chaperones only per class, due to capacity limits at the museum and city hall.  If I have more than 5 sign up, I will pick 5 out of a hat.  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!

Operation Bundle-Up

Keep sending in any gently used coats that you would like to donate to operation bundle up!  Used coats due by Thursday, October 11th.

spelling test moved to Wednesday
Due to the walk a thon on Friday, we did not get our superkids lesson in.  So, the spelling test will not be tomorrow!  Everything will be pushed back one day, and the spelling test will be WEDNESDAY this week.  We won't start a new superkids unit until after Fall Break.

In folders today
Franklin Education Foundation Pacers ticket fundraiser.  Packets due back by 10/25 if you are interested in selling tickets.

PTO WALK A THON

To celebrate the success of our PTO Walk-A-Thon, we have our Pajama Day tomorrow, Wednesday, and our Hat Day on Friday. We don't worry about if a child actually brought in the amount to earn these prizes, so really these days are open to all students who wish to dress-up. 

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:

• solving multiplication number stories
• solving division number stories
• function machines
• estimating using rounding

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

• words that end with: aw, awn, all, al, aul.
• memory words: almost, also, always, fault, awful, salt, walk, talk, done, give, five, love.
• homonyms
• adding endings to base words
• comprehension
• Book Club--Snowshoe Thompson

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 opinion pieces

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

• silence
• exploring personal changes 
• reading the book Frindle
• using a dictionary
• context clues
• literature webs
• vocabulary webs

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 10/10-10/11--Parent Teacher Conferences (let me know if you need a reminder of your time!)
• 10/13-10/21--FALL BREAK-NO SCHOOL
• 10/25--Storybook Night @6pm
• 10/26--movie night
• 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!

Happy Tuesday!

Walk A Thon Update
Thank you to all who helped raise money for our Walk A Thon!  Creekside raised $14,000!!
The Top 2 from our room were Tauran and Brent.  They went bowling this morning!
We were the top class in 2nd grade, and one of the top 4 in the whole school!  Out ice cream party reward for being the top class in 2nd grade will be sometime soon.  If your child reaised money look for the reward dates below:
pajama day--Wednesday, October 10
hat day--Friday, October 12

Conference Time Slips
Yesterday in your child's folder, you should have seen a half slip of paper with your conference day/time on it.  Please let me know as soon as possible if you need to change your time!

Operation Bundle-Up

Keep sending in any gently used coats that you would like to donate to operation bundle up!  Used coats due by October 12th.

Spelling Test
We took our next spelling test this afternoon.  I will have those graded and in folders soon.  There will be a list of the new words in folders tomorrow.  The next test will be next Tuesday.  Keep practicing those spelling words at home!

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:

• solving multiplication number stories
• solving division number stories
• multiplication arrays
• division arrays
• Unit 2 test will be on Thursday!
• frames and arrows
• exploring area, capacity, and fractions

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

• dropping the y when adding -ier or iest to the end of words
• memory words: worst, word, work, worry, worm, heard, early, learn, earth, regular, sugar, dollar
• adding -ing to the end of words
• comprehension
• Book Club--Henry and Mudge
• Book Club--Snowshoe Thompson

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
• writer's workshop routines
• writing a paragraph

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

• similies
• metaphors
• context clues
• literature webs
• vocabulary webs

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 10/5--end of 1st 9 weeks
• 10/5--walk a thon @1pm
• 10/12--report cards home
• 10/13-10/21--FALL BREAK-NO SCHOOL
• 10/26--movie night
• 10/31--2nd Grade field trip (walking trip of downtown Franklin)--more info TBA

Have a great afternoon!