9/25/15

Apologies for a late update.  We have been busy with parent conferences and rolling along with learning.  The ID pictures were not taken on Wednesday and have been rescheduled for Monday, September 28.  The link to schedule a conference is below, as well as a message from the district about helping students succeed.  Please remember to check agendas nightly and communication folders on Thursday.  Students should be reading nightly and have two books - one in their Lexile range and one choice book.  We go to the library every week to check out books.  Students should be bringing home their math folders nightly.


Parent Conference Sign Up

School Day Success Starts the Night Before

We have had another wonderful week at the Creek.  Mrs. Pennekamp's class went to the Lexington Museum on Tuesday and had a wonderful time!  Mrs. Corn's homeroom is looking forward to going tomorrow.  We celebrated Constitution Day today by learning about the Constitution - a little preview of what is coming in US history.  Next week is another busy week.  Is anyone else beginning to see a pattern? Or is just the math teacher in me?

Please remember to check agendas daily and read with your child.  We have started Reading Counts and students can earn prizes from the Media Center for points earned.  Students should be reading at least one book on their lexile range - most of the students should have their new lexile ranges in their reading journals.

On Wednesday, September 23rd,  students will be able to have laminated photo id cards made. Parents, please complete the front and back of each card you would like to purchase and return the envelope to your child's teacher before the 23rd.  The cost of the cards are on the envelope.  The cards will be sent home with your student that day.  

Thursday,  September 24th is a half day. We will begin Parent conferences on that day.  Please sign up using Sign-Up Genius and the link sent to you in the email.  You may also click on the link below:

Parent Conference Sign Ups

September 11, 2015

We have had another wonderful week.  For those of you that could not attend open house last night, please click on the link to our presentation.  If you have any questions, please call or email one of us!

Open House Power Point

Please read aloud "Mystic Horse," from the reading book, with your students this coming week.
We have a very busy week coming up!
Just a reminder - Mrs. Pennekamp's homeroom is going on the field study Tuesday and Mrs. Corn's class is going Friday.  The donation for the field study is $10 to pay for the buses.
Picture Day is also this week on Thursday, the 17th.

Please check the agenda nightly to see upcoming quizzes, tests and projects.  If all goes as planned, we will have a math quiz at the end of the week and a social studies test on Monday of the following week.

Have a great weekend and thank you for all of your support!!!!

Message from the Media Center

Hello everyone!

We have some exciting news to share regarding a partnership between Richland Library and Richland 2. This initiative is part of the ConnectED Library Challenge which is a project announced by the White House. President Obama encouraged library leaders, superintendents and mayors to join together to make sure all children in their communities have library cards. Richland Library is partnering with Richland Two to provide library cards for all students in the district, roughly 28,000.

This partnership will be announced at a press event on Thursday, September 3, along with the announcement of the shared facility being built that will house R2i2 and the Sandhills branch of Richland Library. 

The cards will be given out on September 10 at our school. The cards can be activated online at www.richlandlibrary.com/connected or at any Richland Library location. The cards will be full library cards and give the students access to all the resources at the library. All normal checkout rules and policies will apply.

All children's book fines will be waived. If a student has an existing account, they can go to any branch of the library and their account will be cleared of any and all fines. If a student already has a card it will not let them activate the new one online. They must go into a branch to clear fines and add the new card.

We are introducing our blog!  The best place to find all the information about what is happening  in our classroom.  Many of the same features from our newsletter will be in the blog.  "Happening in the Classroom" contains the information about what we will be learning in the upcoming week.  "Homework" will be updated daily and contains the same information as found in our text messages from Remind.  Instructions for signing up for text messages also are found here.  The wonderful thing about the blog, we won't have to be creative with our character count! "Upcoming Events" contains a link to the school website and dates we want you to know.  "Worth a Thousand Words" will contain pictures from the classroom.  AVID and Leader in Me explain how we are using both in the classroom.
Please review the links below for messages from our guidance counselor and attendance secretary, and the school supply list.  Please send in any necessary supplies - especially the headphones.  :)

We hope you enjoy!

Message from Guidance Counselor

Message from Attendance

School Supply List