Happy Mother’s Day, Creekview!

The term “mother” has been defined as someone who is caring for others and not selfish. Someone who never stops being a source of comfort and emits a glow of love. Whether you fulfill that role for your own children, pet children, nieces and nephews, grandchildren, or friends, we hope you feel the same love and comfort that you provide to others. Remember to take a moment to honor those mother figures who are no longer with us. May they live on through the comfort and love we received from them, but now pass to others. I truly hope your day is special.

Enjoy your day!

~Allyson Jordan, Principal

MAY

9-13 Hope Pack Drive in recognition of Foster Child Awareness Month

11-20 No Lunch Visitors or volunteers- STAAR Testing

11- School Nurse Appreciation Day (We love Nurse Bennett! -Favorites LINK)

11- STAAR Science 5th Grade

11- Spirit Night @ 403 Eats 5-8pm

12- Last day to purchase ice cream passes

12-13 Make-up Testing

13- Cafeteria Appreciation Day (Thank you for keeping our student's bellies full!)

16- Class Party Pre-Registration Due

17- STAAR Reading 3rd-5th Grade

17- 5th Grade Ceremony Dismissal Form due

18- STAAR Math 3rd-5th Grade

19- ALL Student Library Books Due to Creekview Library

19-20- Make-up Testing

23- Field Day 3rd-5th grade (see below)

24- Field Day K-2nd grade (see below)

24- 2:30pm 5th Grade Ceremony (Abueita, Smylie, Gordon, Meeker)

25- 2:30pm 5th Grade Ceremony (Oakes, Capistran, Suter)

26- Last Day of School; Class Party Day (register below)

9:15-10:00am 1st & 3rd

10:30-11:15am Kindergarten, 2nd, & 4th

We are excited about celebrating the end of the 21-22 school year at Creekview on May 26th! As always, our parents are welcome to volunteer to support students in practicing social and emotional learning objectives such as: empathy, gratitude, patience, interpersonal communication, etc.

PRE-REGISTER HERE BY MAY 16th!

Parent Visitors:

• Parking in fire lanes is prohibited.

• All visitors will be required to check in.

• Limit 1 visitor per student, please keep younger siblings at home

• All visitors must be prepared to present a Photo ID even if pre-registered.

9:15-10:00am- 1st & 3rd

10:30-11:15am- Kindergarten, 2nd, & 4th

Dismissal: Parents may sign students out of school after the party in the classroom through the teacher, however, please be mindful that students will have an opportunity to attend a holiday sing along with their classmates after the party.

• All visitors must exit the campus at the end of the party.

• Parents will receive a ticket from their teacher and be allowed to leave the classroom with their student. All exits will be supervised by staff.

• Any uncertainties regarding this process will be directed to the front office to ensure student safety.

• Regular dismissal procedures will begin at 12:50pm.

As always, if your child has permission to be dismissed with someone other than a parent, it must be stated in writing. Please submit a signed note, including your contact information, to your child’s homeroom teacher or front office.

Dear Students,

We are so excited to have you in our Advanced English/Language Arts program! Tomball ISD endorses a summer reading program for all students enrolled in advanced English courses grades 6-12. This summer we are offering a variety of novel choices for you to choose from. You will have until August 16th to complete the novel of your choice to be prepared for the discussions and assessments that will take place during the school day.

The selections on the summer reading list have been chosen to encourage the enjoyment of reading and to prepare students for the study of literature. Upon returning to school in the fall, students will be engaged in inquiry circles with classmates who selected the same book. In order to be prepared to discuss the book in such a setting, students must read the book through a critical lens and be prepared to share insights and original observations discovered while reading.

We realize that changes do occur during the summer, and sometimes students find themselves switching schools due to a recent move. Should you find that you will be attending a different Tomball ISD school, please check with that campus for their reading list, as that campus may have a different reading list than what appears on this page.

Below is a list a books from which you may choose for your summer reading novel:

• Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

• The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

• Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

• Counting by 7's by Holly Golberg Sloan

The following ideas are suggested in order to help students engage in active reading:

In his essay “How to Mark a Book,” Mortimer Adler explains that reading is a “conversation between you and the author.”

Adler writes: “Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? First, it keeps you awake. (And I don’t mean merely conscious; I mean awake.) In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.”

“There are all kinds of devices for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully. Here’s the way I do it:

• Underlining (or highlighting): of major points, of important or forceful statements

• Vertical lines at the margin: to emphasize a statement already underlined

• Star, asterisk, or other doo-dad at the margin: to be used sparingly, to emphasize the ten or twenty most important statements in the book (You may want to fold the bottom corner of each page on which you use such marks. It won't hurt the sturdy paper on which most modern books are printed, and you will be able to take the book off the shelf at any time and, by opening it at the folded-corner page, refresh your recollection of the book.)

• Numbers of other pages in the margin: to indicate where else in the book the author made points relevant to the point marked; to tie up the ideas in a book, which, though they may be separated by many pages, belong together

• Circling or highlighting of key words or phrases

• Writing in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page, for the sake of: recording questions (and perhaps answers) which a passage raised in your mind; reducing a complicated discussion to a simple statement; recording the sequence of major points through the book

If marking your book is not a possibility, there are some other options:

• You can use sticky notes. Place these on the pages/paragraphs where you would underline or highlight and write out your thoughts or ideas on the note.

• Write out notes on paper and keep the paper inside the book. Include page numbers with comments/notations so that you will remember what prompted your thinking.

Should any questions arise, please contact:

Lauren Fair

District RLA Content Specialist 3-6

laurenfair@tomballisd.net