Academics

Creekside Learning Paths: Pinnacle & Summit

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SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

Sample Daily Schedule

8:00-9:15 Math
9:15-10:15 Reading/Writing
10:15 -11:15 Special Area (Lifetime Fitness, Art & Design, World Language, or Media)
11:18-11:58 Flex/Music/RTI
12:00-12:40 Recess/Lunch*
12:40-1:40 Science
1:40-2:00 Recess
2:00-2:50 Social Studies

*Students get an opportunity to go outside for fresh air and activity each day (weather permitting) before lunch.

ENRICHMENT

All Creekside students have a teaching team of two teachers for core academic classes. (Usually there is a teacher for Math/Science and another for ELA/S.S. but sometimes homeroom teachers teach both math and ELA and then switch for only Science and Social Studies).

Enrichment CLASSES:

Music - Band, Orchestra, Choir and MORE music: Music teachers will have a meeting for families when school starts in September. They will share information at that time about how to choose an instrument. We encourage all 5th grade students to choose a music. Music class is held 2-3 days a week and Flex Classes take place the remaining days.
Flex Classes: Students will have an opportunity to explore multiple extension classes throughout the year. Student will share their interests with their classroom teacher and teachers will place students. Examples of Flex classes include - Kitchen/Garden classroom, Makerspace, Robotics, Drama, Board Games, and Mindfulness.

Specials Areas

Lifetime Fitness - 18 weeks

Since we see students 5 days per week for 60 minutes per class, students will change into activity clothes for Lifetime Fitness.

Students will learn…

A variety of object control skills (dribbling, throwing, striking, serving, etc)
Personal/Social Responsibilities
S.M.A.R.T goals setting through Fitness “Besting”
Health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness concepts

ART & Design - 9 weeks

Students create projects that include drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics.
5th grade is based on American Artists and 6th grade is based on Ancient Civilizations.
Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, creativity and craftsmanship
One design thinking project is taught in each grade.
Projects are assessed using rubrics and students earn E, M, P, C.

MEDIA - 9 weeks

In media, students use our powerful iMacs to learn multimedia concepts based upon the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) standards, and are also given a chance to explore the over 23,000 books in the Creekside library. In addition, we touch upon introductory robotics and coding.
Students are given a weekly time to check out books during the other special area rotations, as well.

WORLD LANGUAGES - 9 weeks

6th grade Spanish is an exploratory course.
Use the National Foreign Language Standards.
Themes: Vocabulary, Geography and Culture.
Students will be exposed to several Spanish grammatical structures with individual and group practice through games, role-play and movement.
The Spanish class has an emphasis on students reading, writing, listening and speaking in Spanish.
Mandarin - 5th grade only

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Creekside Info Night 4/6/2023