Beginning of the 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR

 Dear Parents,

          It was so wonderful meeting most of you at meet the teacher. I hope to see you all again at  our parent orientation on Thursday Aug. 20^th at 5:00 so you can learn more about second grade. If you are unable to attend, you may find the information covered in a packet that will go home in your child’s blue Coyote Folder on Friday. Please take time to fill out the pages at the back and send them back to school next week. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me and I will answer your questions as soon as I can. This Coyote Folder comes home on Fridays with important flyers, our second grade newsletter and graded papers. Please take everything out and return the folder on Monday. The blue daily folder goes home each night and should also return each morning.

       In math this week we are learning about our daily routines, and IPS. IPS stands for intentional Problem Solving. We have a problem each day that your child solves as many ways as they can. They then share with friends; then the strategies used are shared by students. In writing, we will begin our kick off to writing workshop where we will create play doh creations, add to them, take things away, and compare this to the writing process. We will learn that we write about things close to our heart and make some journal entries.

        In reading we will start the kick off to reading workshop where we will learn our gathering spot, how to turn and talk to a buddy, how to read to self and build stamina during guided reading. We will listen to some wonderful books and have wonderful discussions to check for comprehension.

        In social studies we will discuss our rules, classroom procedures, and begin our review of the Leader in Me program. In Science we will set up our science notebook and learn about what scientists look like, what tools they use and what they do. 

       If you click on the blue link below you will be able to see our class blog. I post all my e-mails to you as well as pictures and videos of activities we do in our class. I will post some of the play doh creations from writing this week as I still have some parents that need to fill out the AUP form in skyward. This allows me to post pictures of your child with projects in the hall as well as share pictures of them on our blog. This form must also be filled out if you would like your child’s picture in our yearbook. If you could respond to this e-mail with just your child’s name and whether his/her picture can be posted on our blog, I can start taking pictures of the children. Example: John, yes you may post his picture on the blog.

• Attached is the weekly letter that was in your folder at Meet the Teacher Night, for those of you who could not attend.

*With technology and the digital world constantly changing, it’s critical Lewisville ISD continues to safeguard student data, and student passwords are a key component to ensuring student information is protected.
On Monday, Aug. 12 (the night before the first day of school), all LISD elementary student passwords will be reset to more complex passwords. Parents and guardians may see what their student’s password will be reset to within their Skyward Family Access account under the Portfolio section (see image below). These passwords will be available to view in Skyward until Friday, Aug. 30.
PLEASE NOTE: If your student forgets or needs help with their password, their teacher will have access to the student password management tool to assist them.