Week 24

 Dear Parents,

          It was so great to see your children on Monday and hear about the adventures of last week. It was challenging, but we all made it! We got right back to work at school. In math we focused on two and three digit word problems and subtraction. We used visuals (model form/with blocks drawn for ones, tens, and hundreds ) to connect  the  problem and regrouping. In reading we are focused on researching famous Americans like Irma Rangel, Theodore Roosevelt and Thurgood Marshall. The children had fun using facts4me to do their research. In writing we worked on our middle of year writing sample as well as learned about adverbs. In science we took our assessment about objects in the sky and began our unit on weather. We have a weather station all set up and plan to be meteorologists over the next few days. We also celebrated  Digital Learning Day and were able to use our ipads to learn digitally during guided reading as a rotation choice. We began making our videos for open house week which will begin on March 9^th.

   

Yearbook Information

Hello CRE families!  Our school yearbook is now available to pre-order!  You can purchase yours today by going to this link:  https://bit.ly/CREyearbook

Our yearbook is now on sale for $25!  You can also personalize it by adding your sweetie’s name on the cover for an additional $5!  Please click on the link on the attachment or scan the QR code!  I can’t wait to forget all about this school year, said NO ONE!

 

Boosterthon Information 

(I believe we will get a code on Monday to be able to what is below)

You can get an early start by registering, donating is officially open on funrun.com! Please support our school today - here’s how:

1. REGISTER your student(s) on funrun.com today. It takes 30 seconds!

2. SHARE with 5 family/friends using the SHARE tools on funrun.com (Facebook, Text Message or Email) Students will earn rewards just for sharing from funrun.com.

3. GIVE a donation if you are able to give.

• Every share and donation makes a difference! And, don’t forget…

Students can receive rewards when parents share from funrun.com

• All students get to participate in the Event day, regardless of financial participation

• This fundraiser comes with an incredible character development program for students where they’ll be learning about the importance of teamwork, care, courage, grit and celebration

Thank you for supporting our school - we are grateful for our amazing school community!

Donating Opens - Today!

Register on FUNRUN.COM, SHARE, & GIVE!

Fundraiser Kick Off -3/1

Event Day - 3/11

Week 23

 Dear Parents,

          We focused all week on solving word problems and three digit addition with regrouping. They know what to do, but are making addition mistakes. Practicing our fact cards is an immense help. Your child will benefit from having these memorized as they progress to third grade.

            In writing we have been working on a research paper about Helen Keller. We took our notes which we wrote on sticky notes and organized them in a timeline of her life. We then came up with our own original sentences about those facts. Last we added time order words to help our paper flow. They are really doing a fantastic job with this research unit. We continue to work on map skills using our compass rose and map key to answer questions. In science we are learning about all the objects in our day and night skies and how those things appear to change and move. We are discovering that all is not what it appears to be. We had an excellent Kindness Week. Discussing all the ways we can be kind at both home and school. On Thursday we celebrated Lunar New Year. We read a scholastic News article about it, answered questions, read a book and made a banner. We also had so much fun eating long noodles with chopsticks! They are supposed to bring us good luck. We had a fortune cookie as well, and read our fortunes. 

 

Hello CRE families!  Just in time for Valentine’s Day!  Our school yearbook is now available to pre-order!  You can purchase your today by going to this link:  https://bit.ly/CREyearbook

 

 The yearbooks are $25 with an option of personalization for an additional $5.00.  The flyer includes a live link that will take you straight to our school order on the Balfour page. 

 

An Important letter went home in your child’s Coyote Folder today. We sent home ipads and papers just in case of bad weather next week. We may go virtual. I will let you know more as soon as I can.

Week 22

 Dear Parents,

         We had another wonderful week of learning activities together as we started the month of February. In math we were focusing on solving the many different kinds of word problems. It is important for the children to be able to read and understand what the problem is asking them to do and then use our strategies to solve those problems. We had a break from the problem solving as we practiced adding with regrouping through a scoot around the room and played add 9 or 10 Bingo. On 100^th Day we flipped a coin 100 times, raced a partner to 100 by rolling a die and did 100 exercises throughout our day. We also counted out the pieces of our 100 piece snack. In writing we finished up our poetry unit and began our unit on research. We are doing a class research paper on Helen Keller. They are learning what the important parts of a biography are. We also wrote a paper about what we will be doing when we are 100 years old. In reading we read a story about Helen Keller, focused on the central idea and looked for the supporting details. In Social studies we focused on our map skills as we learned how symbols represent different things on a map. We studied map keys to see what some of these symbols were. We also learned about Groundhog Day and had a Groundhog Day snack. In science we took our unit assessment about natural and manmade resources. We began our unit on Objects in the sky. I sent home a two week homework paper. The children are to track what they see in the sky from Feb. 1^st-14^th to earn 6 stickers for their chart!

 

• We are in need of more glue sticks. Please send some to school. We could also use the square sticky notes if you would like to donate some for our research project. 

 

 

February, Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Thank you to all the families who participated in our virtual January Habit Newsletter activity! Don’t forget that if your family participates in ALL 7 Newsletters, you will be showcased in our school as a Lighthouse Family!

• February’s Habit of the Month is Habit 4: Think Win-Win! Please click here to view and complete the virtual February Newsletter. It contains information about Habit 4, a read-aloud video, discussion questions to talk about with your child, and a short activity to do at home. Please have this completed by next Wednesday, February 10^th.

• We will be tracking grade level participation for completing the virtual newsletter. The grade level with the highest percentage of participation for February will receive a grade level prize! Congratulations to 2^nd grade for having the most students/families participate in the month of January!

 

 

Action  : We are in need of this agreement by Feb. 12^th.

 

PK-3 parents will need to sign the Technical Equipment Loan Agreement form if they want their child to be able to bring home their assigned iPad in the event of quarantine or remote learning.

 

This agreement provides several assurances:

• Parents/families want the iPad sent home
• The device will be taken care of and returned to LISD in its assigned condition
• Should a family need a hotspot, the loan agreement will be used for issuing hotspots. Please note, families should first communicate hotspot needs to campus administration.  

 

Yearbook Flyer: The yearbooks are $25 with an option of personalization for an additional $5.00.  The flyer includes a live link that will take you straight to our school order on the Balfour page.