Week 27

 Dear Parents,

           This week we began fractions in math. Fractions are EQUAL parts of a whole. We are looking at shapes cut into halves, fourths, and eighths. Our chant is: “ The bottom number tells the parts, The top number tells the shaded!” Because the children feel it is easy, sometimes they write the wrong words. We are working on slowing down to check our work. In reading and writing we continued on with our research with partners. We researched using two more resources. We decided what information was new and important to our topic. The children were happy to choose their topic given three choices. We have been researching how technology has changed communication, transportation and recreation over time. In science we began learning about the basic needs of plants. We are learning about the parts of plants and what jobs those parts have to help the plant survive. We are conducting investigations and observing the outcomes.

 

Here are some updates from Mrs. Hernandez, our librarian:

 

 *Spring time is yearbook time!  CRE families you still have time to pre-order the CRE 2020-2021 Yearbook!  Do you want to learn more about our fabulous Teacher of the Year?  Or see all the ways that we made school fun and meaningful?  Purchase the yearbook and remember this very unique school year!  The yearbook is $25 with an option to personalize it with your child’s name for an additional $5!  Visit our site today:  https://bit.ly/CREyearbook  or scan the QR code!

 

 *Hello CRE Families!  Our Spring Virtual Book Fair will begin on Monday!  That’s right, you can purchase books online using the link below and have them delivered to your doorstep!  This is a great opportunity to add to your summer reading home library!  You will also be supporting our school library because for every dollar you spend we get 25% in Scholastic Dollars!  The Virtual Book Fair will be open March 29 – April 11!  Visit us here:  https://bit.ly/CREvirtualBF   I thank you in advance for your support!

Week 26

 Dear Parents,

        It was a short week but one filled with activity. Thank you for all you did to make this funrun a success for our school! The children had fun participating in the run and were proud of their achievement! I hope you also enjoyed our virtual Open House and seeing all the projects we’ve been working on this year!

         In math we worked all week on representing and solving word problems. Now that we are experts at three digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, this reinforced the problem solving we’ve been doing all year! In writing and reading we’ve been learning how to plan research by asking questions, finding multiple sources and taking notes. Soon we will partner up to research more independently. In social studies we have continued working on map skills and reading a map key. We also reinforced our cardinal directions. In science we are watching our weather, graphing it, recording it on a chart and becoming weather men and women as we report the weather.

 

Upon our return from spring break, each Monday we will encourage students to wear their Kindness T-shirts, or BLUE/TEAL/AQUA shirts and we will continue promoting Kindness on campus! 

Here are a few ways we will be promoting Kindness: 

1.  Staff will wear Kindness shirts on Mondays
2. Promoting additional kindness challenges for the week
3. Providing photo opportunities when identifying a student “choosing to be kind” & promote social media.

Challenges will be promoted via announcements on Mondays and I will share with you the info to include in your parent newsletter.

 

Hello CRE families!  Are you feeling lucky today?  Your child will feel lucky knowing that you have pre-ordered their very own Coyote Ridge Elementary Yearbook!  You can click on the link on the attachment to get to the our school’s order page.  Yearbooks will be delivered a few days before school is out so please order yours today!

 

Mrs. Rios and Mrs. Hernandez

 

Week 25

Dear Parents,

            This week in math we continued working with three digit subtraction with and without regrouping. I am very proud of how hard my class has been working to master this skill. Please make sure your child is filling out the math and reading log nightly ( Mon.- Thurs), and turn in math or reading homework the next morning after it goes home in the blue daily folder. This homework helps reinforce a skill learned that day. In writing we finished up our class biography research project about Helen Keller. We researched as a class, wrote important facts on sticky notes, organized them in a timeline order, wrote our rough draft together, and edited the class rough draft. Then each child wrote his/her own final copy. They did an amazing job! In reading we were researching famous Americans, and famous African Americans for Black History Month. In science we have been observing, talking, and writing about our weather and the tools we use to observe it. We can’t wait to share our open house Flipgrid of videos and our pockets full of hard work next week.

 

Action : Please See attached letter    : We are in need of this agreement As soon as possible. These Students do not have the agreement completed: Lillian, Jaxon, Gana

 

 

*Here is a link to a SMORE from our counselor, Mrs. Moore:

 

https://www.smore.com/akgj0-coyote-ridge-counseling-newsletter

 

 

*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!

 

 

*March, Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Thank you to all the families who participated in our virtual February 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!

• March’s Habit of the Month is Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood! Please click here to view and complete the virtual March Newsletter. It contains information about Habit 5, 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, March 10^th. 

• March 10^th is also Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Day! We want to see the entire school wear PURPLE for Habit 5 on Wednesday!
• We will be tracking grade level participation for completing the virtual newsletter. The grade level with the highest percentage of participation for March will receive a grade level prize! Congratulations to 2^nd grade for having the most students/families participate in the month of February!