Week 10

 

Dear Parents,

        This week in math we continued working on our two digit subtraction, with and without regrouping. We took our assessment on Thursday. Please continue to support this skill at home. It is difficult and as we move to our next unit, there will not be as much practice at school. We do not want them forgetting these steps. Please practice time to the minute and counting money. This will help us when we hit those units later in the year.

         In writing the children are excited to be finishing up their narratives about the first day of school and writing one of their choice. I can’t wait to see what they’ve written! 

          In reading we read The Important Book and modeled a class book after this. We are writing about something important to us and why that person or thing is important. This reinforces the concept of the central idea of a story. We also read The Big Red Lollipop and took a comprehension check over it.

           In science we are focusing on energy- light, heat, and sound. Our main focus is sound and how it is produced with vibrations and waves. We experimented with cups, rubber bands and paper tubes to see which helped the sounds travel the farthest, how it affected the volume as well as pitch. 

  

From Mrs. Hernandez our librarian: Storybook Pumpkin Patch

 

 

You are invited to be part of our Storybook Pumpkin Patch!  What is this you ask, well let me tell you!   Start with a pumpkin and then use your imagination and your creativity to turn your pumpkin into a book character.  You can use paint, props or anything else you can think of!  A plastic or foam pumpkin works great, but really any pumpkin will be great!

 

If you are using a real pumpkin, please NO CARVING!  Even a small hole will cause the pumpkin to rot quickly!!!!!  

 

Please bring your Pumpkin to the library the week of October 17^th - October 21st.  I would like to have all participating pumpkins in so we can start our Pumpkin Patch visits the following week.  Fill out the pumpkin form (click here for the form or pick up a paper copy in the library) so it can be displayed next to your pumpkin.  You may also include the book to be displayed next to your pumpkin!

 

All pumpkins need to be picked up between Oct 31st or they will be thrown away.  

 

• Author Rosemary Wells will be visiting CRE! See the attached flyer to see how you can purchase a book.

 

  

 

From Ms. Olivera, our ESL Teacher:

Dear Coyote Ridge Parents, 

    As a school we value and treasure our students' culture.  We make it a point to share and learn about each other so we can better understand and love one another.  We would love for you and your child to create a multicultural paper doll to display in the hallways around the school.  We love learning and sharing students' family traditions, culture, and ancestry!  Attached to this letter is an instruction sheet and a cardstock doll. Below is a picture of examples of completed paper doll projects.  When the doll is complete, please return it to school with your child!  We will feature the dolls and the information sheets throughout the school! Please return the doll and the information sheet back to the school by October 28th.

*This is Coyote Ridge’s 7^th year using the Leader in Me Program. In order to continue growth and learning at home, we will send home a newsletter each month that will focus on a different habit. By the end of the year we will have discussed all 8 Habits at school and home. If your family participates in ALL 8 Newsletters, you will be showcased in our school as a Lighthouse Family!

• In your child’s Friday Folder is the October Habit Newsletter. Attached to the newsletter is an activity that corresponds with the monthly habit of October, Habit 1: Be Proactive. There is also a QR code that you can scan and listen to a story with your child and ask discussion questions given from the newsletter. Please assist your child in completing the activity and sign/return the activity sheet to their homeroom teacher by Wednesday, October 12th. 
• October 12^th is Be Proactive Day! We want to see the entire school wear YELLOW for Habit 1 on Wednesday!
• We will be tracking grade level participation for returning the activity sheet. The grade level with the highest percentage of participation for October will receive extra recess!