Week 19

 Dear Parents, 

    It was an exciting week at CRE! The children were finishing up their presents for you, making their own wrapping paper and card. We also had a 5 days before winter break treat each day. Today they come home with my gift, a chapter book! We had our movie day on Wednesday and watched the Polar Express while eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate in our comfy pajamas.. We had our fabulous Winter party run by our room moms, Amber Rice and Yessidey Stevens. Thank you so much for making their party so memorable! Thank you also to the parents who came to visit our room during the party. You made it very special for our class. On Friday we had our annual sing along and recognition rally!

      Even with all the excitement we accomplished lots of learning this week. In math we reviewed for our assessment over place value, ordering and comparing numbers and placing numbers on a number line. We took our assessment on Tuesday.

        In language we have been working on personal communication writing. We firat learned how to write a note and now are writing friendly letters. We revised and edited them this week and will write the final copy upon our return.

         In reading we read and compared Gingerbread Baby with The Gingerbread Man. We discussed how they were alike and how they were different. We read a scholastic News article called “ Holiday Bakery” and took a comprehension check. 

          In science we wrapped up our learning with a talk read talk write activity about natural water sources. We took our assessment on Wednesday. We are still having fun playing a game where the children are challenged to recognize pictures of water sources by their description.

     I want to say that I am overwhelmed by your kindness since the passing of my mother. You also spoiled me this Christmas with your thoughtful gifts and messages. I absolutely love my job and cherish each day I spend guiding and teaching your children! I wish you all many blessings this winter break and throughout the New Year!

Week 18

 Dear Parents,

     It was great to get back to be with my class. They did a great job while I was gone ( due to the passing of my mother) and worked hard with Mrs. Stevens who is a veteran, second grade teacher from Coyote Ridge. They were in excellent hands! In math this week we focused on place value. We represented numbers with sheets, strips, and singles with pictures, then showed what would happen if we added or subtracted 10 or 100. Then we tried it doing the change mentally. Hey caught on quickly! We also found missing numbers on a number line. They were well prepared to do this. Last they had to place numbers on an open number line. We would find a mid-point between two numbers and then place the numbers in order from least to greatest where they should be on the open number line. An open number line has only a beginning number and an ending number. The children placed numbers between them.

      In writing we finished our papers explaining why a certain holiday is our favorite one. These are on display in the hallway if you come to our holiday party next week. We then started our unit on writing messages and letters. This class loves to write to people they love! They will deliver their messages and letters once they are in final copy form. 

      In reading we learned all about nonfiction features and read Wilma Rudolph. We searched for these features in that story as well as many other nonfiction books. On Friday we read a story about Gingerbread houses and took a comprehension check.

        In science we have been learning all about natural bodies of water. We learned the names of several fresh and salt water sources and played a SWAT game to practice knowing the visual representations of these water sources. We looked at examples of fresh and salt water, drew, described and compared them. We listened to some brainpop Jr. information and on Friday we did a lalk read, talk write activity.

Week 17

 

Dear Parents,

This week I was out do to the death of my mother. I will continue with my regular newsletter next week.

 

 

 

*Families, here are some examples of our multicultural ornaments if you would like to donate an ornament to reflect your culture or heritage.  Ornaments need to be donated and will become a part of our Coyote Ridge Multicultural Tree.  -Ms. Olivera

 

      Video examples.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

 

 

Hello CRE families!  It is time to preorder the 2022-2023 Yearbook!  You can place your order by visiting our online store here:  bit.ly/CREyearbook

 

You can also personalize your child’s yearbook for an additional $5.  This opportunity will go away on March first.

 

Yearbooks will be delivered to CRE in May!