Week 26

 Dear Parents,

       This week in math we tackled three digit subtraction with and without regrouping. On Friday we moved into three digit addition with and without regrouping. Please practice these skills at home as it becomes confusing to them when they have both types of problems to do. I am so proud of their effort.

       In reading this week we are focusing on research. Each student chose a famous African American to research in celebration of Black History Month. They needed to sift through two resources to find the most important facts about their chosen person to write on their Research Pyramid. We are working on a class biography paper in writing. The reading time at the end of the week has the focus of research as well. We are using this time to research Helen Keller. So far, they are so excited to see the challenges this famous woman faced and how she overcame them all!

       In science we are continuing our weather unit as we look at our weather tools outside and observe the data they provide. We have had warm winds from the southwest and had rain in our rain gauge! It rained ½ inch on Wednesday! The wind changed direction and moved in from the north and boy, did it get cold quickly. We will be recording the weather for 7 days starting on Friday.

    

*Our swim week is next week! See the attached papers from the swim packet I gave you for reminders. Parents are allowed to join on Wednesday! If you would like to come you need to follow these steps: 

1. Pre-register using this link: https://forms.gle/g2t79gtD2ejPa13b8
2. Get here 10 minutes before we leave  at 8:30 A.M. to get a printed badge from the front office.  Our bus leaves at 8:40 A.M.
3. You can follow the bus to the LISD natatorium.

***You have walk in and leave with us 

 

***You will not be allowed to enter if you do not come to Coyote Ridge first to get a printed badge.

 

Week 25

 Dear Parents,

        This week in math we focused on representing three digit subtraction problems with a model, then solving it by using our beginning/middle /end strategy, writing a number sentence, fillling in a part /part/whole square ,representing it on a number line and lastly solving it by regrouping.  We learned that when we understand what a problem is asking us to do, we can easily solve it. We also practiced the skill of mentally adding and subtracting 100 from a three digit number.

         In writing we began our unit on researching and writing a biography as a class. We are learning how to sift through a variety of resources to find important facts about the lives of Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller. We are ordering those facts in a timeline order. We will learn how to write those facts into interesting sentences. We were amazed at what we learned about these two amazing people. This is a process that will continue for the next couple of weeks.

           In social studies we learned about symbols on a map key and completed a practice paper reading and interpreting a map. In reading we read the story Wild Weather. As we read, we paid attention to clues within the text so that we were able to make inferences. We are really good at finding these clues so that we can answer questions that are not directly stated in the text.

              In science we began our unit on weather. We are beginning to learn what a meteorologist does and the tools he uses to predict the weather. We took a look at each tool and learned its function.

               A big thank you to Amber Rice for making our Valentines Day party so special. Thank you as well to the parents who were able to attend! I appreciate all you do!

 

*Our school cares about heart health!! American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge starts soon. Will your student choose the challenge to move more or be kind? To register download the Kids Heart Challenge App or go to www.Heart.org/KHC  #KidsHeartChallenge

 

Kristin Ray 

Health & PE

Coyote Ridge Elementary

Week 24

 Dear Parents,

 

        This week in math our main focus has been ways to represent and solve word problems. We represented word problems with number sentences, part/part/whole boxes, strip diagrams and number lines. We then solved many of these problems.

         In language this week we learned about articles as special adjectives that tell how many or which one, when coming before a noun. We played a game deciding if we use a or an in front of a list of nouns. We finished publishing our poems and published our poetry books to share with our class. We also finished our MOY writing prompt to show our growth in organizing our writing and using details.

          In reading we focused on nonfiction features and read a Scholastic News article called “Garden Gobblers” which told us why groundhogs eat so much in our gardens. We also had a special snack that looked like a groundhog coming out of its hole. We  learned about making inferences and highlighted important concepts to help us guess the riddle. We did a cut and paste activity to match a situation and an inference we could make about that situation. In Social studies we learned the cardinal and intermediate directions and made a compass rose.

            In science we continued learning about the sum and moon. We learned their patterns in the sky. We read about those patterns and wrote about what we learned. We continued adding to our moon calendar each day. We took our assessment on Friday.

Week 23

 Dear Parents, 

         What a week we all had! When we went home on Monday early, none of us expected to be out all week. I had a parent question about if the letter about our Valentines party has gone home as of yet. The answer to that is no. I have not received it yet, but am sure I will this week. Here are a couple of things you may be wondering: I have been told to collect $3.00 per child (by  my team lead) to cover the cost of party supplies to be given to our room mother. As of now we have 21 students, but two special education students will be joining us for the party- so 23 children. There are no restrictions on the valentine box. Most children decorate a shoe box. 😊