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!

 

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. 

 

Week 20

 Dear Parents,

          We had a great week of Learning. In math we continued practicing ordering numbers and recognizing place value. We took the CBA over all the math skills and TEKS we have learned so far. In reading and writing we continued listening to, visualizing and writing our own poems. We will be putting these into a poetry book. In Social Studies we practiced map directions by learning about cardinal and intermediate directions. We also watched some of the live feed from the inauguration and watched President Biden sworn in. In science we began our unit on natural and manmade resources. We looked at objects inside and outside and determined in they were natural or manmade. We had fun finding that objects can be made of wood, plastic, glass, paper, or metal and posted notecards on them during a scavenger hunt in our room.

• On Friday a special Valentines project came home- but it is homework for the parents! Look in your child’s coyote folder for directions. This will go on our bulletin board in the hallway and becomes a special keepsake for your child. Please cut out, write on and decorate the heart provided. 
• Way to go! Second grade. We earned extra technology time with our brand new set of class ipads for being the grade level that had the biggest number of students complete the habit form!

Have a great Weekend!

Week 19

 Dear Parents,

           We are settling into the new semester. I am really working with students to make sure they are completing and turning in all work including homework. Thank you so much for making sure your child completes his/her Reading/ Math log on Mon.-Thurs and that he/she turns it in on Friday. Look out for math and reading homework in their blue folders Mon-Thurs. as well. In math this week we decomposed numbers, ordered numbers and compared the value of numbers. In reading and writing we have been working on a unit on poetry. We have visualized poems as we listened to them, written our own poems and learned about the different elements that poetry has. In science we finished up our unit on natural Sources of freshwater and saltwater. In social studies, we focused on Martin Luther King Jr. We learned why we celebrate his life on Monday.

 

*Here is a link from Mrs. Moore our Counselor:

 

                 Student/Family Smore January

 

January, Habit 3: Put First Things First

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

• January’s Habit of the Month is Habit 3: Put First Things First! Please click here to view and complete the virtual January Newsletter. It contains information about Habit 3, 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, January 20^th.

• January 20^th is also Put First Things First Day! We want to see the entire school wear BLUE for Habit 3 on Wednesday!
• We will be tracking grade level participation for completing the virtual newsletter. The grade level with the highest percentage of participation for January will receive a grade level prize! Congratulations to 2^nd grade for having the most students/families participate in the month of December!

Second grade won last month! Way to go!

 

PLEASE bring an object to school that is important to your child. ( no bigger than their hand) They will use it to write a poem next week. These items were due on Friday. Only 6 children brought their object.

Week 18

 Dear Parents,

         It was so wonderful to see your children again and get back to work! We are now a class of 17. Miss Herrera has become our third in person teacher in second grade. Our 4 virtual students who joined us last nine weeks have moved into her classroom. They were all very excited to see each other as well! In math we began our unit on numbers to 1,200. We learned how to say them, write them in word form, expanded form, standard form and make a model. In reading we set up our reading groups, seating charts and swapped out our books. If your child has any of the reading books at home, please see that they are returned on Monday. We also took our January istation test. A copy of the report will go home next Friday in your child’s coyote folder with his/her report card if you have chosen a paper copy on Skyward. In writing we learned that a resolution is a promise we make to ourselves about getting better at something or helping others with something we are already good at doing. We then wrote about our New Year’s resolutions. In reading we listened to the story The Mitten by Jan Brett. We filled out a story map together and independently worked on a sequencing activity. We also conducted an experiment with a mitten. Ask your child what we did! In Science we began our unit on fresh and salt water sources. We set up our unit and played a SWAT game identifying the many sources. We also observed samples of fresh and salt water and recorded the properties of each that we discovered in our observation. It was a quick two days, but we are ready for a full week of school next week! We may even have some snow this weekend! I know all the children are keeping their fingers crossed.

• Next week our reading log becomes a reading and math log. We are adding addition practice on Mondays-Thursdays for 5-10 minutes a night to help us learn our math facts. Quizes will be given on Fridays.