Week 33

       Dear Parents,

          This week in math we continued looking at our solid shapes. We looked at the faces and flat surfaces and told what plane shapes they were. We also combined solid shapes to make new shapes or just larger slid of the same shape. We reviewed both plane and solid shapes and took our assessment over this unit.

           In writing we are using a RAN Chart as a way to write what we think we know about sharks. We are researching using multiple resources to confirm our facts. We are also writing down what we are wondering about these 20 foot fish!

           In social studies we continued learning about Texas and our neighboring states and country. We learned about Earth day and ways to save our Earth. We wrote about what we can do to help our planet.

            In science we were so excited to see our caterpillars( Larvae Stage) turn into their chrysalis ( Pupa Stage). We are learning about each of the stages of the life cycles of both butterflies and grasshoppers. We then compared how they are alike and different.

 

·        LAST DAY FOR TUTORING- April 25th

         

 

From Mrs. Moore, our counselor:

Parents,

 

Please find information on the final lessons of our Social and Emotional Curriculum, Second Step below.  Within this communication, there is also notification of a feedback form that will be shared with our students.  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16QwCC8iGR2mWchYR0XiqdMxs6aMhfyRM3_265a5pP0U/edit

 

 

 

Back to School Supply Backpack and Supply Registration

 

Should your child need assistance with school supplies and a backpack, please complete the form below.  The supplies will be available and distributed at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year.   The deadline for registering for this service is June 24^th or while supplies last, whichever comes first.

https://forms.gle/RBHa99PJDKRF2sy39

 

 

 

 

• Book Drive- The WHOLE Month of April: See the page attached 

  

 

• Please send in a STANDARD white pillowcase for a special 2^nd Grade Project. It is due Tuesday 4/26

 

•  Spring Mediation Disposal Day will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 10 to 2. The flier is attached for you. 

Week 32

 Dear Parents, 

             This was a fast week with just four days of school and two days of swimming, but we managed to have a lot of wonderful learning opportunities as well as fun! In Math we learned about our 3-D shapes. We learned what shapes have edges, vertices, and faces. We learned that objects that do not roll have faces and objects that roll may have flat surfaces. We learned the names of our 3 -D shapes and how to sort them by a rule.

                In writing we took our procedural paper to final copy. There was a choice of how to publish it. It could have been a picture page with the steps, a friendly letter telling someone the steps or a how to do something list.

               In reading we began Fairytales. We read Jack and the Beanstalk. Children were challenged to retell the story with a concise beginning, middle and end. Many of my students earned their $5.00! We also read a Scholastic News about Jane Goodall who changed how we think about Chimps. We tied this in with our science unit as we looked at animal body coverings, and skulls. The skulls taught our observing second graders about what size eyes an animal had as well as the kind of teeth. We know that the larger the eyes and ears an animal has, the better they can see and hear. We know too, whether an animal is a carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore by examining the teeth. We are excited because our butterfly larvae have arrived and are growing each day. Soon they will be turning into a chrysalis! We can’t wait to watch the whole process!

 

• Book Drive- The WHOLE Month of April

  

• We are completely out of snacks in our room. If you would like to donate individually wrapped packages of goldfish or cheez-its it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to send something else, please make sure it is nut free as we have life threatening allergies in our room.

 

• Please send in a STANDARD white pillowcase for a special 2^nd Grade Project. It is due Tuesday 4/26

 

•  Spring Mediation Disposal Day will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 10 to 2. 

Week 31

    Dear Parents, 

             This week in math we continued our unit on Two-D shapes. We learned all the names of the polygons with 3-12 sides. We counted vertices and sides. We sorted our shapes, created shapes and made new shapes.

              In writing we continued working on our how to papers, revised them for prepositions as well as time order words and edited them. We will choose how to publish them.

              In social studies we had a review about directions on a map and what kinds of stores sell goods and services. We also read a scholastic news that told us how valuable our community service workers are and how they keep us safe and healthy.

               In Science we began our unit on animals, their basic needs and their physical characteristics. We are examining different animal body parts and talking about how those parts have been adapted to help the animal survive.

    

*2^nd Grade will go swimming next week!  Here is our swim schedule.  Also, I attached our altered daily schedule! Our daily schedule is changed next week  to accommodate swimming so we will not eat until 1:00.  Please send 2 snacks.  They will be HUNGRY and we don’t eat lunch until 1:00! See attached Newsletter for more information.

 

Here is our schedule for swimming:

Monday and Tuesday:

8:45-10:45 – Rutherford

9:45-11:45 – Herrera

10:45-12:45 – Shelton

 

Wednesday and Thursday:

8:45-10:45 – Faulkner

9:45-11:45 – Carpenter

 

 

• Book Drive- The WHOLE Month of April: See the page attached or in your child’s Coyote Folder

  

• We are completely out of snacks in our room. If you would like to donate individually wrapped packages of goldfish or cheez-its it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to send something else, please make sure it is nut free as we have life threatening allergies in our room.

Week 30

 

Dear Parents,

       This week in math we continued our unit on fractions. We counted fractional parts, drew lines in shapes to make fractions two different ways, reviewed for the assessment and took the assessment on Thursday. We did VERY well! I’m so proud of their work!

        In writing we finished our final copy of our class procedural paper on how to draw a crab. We made a circle map of all the things we know how to do and chose an idea for our individual procedural paper. We began it this week and will begin taking it through the writing process. We learned about borders between states and countries in social studies this week.

        In reading we read about plants. We read a Scholastic News on Rainbow plants and got to try rainbow carrots thanks to Mrs. Martinez. We read a nonfiction article called Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow. This inspired our class to want to try some of the experiments because they had many unanswered questions.

         In science we continued learning about what plants need to thrive, the parts of plants and what those parts do.

 

Here is the sign up link for Spring Conferences. These are student lead conferences so please have your child attend with you. You will put the name of the parent/parents attending and your child’s name when you choose your slot. I am looking forward to meeting with you and your child.

 

 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4CAFA82AA02-spring1

 

• Book Drive- The WHOLE Month of April

 

This is Coyote Ridge’s 6^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 April Habit Newsletter. Attached to the newsletter is an activity that corresponds with the monthly habit of April, Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. 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, April 6^th. 

• April 6^th  is also Sharpen the Saw Day! We want to see the entire school wear as many colors as possible, or RAINBOWS, for Habit 7 on Wednesday!
• We will be tracking grade level participation for returning the activity sheet. The grade level with the highest percentage of participation for April will receive a grade level choice reward! Awesome job 4th grade for having the most family participation in the month of March! 

 

Week 29

 Dear Parents,

        In math we began our unit on fractions. We are working on halves, fourths, and eighths. A fraction is something that has been divided into equal pieces. Every piece has to be the same size. If all the pieces are not the same size then the object does not represent a fraction. The chant to help us remember which number is the numerator and which is the denominator is: “ The top number is the shaded, the bottom number is the parts! “

         In writing we began our class procedural paper on how to draw a crab. Next Week they will choose their own how to topic and write their own paper. We are also learning about prepositions to make our writing more exact, and easy to follow.

          In social studies we are learning all about economics. They are really excited to have a job and receive pay. The earnings list and fines list are really helping the children be motivated to do and be their best! Our room has never been so clean!

          In science we have begun our plant unit. We are learning about the basic needs of plants , their parts, and the functions of those parts!

              

 

Here is the sign up link for Spring Conferences. These are student lead conferences so please have your child attend with you. You will put the name of the parent/parents attending and your child’s name when you choose your slot. I am looking forward to meeting with you and your child.

 

 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4CAFA82AA02-spring1

 

 

Week 28

 

Dear Parents,

        What a wonderful, but busy week! First of all I wanted to thank my families who made it to Open House! We had a great turn out. It is such an important day for your child. We’ve been saving up our best work all year. The children can really see their growth as the items in their pockets were in time order. We went from writing simple sentences to writing a research paper. There is so much hard work to celebrate in their pockets. If you were unable to come, all the work went home with your child after school yesterday. Make sure to let them tell you all about it!

          Yesterday was our Fun Run! Thank you all for making this a great fund raiser for our school! A note went home today discussing the collection from your child’s sponsors. We have already collected over $900 for our school. You all are amazing!

           In math this week we finished up unit 8 on addition/ subtraction with regrouping and took our assessment. I was so impressed how the class worked hard and used their strategies! They all did well.

            In Writing/Reading/ Social Studies we focused on now and then. We learned many interesting facts about communication, home, school, toys/games, and transportation. We learned how all of those things changed over time. Life was very different long ago! We culminated this unit with a flip book showing what we learned.

             In science we finished our unit on weather. Your children were the first to take a district wide assessment of their weather knowledge by completing a performance task. They had to record the temperature, wind speed/ direction, cloud cover, and amount of precipitation. They had to look for patterns in the weather, and know appropriate clothing, activities and transportation for seasonal weather. They did a fantastic job! As they finish they will write a script to report the weather live from Ms. Carpenter’s classroom! They did a fantastic job!

 

*Dear Hebron feeder family,

 

We would like to invite all of the students from our middle and elementary schools to come watch the water polo games on March 22^nd.  All students get in free if they are wearing a Hebron or a Hebron feeder shirt.  Adults admission is $5.  The games are at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, and 8:00pm on Tuesday 3/22/2022 at the LISD Eastside Aquatic Center.  

 

Water polo is a relatively new sport to LISD and will become a UIL sport in the Fall.  Many kids don’t know much about water polo so it is a great opportunity to come check it out.  

Week 27

 Dear Parents,

        This week in math we continued practicing 3 digit addition and subtraction, we solved story problems as well as wrote our own story problems. Our assessment will be next Wednesday.

          In writing we finished our final copies of our research paper about Helen Keller. We will be sharing these at our Open House on March 9^th from 5:30-7:00.  The children have a full pocket of their best work to share. I hope all of you can come!

          In social studies we continued learning about famous Americans. This time it was Roberto Clemente. We started our own famous American research pyramid for Black History Month. 

           For read across America Day We read a Scholastic News about all the wonderful types of books that are available for us to read. I hope you enjoyed watching the Bedtime stories that CRE teachers recorded for you.

            In Science we were so excited to graph our weather and chart the weather using the weather tools. We are getting really good at reading the thermometer. For once we wish it would rain so that we could see the water in our rain gauge. We even learned the directions while outside so we could tell the direction the wind is blowing.

          

 * Thank you for signing up for the Boosterthon Fun Run! Just for signing up your child can earn a sports bracelet. I am always amazed at how generous our parents are! Thank you for supporting our school!

 

• Habit Six Newsletter went home today in your child’s Coyote Folder. If your child brings it back by next Wednesday they can earn 3 stickers for their charts. 
• We were completely out of snacks. Journee’s mom just sent some in for today, but if you can donate snacks to the class again, it would be appreciated. Individual bags of Goldfish are best for the allergies in our room. It’s grab and go. 😊