Kindergarten News: March 28th- April 1

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts

 We will be continue writing in our new journals! Our new journals have lines, so the kiddos will be working on a variety of skills during our journal time! Be watching on SeeSaw for a few examples!
This week we will be learning our new word wall words: "do" and "here". Continue to practice spelling and writing our work wall words to help in both reading and writing!

Also, Library Day will be on Monday this week due to STAAR testing in the library! Please send in library books on Monday! Thanks!

Book Bags came home this week with homework! Thank you to everyone who sent back the homework with your child! Remember that book bags will come home at the beginning of each week and then returned on Friday. (with the homework in the book bag)

Math
 

We will be wrapping up our measurement unit! We have learned so much about measuring length, weight and capacity! I am so impressed with how well the learners have been able to easily decide the multiple ways things can be measured!

We will be starting our studies on addition. We will be learning about different strategies as well as words to look for/ listen for to help us know that we are needing to add! Please remember that reflex math is a great tool to use at home for your child to work on their fact fluency. Please be sure to have your child do the work, because when they pass a level, they move onto a harder level. If your child becomes frustrated, you can always work on fact fluency with a paper and pencil. This way they can practice strategies learned in the classroom until they can see the patterns.

Science / Social Studies 

In Science, we will be studying the life cycle of a Chick and Oviparous Animals. We had 15 eggs delivered on Tuesday.  They are in our incubator (keeping warm!).  We will have to wait 21 days for the chicks to hatch.  The web cam will be set up next week for you to watch from home.   During this time we will be participating in Science Stations by learning about Oviparous life cycles, researching on PK Life Science about chicks, creating a baby chick, and reading non-fiction books about chicks and eggs. 

April 12th - Our eggs should be hatching - We will be setting up a web cam next week!! Be watching for our link.

In Social Studies, we will be working on Mapping Skills! This is a time that we will be learning all about maps and how we can use them! Some of the vocabulary and definitions we will be using are,  compass rose, map key, globe, cardinal directions, and map scales.   Our next Mind Mission challenge will be "Washington's Wonder" - Build a monument that is tall using straws, paper cups, paper, paper clips, rubber bands, and mailing labels.  It will be so much fun!

Important Dates... 

March 25th- Weather Day- No school

March 29th and March 30th- STAAR Testing- No visitors at TCE

April 7th - Volunteer Breakfast in the Library at 7:30

April 12th - Our eggs should be hatching today! Check out our webcam!

April 15th- Town Center Hoedown/ Carnival/ Silent Auction- 5:30

April 21st- Engineering Extravaganza 5:30-7:00

April 29th- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Heard Museum

May 6th - Kindergarten Muffins for Mom- In kindergarten classrooms- 8:15

May 20th- Field Day

 

Kindergarten Spirit Rally Performance:
Kindergarten did a wonderful job today performing at the spirit rally!! A big shout out to Ms. Garrett for helping us learn the two routines that were a BIG hit with the rest of the students at Town Center! If you were unable to make it, check out the videos from this morning!

Parachute routine to Star Wars theme song!

Gummy Bear Dance

One of our kindergarteners was able to perform a solo of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star! Great job Ethan!


STAAR Testing Days:

Due to state regulations, we will not be able to have any visitors on STAAR testing days. Our first round of tests will be on March 29th and March 30th. Thank you so much for your understanding!

Volunteer Breakfast:

We would love to recognize and thank all of the parents who have helped out in the classroom this year! We could not do all that we have done without you! We will be hosting a volunteer breakfast in the TCE library on April 7th at 7:30. Please join us so that we can show our appreciation towards your efforts to help our year go so smoothly!

 

Engineering Extravaganza:
 This is a time that you and your child will be able to rotate to different stations throughout the building to work through different engineering challenges! Please join us on April 21st from 5:30 to 7:00.

Field Trip:

  If you are planning to chaperone please make sure you have filled out a background check with CISD by clicking the link below.  If you are not sure if you have done this or not Mrs. Fairchild, our school secretary, can help you!

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/forms/d/1oxA6Pq97bo2tvVCFWCMcpUvPK43wF6wbJP8aQH1_mqY/viewform?formkey=dHVHQ0FtWmFITGRYLTFLUXZYREszbFE6MQ&pli=1#gid=0

Design Challenge:

Thank you to all that have participated in our design challenge so far! We are waiting to hear if there were any winners from kindergarten!


 

Kindergarten News: March 21- March 25

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts

Kindergarten learners have done such an amazing job with their writing so far this year! We are so impressed with how far they have already come this year! Be sure to look through the journal we sent home before Spring Break to see your child's progress!
 We will be working on our writing in our new journals! Our new journals have lines, so the kiddos will be working on a variety of skills during our journal time! Be watching on SeeSaw for a few examples!
This week we will be learning our new word wall words: of and that. Continue to practice spelling and writing our work wall words to help in both reading and writing!

Book Bags will be coming home on Monday! Be sure to look in the book bag for homework that will go along with the books being read!

Math
 

We will be wrapping up measuring weight and starting to measure capacity. We will be looking at which containers hold more or less and why. After we have a concept of measuring capacity, learners will work together to find out how much each container will hold and compare it to the other containers in the classroom. We will be looking at the data we collect and writing about our findings!

*Please remember that in kindergarten, it is all about nonstandard units of measurement.

Science / Social Studies 

In Science, we will be studying the life cycle of a chick! We will be incubating eggs and setting up a web cam for you to watch from home! For the 21 days that they chicks are incubating, the kiddos will be learning all about chicks as well as researching some of the questions they might have. Be thinking of things that you already know and some questions about want you want to know about chicks and their life cycle! 

In Social Studies, we will be working on Mapping Skills! This is a time that we will be learning all about maps and how we can use them! Some of the vocabulary we will be focusing on is over, under, near, far, left and right to be describe a location!  

Important Dates... 

March 14th- March 18th- Spring Break- No School

March 24th- Kindergarten performs at the spirit rally- @ 8:15 in the Gym

March 25th- Weather Day- No school

April 7th - Volunteer Breakfast in the Library at 7:30

April 15th- Town Center Hoedown/ Carnival/ Silent Auction- 5:30

April 29th- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Heard Museum

May 6th - Kindergarten Muffins for Mom- In kindergarten classrooms- 8:15

May 20th- Field Day



Open House:

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for open house! If you were unable to attend, do not worry!! We will be sending home some of the amazing work that was displayed in the classroom!

Art Show framed art work:
If you missed the chance to come by the art show, you can still order the frame from your child's art work through Friday, March 25th! ($35)

Click here to order your frame

Field Trip:

  If you are planning to chaperone please make sure you have filled out a background check with CISD by clicking the link below.  If you are not sure if you have done this or not Mrs. Fairchild, our school secretary, can help you!

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/forms/d/1oxA6Pq97bo2tvVCFWCMcpUvPK43wF6wbJP8aQH1_mqY/viewform?formkey=dHVHQ0FtWmFITGRYLTFLUXZYREszbFE6MQ&pli=1#gid=0

Design Challenge:

We are having another design challenge this month to showcase our students' creative and innovative ideas! Your child may create any kind of flower/plant using various types of materials (no live flowers or plants) for us to display on our front bulletin board or in the library.

Thank you to all that have participated in our design challenge so far! If you would still like to participate, the challenge has been extended through March 21st!


Texans of the Week:
K1- Graysen

K2- Jackson

K3- Khayden

Kindergarten News: March 7th- March 11th

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts

Next week in Language Arts we will continue our unit on Nighttime and Dreams!  The kids are loving all of the fun activities that we will share with you at Open House on March 10th!  We are also doing some fun Daily 5 stations that have some nighttime activities in them as well! One is sitting around the campfire at night to listen to bedtime stories! Ask your kiddos about it!

 

Math

We are finishing our studies on length and we have had the best time! We cannot wait to show and tell you about the length focused stations we went to the past week!

Next, we will be focusing on measuring weight using a scale! We will be learning how to balance a scale and find the weight of one object by using different objects to measure it. Some of the vocabulary we will be using is heavier, lighter and as heavy as!

*Please remember that in kindergarten, it is all about nonstandard units of measurement.

 

Science / Social Studies 

In Science, we are continuing our Chemical Engineering Unit on Play Dough.   It was so much fun to Skype with Cody Harger.  He helped us understand the Engineering Process for making toilet paper, paper towels, and writing paper, and how we will follow this same process making Play Dough.

 

Next week in Social Studies, we will continue working on publishing our "Little Bird Tales".  Ms. Rice, Mrs. Wagner, and Ms. Peccarelli helped us write and create our Little Bird Tales.  We are ready to record and present to parents at Open House.   

 

 

Important Dates... 

March 7th- March 11th- Book Fair 

March 8th - Donuts with Dads (Last names that start with A-M) 7:30 in the cafeteria

March 9th - Donuts with Dads (Last names that start with N-Z) 7:30 in the cafeteria

 March 10th- Open House from 5:30-7:00

March 11th- Kindergarten Pajama Day!
(To celebrate all the hard work that we have put into our "Night Time" Open House!)

March 14th- March 18th- Spring Break- No School

March 24th- Kindergarten performs at the spirit rally- @ 8:15 in the Gym

March 25th- Weather Day- No school

April 7th - Volunteer Breakfast in the Library at 7:30

April 15th- Town Center Hoedown/ Carnival/ Silent Auction- 5:30

April 29th- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Heard Museum



Book Fair:
Book Fair is open this week! Your child will be bringing home their "wish list" that they made when they visited on Friday. We did explain to them that this is a wish list and they may not get the things they are wishing for. If you are wanting to purchase any of the books from the book fair, it will be open throughout the day, so if you would like to take your child after lunch that is a great time! If you are unable to come during the day, the library will be open before and after school from 7:30- 8:00 and again from 3:00- 3:30. You will also have an opportunity to visit during Open House on March 10th!

Open House:

Please join us March 10th from 5:30-7:00 for our open house! We will be showcasing all of our hard work that we have been doing throughout the year as well as a few special projects we have been working on lately! There will be lots of opportunities for your child to show you their school! The Town Center library will be open with our Spring Book Fair and there will also be an art show that will showcase your child's art work! We cannot wait to see you on March 10th!

Click here to pre-order your frame or to take advantage of the pre-show family discount

*Only CASH and CHECK will be accepted this year

 

Field Trip:

  If you are planning to chaperone please make sure you have filled out a background check with CISD by clicking the link below.  If you are not sure if you have done this or not Mrs. Fairchild, our school secretary, can help you!

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/forms/d/1oxA6Pq97bo2tvVCFWCMcpUvPK43wF6wbJP8aQH1_mqY/viewform?formkey=dHVHQ0FtWmFITGRYLTFLUXZYREszbFE6MQ&pli=1#gid=0

The link is also on the main coppellisd.com / parents / on the right hand side under quick links!

Design Challenge:

We are having another design challenge this month to showcase our students' creative and innovative ideas! Your child may create any kind of flower/plant using various types of materials (no live flowers or plants) for us to display on our front bulletin board or in the library.

Thank you to all that have participated in our design challenge so far! You still have time if you have not had a chance to bring something in to be displayed!

Here are a few of the innovative ideas that were brought in this week!

Evan K2 sharing on KTEX his design that lights up!

Texans of the Week:
K1-Sydney

Ethan W.

K2- Sindhoora

Gabriella

 

K3- Graycen

Asher