Last Week of 2019!!

Hi Kindergarten Families!

We just wanted to include a few announcements and updates for this busy and festive week!

Polar Express Day

On December 18th, we will be having a Polar Express day with all of Kindergarten and 1st grade. To make the day even more cozy, the kids can wear their pajamas to school that day! They are welcome to wear comfy slippers during the day, but please send tennis shoes for PE and Recess.

Winter Party

Our Kindergarten Room Moms have worked so hard to plan a FUN winter party for our classes! Our party is December 19th at 2:00. Parents are welcome to attend this event in our classrooms! If you would simply like to come to the party and be there with just your child then you can sign in at the office as a visitor. However if you would like to help the room moms and teachers with a station or game or snack then you will need a background check on file. We wanted to let you know in advance about the background check so that you would have plenty of time to fill one out and have it approved. HERE is the link for a background check.

Also, please know that per school policy we cannot accept or pass out any treats, snacks, gift bags, or other type items during or at the winter party aside from the party snack.

Early Release

We will have early release on Friday, December 20th at 12:15. Please make arrangements to pick up your child then!

Giving Tree and Food Drive

Kindergarten and 1st grade are hosting a Toy and Canned Food drive! Please consider donating to make someone's holiday season a little cheerier. We will be accepting donations until Thursday, December 19th.

Yearbooks

Each year Town Center Elementary has a yearbook that includes an individual photo of every Town Center student and all class pictures. It also includes fun pictures from school events throughout the year. If you would like to purchase one, visit https://www.balfour.com/student-info?smi=98688. We would like all orders placed by January 11th.

December 9th - 13th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's Workshop we will review our Reading Super Powers!

We are practicing:  Pointer Power, Reread Power, Picture Power, SNAP Word Power!

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We are adding a writing checklist to our journal entries so we can remember and double check if our writing is easy for others to read!

In Phonics Workshop we will focus on how to use rimes to make new words.

We will focus on rhyming words to show how rhymes change the beginning of a word but the ending sounds the same.  

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue with our unit of family traditions and holidays around the world! 

Math:

In math, we will be learning all about strategies for adding. We will learn how to use counters, draw pictures, use a number line to add, and more. We will also play some fun games and do stations to practice these skills.

Science:

In science we will be learning about our four seasons. We will learn how the seasons follow a pattern. We will also talk about types of weather associated with each type of season!

Important Dates:

December 13th - Jingle Bell Jog (Kindergarten runs at 1:20)

December 18th - Polar Express Day (Kids can wear their PJ's!)

December 19th - Winter Party at 2:00

December 20th - Early Release at 12:15

Important Announcements:

Giving Tree and Food Drive

Kindergarten and 1st grade are hosting a Toy and Canned Food drive! Please consider donating to make someone's holiday season a little cheerier.

Polar Express Day

On December 18th, we will be having a Polar Express day with all of Kindergarten and 1st grade. To make the day even more cozy, the kids can wear their pajamas to school that day! They are welcome to wear comfy slippers during the day, but please send tennis shoes for PE and Recess.

Winter Party

Our Kindergarten Room Moms have worked so hard to plan a FUN winter party for our classes! Our party is December 19th at 2:00. Parents are welcome to attend this event in our classrooms! If you would simply like to come to the party and be there with just your child then you can sign in at the office as a visitor. However if you would like to help the room moms and teachers with a station or game or snack then you will need a background check on file. We wanted to let you know in advance about the background check so that you would have plenty of time to fill one out and have it approved. HERE is the link for a background check.

Also, please know that per school policy we cannot accept or pass out any treats, snacks, gift bags, or other type items during or at the winter party aside from the party snack.

November 18th - November 22nd

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's Workshop we will review and practice using our Reading Super Powers!

We are becoming such SUPER Readers! We will also learn about reading fluently and how to read with a smooth voice!  No book bags this week! We will resume after Thanksgiving! 

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We are learning how good writer's make their writing easy for others to read!
We can make our writing easy to read by:
Starting with a capital
Leaving Spaces Between Words
Using ending punctuation
Illustrating our work to match our words

In Phonics Workshop we will focus on how to use rimes to make new words.
We will use the -at and -in phonograms to make new words by changing the beginning
letter / sound.  

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will wrap up our unit of study on our country:
Land that We Love!
We will continue to learn about Thanksgiving and this history behind this
wonderful holiday! 
We will discuss what we are thankful for this year!

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing to build our numeracy skills with the numbers 6-10. We will be able to represent these numbers, compare and order, and compose and decompose!  We will really focus on decomposing numbers this week. We will play games, complete interactive stations, and reflect independently on these skills.

Science:

In science we will be continuing our unit on Weather! We will become weather experts - we will learn about the different types of weather like sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, stormy, etc! We will also learn about the different seasons and the weather that goes with each season. This week we will be creating a special presentation about types of weather we've learned about!

Important Dates:

November 22nd - Turkey Trot Date / Time Change!

November 25th - November 29th - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL!)

Important Announcements:

Toy and Food Drive:

November 11th - 15th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's workshop we will continue our unit on Reading Super Powers!

We are becoming such SUPER Readers! 

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We will focus on telling our stories first to make a plans for writing.

We will discuss how stories have a beginning, middle, and ending.

We will continue to focus on using capital letters, space, and ending punctuation.

In Phonics Workshop we will focus on initial sounds and how pictures and letters can
give a clue to what the initial sound / letter might be! 

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit called

"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"

We will focus on the First Thanksgiving and the history behind it.
We will learn about the Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower! 

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing to build our numeracy skills with the numbers 6-10. We will be able to represent these numbers, compare and order, and compose and decompose! We will play games, complete interactive stations, and reflect independently on these skills. 

Science:

In science we will be beginning our unit on Weather! We will become weather experts - we will learn about the different types of weather like sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, stormy, etc! We will also learn about the different seasons and the weather that goes with each season.

Important Dates:

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)
November 14th - Pansy Planting

November 25th - November 29th - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL!)

Important Announcements:

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

Pansy Planting

We'd love to have volunteers help us with our annual pansy planting. We've purchased enough for all learners to plant one in the front of our school next Thursday, November 14th on the way to recess. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, please click on the link below and sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A8A823A7FF2-pansy

**All volunteers need to have a completed background check on file to participate. https://apps2.winocular.com/coppell/workspace/

November 4th - 8th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's workshop we will be starting a new unit on Reading Super Powers!
This week we will focus on pointer power and how we relate spoken words to text on a page.
We will practice using our pointer power when we read. 

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We will focus on telling our stories first to make a plans for writing.
We will discuss how stories have a beginning, middle, and ending.
We will continue to focus on using capital letters, space,  and ending punctuation.

In Phonics Workshop we will continue working on sounding out unfamiliar words and

using our snap words in writing to help us write more!
We will learn two new snap words this week:
"can" and "to." 

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit called

"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"

We have been learning about what it means to be patriotic. This week we will continue our study of patriotic holidays by focusing on President's Day! 

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing our learning on numeracy with the numbers 6-10. We will be able to represent these numbers, compare and order, and compose and decompose! We will play games, complete interactive stations, and reflect independently on these skills. 

Science:

In science we will be learning all about force and motion. We will learn about pushes and pulls, and we will learn about different types of motion!

Important Dates:

November 5th - PTO meeting in the Library at 6:00

November 7th - STEM Night (5:30 - 7:00)

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)

Important Announcements:

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

We are also putting together a digital photo display this year, so if possible, please send in a photo of your special veteran, even if they are not able to attend the ceremony. We will collect these through Thursday, November 7th. 

If you know of a veteran that is able to attend our November 11th ceremony or have a photo you would like to be included in our display, please email jmartin@coppellisd.com

TCE STEM Night

We would love for your to join us on November 7th for a fun night provided by the Perot Museum!

October 28th - November 1st

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

BOOK BAGS ROCKED!
We are so proud of all our kinder friends for the great reading they did on their take home book bags! New books will come home on Mondays! Keep up the great reading! 

Book Bags go home on Monday

Book Bags are returned to school on Fridays!

In Reader's workshop we will be reading some fun books on Bats. 
We will compare fiction and non fiction texts.  

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.
We are working on writing three sentences and using a checklist to make
sure we have capitals, periods, and finger spaces.

In Phonics Workshop we will continue working on sounding out words and

"catching" the beginning sound. We are using our ABC Charts to help us catch the sound, find the sound and then read or write the sound of each letter!

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit called

"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"

We have been learning about what it means to be patriotic. This week we will continue our study of patriotic holidays by focusing on Independence Day!

Math / Science:

This week we will be integrating some fun math and science activities and stations to learn all about Bats!

We will learn about the lifecycle of a bat, the basic needs of bats (and all animals), different types of bats, and some very fun facts for bats. We are excited about a fun week of learning!

Important Dates:

October 29th - Kindergarten Pumpkin Carving Day @ 8:45
(see below for details)

October 31st - Kindergarten Fall Fun Day
October 31st - Red Ribbon Run / Jack-O-Lantern Jog at 1:15

November 7th - STEM Night (5:30 - 7:00)

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)

Important Announcements:

Pumpkin Carving Day: 

This Tuesday, October 29th @ 8:45 we will be carving our kindergarten class pumpkins!  Parents are welcome to come and join us for our carving (and help too!) but please be sure you have a 

background check on file in the office! Information on background checks 

can be found on the link below:

https://www.coppellisd.com/Domain/3443

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Town Center Elementary School Parent Compact

Today you will receive home a yellow handout labeled School / Parent Compact.

Please review the compact and sign it and return to school ASAP!

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

We are also putting together a digital photo display this year, so if possible, please send in a photo of your special veteran, even if they are not able to attend the ceremony. We will collect these through Thursday, November 7th. 

If you know of a veteran that is able to attend our November 11th ceremony or have a photo you would like to be included in our display, please email me at jmartin@coppellisd.com

TCE STEM Night

We would love for your to join us on November 7th for a fun night provided by the Perot Museum!

October 21st - October 25th 2019

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week your child will be bringing home a book bag!! We are so excited to bring home some books to practice and read!  Your teacher will send an e.mail with more info about book bags too, but here is what you need to know....
Book Bags go home on Monday
Book Bags are returned to school on Fridays!

We will continue working on our writing! We are getting so good at
Starting with a capital letter
Using finger spaces between words
Ending with a period

We will continue our phonics study by focusing on sounding out words and
"catching" the beginning sound.  We are using our ABC Charts to help us catch the sound, find the sound and then read or write the sound of each letter!

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit called
"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"
We have been learning about what it means to be patriotic.  This week we will focus on
three patriotic holidays: Independence Day, President's Day, and Veteran's Day!

Math / Science:

This week we will be integrating some fun math and science activities and stations to learn all about PUMPKINS!

We will be doing pumpkin math: counting pumpkins, sorting pumpkins, and graphing pumpkins.

In Science we will learn about the lifecycle of a pumpkin, what all plants need to grow, and how pumpkins grow and change.

Important Dates:

October 18th - Report Cards go home *Please sign and return
October 18th @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Family Movie Night at TCE
October 21st - October 25th - RED RIBBON WEEK (see below for dress up days)
October 29th - Kindergarten Pumpkin Carving Day @ 9:00
October 31st - Kindergarten Fall Fun Day 

Important Announcements:

Red Ribbon Week 2019

TCE is a school DRUG FREE! Check out the graphic below to dress up each day and support our TCE Red Ribbon Week!  

TCE Pumpkin Patch 

October 7th - October 11th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will be starting some new Literacy / Social Studies Stations to review and independently practice many of the skills we have been working on in our readers and writer's workshops.  We are so excited to show you all of our great writing at conferences!

This week we will review our first 10 SNAP Words!!
We will do a little practice and a little assessment to see how many we know!
So far we have learned:
I, like, me, a, the, my, look, see, at, are
Please practice reading and writing these words at home!

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit called
"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"
We will learn a little bit about Christopher Columbus and his trip to discover America!

Math:

In math this week, we will  learn about composing and decomposing numbers. We will learn that numbers can be broken a part in different ways. This is a crucial and foundational step to being able to add and subtract fluently! We are so excited about building these strong foundations!

Science:

This week we will be finishing our unit all about different types of ENERGY! This week we will wrap up by learning about sound energy. We will even design something that creates sound energy!We will become experts at finding sources of heat and sources of sound. 

Ask your learner at home if they can spot anything around your home with sound energy!

Important Dates:

October 8th - PTO Meeting @ 6pm in the TCE Library
October 10th - End of 1st Nine Weeks / Spirit Rally

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)

October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Fall Conferences:
Friday, October 11th - 

If you haven't scheduled a fall conference with your child's teacher, please use the links below to do so. We look forward to celebrating your sweet child's growth and progress in Kindergarten so far!

K1 and K2 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4AABA72EA75-k1k2

K3 and K4 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-kindergarten

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

September 30th - October 4th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will be continuing our workshops in the areas of
Reading
Writing
&
Phonics!

We are learning so much and really growing as Readers and Writers!
We will share our journals with you at conferences and book bags with some practice readers will be coming home soon!  Yay!

This week we will learn the words:
"at" and "see"
in our snap word folder! 

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will begin a new unit called
"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"
We will be learning about the USA, patriotic holidays, and practice saying the Pledge of Allegiance!

Math:

In math this week, we will continue learning about comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers.

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will be learning all about different types of ENERGY! We will learn about light energy, thermal energy, and sound energy. This week we will focus on thermal energy and sound energy. We will become experts at finding sources of heat and sources of sound. 

Ask your learner at home if they can spot anything around your home with sound energy or thermal energy! 

Important Dates:

October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

October 4th - Community Tailgate

October 10th - End of 1st Nine Weeks / Spirit Rally

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)

October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Fall Conferences

If you haven't scheduled a fall conference with your child's teacher, please use the links below to do so. We look forward to celebrating your sweet child's growth and progress in Kindergarten so far!

K1 and K2 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4AABA72EA75-k1k2

K3 and K4 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-kindergarten

Fall Family Picnic / TCE 25th Birthday

The TCE Fall Family Picnic / 25th Birthday Celebration that was originally scheduled for Friday, October 4th is going to be rescheduled, date TBA! TCE will be participating in the Coppell ISD Community Tailgate on Friday, October 4th! More info coming soon! 

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

September 23rd - September 27

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will continue our study of SNAP Words by learning two more words:
"are" and "look"
so far we have learned:
I, Like, Me, A, The, My
Please keep practicing these words at home!

We will continue working on the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We will keep working on our  "I like..." sentences in our journal  and we will keep practicing!

We are starting Reader's Workshop this week and we will talk about how books teach us about the world around us, how we are all readers, and we will learn about the three ways to read a book!

We are getting our Writing Workshops and Phonics Workshops up and running too!  

We are all so proud to be READERS and WRITERS! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will wrap up our unit on Government!
Our unit is called "Me and My World." We have learned so much about our
Country, State, City and Community!

Math:

In math this week, we will continue learning about comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers.

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will be learning all about different types of ENERGY! We will learn about light energy, thermal energy, and sound energy. This week we will focus on light energy! We will talk about sources of light and how light helps us see the world around us! 

Important Dates:

September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Sonic Night - This Tuesday! 

Come Support TCE - And maybe even see your favorite math and science teachers serve your food!

Fall Family Picnic / TCE 25th Birthday

The TCE Fall Family Picnic / 25th Birthday Celebration that was originally scheduled for Friday, October 4th is going to be rescheduled, date TBA!  TCE will be participating in the Coppell ISD Community Tailgate on Friday, October 4th! More info coming soon! 

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

This Fall we will be turning our very own TCE Garden into the TCE Pumpkin Patch!  We are so excited about all of the wonderful learning activities and curriculum connections we will be able to make in our school garden!  If you would like to help us turn our school garden into the TCE Pumpkin Patch please consider donating a pumpkin (any size or type) to our garden!  You can begin sending in pumpkins as soon as possible and we will take them to the garden or feel free to drop them off in the garden on your own!   

Thank you so much!  

September 16th - 20th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Language Arts we are have been working on learning and reviewing letter names and sounds!
We have learned 6 "SNAP" words so far: I, like, me, a, the, my
These words are high frequency words that we call snap words because now that we have learned them we can read and write them in a snap! Please practice reading and writing our 6 snap words at home!  We are going to spend this week reviewing our SNAP Words before we add new ones.

We will continue working on the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We will keep working on our  "I like..." sentences in our journal  and we will keep practicing!

We are starting Reader's Workshop this week and we will talk about how books teach us about the world around us, how we are all readers, and we will learn about the three ways to read a book!

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Government!  Our unit is called "Me and My World."  This week our focus will be authority figures in our school, community, and world.

Math:

In math this week, we will discuss comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers. We will also celebrate Dot Day on Monday, September 16th with some fun and dotty math activities!!

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will learn all about how things can be changed by heating and cooling! We will do some very fun experiments where we experience how things heat up and cool down. We will also be celebrating Dot Day on Monday with some fun dot experiments!

Important Dates:

September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
October 4th - TCE Fall Family Picnic 

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Dot Day

We will be celebrating DOT DAY on Monday, September 16th. Send your child to school in their most FUN polka dots!

September 9th - 13th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Language Arts we are have been working on learning and reviewing letter names and sounds!
We have learned 4 "SNAP" words so far: I, like, me, a
These words are high frequency words that we call snap words because now that we have learned them we can read and write them in a snap! Please practice reading and writing our 4 snap words at home!

We are also learning the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We have just learned how to write an "I like..." sentence, and we will keep practicing!

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Government!  Our unit is called "Me and My World."  This week our focus will be "Me and My Family" as we prepare for Special Friends Day on Friday!  (More info below about Special Friends Day!)

Math:

In math this week, we will continue to learn how to read, write, and represent our numbers. We will become excelling at using tools like ten frames and tally marks to show our numbers. We will also begin to discuss comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than."

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will learn all about using properties to sort and describe objects. We have learned how scientists use their senses to discover an object's properties. We will learn about sorting by color, shape, size, texture, and more! Ask your child to find some things around their room (pillow, book, crayons, etc). and describe the physical properties.

Important Dates:

September 9th - 13th - Book Fair!

September 13th - Special Friend's Day (see below for info!)
September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
October 4th - TCE Fall Family Picnic 

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Book Fair

The TCE Book Fair is coming! We are in need of volunteers to help set up and run the book fair. If you are interested, please sign up here:

Book Fair Sign Up

The book fair is open in the library all week from 7:30 - 3:30pm
You are welcome to come in with your child before school, after school, or
during recess (12:30 - 1:00) to pick out some books to purchase!

All Kindergarten classes previewed the book fair on Friday 9/6!
We are so excited about books and reading!!

TCE Special Friend's Day

Please plan on joining us Friday, September 13th for a fun-filled day at Town Center! We have designated times throughout the day for "Special Friends" (family & family friends) to visit our learners' classrooms in order to see some of the great things they are learning and doing. Our campus book fair will also be open during this time. Kindergarten Special Friends time will be 11:15-12:15 p.m.

In order to expedite the check in process as much as possible, please click on the link below to let us know what visitors your child will have that day.

https://forms.gle/DKVnyXqTstPAmkoJ6

Welcome to our Kindergarten Blog!

Welcome to our Kindergarten blog! Each week we will update it with things we are learning in class, celebrations, important dates for your calendar, and more! Thank you for taking the time to check it out.

Important Dates:

September 2nd - No School! Labor Day!

September 5th - Picture Day

September 9th - 13th - Book Fair!

September 13th - Special Friend's Day (more info to come!)

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Book Fair

The TCE Book Fair is coming! We are in need of volunteers to help set up and run the book fair. If you are interested, please sign up here:

Book Fair Sign Up

April 29th - May 3rd

What We're Working on This Week

Language Arts:

This week we will wrap up our unit on Poetry and begin to read some books and stories about Mother's Day!  We love to celebrate Mom's! 

We will also have a 40 WORD WALL WORDS CELEBRATION!

Keep working on those words at home too! See if you can

read them and write them or make flash cards!

We are working on our end of the year assessments! Everyone has grown so much!
We are so proud of them! Keep reading at home! 

Social Studies:

We will continue our unit on Economics!

We will be learning about our needs and wants and identifying examples of each!

Math

In Math this week, we will be learning all about nonstandard measurement! We will learn how to use nonstandard tools (like paperclips, cubes, tiles, etc) to measure and compare. We will learn measurement words like longer and shorter and heavier and lighter. 

Science

In science, we will be learning about animal habitats! We learned last week that animals need air, food, water, and shelter to survive. We are excited to learn about how their habitats help them meet all of their needs!!

Terrific Tiny Texans:

We are so proud of these students for going above and beyond this week to show great citizenship qualities and kindness at TCE! Tiny Texans get to be the line leader for our class each week and show us how to be a good example to others! Here are this weeks Tiny Texans:

K1: ALL DONE

K2: ALL DONE

K3: Syon Mistry

K4: Caybren Williams

Important Dates:

April 22nd - No School (Professional Learning Day)

April 29th - TCE STEM Night 5:30 - 7:00
May 2nd - Kindergarten Round Up for students entering Kindergarten in 2019-2020

May 7th - Kindergarten Field Trip

May 10th - Kindergarten Muffins for Mom @ 8:00 a.m.

May 10th - All Library Books Due

Important Announcements:

TCE STEM Night

Mark your calendars for Monday, April 29th 5:30 - 7:00 for STEM Family Night!
Put on by the Perot Museum of Nature and Science :

Kindergarten - 2nd grade Author Visit

Author and former CISD Educator, Julie Wolf, will be visiting our TCE Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade classes on Monday, May 6!  We are looking forward to this special opportunity to have the author read aloud one of her books, show us how she became a published author, and share fun activities related to her stories.  Families are welcome to purchase their own copies of Julie Wolf's book from her website or Amazon. If you would like the author to autograph the book, please have your child bring the book to Mrs. Keene-Carlson (TCE Librarian) before the date of Ms. Wolf's visit so that she can prepare it for her to sign.

Too Much Razzle-Dazzle (book): https://geniusesatplay.com/product/too-much-razzle-dazzle-hardbound/

Kindergarten Field Trip

On May 7th, we will be going on our Kindergarten Field Trip to the Coppell Life Safety Park and the Coppell Biodiversity Center. We are so excited about this learning opportunity! Please return your child's lime green permission slip and $5 bus fee as soon as possible. If you need another one, please let your child's teacher know.

If you wish to be a chaperone on this trip, be sure you have let your child's teacher know by filling out the chaperone paper, and by completing a background check HERE! You cannot go on our field trip if you haven't filled this form out.

Kindergarten Muffins for Mom

On Friday morning, May 10th the kindergarten teachers and students would like to invite all MOM's to come and join us for "muffins" and fruit in the kindergarten classrooms. 

We will have a short presentation, some gifts for our moms, and some treats!

Muffins for Mom will be from 8:00 - 8:45 (BYOC bring your own coffee) :)
If a mom is not available please send anyone to join your child!  

We are happy to have them! 

PTO

PTO Needs Your Help! Please sign up for a PTO position for 2019-2020 school year.

Spring Conferences 

It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners! 

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent / teacher conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year assessment summary sheet; along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break. The assessment summary sheet will show you their current levels in both Language Arts and Math as well as the benchmark. This will show you your students growth and progress throughout the school year! 

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year!

*We are unable to discuss 1st grade class placements for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*