August 27th - 31st

Hello TCE Kinder Families! We've had such a fun week in Kindergarten! Thank you for taking the time to read our blog post about what to expect for next week!

What We're Working on This Week:

Language Arts

We will focus on our two new word wall words "I" and "like."  We are learning how to read and write these words!  We are working in our journals to draw a picture and label it with beginning sounds.  We are learning and reviewing letter names and letter sounds.
We will begin our Language Arts assessments to find what skills your child has mastered and what skills they are working on so we can instruct everyone on their level!  

We are having a great time in our literacy stations! There is a little peek of our stations below!

Social Studies

In social studies we are learning about "Me and My World."  This week we will focus on Me and My Family.  We will discuss who is in our family and unique characteristics about our first names (how many letters, how many syllables, etc.)

We will learn about different types of homes and how every home is different (our homes are different than homes for animals).  

Math

In math we are learning all about numeracy with the numbers 0-5. We will dive deep into understanding this numbers! We will become pros at writing, counting, composing and decomposing, comparing, and ordering our numbers! We will play math games and do some fun math stations to explore these concepts.



At home, we would love for you to practice counting and writing your numbers with your children!

Science

In Science we are learning all about our Five Senses! We are learning how scientists (just like us!) use their five senses to explore and make discoveries about the world around them.

  

Terrific Tiny Texans

Each week we will be spotlighting a special TCE Tiny Texan from each class. This is someone who we've seen going above and beyond and doing a fabulous job in class! They will get to be our line leader for the week, and they will get to fill out a STAR STUDENT poster to share during family meetings. This weeks texans are:

K1: Kinley Bossmann

K2:  Adelaide Vasquez 

K3: Joel Kim

K4: Mehaan Mishra

Important Dates

August 30th - Curriculum Night (5:30 - 6:30, Location TBD)
September 3rd - Labor Day (NO SCHOOL!)
September 4th - PTO Meeting at 6:00 pm

September 6th - Picture Day (Information is in your child's Green Folder today!)

September 10th - 14th - Book Fair in the TCE Library

September 14th - Special Friends Day (11:15 - 12:15)
September 14th - Fall Family Picnic (6:00 - 8:00 pm)

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Welcome TCE Tiny Texans!

We are so excited for a FABULOUS year of Kindergarten! We will use this blog as a way of sending out important dates and reminders, as well as letting you know about what we are currently learning in class. We will try our best to send it out on Friday afternoons.

Homework:

Earlier this week, we sent home a note about our first "homework" assignment in Kindergarten. We are asking that you work with your child to fill in the paper about themselves and attach a recent picture. We will be making a class book to help us to get to know all of our classmates!

iPad Distribution:

As part of a new Coppell ISD initiative, all of our learners Kindergarten - 5th grade will be getting assigned an iPad. We are so excited about all of the learning opportunities this will bring to the classroom! We will spend a lot of time in class discussing ways to be safe with the iPads and how to use technology appropriately. These iPads will stay in the classroom at the end of each day.

Important Dates:

August 20th- Begin Switching Classes

August 30th- Curriculum Night (5:30-6:30, Location TBD)

End of the Year Updates and Reminders

End of the Year Updates and Reminders

As we head into the end of the year, there are so many things to remember! We thought this might help...

Library Books:

Please Return ASAP!

Field Day (Next Friday, May 18th!)

Please return PINK permission slips ASAP

If you plan to volunteer at Field Day, please make sure you have a background check on file

(if you do not, please click HERE to complete one!)

Lost and Found

All unclaimed items will be donated on May 16th. If you wish to come check the lost and found with your child, you are welcome before or after school. 

Trail Pass

Trail Passes are on sale for the 2018-2019 school year! If you wish to purchase now, click HERE! You'll receive a discount for ordering early!

STAAR Testing

STAAR Testing will be happening next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. (May 14th - 16th). Please remember no visitors on these days. 

Homework

Thank you so much for being so supportive with book bags, spelling, and Reflex Math this year! Reflex Math will continue to be open during the summer, but we will no longer be checking weekly. We will not be sending home book bags or spelling lists either. Practice at home and enjoy your summer!

Thank you so much for a WONDERFUL Teacher Appreciation week! We have felt so loved and valued! It has been a great week!

Chick Update:

Our chicks have gone back to the farmer that we got them from! When they left us, the chicks had already started to grow their adult feathers! It was so much fun to get to see the full process from egg to chick! 

Important Dates:

May 14th, 15th, 16th - STAAR Testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th

(please no visitors on these days!)

May 18th - Field Day

May 28th - Memorial Day (No School!)

May 31st - Early Release / LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

The Eggs are Hatching!

We are so excited that it is about time for our CHICKS to start HATCHING! We have loved learning all about the life cycle of a chicken and all about how an egg becomes a chick. We have watched our sweet eggs for 21 days, and it is finally time for the chicks to arrive!

They *should* hatch on Monday, but there is always the slight chance that they come a little early. 

We will have the live stream going ALL weekend if you would like to check in on them! Your child's teacher will send out an e-mail if there is something exciting to tune in and see!


Check out our livestream!

Learners will have contact with the baby chicks by holding them and caring for them in their environment. The chicks will be kept in their farm habitat (enclosed) in A-hallway during the week. Learners will wash their hands immediately after having contact with the baby chicks. 

We are so excited for your child to have this wonderful hands on experience to fully understand the life cycle of chicks.

April 23rd - 27th

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:
Language Arts

This week in Language Arts we will be working on our poetry unit!!  We are having so much fun illustrating poems and writing some of our own too!  We are so excited to show you our poetry folders at the end of our unit!  Spelling Lists and Book Bags will come home Monday!!  Everyone is doing great, keep it up! 

Social Studies

In Social Studies we will continue our unit on Map Skills, Land Formations, and Directions. We will be learning about the topography of our country as well as focusing on why maps are important to us and how to use them!  We are also doing some fun Social Studies Stations! 

Math

This week we will be learning all about fractions! We will be practice separating wholes into equal parts. We will learn about halves and fourths. We are so excited to build a really strong foundation in fractions that will help us for the rest of our math career!

Science

We are learning all about habitats! We are researching all about different habitats and the animals that live there. We will learn about the arctic, desert, forest, rain forest, wetland, and ocean habitats! We will also learn about how animals adapt and survive in these habitats.

Important Dates:

April 20th - TCE HOEDOWN
May 3rd - Kindergarten Roundup
May 14th, 15th, 16th - STAAR Testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th

(please no visitors on these days!)

May 18th - Field Day

Other Important Information

Tonight is our TCE Hoedown! This is such a fun event for our learners. We hope to see you all there!
And you might just see your favorite first grade teachers manning the cotton candy/popcorn stations! :)

Field Trip Fun!

We had so much fun on our Field Trip to AT&T Stadium! One of our sweet fifth graders he has created a video of all the pictures we took!

April 9th - 12th

What We're Working on This Week:

First Grade Curriculum:
Language Arts

This week in Language Arts we will continue to learn about parts of speech by discussing adjectives and verbs.  We will be adding some adjectives to our journal writing and adding it to our new journal checklist!  We have become such good writers!  We will also begin a new spelling unit on words with -ow sound.  Spelling test will be on Thursday, April 12th.  Book bags will go home Monday and be due back on Thursday, April 12th as well!  We are working hard to polish our writing and reading skills as we begin to get ready for 2nd Grade!!! 

Social Studies

In Social Studies we will begin a new unit on Map Skills, Land Formations, and Directions.  We will be learning about the topography of our country as well as focusing on why maps are important to us and how to use them! 

Math

This week we will be finishing our learning all about 2D and 3D shapes! We will be making google slideshows with shape riddles. We will also be doing some fun hands-on stations to finish up our unit!

Science

We will be learning all about animal adaptations and how animals have certain features to help them survive in their environment! We will learn about their coverings and how they move to help them survive!

We are also SO excited to be observing chicken eggs as they incubate! They arrived on Monday. We will incubate them for 21 days, and then we will watch as they hatch! We have a camera set up with a live-stream of the incubator, so you can watch the eggs at home. We will also have the live-stream going when the chicks are hatching!!

HERE is the link to the stream.

Important Dates:

April 10th and 11th- STAAR Testing for 4th and 5th 

(please no visitors on these days!)
April 13th - No School (Professional Development Day)

April 20th - TCE Hoedown 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

May 14th, 15th, 16th - STAAR Testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th

(please no visitors on these days!)

May 18th - Field Day

Other Important Information

It is already time for spring conferences! Information will be coming home in your child's green folder about signing up for a spring conference!  Please let us know if you have a conflict! 

TCE Hoedown / Spring Auction 2018

We are gearing up and getting ready for our favorite and biggest fundraiser for the year for TCE! Our annual TCE Hoedown will be Friday, April 20th from 5:00-8:00pm. We need everyone who can help volunteer in order to pull off this great event for our kiddos and the community.

Click HERE to sign up to volunteer!