Kindergarten News: May 1st- May 5

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts / Social Studies

This week we will be wrapping up our research unit on community helpers.  We have completed our research and now we are working through the writing process to produce a final copy of or work.  Everyone has enjoyed working with a parter and learning how to compromise.  Look for our research folders and writing projects to come home soon!

Keep reading the book in the bags and practicing at home!  We can't wait to share all our growth and progress with you! 

Math

This week we are continuing to practice our subtraction skills!

We are focusing on making sure that we always subtract with the larger number first! As we look at story problems, we are making sure that we are looking and listening for key words that help us know that we will be subtracting! This will really help us when we start to get mixed problems!

As adding and subtracting agents, we are always looking for clues to help us know what to do! We always go through our detective 4 step process!
1. read the problem
2. underline our question
3. box in the words that help us know if we are going to add or subtract

4. circle our important numbers

Once we have gone through our 4 steps, we are ready to choose our how we want to solve the problem with the information we have gained!!

Here are the strategies that we have learned!

Math Challenge!!

Can you count to 150+? If you can count with your parents to 150 or above without any help, you will be able to earn a Texan Buck! We cannot wait to hear everyone counting!!!

Science

Today we wrapped up our study of force and motion! We had a blast getting to learn about how a lot of the things that we do for fun fall into the force and motion category! Check out what Mrs. Brehm bought for our classes to "learn" from! Who knew learning could be so much fun?!?!? Be sure to ask your child what how bowling relates to force and motion!

coming up!!!!!

This week we will be starting our study of rocks! To help us with our observations, if your child would like to bring in one rock on Monday please have them bring it in a labeled ziplock baggie! We will be able to observe different rocks and all of their properties when we do our rock reports!

Important Dates... 

April 28th- Dads Camp Out
April 28th- Spring Sprint
May 12th- Muffins for Moms 8:00-8:45
May 17th- CISD night at the ball park- Texas Rangers
May 19th- Field Day

May 29th- Memorial Day- No School
June 1st- Last day of school! (Early Release)


Dads Camp Out
Tonight is TCE is hosting a dads camp out night! More information is on the PTO website.

Muffins for Moms

All moms are invited to join us for Muffins for Moms on May 12th from 8:00- 8:45. If Mom cannot attend on that day, please feel free to send a "substitute Mom"  to join in on the fun! Muffins, fruit and water will be provided! 

Please B.Y.O.C. (Bring your own Coffee if you like)  TCE Hoedown
Thank you to everyone who came out to the TCE

TCE Garden Design Challenge

We are going to have a Garden Design Challenge in which all learners can turn in drawings, models, paintings, etc. in order to show what they would like for our garden area to look like for TCE.  We currently have several beds and have been working with a company, Real School Gardens, in order to find even more ways to incorporate real world, hands-on applications within our garden to enrich our academic learning.  

We are going to have our TCE Student Council work with a committee at the campus for choosing final selections for the overall design.  Until then, any ideas are welcome!  We are going to work with our Dad's Club/Green Team Volunteers in order to get going, but would love more helpers for when we get to our build!

Our goal is to build and get the designs in place for additional areas of the garden the week of May 15th.  

If you would like to be a part of this planning process or building, please fill out the following Google form:

Click here for the link!

We will reach out to you toward the middle of April!

Kindergarten News: April 24th- April 28th

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts / Social Studies

This week in LA and SS we are continuing our unit on Community Helpers!  We will be doing a research project with a partner on our favorite community helper!  If your profession is community service oriented and you would like to come and share with kindergarten about it please let us know!  We would love to have you come and talk!  We are looking for police officers, fire fighters, doctors, dentist, nurses, mail carriers, etc...  Please let us know!

Math

This week we are learning all about subtraction! We are focusing on making sure that we always subtract with the larger number first! As we get better with our subtraction skills, we will be working on creating story problems based on a given answer. ( The answer needs to be 7- Learners will determine __ - __ = 7)

Here are the strategies that we have learned!

If you have not tried out Reflex Math with your child, it might be a good time to try. Please remember, if your child becomes frustrated- please stop and let your teacher know and we will provide different ways to practice addition and subtraction at home! :)

Science

We will continue to learn all about force and motion! We cannot wait to explore and go through the engineering design process to show our understanding! 

Important Dates... 

April 28th- Dads Camp Out
April 28th- Spring Sprint
May 12th- Muffins for Moms 8:00-8:45
May 17th- CISD night at the ball park- Texas Rangers
May 19th- Field Day

May 29th- Memorial Day- No School
June 1st- Last day of school! (Early Release)


Dads Camp Out
Mark your calendar! On April 28th TCE is hosting a dads camp out night! More information to come! Nick Walther, our Dad representative is in charge of this- Please reach out to him for more information!!

Muffins for Moms

All moms are invited to join us for Muffins for Moms on May 12th from 8:00- 8:45. If Mom cannot attend on that day, please feel free to send a "substitute Mom"  to join in on the fun! Muffins, fruit and water will be provided! 

Please B.Y.O.C. (Bring your own Coffee if you like)  TCE Hoedown
Thank you to everyone who came out to the TCE

TCE Garden Design Challenge

We are going to have a Garden Design Challenge in which all learners can turn in drawings, models, paintings, etc. in order to show what they would like for our garden area to look like for TCE.  We currently have several beds and have been working with a company, Real School Gardens, in order to find even more ways to incorporate real world, hands-on applications within our garden to enrich our academic learning.  

We are going to have our TCE Student Council work with a committee at the campus for choosing final selections for the overall design.  Until then, any ideas are welcome!  We are going to work with our Dad's Club/Green Team Volunteers in order to get going, but would love more helpers for when we get to our build!

Our goal is to build and get the designs in place for additional areas of the garden the week of May 15th.  

If you would like to be a part of this planning process or building, please fill out the following Google form:

Click here for the link!

We will reach out to you toward the middle of April!

Kindergarten News: April 10th- April 14th

What we’re      

Workin’ on this week..

Language Arts / Social Studies

This week in LA and SS we are starting a new unit on Community Helpers!  We will be learning about our community and the people and jobs that help us!  We will be reading, writing, and researching about professions in our Coppell Community!  If your profession is community service oriented and you would like to come and share with kindergarten about it please let us know!  We would love to have you come and talk!  We are looking for police officers, fire fighters, doctors, dentist, nurses, mail carriers, etc...  Please let us know!

We will also be learning two new word wall words: "come" and "it."  We will keep writing in our journals and bringing home book bags to read too!  Thank you for helping us at home!

Math

This week we are going to continue learning about addition! We will be using our different strategies we have learned to help us when we are adding (and later on when we are subtracting).We are soon going to be starting subtraction!

Here are the strategies that we have learned!

If you have not tried out Reflex Math with your child, it might be a good time to try. Please remember, if your child becomes frustrated- please stop and let your teacher know and we will provide different ways to practice addition and subtraction at home! :)

Science

We will be learning all about force and motion! We cannot wait to explore and go through the engineering design process to show our understanding! 

Important Dates... 

April 14th- Weather Day - No School
April 19th- Parent Volunteer Breakfast
April 21st- TCE Hoedown
April 28th- Dads Camp Out
April 28th- Spring Sprint
May 12th- Muffins for Moms
May 17th- CISD night at the ball park- Texas Rangers
May 19th- Field Day

Texans of the Year:
K1: Allison
K2: Brittany 
K3: James
K4: Zeke


Thank you!!! 

Thank you so much for the jellybeans that you all sent in! You were all so generous and we are so excited with everything that we did today with them and all we are going to get to do next week with them! Be watching for a fun blog post about all the activities that we will have done next week with the jellybeans! Todays engineering project went wonderfully when we were constructing the tallest tower! 

No School
On April 14th, there will be no school. The district builds in weather days each year. We have not used any so we will not have school due to that! Enjoy your break!

Parent Volunteer Breakfast
On April 19th TCE would like to celebrate you! If you are a parent who has come in to help out or if you have helped us by taking things home to work on, we would like to treat you to breakfast! We will be hosting breakfast in the TCE Library. Please arrive at 7:30! We cannot thank you enough for all you do for us here at TCE! We could not do all that we do without you!

 TCE Hoedown
On April 21st, we will be having our annual TCE Hoedown! It is a night of fun activities, a silent auction and food! More information to come soon!
****If you would like to help out by running a station for a portion of the time (30 min.),  please contact the front office! We have many spots open!

Dads Camp Out
Mark your calendar! On April 28th TCE is hosting a dads camp out night! More information to come! Nick Walther, our Dad representative is in charge of this- Please reach out to him for more information!!

TCE Garden Design Challenge

We are going to have a Garden Design Challenge in which all learners can turn in drawings, models, paintings, etc. in order to show what they would like for our garden area to look like for TCE.  We currently have several beds and have been working with a company, Real School Gardens, in order to find even more ways to incorporate real world, hands-on applications within our garden to enrich our academic learning.  

We are going to have our TCE Student Council work with a committee at the campus for choosing final selections for the overall design.  Until then, any ideas are welcome!  We are going to work with our Dad's Club/Green Team Volunteers in order to get going, but would love more helpers for when we get to our build!

Our goal is to build and get the designs in place for additional areas of the garden the week of May 15th.  

If you would like to be a part of this planning process or building, please fill out the following Google form:

Click here for the link!

We will reach out to you toward the middle of April!