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!