February 24th - 28th

What We're Working On

Language Arts:

Reading Workshop - Book Bags are coming home on Monday 2/24! Keep up the great reading!
We will discuss the difference between fiction and non-fiction text as we learn about
and read books about penguins! 

Writer's Workshop - We are continuing to write "HOW TO..." books. Everyone is
making so much progress and growth!
We can't wait to show off our writing journals at Open House! 

Phonics Workshop: We will continue to learn about VOWELS!

We will discuss long and short sounds of each vowel.

Social Studies:

We are beginning a new unit on Geography and learning about our world!
We will start by focusing on positional words such as:

• over, under, near, far, left, and right, to describe relative location.

Math:

In math this week, we will be learning all about money! We will learn about different types of US coins. We will learn the values of the coins and about what makes each coin unique.

Science:

In Science we will be studying all about our favorite Arctic animal - the penguin!! We will learn about where a penguin lives and how it survives in its habitat. We will become experts about different types of penguins and what makes them unique! 

Important Dates:

March 3rd - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Willow Bend Theater
March 5th - Picture Day! Spring Individual Pics and Class Pictures 

March 5th - Open House (5:30 - 7:00 pm)

March 9th - 13th - SPRING BREAK - No school!

March 17th - Shamrock Shuffle at 1:10 pm

April 9th - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Bio Diversity Center and Life Safety Park

Important Announcements:

Parent Book Club

Our counselor and librarian will facilitate a parent book club this Spring in the Town Center library, and we would love for you to attend! It will be a great time to get to know and collaborate with other parents. The book study will start towards the end of March and go through April. It will be a total of five sessions, with each session lasting one hour. All participants will receive a free copy of the book, and it will be yours to keep. If you are interested in attending/learning more, please fill out THIS LINK. This will help us pick the day that works best for everyone and gauge interest in the book club.

Our Spring Book Club Book:

Teach Your Children Well - Why Values and Coping Skills Matter More Than Grades, Trophies, or "Fat Envelopes"

Spring Book Fair

Lions, and Tigers and Books Oh My! Our Spring book fair is March 2nd - 6th and we would love to have parents volunteer. Please sign up on the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4aadad22a4fb6-spring

Kids Heart Challenge Benefiting the American Heart Association

We are wrapping up Kids Heart Challenge with the American Heart Association. Thank you so much for helping our campus stay heart-healthy and save lives at the same time! If you haven’t had a chance to join the TEAM there’s still time to earn ALL the Heart Heroes… Perrie, Knox, Nico, Sofie, Crush, and Sunny! Get started now by downloading the app, Kids Heart Challenge for iPhone and Android OR go online CLICK HERE to View Our School Webpage and Sign Up (you can earn a wristband just for registering).

ANY student who raises $200 or more will get to SLIME Coach T, plus anyone who raises $500+ will get to SLIME Principal Martin!!

Watch the heart-healthy experience that students are having at school https://youtu.be/2I1fRcpW7Mg!

·Town Center Elementary’s Kids Heart Challenge event day is: 2/28/2020

Donations are due: 3/4/2020

www.heart.org/kidsheartchallenge

February 10th - 13th

What We're Working On

This week in Language Arts we will focus on:

Reading Workshop - Reading books with stamina and becoming an AVID reader.
Practice your book bag books at home too! Everyone is doing great!

Writer's Workshop - We are learning to write "HOW TO..." books.  We are teaching
each other how to do things that we are an expert on, for example...
How to ride a bike.
How to swim.
How to walk a dog.

Phonics Workshop:  We will continue to learn about VOWELS!
We will discuss long and short sounds of each vowel.

Social Studies:

We will read books about Valentine's Day and discuss ways
we can show each other kindness at school!

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing to learn all about addition and subtraction. We will learn strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. We will play some fun games and stations to help us practice these skills! We will also do lots of fun Valentine's addition and subtraction!

Science:

In Science we will be ending our  unit all about Earth science. We will review about Earth materials like soil, rocks, and water. We will learn how we these natural resources to help us each day. We will discuss all the ways we use these resources to help us!

Important Dates:

Thursday, February 13th - 2:00 pm Class Valentine's Parties

February 14th / February 17th - No School for Students 

March 3rd - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Willow Bend Theater

March 17th - Shamrock Shuffle at 1:10 pm

April 9th - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Bio Diversity Center and Life Safety Park

Important Announcements:

Valentine's Day

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day at school on Thursday, February 13th! Please have your child address a Valentine card to each person in their homeroom class. A class list was sent home last week! If you need a new one please e-mail your child's homeroom teacher. 

Send the cards with them to school on or before Thursday, February 13th! 

On Thursday, February 13th we will open Valentines and celebrate with a class party from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. All parents are welcome to join us at the party! 

Kindergarten Field Trips

Our Kindergarteners will be taking TWO Field Trips this spring! On March 3rd we will be going to the Willowbend Theatre to see a performance of Peter Rabbit. On April 9th we will be going to the Coppell Bio Diversity Center and Life Safety Park. 

Please send in money ($16 covers both trips) and permission slip by February 13th!

Thank you!

TCE Cultural Night

Please click HERE for information on our TCE cultural night!

Kids Heart Challenge Benefitting the 

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association visited our school this week to kick off the Kids Heart Challenge (formerly Jump Rope for Heart)! During their visit, learners joined teams to work together to defeat heart disease while learning how easy and FUN it can be to take care of our hearts!

Over the next few weeks, learners will continue learning more about heart disease, exercise, healthy eating, and the importance of helping/giving back to others. We hope you will join us as we work to support the American Heart Association’s mission of saving lives. Sign up through the Kids Heart Challenge App (App Store for iPhone or Google Play for Android) or online at www.heart.org/khc

This year we have set a goal to reach at least $15,000 raised again to help fight heart disease and help kids with sick hearts! To help us reach our goal, we are taking a SLIME CHALLENGE!!! Any learner who raises $200 (or more!) earns a cup of SLIME and will get to SLIME Coach T. and any learner that raises $500 (or more) earns a cup of SLIME to SLIME Ms. Martin!

Check out our Heart Hero Alexa explaining more about this fun experience: https://youtu.be/mJYbsNji1QA

February 3rd - 7th

What We're Working On

Language Arts:

This week in Language Arts we will focus on:

Reading Workshop - Reading books with stamina and becoming an AVID reader.
Practice your book bag books at home too! Everyone is doing great!

Writer's Workshop - Adding details to our writing, writing MORE!
We will also practice using our SNAP Words in our writing!

Phonics Workshop:  We will learn about VOWELS!

Social Studies:

Kindness Challenge - We will read books about Valentine's Day and discuss ways
we can show each other kindness at school!
We will talk about what Valentine's Day looks like around the world:
Valentine Traditions at school and at home!

Math:

In math this week, we will be learning all about addition and subtraction. We will learn strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. We will play some fun games and stations to help us practice these skills!

Science:

In Science we will be starting a unit all about Earth science. We will learn about Earth materials like soil, rocks, and water. We will learn how we these natural resources to help us each day. We will continue to focus on water this week. We will discuss different types of water, sources of water, and ways we use water to help us.

Important Dates:

Thursday, February 13th - 2:00 pm Class Valentine's Parties

February 14th / February 17th - No School for Students 

March 3rd - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Willow Bend Theater
March 17th - Shamrock Shuffle at 1:10 pm

April 9th - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Bio Diversity Center and Life Safety Park

Important Announcements:

Valentine's Day

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day at school on Thursday, February 13th! Please have your child address a Valentine card to each person in their homeroom class. A class list was sent home last week! If you need a new one please e-mail your child's homeroom teacher. 

Send the cards with them to school on or before Thursday, February 13th! 

We will be making our Valentine bags (to collect our Valentines in) at school 

Friday, February 7th! 

On Thursday, February 13th we will open Valentines and celebrate with a class party from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. All parents are welcome to join us at the party! 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Kindergarten Field Trips

Our Kindergarteners will be taking TWO Field Trips this spring! On March 3rd we will be going to the Willowbend Theatre to see a performance of Peter Rabbit. On April 9th we will be going to the Coppell Bio Diversity Center and Life Safety Park. 

Please send in money ($16 covers both trips) and permission slip by February 13th!
Thank you!

TCE Cultural Night

Please click HERE for information on our TCE cultural night!