Calendar Dates:
August 31st - Picture Day
September 1st - Curriculum Night at 5:30 pm in the Cafeteria (Parents Only)
Monday, September 5th Labor Day / No School!
September 1st - 9th - BOOK FAIR in the TCE Library (more info to come!)
September 9th - Special Friends Day
Important Information
Picture Day
Fall Picture Day is coming on Wednesday, August 31st! To order your child's pictures, you can use the order form sent home last week, OR you can visit mylifetouch.com. Our TCE Picture Day ID is EVTRNPXXS.
Specials Friends Day
Please Save the Date of Friday, September 9th for Special Friends Day! Special Friends (Grandparents, Moms, Dads, Aunts, Uncles, Neighbors, any adult really can be a special friend) are welcome to visit the Kindergarten Classrooms from 12:15-1:15 p.m.
We will have more info coming soon!
Free and Reduced School Meals
For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children. Beginning September 29th, families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website. Complete your School Meal Application here. Allow up to ten days to process your application.
Coppell Cares Snack Bags
Coppell Cares will provide the Weekend Backpack Program (WBPK) again this school year. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Siblings living in the same household, are also eligible to participate. If your family would benefit from a weekly Friday snack bag delivery, please complete the following form to sign up:
English Application:
Spanish Application:
WBPK deliveries will begin Friday, 9/8/2022. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving Week, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
If you have any questions, please reach out to TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.
Volunteering and Classroom Helpers
Throughout the course of the year we will be looking for some volunteers to help us with specials events in our classrooms! If you are interested in volunteering or attending any of these events you will need to have a background check on file. You can go ahead and fill this out here!
Restroom Breaks in Kindergarten
As the school year gets going we wanted to touch base on kindergarten friends and using the restroom! We know that using a public / school restroom can be an adjustment for some so we wanted to share our procedures with you.... Typically we take three whole class restroom breaks each day (one in the morning, one at 10:20 prior to lunch, and one in the afternoon), however your child can always ask to use the restroom independently and we will allow them to walk down to go. At times we might ask for them to wait for a moment until another student returns so as not to overwhelm the number of students down at the restroom together. Please encourage your child to ask the teacher if they need to go as well as having a conversation about asking before it becomes an emergency! We do our very best to meet everyones needs restroom and otherwise as soon as we possibly can. Please keep a clean change of clothes in your child's backpack in case an accident occurs. Thanks so much!!!
Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter
Take a Peek at our Week
Language Arts
Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will be learning how to tell a story in pictures! We will begin writing in our journals by adding the date at the bottom and illustrating our story at the top! We will talk about what good writers do! We are off to a great start in our writing!
Reading Workshop:
This week we will learn that We Are All Readers! We will discuss how readers look, think, read, and learn! We will practice reading letter names and discussing the parts of books!
This week we will learn that We Are All Readers! We will discuss how readers look, think, read, and learn! We will practice reading letter names and discussing the parts of books!
Phonics:
Last week we reviewed and revisited the names of letters! This week we will begin focusing on the common sounds that letters represent!
Last week we reviewed and revisited the names of letters! This week we will begin focusing on the common sounds that letters represent!
Math
In Math this week, we will be learning all about 2D shapes! We will learn about different attributes of 2D shapes. We will learn the words sides and vertices - ask your Kindergartner to tell you about those words! This week we will begin Math Workshop! This means we will get to participate in fun, hands-on Math Stations in small groups to help us better learn Math!
Social Studies
On Monday (8/29), all of Kindergarten will get to visit the TCE Library! We will meet our Librarian Mrs. Mansuco, and listen to a story and learn about the library. Every Monday, starting September 12th, Kindergarten will be able to check-out a book at take home and return the following week. We will begin our unit on rules in school, home and our community.
Science
In Science this week we will be using our Five Senses to explore, observe, and investigate our relationships with our friends, science, and our environment. We will visit (explore) our TCE garden and use science tools to make observations.
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