March 27th - 31st

Calendar Dates

March 27th - Sonic Night (New Date!)

March 31st - Shamrock Shuffle (New Date!)

April 7th - No School!

April 10th - No School!

Important Information:

Library Books and Book Bags

Please return Library books on Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!

Thank you so much for reading with your children at home!

TCE Yearbook

Order your TCE Yearbook today! These are such a special way to remember your child's year in Kindergarten at TCE! We will also have a special day in the spring when the kid's can sign each other's yearbooks!

Sonic Night

Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter

Parent Newsletter Linked Here!

Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter

Counselor Newsletter Linked Here!

Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:

This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue with our new "first grade writing journals!"  The kids were so excited to start then last week!  We learned how to write inside the lines on new lined paper and made our first journal entry!  I am so proud of all of them!  Everyone did a great job! 

Reader's Workshop:

This week in Reader's workshop we will talk about reading all different types of text! 

Math

In Math this week, we will be learning all about money! We will become an expert about each of the types of coins. We will learn the names of each coin, what is on the front and back of each coin, and how much each coin is worth. We will do some fun math workshop stations to practice all of our new learning! 

Social Studies

For Social Studies this week, we will continue our unit on Geography!  We have loved learning about Maps/Globes and Directions. We have been playing a game called Never East Soggy Waffles!!!  They are all amazing at this game!  We will continue to learn about Geography by making Map Keys, and how we can create our own symbols.  Also check out Keynotes for our Map!

Science

For Science next week, we will be discussing the "Needs" of Living Things.  We will continue working on our Keynote - Living and Non Living Things.  Weather should be great next week to visit our TCE garden to take photos and record our information.  We are becoming experts on Living and Non Living Things!  

Scientist of the Week:

K1- Charlie

K2- Arjun

     K3 - Aiden                                                        K3 - Garvita    

March 6th - 10th

Calendar Dates

March 9th - Open House at 5:30

March 10th - Regular Dismissal at 3:05 p.m.

March 13th - 17th - SPRING BREAK!

March 20th - District Bond Meeting / PTO Meeting in the TCE Library (New Date!)

March 27th - Sonic Night (New Date!)

Important Information:

Library Books and Book Bags

Please return Library books on Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!

 Book Bags will resume after Spring Break!  So the next time you will get one home will be Tuesday, March 21st! Thank you so much for reading with your children at home! 

TCE Yearbook

Order your TCE Yearbook today! These are such a special way to remember your child's year in Kindergarten at TCE! We will also have a special day in the spring when the kid's can sign each other's yearbooks!

Mid Year Assessment Data: M-Class and Winter MAP

On Monday, March 6th your child will bring home information about their mid year assessments on both MAP testing and M-Class. The MAP scores will include both reading and math and will give you a glimpse at your child's progress thus far. To get more information on these assessments please click on the link below! Feel free to reach out to us with any additional questions or concerns! Thanks!

CLICK HERE and scroll down to NWEA MAP to get more information about MAP and other district wide assessments.

SAVE - The - DATE for OPEN HOUSE!

Please save the date for Open House on Thursday, March 9th @ 5:30 p.m. for our Spring Open House! The Kindergarten students have been working so hard on some special items to showcase for you in each of our content areas! You will also have an opportunity to visit the spring Scholastic Book Fair in the library as well as the TCE Art Show in the gym/cafeteria! This is such a special event for all students and an awesome time for your student to show off all the hard work and effort they put in each day!

Book Fair

Our Book Fair is coming next week! 

Thursday, March 2nd - Friday, March 10th - Online shopping option opens!

Visit https://www.scholastic.com/bf/towncenterelementaryschool to purchase books that will be shipped directly to your house.

Monday, March 6th - Friday, March 11- Shopping available in the TCE Library!

Parents are invited to shop with their children before school Monday, March 6th - Friday March 10th starting at 7:20 a.m. and after school Monday - Thursday until 3:30 p.m. Learners who are shopping independently will shop during their recess.

The book fair will be open during Open House on Thursday, March 9th from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

We encourage you to use the eWallet feature. Instead of sending cash with your children, you can create an eWallet account and place a predetermined amount of money on the account for your children to shop the in person fair. To create an eWallet go to https://www.scholastic.com/bf/towncenterelementaryschool

Thanks for supporting book choice and TCE!

Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter

Parent Newsletter Linked Here!

Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter

Counselor Newsletter Linked Here!

Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:

This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue with the writing process:

brainstorm, plan, write, revise, publish!

We are working on a few published pieces to show off at our spring open house! Our theme is

Kinder-Garden so we have been reading and writing about gardens! Our writing has grown and bloomed so much this year! We can't wait to show you!

Reader's Workshop:

This week in Reader's workshop we will review our skills previously learned and practice building stamina in our reading. We will try reading for longer amounts of time and working on different types of texts such as fiction, non-fiction, and even some poetry!

Math

In Math this week, we will be doing some FUN crafts and activities to showcase all of our learning about addition and subtraction! We will be working on some special projects to show our learning at Open House. We can't wait to show our families all of our hard work!! I'm so very proud of all of our Kindergarten math problem solvers! 

Social Studies

For Social Studies this week, we will continue our new unit on Geography! We will learn how to locate places at school, home, and our community. We loved drawing a Map of our Classroom!

PLEASE RETURN:  "Get to Know Me" form for our Class Book.  Due March 6th.  DON'T FORGET TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOK!

Science

For Science the next few weeks, we will be learning about Living and Non Living Things.  We will begin the unit with being able to differentiate between Living and Non Living Things. Living Things eat, grow, breath, and move on their own, whereas Non Living things do not.  

Scientist of the Week:

K1 - Owen

K3 - Milana and Agam