Exploring Wood and Water in Science!
In Science this week we have been exploring the properties of wood and water! Today in Science we did some comparing, contrasting, and tested a few of our hypothesis!
Friday, September 16, 2016
Dot Day!
DOT DAY!
Thursday, September 15th 2016
This week the kindergarten classes participated in International Dot Day! We skyped with classes from other parts of Texas and even Colorado! We shared with them our Dots and told them how we would like to leave our mark on this world! It was awesome! If you have not read this book at home please check it out! Each one of us has an opportunity to leave our mark! :) Come see our Dots that are hanging in the hallway! :)
Kindergarten News: September 19th - September 23rd
What we’re
Workin’ on this week..
Language Arts / Social Studies
This week we will continue our unit on "Me and My Family." We will keep talking and learning about how our families help us change and grow! We will be creating some special things for our Special Friends when the visit on Friday! We will also take our I Station assessment on the MacBooks this week! We will fill you in on the information at parent / teacher conferences in October!
Math
This week we will continue our exploration of number sense. This is a time where we will be counting, subatizing (recognizing amounts instantly), having number talks and working on our number of the day. Some things that we will be focusing on are:
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
This week in science, we will finish our exploration of wood and start our exploration of paper and its different properties.
*If you have a cool career that you work with wood or paper exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
*If you have a cool career that you work with wood or paper exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
Important Dates...
September 16th- TCBY spirit night starting at 3 PM
September 19th-23rd- Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friends Day @ 9:30 - 10:30 in Kinder classrooms!
September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic
October 7th- Fall Conferences- No school for students
October 10th- No School- Columbus Day
Texans of the Week
K1- Allison
K2- Miles
K3- Owen
K4- Zeke
TCE Spirit Night
TCE is having its first spirit night today( Friday, September 16th) starting at 3 PM. It will be at TCBY at 230 N Denton Tap Rd, #109. TCBY will donate a portion of the sales of TCE families back to the school, so head over for a cool treat!
Popcorn Money
Every week during Texan Town, there is an opportunity to purchase popcorn to eat for a special snack! The cost for the popcorn is $0.50 every time. To make it easier on your child, if you would like for them to have popcorn, please send in $4.00 and they will be covered for the first semester of Texan Town.
Special Friends Day
Special Friends Day is this Friday! This is such a fun time where your child can invite a special friend (grandparent, parent, neighbor, etc.....) to come to our classroom to see all of the wonderful things that have been happening so far in kindergarten. This is an opportunity for your child to also take ownership in THEIR school. They can show their special friend around the school as well as take them to the book fair. Kindergarten's time slot is from 9:30-10:30!
If your child would like to invite their special friend to lunch, our lunch time is 10:45. ( So their special friend could meet up with us in the cafeteria about 15 minutes after our time slot! )
Fall Family Picnic
Fall Family Picnic is on Friday, September 23! This will be a night of fun from 5:30-8:00 PM. There will be food trucks, Kona Ice and TCBY! Be sure to bring foldable chairs or a blanket to sit on while you eat, chat and watch your child play!
There will also be a raffle ( Tickets should have come home today) with some great prizes! Be on the lookout for the Teacher Party Auction table! This is a fun after school activity with the kindergarten teachers that you can sign your child up for!
Interested in Volunteering this year?
http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22
Friday, September 9, 2016
Kindergarten News: September 12th - September 16th
What we’re
Workin’ on this week..
Language Arts / Social Studies
This week we will begin a new unit on "Me and My Family." We will be talking and learning about how our families help us change and grow! We will be reading some books and doing some fun activities. We will also learn two new sight words: "a" and "said." Our writing journals are looking awesome! We are practicing writing "I like...." sentences and illustrating a picture to match our words!
Math
This week we will continue our exploration of number sense. This is a time where we will be counting, subatizing (recognizing amounts instantly), having number talks and working on our number of the day. Some things that we will be focusing on are:
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
Science
This week in science, we will start our exploration of materials in our world through FOSS kits the district provides for us. We will be focusing on Wood and Paper. We will be using our five senses to explore these materials!
*If you have a cool career that you work with wood or paper exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
*If you have a cool career that you work with wood or paper exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
Important Dates...
September 19th-23rd- Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friends Day
September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic
October 7th- Fall Conferences- No school for students
October 10th- No School- Columbus Day
Texans of the Week
K1-Aarna
K2- Melody
K3- Charlie
K4- Teaghan
Special Friends Day
Mark your calendars! Special Friends Day is coming up! This is such a fun time where your child can invite a special friend (grandparent, parent, neighbor, etc.....) to come to our classroom to see all of the wonderful things that have been happening so far in kindergarten. This is an opportunity for your child to also take ownership in THEIR school. They can show their special friend around the school as well as take them to the book fair. More information will be coming about the time that kindergarten special friends time slot is!
Fall Family Picnic
Mark your calendars for a night of fun! More information is to come, but you and your family do not want to miss the Fall Family Picnic on Friday, September 23!
Interested in Volunteering this year?
http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22
Friday, September 2, 2016
Kindergarten News: September 5th- September 9th
What we’re
Workin’ on this week..
Language Arts / Social Studies
This week we will continue our focus on writing in our journals! We will learn two new sight words "can" and "see." We will be wrapping up our book study on the "Black Lagoon" books! We have met so many wonderful members of the TCE staff and have loved having them read to us!
Math
This week we will start our exploration of number sense. This is a time where we will be counting, subatizing (recognizing amounts instantly), having number talks and working on our number of the day. Some things that we will be focusing on are:
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
( You could come in, we could Skype, or you could simply send an email letting us know what you do and we can create a slide show of different careers submitted! )
Just email your child's math teacher and we will set it all up!
Katy McKinney- kmckinney@coppellisd.com
Lorri Brehm- lbrehm@coppellisd.com
1. Counting to 25 and beyond (with and without objects)
2. Counting backwards from 20
3. Reading and writing our numbers
4. Giving the numbers before and after a given number
Please check out your math teachers web page for some of the helpful and fun videos that we have been listening to in class!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
( You could come in, we could Skype, or you could simply send an email letting us know what you do and we can create a slide show of different careers submitted! )
Just email your child's math teacher and we will set it all up!
Katy McKinney- kmckinney@coppellisd.com
Lorri Brehm- lbrehm@coppellisd.com
Science
This week in science, we will continue learning all about our five senses! Be sure to ask your child what sense they talked about today and how they used it in class!
As an extension, help your child make a list of his/her favorite ways that he/she uses all five of the senses.
Thank you again to the parents who have donated to our taste testing experiment. If you have not sent the item you signed up for in yet, please do that as soon as possible. :)
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eabab2ca0fb6-five
*If you have a cool career that is working with one of the five senses exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
As an extension, help your child make a list of his/her favorite ways that he/she uses all five of the senses.
Thank you again to the parents who have donated to our taste testing experiment. If you have not sent the item you signed up for in yet, please do that as soon as possible. :)
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eabab2ca0fb6-five
*If you have a cool career that is working with one of the five senses exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
Important Dates...
September 5th- No School- Labor Day
September 8th- Picture Day
September 19th-23rd- Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friends Day
September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic
Thank you to everyone who was able to come to curriculum night this past week! It was a great night of information and a time to answer questions. Like we said, our door is always open! If you have any further questions, please feel free to send an email and we will be more than happy to answer any questions you might still have.
If you missed curriculum night, don't worry! Here are the slides that we covered!
2016-2017 Curriculum Night
Picture Day
Picture Day is this Thursday! Please be sure to either fill out the online form, or send in your order form for your child. We will do our best to look in everyone's folder to get all of the forms.Please make sure that you place the form in the folder so that it is easy to find/ easy for your child to remember to get it out during our morning routine of unpacking.
Special Friends Day
Mark your calendars! Special Friends Day is coming up! This is such a fun time where your child can invite a special friend (grandparent, parent, neighbor, etc.....) to come to our classroom to see all of the wonderful things that have been happening so far in kindergarten. This is an opportunity for your child to also take ownership in THEIR school. They can show their special friend around the school as well as take them to the book fair. More information will be coming about the time that kindergarten special friends time slot is!
Fall Family Picnic
Mark your calendars for a night of fun! More information is to come, but you and your family do not want to miss the Fall Family Picnic on Friday, September 23!
Interested in Volunteering this year?
http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22
Friday, August 26, 2016
Kindergarten News: August 29th- September 2nd
What we’re
Workin’ on this week..
Next week we will continue working on learning our
friends’ names, classroom routines, and procedures. We are also switching
classes each day! We practiced on Friday and it went GREAT!
This week we will focus on learning how to write in and use our writing journals! We will learn two new sight words "I" and "like." We are also going to be doing a book study on the "Black Lagoon" books, it is a cute series of picture books written by Mike Thaler. We will have a special guest reader who works in our school come to read to us each day so we can get to know them and their role at TCE!
Math
Next week we will start our
exploration by digging into the questions:
1.What is math?
2. Where do we see math in the world?
3. How do I use math every day?
4. Who uses math?
Please be sure to have your child watch the video before coming to school on Monday so they will feel comfortable contributing to the conversation of what math is!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
( You could come in, we could Skype, or you could simply send an email letting us know what you do and we can create a slide show of different careers submitted! )
Just email your child's math teacher and we will set it all up!
Katy McKinney- kmckinney@coppellisd.com
Lorri Brehm- lbrehm@coppellisd.com
1.What is math?
2. Where do we see math in the world?
3. How do I use math every day?
4. Who uses math?
Please be sure to have your child watch the video before coming to school on Monday so they will feel comfortable contributing to the conversation of what math is!
*If you have a cool career that uses math, we would love to hear from you! We would love to work with you so that you can share how you use math in your career!
( You could come in, we could Skype, or you could simply send an email letting us know what you do and we can create a slide show of different careers submitted! )
Just email your child's math teacher and we will set it all up!
Katy McKinney- kmckinney@coppellisd.com
Lorri Brehm- lbrehm@coppellisd.com
Science
Next week in science, we will be learning all about our five senses! We will have an opportunity to discover and explore our world using each of the five senses.
If you would like to donate items for the kindergarteners to taste test, please click on the link below. The items on the page are approved by our school nurse. They are safe for all learners to eat!
(Rold Gold Pretzels (Salty) , Sour Patch Kids (Sour) , Lifesaver Gummies (Sweet) and Hersheys Dark Chocolate (bitter) )
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eabab2ca0fb6-five
*If you have a cool career that is working with one of the five senses exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
If you would like to donate items for the kindergarteners to taste test, please click on the link below. The items on the page are approved by our school nurse. They are safe for all learners to eat!
(Rold Gold Pretzels (Salty) , Sour Patch Kids (Sour) , Lifesaver Gummies (Sweet) and Hersheys Dark Chocolate (bitter) )
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eabab2ca0fb6-five
*If you have a cool career that is working with one of the five senses exclusively, please contact us! We would love to hear about what you do and possibly have you in to share what you do with our sweet kiddos!
(Last year we had an ear specialist in who explained to the kiddos how she works with devices to help kids with hearing impairments hear with the cochlear implants.)
Important Dates...
September 1st- Curriculum Night form 5:30-6:30
September 5th- No School- Labor Day
September 8th- Picture Day
September 19th-23rd- Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friends Day
September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic
Thank You!
Thank you so much to all the people that donated items to our classrooms! You are wonderful! We so appreciate it! If you would still like to donate items to your child's classroom, please contact your child's teacher to see if there is still a need.
Who Am I Homework
“Who Am I??” homework is due back next week! Thanks so much for helping your child. We will be making a class book so we can learn all about our new friends!!
Interested in Volunteering this year?
http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22
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