October 21st - October 25th 2019

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week your child will be bringing home a book bag!! We are so excited to bring home some books to practice and read!  Your teacher will send an e.mail with more info about book bags too, but here is what you need to know....
Book Bags go home on Monday
Book Bags are returned to school on Fridays!

We will continue working on our writing! We are getting so good at
Starting with a capital letter
Using finger spaces between words
Ending with a period

We will continue our phonics study by focusing on sounding out words and
"catching" the beginning sound.  We are using our ABC Charts to help us catch the sound, find the sound and then read or write the sound of each letter!

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 focus on
three patriotic holidays: Independence Day, President's Day, and Veteran's Day!

Math / Science:

This week we will be integrating some fun math and science activities and stations to learn all about PUMPKINS!

We will be doing pumpkin math: counting pumpkins, sorting pumpkins, and graphing pumpkins.

In Science we will learn about the lifecycle of a pumpkin, what all plants need to grow, and how pumpkins grow and change.

Important Dates:

October 18th - Report Cards go home *Please sign and return
October 18th @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Family Movie Night at TCE
October 21st - October 25th - RED RIBBON WEEK (see below for dress up days)
October 29th - Kindergarten Pumpkin Carving Day @ 9:00
October 31st - Kindergarten Fall Fun Day 

Important Announcements:

Red Ribbon Week 2019

TCE is a school DRUG FREE! Check out the graphic below to dress up each day and support our TCE Red Ribbon Week!  

TCE Pumpkin Patch 

October 7th - October 11th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will be starting some new Literacy / Social Studies Stations to review and independently practice many of the skills we have been working on in our readers and writer's workshops.  We are so excited to show you all of our great writing at conferences!

This week we will review our first 10 SNAP Words!!
We will do a little practice and a little assessment to see how many we know!
So far we have learned:
I, like, me, a, the, my, look, see, at, are
Please practice reading and writing these words at home!

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 learn a little bit about Christopher Columbus and his trip to discover America!

Math:

In math this week, we will  learn about composing and decomposing numbers. We will learn that numbers can be broken a part in different ways. This is a crucial and foundational step to being able to add and subtract fluently! We are so excited about building these strong foundations!

Science:

This week we will be finishing our unit all about different types of ENERGY! This week we will wrap up by learning about sound energy. We will even design something that creates sound energy!We will become experts at finding sources of heat and sources of sound. 

Ask your learner at home if they can spot anything around your home with sound energy!

Important Dates:

October 8th - PTO Meeting @ 6pm in the TCE Library
October 10th - End of 1st Nine Weeks / Spirit Rally

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)

October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Fall Conferences:
Friday, October 11th - 

If you haven't scheduled a fall conference with your child's teacher, please use the links below to do so. We look forward to celebrating your sweet child's growth and progress in Kindergarten so far!

K1 and K2 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4AABA72EA75-k1k2

K3 and K4 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-kindergarten

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

September 30th - October 4th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will be continuing our workshops in the areas of
Reading
Writing
&
Phonics!

We are learning so much and really growing as Readers and Writers!
We will share our journals with you at conferences and book bags with some practice readers will be coming home soon!  Yay!

This week we will learn the words:
"at" and "see"
in our snap word folder! 

Library Day is Monday! Bring your books! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will begin a new unit called
"Our Country: Land that we LOVE!"
We will be learning about the USA, patriotic holidays, and practice saying the Pledge of Allegiance!

Math:

In math this week, we will continue learning about comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers.

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will be learning all about different types of ENERGY! We will learn about light energy, thermal energy, and sound energy. This week we will focus on thermal energy and sound energy. We will become experts at finding sources of heat and sources of sound. 

Ask your learner at home if they can spot anything around your home with sound energy or thermal energy! 

Important Dates:

October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

October 4th - Community Tailgate

October 10th - End of 1st Nine Weeks / Spirit Rally

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)

October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Fall Conferences

If you haven't scheduled a fall conference with your child's teacher, please use the links below to do so. We look forward to celebrating your sweet child's growth and progress in Kindergarten so far!

K1 and K2 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4AABA72EA75-k1k2

K3 and K4 families:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-kindergarten

Fall Family Picnic / TCE 25th Birthday

The TCE Fall Family Picnic / 25th Birthday Celebration that was originally scheduled for Friday, October 4th is going to be rescheduled, date TBA! TCE will be participating in the Coppell ISD Community Tailgate on Friday, October 4th! More info coming soon! 

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

September 23rd - September 27

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

This week we will continue our study of SNAP Words by learning two more words:
"are" and "look"
so far we have learned:
I, Like, Me, A, The, My
Please keep practicing these words at home!

We will continue working on the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We will keep working on our  "I like..." sentences in our journal  and we will keep practicing!

We are starting Reader's Workshop this week and we will talk about how books teach us about the world around us, how we are all readers, and we will learn about the three ways to read a book!

We are getting our Writing Workshops and Phonics Workshops up and running too!  

We are all so proud to be READERS and WRITERS! 

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will wrap up our unit on Government!
Our unit is called "Me and My World." We have learned so much about our
Country, State, City and Community!

Math:

In math this week, we will continue learning about comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers.

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will be learning all about different types of ENERGY! We will learn about light energy, thermal energy, and sound energy. This week we will focus on light energy! We will talk about sources of light and how light helps us see the world around us! 

Important Dates:

September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Sonic Night - This Tuesday! 

Come Support TCE - And maybe even see your favorite math and science teachers serve your food!

Fall Family Picnic / TCE 25th Birthday

The TCE Fall Family Picnic / 25th Birthday Celebration that was originally scheduled for Friday, October 4th is going to be rescheduled, date TBA!  TCE will be participating in the Coppell ISD Community Tailgate on Friday, October 4th! More info coming soon! 

TCE Pumpkin Patch!

This Fall we will be turning our very own TCE Garden into the TCE Pumpkin Patch!  We are so excited about all of the wonderful learning activities and curriculum connections we will be able to make in our school garden!  If you would like to help us turn our school garden into the TCE Pumpkin Patch please consider donating a pumpkin (any size or type) to our garden!  You can begin sending in pumpkins as soon as possible and we will take them to the garden or feel free to drop them off in the garden on your own!   

Thank you so much!  

September 16th - 20th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Language Arts we are have been working on learning and reviewing letter names and sounds!
We have learned 6 "SNAP" words so far: I, like, me, a, the, my
These words are high frequency words that we call snap words because now that we have learned them we can read and write them in a snap! Please practice reading and writing our 6 snap words at home!  We are going to spend this week reviewing our SNAP Words before we add new ones.

We will continue working on the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We will keep working on our  "I like..." sentences in our journal  and we will keep practicing!

We are starting Reader's Workshop this week and we will talk about how books teach us about the world around us, how we are all readers, and we will learn about the three ways to read a book!

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Government!  Our unit is called "Me and My World."  This week our focus will be authority figures in our school, community, and world.

Math:

In math this week, we will discuss comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than." We will play games and do hands on activities to practice comparing numbers. We will also celebrate Dot Day on Monday, September 16th with some fun and dotty math activities!!

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will learn all about how things can be changed by heating and cooling! We will do some very fun experiments where we experience how things heat up and cool down. We will also be celebrating Dot Day on Monday with some fun dot experiments!

Important Dates:

September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
October 4th - TCE Fall Family Picnic 

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Dot Day

We will be celebrating DOT DAY on Monday, September 16th. Send your child to school in their most FUN polka dots!

September 9th - 13th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Language Arts we are have been working on learning and reviewing letter names and sounds!
We have learned 4 "SNAP" words so far: I, like, me, a
These words are high frequency words that we call snap words because now that we have learned them we can read and write them in a snap! Please practice reading and writing our 4 snap words at home!

We are also learning the difference between letters, words, and sentences.  We are putting letters together to make words and words together to make sentences.  We have just learned how to write an "I like..." sentence, and we will keep practicing!

Social Studies:

This week in Social Studies we will continue our unit on Government!  Our unit is called "Me and My World."  This week our focus will be "Me and My Family" as we prepare for Special Friends Day on Friday!  (More info below about Special Friends Day!)

Math:

In math this week, we will continue to learn how to read, write, and represent our numbers. We will become excelling at using tools like ten frames and tally marks to show our numbers. We will also begin to discuss comparing numbers using words like "greater than" and "less than."

Here are a few of our favorite counting and subitizing videos to practice at home:

Science:

This week we will learn all about using properties to sort and describe objects. We have learned how scientists use their senses to discover an object's properties. We will learn about sorting by color, shape, size, texture, and more! Ask your child to find some things around their room (pillow, book, crayons, etc). and describe the physical properties.

Important Dates:

September 9th - 13th - Book Fair!

September 13th - Special Friend's Day (see below for info!)
September 24th - TCE Sonic Night (eat at Sonic and support TCE)
October 1st @ 6:00 p.m. PTO Meeting
October 4th - TCE Fall Family Picnic 

October 11th - Parent / Teacher Conference Day (no school for students)
October 14th - HOLIDAY - No School

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Book Fair

The TCE Book Fair is coming! We are in need of volunteers to help set up and run the book fair. If you are interested, please sign up here:

Book Fair Sign Up

The book fair is open in the library all week from 7:30 - 3:30pm
You are welcome to come in with your child before school, after school, or
during recess (12:30 - 1:00) to pick out some books to purchase!

All Kindergarten classes previewed the book fair on Friday 9/6!
We are so excited about books and reading!!

TCE Special Friend's Day

Please plan on joining us Friday, September 13th for a fun-filled day at Town Center! We have designated times throughout the day for "Special Friends" (family & family friends) to visit our learners' classrooms in order to see some of the great things they are learning and doing. Our campus book fair will also be open during this time. Kindergarten Special Friends time will be 11:15-12:15 p.m.

In order to expedite the check in process as much as possible, please click on the link below to let us know what visitors your child will have that day.

https://forms.gle/DKVnyXqTstPAmkoJ6

Welcome to our Kindergarten Blog!

Welcome to our Kindergarten blog! Each week we will update it with things we are learning in class, celebrations, important dates for your calendar, and more! Thank you for taking the time to check it out.

Important Dates:

September 2nd - No School! Labor Day!

September 5th - Picture Day

September 9th - 13th - Book Fair!

September 13th - Special Friend's Day (more info to come!)

Important Announcements:

Curriculum Night

If you were unable to make it to our curriculum night, please take a look at our slideshow HERE.

Book Fair

The TCE Book Fair is coming! We are in need of volunteers to help set up and run the book fair. If you are interested, please sign up here:

Book Fair Sign Up