November 11th - 15th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's workshop we will continue our unit on Reading Super Powers!

We are becoming such SUPER Readers! 

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We will focus on telling our stories first to make a plans for writing.

We will discuss how stories have a beginning, middle, and ending.

We will continue to focus on using capital letters, space, and ending punctuation.

In Phonics Workshop we will focus on initial sounds and how pictures and letters can
give a clue to what the initial sound / letter might be! 

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 focus on the First Thanksgiving and the history behind it.
We will learn about the Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower! 

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing to build our numeracy skills with the numbers 6-10. We will be able to represent these numbers, compare and order, and compose and decompose! We will play games, complete interactive stations, and reflect independently on these skills. 

Science:

In science we will be beginning our unit on Weather! We will become weather experts - we will learn about the different types of weather like sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, stormy, etc! We will also learn about the different seasons and the weather that goes with each season.

Important Dates:

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)
November 14th - Pansy Planting

November 25th - November 29th - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL!)

Important Announcements:

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

Pansy Planting

We'd love to have volunteers help us with our annual pansy planting. We've purchased enough for all learners to plant one in the front of our school next Thursday, November 14th on the way to recess. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, please click on the link below and sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848A8A823A7FF2-pansy

**All volunteers need to have a completed background check on file to participate. https://apps2.winocular.com/coppell/workspace/

November 4th - 8th

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

In Reader's workshop we will be starting a new unit on Reading Super Powers!
This week we will focus on pointer power and how we relate spoken words to text on a page.
We will practice using our pointer power when we read. 

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.

We will focus on telling our stories first to make a plans for writing.
We will discuss how stories have a beginning, middle, and ending.
We will continue to focus on using capital letters, space,  and ending punctuation.

In Phonics Workshop we will continue working on sounding out unfamiliar words and

using our snap words in writing to help us write more!
We will learn two new snap words this week:
"can" and "to." 

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 continue our study of patriotic holidays by focusing on President's Day! 

Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing our learning on numeracy with the numbers 6-10. We will be able to represent these numbers, compare and order, and compose and decompose! We will play games, complete interactive stations, and reflect independently on these skills. 

Science:

In science we will be learning all about force and motion. We will learn about pushes and pulls, and we will learn about different types of motion!

Important Dates:

November 5th - PTO meeting in the Library at 6:00

November 7th - STEM Night (5:30 - 7:00)

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)

Important Announcements:

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

We are also putting together a digital photo display this year, so if possible, please send in a photo of your special veteran, even if they are not able to attend the ceremony. We will collect these through Thursday, November 7th. 

If you know of a veteran that is able to attend our November 11th ceremony or have a photo you would like to be included in our display, please email jmartin@coppellisd.com

TCE STEM Night

We would love for your to join us on November 7th for a fun night provided by the Perot Museum!

October 28th - November 1st

What We're Working On:

Language Arts:

BOOK BAGS ROCKED!
We are so proud of all our kinder friends for the great reading they did on their take home book bags! New books will come home on Mondays! Keep up the great reading! 

Book Bags go home on Monday

Book Bags are returned to school on Fridays!

In Reader's workshop we will be reading some fun books on Bats. 
We will compare fiction and non fiction texts.  

In Writer's Workshop we will continue our study of narrative writing.
We are working on writing three sentences and using a checklist to make
sure we have capitals, periods, and finger spaces.

In Phonics Workshop we will continue working 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 continue our study of patriotic holidays by focusing on Independence Day!

Math / Science:

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

We will learn about the lifecycle of a bat, the basic needs of bats (and all animals), different types of bats, and some very fun facts for bats. We are excited about a fun week of learning!

Important Dates:

October 29th - Kindergarten Pumpkin Carving Day @ 8:45
(see below for details)

October 31st - Kindergarten Fall Fun Day
October 31st - Red Ribbon Run / Jack-O-Lantern Jog at 1:15

November 7th - STEM Night (5:30 - 7:00)

November 11th - Veterans Day Ceremony (8:00)

Important Announcements:

Pumpkin Carving Day: 

This Tuesday, October 29th @ 8:45 we will be carving our kindergarten class pumpkins!  Parents are welcome to come and join us for our carving (and help too!) but please be sure you have a 

background check on file in the office! Information on background checks 

can be found on the link below:

https://www.coppellisd.com/Domain/3443

CISD Family Survey:

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Town Center Elementary School Parent Compact

Today you will receive home a yellow handout labeled School / Parent Compact.

Please review the compact and sign it and return to school ASAP!

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Please plan to join us Monday, November 11th in the TCE Gym at 8:00 AM to help us honor our Town Center families and friends who are veterans. We'd like to extend the invitation to any veterans that are able to attend. It's a small way for us to say thank you. The program will be approximately thirty minutes, and we will have refreshments afterwards for our special guests and their families.

We are also putting together a digital photo display this year, so if possible, please send in a photo of your special veteran, even if they are not able to attend the ceremony. We will collect these through Thursday, November 7th. 

If you know of a veteran that is able to attend our November 11th ceremony or have a photo you would like to be included in our display, please email me at jmartin@coppellisd.com

TCE STEM Night

We would love for your to join us on November 7th for a fun night provided by the Perot Museum!

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!