Sunday, October 23, 2022

October 24th - 28th


Calendar Dates

October 24th - October 28th Red Ribbon Week
October 25th - Date Change for PTO meeting @ 6:00 p.m. TCE Library
October 28th - Healthy Walk Parade 8:00 a.m.
October 28th -Jack O'Lantern Jog (fun run during PE 1:20 - 2:10 p.m.)


Important Information:

Library Books

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


Red Ribbon Week

We are excited to celebrate living drug free this week! To celebrate, we will have some FUN dress up days! Please see the graphic below to see how are a dressing up each day!
Monday - Make Healthy Choices to Accomplish Your Dreams (Wear Pajamas/ Sweats)
Tuesday - Healthy Choices are the Key to a Bright Future (Wear Neon/Tie Dye)
Wednesday - Let's Team Up to Be Healthy (Wear sports attire)
Thursday - The Future Me is Drug-Free (Dress up like what you want to be when you grow up)
Friday - Celebrate Life and Live Drug-Free (Wear RED!)


Jack-O-Lantern Jog

We are so excited for our first Fun Run this Friday! You are invited to come up to school during specials time and cheer on your child! Our specials is from 1:20 - 2:10.



TCE Family Lunch Friday

The TCE cafeteria will be open to visitors during lunch time on Fridays. Kindergarten lunch is from 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Please see Ms. Martin's newsletter that is linked below for guidelines and information on who can attend and how to attend!


Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza




Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter



Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue writing sentences in our journals!
We are working on adding more than one sentence on a single topic! 
We are practicing becoming brave spellers to hear and record the sounds we find in words! 
We will also get two new snap words: "go" and "but." 
A complete list of the SNAP Words we have learned so far is coming home ASAP! 


Reader's Workshop:
We will finish up our unit on rereading and looking closely at books to learn and notice more.
We will also keep reading some fun books about fall, pumpkins, and Halloween.

Phonics:
We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! We have also been discussing and learning about syllables in words too! We will continue to practice "chopping" up our words to hear the syllables and to divide the body and coda of words!  


Math

In Math this week, we will continue building on our numeracy skills! We will continue on what we started last week with this week reading, writing, and representing our numbers through 10. We will learn the correct way to write each number. We will also be able to represent numbers in SO many ways: ten frames, pictures, tally marks, number lines, and MORE! To make this week extra fun, we will do some FUN FALL math stations to practice these skills!



Social Studies

In Social Studies this week, we will be learning about traditions with pumpkins and how we celebrate this time of the year.  We will learn all about the foods we can create with pumpkins,  how to visit a pumpkin patch, and listen to pumpkin stories!    

Our Pet Parade was so cute!  Please look for slide show later this week of our Pet Parade and Sleep Over!   We will be picking up our stuffed animals from the library on Monday during our Library time.  Please make sure your child has turned in their Library book, so they can check out  a new book!  Thank you everyone for participating!  It was such a fun experience!





Science

In Science this week, we will be studying all about pumpkins!  We will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin, observe pumpkins inside and out, and participate in pumpkin experiments.   We will learn about bat life cycle, and spiders too!  I am so excited to began our Scientist of the Week. Each week a student will have the opportunity to present a Science Experiment to their class.  I love watching them being little Scientists! 

Great job to this week's scientists!
K1 - Kaden


K2 - Camden


K3 - Henry
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Sunday, October 16, 2022

October 17th - 21st


Calendar Dates


October 21st - CISD Community Tailgate 
October 24th - October 28th Red Ribbon Week
October 25th - Date Change for PTO meeting @ 6:00 p.m. TCE Library 
October 28th -Jack O'Lantern Jog (fun run during PE 1:20 - 2:10 p.m.)
October 28th - Healthy Walk Parade 8:00 a.m.


Important Information:

Library Books

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


Red Ribbon Week

We  are excited to celebrate living drug free during the week of October 24th - 28th. To celebrate, we will have some FUN dress up days!
Monday - Make Healthy Choices to Accomplish Your Dreams (Wear Pajamas/ Sweats)
Tuesday - Healthy Choices are the Key to a Bright Future  (Wear Neon/Tie Dye)
Wednesday - Let's Team Up to Be Healthy (Wear sports attire)
Thursday - The Future Me is Drug-Free (Dress up like what you want to be when you grow up) 
Friday - Celebrate Life and Live Drug-Free (Wear RED!)

TCE Family Lunch Friday

The TCE cafeteria will be open to visitors during lunch time on Fridays. Kindergarten lunch is from 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Please see Ms. Martin's newsletter that is linked below for guidelines and information on who can attend and how to attend!


Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza




Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter




Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue writing sentences in our journals!
We are practicing becoming brave spellers to hear and record the sounds we find in words! Phonetic spelling is a huge part of Kindergarten Writing and we are doing so good!  Here is a list of fall words we sounded out together in class!


Reader's Workshop:
We will continue our unit on rereading and looking closely at books to learn and notice more.
We will also read some fun books about fall,  pumpkins, and Halloween.

Phonics:
We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! We have also been discussing and learning about syllables in words too! We will continue to practice "chopping" up our words to hear the syllables.  

Math

In Math this week, we will continue building on our numeracy skills! We will spend this week reading, writing,  and representing our numbers through 10. We will learn the correct way to write each number. We will also be able to represent numbers in SO many ways: ten frames, pictures, tally marks, number lines, and MORE! 


Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will continue with our Unit on Our Country, and Land We Love! We will learn why we celebrate patriotic holidays with fireworks and parades.  Tomorrow (Monday), I will send out the information about our Kindergarten Pet Parade and Pet Sleepover that will be on Friday, October 21st!  It will be so much FUN!!

We have begun our "Handwriting Without Tears" Handwriting Program by practicing how to write our name with a Capital letter and lower case letters.   Please practice with your child writing their name using Upper/lower case letters.  If they return practice paper,  they can earn an extra sticker!


Science

In Science, we will continue our Unit on Physical Science: Force, Motion, and Energy. This week we will learn how Light Energy travels in waves, and we can see the wavelengths of light in different colors. We will learn about man-made and natural energy.

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Sunday, October 9, 2022

October 11th - October 14th

Calendar Dates

Monday, October 10th - No School for students or teachers

Wednesday, October12th - Walk to School Day!
(see Ms. Martin's principal newsletter for more info)

Friday, October 14th - Family Friday Lunch
(see Ms. Martin's newsletter for information this)

Friday, October 14th - TCE Color Run 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
(more info below)
Monday, October 17th - PTO Meeting in the Library @ 6:00 pm

October 24th - October 28th Red Ribbon Week

October 28th -Jack O'Lantern Jog
(fun run during PE 1:20 - 2:10 p.m.)


Important Information:

Library Books

I hope your child enjoyed their library book they checked out at our TCE Library last week! Please return library books every Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!

TCE Family Lunch Friday

Starting this Friday, October 14th  the TCE cafeteria will be open to visitors during lunch time on Fridays only.  Kindergarten lunch is from 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Please see Ms. Martin's newsletter that is linked below for guidelines and information on who can attend and how to attend! 

TCE Color Run

We are so excited for our TCE Color Run on Friday, October 14th! Our goal is to raise money for our school to go towards field day, field trip buses, classroom grants, and more! Our class will earn prizes for certain amounts of money that we raise. Check out the kindergarten prize chart below! 
So far K3 has raised $675
K2 has raised $230
K1 has raised $60

*Way to go Kindergarten! Keep up the great work!   

Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza 




Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter



Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue writing sentences in our journals! 

So far we have learned 6 SNAP Words: 
I, like, can, see, a, said
We will get two new words this week:
and / we

Reader's Workshop:
We will continue our unit on rereading and looking closely at books to learn and notice more. 
We will also read some fun books about FALL.

Phonics:
We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! We will discuss being a brave speller and how we say words slowly to sound them out and record the sounds we hear.  


At Parent / Teacher Conferences I gave you the log in information for your child for two apps that use to help promote success in reading and phonics: Raz Kids and I Station! We have learned about both of these apps in class and will continue to practice using them.  Please feel free to check them out at home too!

Math

In Math this week, we will start building on our numeracy skills! We will spend this week reviewing and building onto our subitizing and counting skills. These are such a foundational skill that will help us continue to grow and become great mathematicians!
Here is a FUN video to practice subitizing. See if you and your child can subitize together! 



Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will continue with our Unit on Our Country, and Land We Love!  We will learn why we celebrate patriotic holidays with fireworks and parades.  We have a special stuffed animal parade for Kindergarten planned on Oct. 21st.  More information to come...

We will begin our "Handwriting Without Tears" Handwriting Program.  It is a developmentally based program designed to help learners with fine motor skills along with visual skills through fun and interactive activities.

Science

In Science, we will continue our Unit on Physical Science: Force, Motion, and Energy.  This week we will learn how Sound Energy comes from vibrations moving through something.  Sound energy is the result when a force, either sound or pressure, makes an object vibrate.
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Sunday, October 2, 2022

October 3rd - 7th

 

Calendar Dates

Thursday, October 6th - Early Release @ 12:30
Friday, October 7th - No School for Students / Parent Conferences
Monday, October 10th - No School for students or teachers
Friday, October 14th - TCE Color Run 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
(more info below)




Important Information:

Parent Conferences

We will be offering parent-teacher conferences on Thursday afternoon, October 6th and Friday, October 7th. This will be a chance for you to meet with your child's homeroom teacher about all of the amazing progress they've made so far this year! Click the links below to sign up for a conference with your homeroom teacher.

K1 Conference Link -Mrs. Torti 
K2 Conference Link - Mrs. Brehm
K3 Conference Link - Miss Rice

Library Books

I hope your child enjoyed their library book they checked out at our TCE Library last week! Please return library books every Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!

TCE Color Run

We are so excited for our TCE Color Run on Friday, October 14th! Our goal is to raise money for our school to go towards field day, field trip buses, classroom grants, and more! Our class will earn prizes for certain amounts of money that we raise. Check out the kindergarten prize chart below! 


Book Character Pumpkin Extravaganza 




Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter



Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue writing sentences in our journals! We will review how sentences begin with a capital letter, have spaces between words, and end with punctuation. We will start with "I like......" sentences and work towards adding more!

We will also learn another new SNAP word: "said."  So far we have learned 6 SNAP (high frequency words) Words.  They are: I, like, can, see, a, said.   Please practice and review these words at home too! 

Reader's Workshop:
We will continue our unit on rereading and looking closely at books to learn and notice more. We will practice sounding more like a storyteller when we are reading and rereading some of our favorite stories!
We will also read some fun books about FALL.

Phonics:
We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! We will also talk about and practice sorting letters, words, and sentences. We will discuss how letters make words and words make sentences.

At Parent / Teacher Conferences I will share with you the log in information for your child for two apps that use to help promote success in reading and phonics: Raz Kids and I Station! We have learned about both of these apps in class and will continue to practice using them.  Please feel free to check them out at home too!

Math

In Math this week, we will continue working on our numeracy skills! We will continue our focus on comparing numbers! We will learn vocabulary words like greater, more, less, fewer, and equal. We will be able to compare numbers, pictures, and sets of objects! We will also use two new apps (Khan Academy Kid and Boom Cards) to help us practice our comparing skills!


Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will begin a new Unit on Our Country, and Land We Love!  Students will learn about National Patriotic Holidays and understand important symbols, customs, and responsibilities that Americans celebrate. We will recite the United States Flag and Texas Flag which our state and national symbols.

Community Field Trips:  A big THANK -YOU to all our parents that were able to help with our Community Field Trips!  We could have not done this without you!!

Science

In Science, we begin a new Unit on Physical Science: Force, Motion, and Energy.  This week we will learn how Thermal Energy, Force, and Motion are related and are a part of our everyday life.  We will use our five senses as tools to explore different forms of energy (thermal, sound, light).
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Sunday, September 25, 2022

September 26th - 30th

Calendar Dates:


Thursday, September 29th - Kinder Community Helper Field Trips
Friday, September 30th - K2 Community Helper Field Trip 
Thursday, October 6th - Early Release @ 12:30
Friday, October 7th - No School for Students / Parent Conferences
Monday, October 10th - No School for students or teachers
Friday, October 14th - TCE Color Run 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
(more info coming soon from TCE PTO)


Important Information:

Community Helpers Field Trip

On September 29th and 30th, Kindergarten will be visiting the Cozby Public Library, the Coppell Fire Station, and the Coppell Police Department! A permission form went home last week. Please let us know if you need a new one! We would love to have lots of chaperones! If you can join us, please fill out the background check, and let your child's homeroom teacher know!

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!

Parent Conferences

We will be offering parent-teacher conferences on Thursday afternoon, October 6th and Friday, October 7th. This will be a chance for you to meet with your child's homeroom teacher about all of the amazing progress they've made so far this year! More info about signing up will be coming soon!

Library Books

I hope your child enjoyed their library book they checked out at our TCE Library last week! Please return library books every Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!



Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter


Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter




Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will begin writing sentences in our journals!  We will talk about how sentences begin with a capital letter, have spaces between words, and end with punctuation. We will start with "I like......" sentences and work towards adding more! 
We will also learn two new SNAP words! SNAP words are high frequency words that are found most commonly in English texts. We call them SNAP Words because we learn them so that we will know them in a SNAP!
This week we will learn the words: "see" (we didn't get to this one last week) and "a." 

Reader's Workshop:
We have begun using the app Raz Kids or Kids A to Z in our reading practice!  This is a great app to help your child find and read books on their level!  I will send home the log in cards this week so you can try it out at home if you have not already!  Students are able to listen to the story and then practice reading the story independently.   As the progress the app will ask them comprehension question about the story too! 
We will begin a new unit on rereading and looking closely at books to learn and notice more.  We will practice sounding more like a storyteller when we are reading and rereading some of our favorite stories! 
We will also read some fun books about APPLES and FALL. 

Phonics:
 We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! We will also talk about and practice sorting letters, words,  and sentences.   We will discuss how letters make words and words make sentences. 



Math

In Math this week, we will continue working on our numeracy skills! We will focus on comparing numbers! We will learn vocabulary words like greater, more, less, fewer, and equal. We will be able to compare numbers, pictures, and sets of objects! We will also use two new apps (Khan Academy Kid and Boom Cards) to help us practice our comparing skills! 


Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will complete our unit on Jobs in Home, School, and Community by visiting (walking) the Police Station, Fire Station, and Cozby Public Library next Thursday and Friday. Cant wait!!

I am so excited to introduce Time for Kids magazine to all our Kinder learners. This is a "News of the Week" article or interview for tomorrow's leaders and global citizens. It is a fun way to experience what is happening in our world and around us!

Science

In Science next week, we will complete our unit on Properties of Objects. We will make observations, record our findings, and discuss how materials can be changed when heating and cooling occur. For examples, what happens to chocolate chips when they are placed in the heat (sun)? then in the freezer? What other objects can change due to heat or cold?
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Sunday, September 18, 2022

September 19th - 23rd

Calendar Dates:

Monday, September 19th - PTO Meeting at 6 pm in the TCE Library
Wednesday, September 21st - CHS Homecoming Parade @ 6:30
Thursday, September 29th - Kinder Community Helper Field Trips
Thursday, October 6th - Early Release @ 12:30
Friday, October 7th - No School for Students / Teacher Workday
Monday, October 10th - No School for students or teachers
 

Important Information:

Community Helpers Field Trip

On September 29th and 30th, Kindergarten will be visiting the Cozby Public Library, the Coppell Fire Station, and the Coppell Police Department! A permission form went home last week.  Please let us know if you need a new one! We would love to have lots of chaperones! If you can join us, please fill out the background check at the link below and let your child's homeroom teacher know! 


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!



Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter




Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue telling our story in pictures! We will continue writing in our journals by adding the date at the bottom and illustrating our story at the top! We will work on adding more labels to our writing! We will label pictures with their beginning sounds, for example "sun" would be labeled with an "S."

We will also learn to new SNAP words! SNAP words are high frequency words that are found most commonly in English texts. We call them SNAP Words because we learn them so that we will know them in a SNAP!
This week we will learn the words: "can" and "see"

Reader's Workshop:
This week we will complete our unit called "We Are Storybook Readers." We will practice reading stories that we have made storybook favorites and we will use exact words from the stories and look for words we know!  We will work hard to find our SNAP Words (I, like, can, see)  in the books we are reading! 


Phonics:
This week we will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! Feel free to watch the video below with your child to hear how we correctly pronounce each sound! We will also learn how to use the app: Khan Academy Kids to help us with our letter sounds! 




Math

In Math this week, we will continue working on our numeracy skills! We will focus on representing numbers! We will learn that numbers can be represented in so many ways! We can use ten frames, pictures, dice, number bonds, number lines, and SO much more to represent our numbers! We will play many fun games, sing songs, and do lots of hand-on activities to practice representing numbers during Math Workshop!

Social Studies

We will continue our study on Rules, Laws and Authority Figures. We are so excited to get the opportunity to visit our Community Police & Fire Stations, and Public Library! A field trip permission form went home last week. Please return by Friday, September 23rd. We would love to have as many chaperones as possible. You can find the background check online form HERE!

Library: 
 I hope your child enjoyed their library book they checked out at our TCE Library last week! Please return library book on Monday so your child can get a new book to take home!


Science

We are continuing our unit on Properties. Next week we will focus on materials such as metal, wood, plastic, glass, fabric and cardboard. We have some new vocabulary words for the week - stiff, bendable, flexible, stretchy, and texture (the way in which a surface feels). Your child is welcome to take pictures (on their iPad ) of objects that have the properties we have studied. I would love for them to share with their class.
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

September 12th - 16th

Calendar Dates:

Tuesday, September 13th - Spring Creek BBQ Night 5-9pm (Lewisville)
Monday, September 19th - PTO Meeting at 6 pm in the TCE Library
Wednesday, September 21st - CHS Homecoming Parade 

Important Information

Spring Creek BBQ Night (Lewisville)


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

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!


Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter



Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter





Take a Peek at our Week

Language Arts

Writer's Workshop:
This week in Writer's Workshop we will continue telling our story in pictures! We will continue writing in our journals by adding the date at the bottom and illustrating our story at the top! We will also begin adding labels to our writing! We will label pictures with their beginning sounds, for example "sun" would be labeled with an "S."
We will also learn to new SNAP words! SNAP words are high frequency words that are found most commonly in English texts.  We call them SNAP Words because we learn them so that we will know them in a SNAP!  
This week we will learn the words: "I" and "like" 

Reader's Workshop:
This week we will begin a new unit called "We are Storybook Readers!" We will talk about how we can read and re-read books again and again to learn more of the story!  We will use the text "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" to practice our storybook reading! 


Phonics:
This week we will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent!  Feel free to watch the video below with your child to hear how we correctly pronounce each sound!   We practice this in class too! So far we have worked on the first 10 letters! We will add the rest this week! 




Math

In Math this week, we will continue working on our numeracy skills! We will focus on subitizing! Subitizing means to look at a structured arrangement and recognize how many are there, rather than counting. For example, when you roll a dice, you know when you land on a 6, rather than counting each of the dots individually! We will play many fun subitizing games, sing songs, and do lots of hand-on subitizing and counting activities during Math Workshop!



Social Studies

The next few weeks, we will continue our study about Rules in our school, Home, and Community. We will listen to books, videos, and write about rules.  We will learn the difference between a rule and a law and how rules and laws keep us safe.  

 

On Monday, September 12th, we will get to check out a book from our TCE Library!  Look in your child's backpack!  We will return book the following Monday, and get a new book to take home! 


Science

We will continue our unit on Properties of Objects by observing and recording properties of objects that are different in shape, color, and texture.  We will learn how materials can be combined together to make new objects. We learned this past week that some changes are permanent and some changes can be changed back so they are temporary.  Please ask your child to give you examples!
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