November 28th - December 2nd

Calendar Dates

November 28th - December 13th

Canned Food Drive / Toy Drive (benefitting Coppell Lion's Club)

December 2nd - Reindeer Run

Kindergarten @ 1:20 p.m. on TCE Track

December 9th - Early Release @ 12:30

December 15th - Winter Parties @ 2:00

December 16th - Early Release @ 12:30

December 19th - January 2nd - Winter Break

January 3rd - School Resumes

Important Information:

Canned Food / Toy Drive

Reindeer Run

Friday, December 2nd @ 1:20 p.m.

Lion's Club

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

Last Call!

5th Grade Service Learning Project

Deadline is November 30th

Library Books

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

Library Volunteers

Interested in volunteering in our TCE Library? Mrs. Mancuso would love to have you! If you are interested, please use the sign ups below to sign up for a time to volunteer:

November Sign Up

December Sign Up

Click HERE to be sure you have filled out a background check in order to volunteer!

Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter

Parent Newsletter Linked Here!

Ms. Matlock's Counselor Newsletter

Counselor Newsletter Linked Here!

Scientist of the Week: 

K1 - Insiya

K2 - Molly

K3 - Sloane

November 14th - 18th

Calendar Dates

November 15th - Spirit Night at Chipotle

November 18th - Turkey Trot During Specials (Parents Welcome @ 1:20)

November 21st - 25th - No School for Thanksgiving Break!

Important Information:

Library Books

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

Library Volunteers

Interested in volunteering in our TCE Library? Mrs. Mancuso would love to have you! If you are interested, please use the sign ups below to sign up for a time to volunteer:

November Sign Up

December Sign Up

Click HERE to be sure you have filled out a background check in order to volunteer!

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!

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 our journal writing and also be working on writing about things we are THANKFUL for! Look for your child's "Thankful Journal" to come home on Friday to see all the things they are thankful for!

Reader's Workshop:

We will continue our unit on becoming SUPER READERS!! We will begin to learn about strategies readers can use to help them become better readers! We will practice reading leveled books and use Razz Kids to help us practice our reading super powers!

So far we have three super powers:
Pointer Power

Slider Power (sounding out words)

SNAP Word Power 

Phonics:

We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent!

We will get one new word this week: "little"

After that, we will review the 15 SNAP words we have learned so far! 

Math

In Math this week, we will begin learning about composing and decomposing numbers! This means we will learn that numbers can be made and broken a part in many different ways! For example, the number 5 can be made up of 2 and 3, but it can also be made up of 4 and 1, or 5 and 0! This is a foundational math skill that will help us with our future addition and subtraction skills! 

Social Studies

Thank you wonderful Parents for having your child participate in our Veterans Day Program.  It was GREAT!! This week in Social Studies, we will be learning about being Thankful, Turkeys, and Thanksgiving!  

LOOK for information coming home this week about our Family Traditions! 

Science

This week in Science, we will learn about recognizable patterns in the natural world.  We will recognize what kinds of objects can be seen in the sky in the day or at night, and observe and describe objects in the sky such as the clouds, Moon, and stars, including the sun.

November 7th - 11th

Calendar Dates

November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony at 8:15

November 15th - Spirit Night at Chipotle

November 18th - Turkey Trot During Specials (Parents Welcome @ 1:20)

November 21st - 25th - No School for Thanksgiving Break

Important Information:

Library Books

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

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!

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 our journal writing and also be working on writing about things we are THANKFUL for!  I love this time of year and the students writing is really taking off! They are doing such a great job! 

Reader's Workshop:

We will begin a new unit on becoming SUPER READERS!! We will begin to learn about strategies readers can use to help them become better readers! We will practice reading leveled books and use Razz Kids to help us practice our reading super powers! 

Phonics:

We will continue focusing on the common sounds that letters represent! 

We will also get two more high frequency words:  "am" and "the."

So far we have learned 12 Words!  Please review and practice these words at home too! 

Math

In Math this week, we will continue our review of comparing numbers! We will use vocabulary words like greater than, less than, and equal to compare objects, pictures, and numbers. We will also be able to represent those vocabulary words by building sets that are greater, less, and equal. This week, we will learn about using a number line as a math tool for comparing numbers. We will also focus on identifying one more and one less than a number. 

Social Studies

This upcoming week in Social Studies, we will be learning all about Veterans day and how much we appreciate our Veterans and their services! Kindergarten will be participating in the Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11th at 8:15 a.m. We will be practicing all week!

Please have your child wear the following color(s) to school on Friday for our program.

K3 (Rice) - Wear Red

K1 (Torti) - Wear White

K2 (Brehm) - Wear Blue

Science

To close out our unit on Force, Motion and Energy, we will take what we have learned about "how things move" to experience and learn about magnets. While using our magnetic science tools, we will explore the interactions between magnets and other objects.

Great job to this week's scientists!

K1 - Nathaniel

K2 -Abheet

K3-Jamie

October 31st - November 4th

Calendar Dates

November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony at 8:00

November 21st - 25th - No School for Thanksgiving Break

Important Information:

Library Books

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

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!

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 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!

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. This week we will focus and review comparing numbers! We will use vocabulary words like greater than, less than, and eqaul to compare objects, pictures, and numbers. We will also be able to represent those vocabulary words by building sets that are greater, less, and equal. We will get to use some extra fun coding tools (BeeBots) to help us represent this week, too! 

Social Studies

In Social Studies this week, we will learn about the contributions of two historical figures Jose Antonio Navarro and Stephen F. Austin.  We will work on chronological order for our daily routines, and birthdays.  We will continue to work on our handwriting skills!  So proud of all our Kinder friends writing their name correctly.

Science

This week in Science, we will observe if things move in a straight line, curved line or even a zig zag line. Along with learning about how things move, we will also use relative location to describe their objects location. Some of our vocabulary words we will use are: back and forth, fast and slow, straight line, zig zag,  behind, below, besides, in front of, location and position. We will use some of our playground equipment to record our findings.  

 

Great job to this week's scientists!

K1 -

K2 -

Chloe 

K3 - 

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

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 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

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

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 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.

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

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 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.