Calendar
October 9 - Picture Retakes
End of First Grading Period
October 10 - 9 week spirit assembly 8:00am. If you are attending, please come early so you can check in the office before the assembly starts.
October 11 - NO SCHOOL/Parent Teacher Conferences
October 14 - No School
October 18 - TCE Color Run 5:30 - 7:00pm - Don't forget to register through PTO! Click here to access the PTO website to register, donate to the fundraiser, and order food for your family. Please do that by Oct. 11.
October 18 - Report Cards Sent Home
October 21 - 25 - Red Ribbon Week - information on dress up days coming soon!
Oct. 25 - Jack-o-lantern Jog during specials (12:30 - 1:20). Parents are welcome!
Oct. 31 - Just a quick note to remind everyone that TCE does NOT dress up in costumes for school.
Weekly Announcements
- A parent teacher conference link was sent to your email via parent square last week. If you did not receive the link, please reach out to your child's homeroom teacher. Parent Teacher Conferences are October 11th.
St. Ann’s Catholic Parish is once again sponsoring Thanksgiving basket deliveries (or a pickup option at St Ann’s Church if you prefer). This program provides families in need with a complete Thanksgiving dinner for the entire family. The baskets will be delivered to your home the weekend before Thanksgiving, so it is critically important that an adult representing the family be at the home between the hours of Noon and 4PM on Sunday, November 24th, 2024. The deadline to sign up for a basket is October 22nd, 2024.
Please fill out this form with all information requested. Please contact Nurse Crenshaw if you have any questions. kcrenshaw@coppellisd.com
- Who do you play with at recess? What do you and your friends like to do at recess?
- Do you like to bring your lunch or buy your lunch?
- Can you tell me the short sounds that all of the vowels make and think of words that have those short vowels in them?
Language Arts
- Phonics - Next week will begin our study of long vowels using silent /e/. We are also working on blending sounds to make a word (CCVC and CVCC and CVCe) and segment words into individual phonemes (CCVC and CVCC and CVCe). c=consonant, v=vowel, e=silent e.
- Reading - Next week we will talk about predictions in a story. We can tell a lot by looking at the title, the cover, and doing a book walk before we read the book. This is important for making predictions and building vocabulary when reading. When you are reading a book at home, have your child show you how to do a book walk before you read. Your child should be able to read our first set of first grade snap words in a "snap". Our words are: here, went, said, run, let, say, then, saw, they, but, us, his, yes.
- Writing - Next week we will begin a new writing unit on writing reviews. We write reviews in order to persuade the reader. We will talk about what a good review needs in order to persuade the reader.
Math
We will keep exploring various methods to tackle problems, including using number lines, creating visual models, and decomposing numbers into tens and ones. Please keep supporting your child at home with their math skills, as it truly makes a significant impact.
Math Take-Home Activity
These activities can be done during a walk, in the car, at bedtime—anytime! Have fun with your child and be amazed by what they know about numbers!
Number Practice
Help your child practice counting to 120 by ones and by tens to reinforce their number skills! Let's work together to build a strong foundation in math that will help us in all areas of life. Happy counting!
Play "Guess My Number"!
Below are some suggestions, but feel free to come up with your own clues:
- I am thinking of an even number. It is greater than 17 and less than 19. What number am I thinking of?
- I am thinking of a number with 2 tens and 3 ones. What number am I thinking of?
- I am thinking of a number that is 10 more than 22. What number am I thinking of?
Enjoy guessing and creating your own clues!
Fun math videos to watch with your child:
Science
- heat-a condition of being warm or hot
- energy- the ability to do work
- melt-to change a substance from solid to liquid
- cool-to lose heat
- reverse-to change something to an opposite state
- States of Matter- determining if an object is a solid, liquid, or gas by observing characteristics.
- vote
- ballot
- election
- Please make sure to look at your child's daily behavior calendar. Our goal is for the children to color in the day with the appropriate behavior. Many times, the children forget. If it is not colored, please assume it is a great day. If you see a teacher comment, we would love for you to have a conversation with your child about what happened to receive the comment. Please know many warnings were given before a comment was written. :-)
- Please review and take out all papers from their take-home folder each day.
Teacher Emails
The best way to get in touch with your teacher is by email. Please email the teacher that can best answer the subject of your question. If it is a general question, please email your homeroom teacher.
1A Mrs. Vincenzo (language arts teacher) lvincenzo@coppellisd.com
1B Mrs. Brown (science and social studies teacher) ebrown@coppellisd.com
1C Mrs. Sork (math teacher) msork@coppellisd.com
School Lunches
District guidelines limit lunchroom visitors at the elementary level to parents, immediate family members with written permission from a parent, and campus mentors. Immediate family members are defined as the student’s parents/step-parents, siblings, grandparents, or any person residing in the home. A parent can list the person(s) who have permission to have lunch for the entire school year. If anyone other than the parent(s) listed as guardians in our district e-school system is eating with the child, we will need written documentation of your approval. Please fill out a form in the office for any visitors other than who is listed as guardians in your child's record.
Dismissal
If you change the way your child goes home at the end of the day, please email your teacher. Children will be sent home their "usual" way unless we hear directly from a parent. Also, please make sure that the teacher has responded to your email to ensure that we got the message. If you don't hear back from your teacher, please call the office to let them know about dismissal changes.
Birthday Treats
We will celebrate your child’s birthday with a spotlight on our daily school-wide announcements and a goody bag from the school that contains several items, including a coupon for a free treat in the cafeteria. If you choose to send birthday food treats to school, they will need to be store bought and in their original packaging that lists the ingredients. Please send the treats to our school nurse. She will look over the ingredients and then deliver them to your child's homeroom class. These treats will be eaten at school. Please have all treats brought to school first thing in the morning.
Volunteering
If you think you would like to volunteer at TCE this year, please fill out the volunteer background check. The sooner the better! You can find information about how to fill out the form and the actual form on our TCE webpage. This needs to be done each. year. You will need a background check to help in the classroom, field trips, field day, etc.
Photos From The Week
Math in action!
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