First Grade Blog 2024-2025: November 11

Calendar

November 11-15 - Custom and Tradition Posters can be brought to school.

November 11 - Veterans Day Ceremony 8:15 am (wear red, white, or blue)- Parents welcome!

November 15 - TCE Dad's Club Game Night 5:00-7:00

November 19 - Chipotle Spirit Night

November 22 - Turkey Trot Run during specials (12:30 - 1:20) Parents welcome!

November 25 - 29 - NO SCHOOL for Thanksgiving Break

*****PLEASE NOTE THAT WE MADE A MISTAKE IN THE CALENDAR IN THE GREEN FOLDER. THANKSGIVING BREAK IS NOT THE WEEK OF THE 18- 22. THANKSGIVING BREAK IS THE WEEK OF THE 25 - 29

Weekly Announcements

As the temperature gets cooler we are seeing a lot of jackets for recess. Please write your child's name in the tag of the jacket in case it gets lost or left at recess. Thank you!

Lion's Club

Each year the Lion's Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year the Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 100 families for children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lion's Club, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. If your family would benefit from a holiday basket and toys from the Lion's Club, please complete THIS FORM and return it to TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, by Friday, December 6th. Email kmatlock@coppellisd.com if you would like a paper copy sent home.

Metrocrest Services

Metrocrest Services provides two seasonal support options for families:

The Thanksgiving Food program provides holiday favorites such as turkey, dressing, and food to help you and your family during the Thanksgiving holiday break.
The Holiday program makes the holiday season a little brighter by allowing parents to go to our holiday store and choose unwrapped toys for their children. In addition, participants can pick up non-perishable food and winter coats for the family.

To register, complete an application HERE.

Great Questions to Ask Your Child This Week

What are some things you are thankful for?
Can you explain what a fact family is?
Who is your reading partner in language arts?

What Will We Be Learning Next Week?

Language Arts

Phonics - Next week we will not have a spelling pretest or a test since we will be reviewing past spelling rules. We will review our short and long vowels as well as blends and digraphs.

Reading - Next week we will begin our unit of traditional tales. We will identify elements of genre in a traditional tale.

Writing - We will do some "thankful" writing to celebrate the upcoming holiday.

Math

We will explore patterns on a 100 chart. Our practice will focus on identifying a number that is 10 more or 10 less than a specified number, along with finding 1 more and 1 less. Additionally, we will continue to break down numbers in various ways and refine our addition and subtraction strategies.

Math games using a deck of card

Addition War: Similar to the classic card game War, each player flips over two cards and adds the values together. The player with the highest sum wins that round and takes the cards. If there's a tie, continue drawing cards until there's a winner.
Make Ten: Lay out nine cards face up. Players take turns picking pairs of cards that add up to ten. If a player can't make ten, they draw a card from the deck and replace one on the table. The game ends when no more pairs can be made, and the player with the most pairs wins.

Number Practice

Help your child practice counting to 120 by ones, twos, fives and 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!

Fun math videos to watch with your child:

Science

We will continue to study different bodies of water. Students will learn that Earth has different bodies of water that can be described by their properties and their locations. They also will learn the importance of conserving natural resources, such as water, and describe methods to do so.

Social Studies

Students will understand that people celebrate customs, holidays, and celebrations. They will also be able to describe that traditions, customs, and holidays evolve from other cultures and generations. We are continuing to learn by gathering information about a topic using a variety of valid oral and visual sources such as interviews, music, pictures, symbols, and artifacts. Therefore, when reading at home it is helpful to ask comprehension questions to begin to show them that we learn important information when we read.

Reminder that our Tradition and Customs Posters are due on Friday, November 15th! Feel free to reach out to Mrs. Brown with any questions!

Great Information

To Know For The Year

School begins at 7:40. If your child arrives after 7:40 they will need to go to the office and receive a tardy pass. Please make sure your child arrives in the building before 7:40 each day.

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

Partner reading has begun! We love sharing our love of books with partners!