Calendar
March 10 - 14 - TCE Book Fair in the library
March 13 - Open House 5:30 - We hope you can come so we can show off our hard work!
March 14 - Popcorn Day - please send in $1 for a school wide popcorn treat
March 17-21 - SPRING BREAK (no school)
March 25 - Spring Creek BBQ Fundraiser (new date)
March 28 - Report cards emailed home
Weekly Announcements
TCE is having a popcorn treat on Friday, March 14th. Please send in $1 with your child if they would like a popcorn treat!
Note from our counselor, Ms. Matlock
Town Center's Family Social Emotional Literacy Library
Town Center has an exciting resource for families! We now have an entire resource library focused on Social and Emotional skill development. Themes are divided into 5 categories: Understanding Myself, Managing Myself, Respecting Others, Building Relationships, and Making Decisions.
View the titles here: TCE's Family Literacy Library Titles. Then, select the topic that interests you and complete this form to Request a Family Book Bag. Corresponding conversation starters to help facilitate discussions at home will also be included in the book bag. Books and discussion questions may be kept for two weeks and then returned to Kelly Matlock, TCE's counselor. Please email kmatlock@coppellisd.com with any questions.
Language Arts
We will spend the week reading and writing non-fiction text. We are getting so good at learning to look at all the parts of a book to gather information (table of contents, titles, subtitles, glossary, index, pictures, labels, etc.). I will also finish up assessing for report cards. Can you believe the 3rd grading period is upon us? We will also be putting the finishing touches on Open House projects. We can't wait to share our work with you!
Math
Learners will demonstrate their understanding of money by representing various amounts with two different combinations of coins. For instance, $0.53 can be expressed as 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickel, and 3 pennies, or 5 dimes and 3 pennies.
Engaging in coin-counting activities at home can be both enjoyable and educational for children. Here are some ideas to help kids enhance their money skills:
- Coin Sorting Challenge: Gather a variety of coins and encourage children to sort them into groups by value. After sorting, they can count each group and document the total value.
- Coin Matching Game: Create a set of cards featuring different coin combinations alongside their corresponding values. Challenge children to pair the coin combinations with the correct value cards.
- Coin Exchange Bank: Establish a pretend bank where kids can exchange various coin combinations for equivalent values. For instance, if they have 5 nickels, encourage them to trade for a quarter.
- Money Math Story Problems: Write simple story problems that involve coins and ask children to solve them. For example, "If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, what is the total amount of money you have?"
Thank you for your continuous support at home; it truly makes a significant impact!
Science
Learners will review all topics from our living and nonliving unit and we will end the week with a unit assessment.
Social Studies
- 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.
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