March 24 - 28

Calendar

March 17-21 - SPRING BREAK (no school)

March 25 - Spring Creek BBQ Fundraiser (new date - see below)

March 28 - Report cards emailed home

April 11th - TCE Family Picnic and TCE Birthday Celebration 5:30 - 7:30pm

April 18 - No School 

April 21 - No School (weather day)

April 25th - Fun Run during specials (12:30 - 1:20)

April 28th - SAVE THE DATE!!!!  First grade is going on a field trip to the Dallas Zoo and we will be looking for chaperones.  We hope you can join us!  More information will be coming home after spring break.

Weekly  Announcements 

If you plan on chaperoning for our zoo field trip you will need a current background check on file. It is important to note that this process can take up to 2 weeks. 

Please click here or scan the QR code below to complete the district background check form. If you have any questions about this process the office is more than happy to help you troubleshoot.

What Will We Be Learning After Spring Break?

Language Arts  

When we return from spring break we will take a look at synonyms and antonyms and learn how they can enhance our writing. We will also pick spelling back up with our first dipthong /ow/. In reading we will continue to discover non-fiction books and challenge our brains to learn new information as we read.  During silent reading we will be in our new reading levels and will fill our book bags with more challenging books!  We are readers!

Math

Learners will classify and sort regular and irregular 2D shapes—including circles, triangles, rectangles, squares (as special rectangles), rhombuses, and hexagons.

Science

Learners will begin to study different types of habitats. We will compare the weather, animals, location and more. 

Social Studies

Learners will jump into learning about financial literacy. We will talk about budgeting, saving, and spending. This topic ties in nicely with what learners have been doing with Ms. Sork in math. 

 

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. 

Pics from the Week

Congrats to our 3rd grading period Top Texans!  We are proud of you!! 

Contraction matching with friends! 

We can count a group of coins!  

Town Center raised over $18,000 for the American Heart Association!!!  Looks like Coach Hayes had quite a few first grade slime winners! 

A fierce game of Battleship and popcorn!  We can't think of a better way to end this grading period! 

What a fun way to end our food chain unit! Students got to use scratch jr to create food chains and code them to have movement!