April 3rd-7th

Calendar

March 31st - Field Trip Money & Permission Slips DUE

April 7th - No School - Bad Weather Day

April 9th - Last day to order a yearbook!

April 10th - No School - Student Holiday

April 11th - Second Grade Field Trip to KidZania

April 17th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 p.m. in the TCE Library

April 19th - 3rd-5th Grade Reading STAAR - No Visitors on Campus

April 25th - 5th Grade Science STAAR - No Visitors on Campus

April 28th - Sun Run

During Speicals - 2nd Grade @ 9:15 a.m.

May 2nd - 3rd-5th Grade Math STAAR - No Visitors on Campus

May 4th - TCE Spring Family Picnic 6:00-7:30

 

Announcements

2nd Grade Announcements

• OPT IN for Health Education for K-5 Students - Please see the information linked here about upcoming health education lessons. Please reach out to our campus Counselor, Kelly Matlock, if you have any questions. 

• May 6 Bond Election Information - Coppell ISD residents, who are registered to vote may cast a ballot in the May 6 Bond Election. Voters will be asked to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the $321.5 million bond measure on May 6. In accordance with state law, the bond referendum will be presented as four separate propositions. 

Campus-specific Bond project information detailing the projects each campus will receive is available here. 

Bond Informational Video: May 2023 Bond.

Learn more at https://www.coppellisd.com/bond.

• Yearbooks - Don't forget to buy this year's Town Center Yearbook! Pre-order your yearbook before April 10th at ybpay.lifetouch.com Yearbook ID Code: 14305223. As a reminder, yearbooks are NOT included in trail pass purchases. 

TCE PTO is also looking for your help in gathering photos for the Town Center Yearbook! They've set up an easy process for you to share your images from different campus or classroom events. We would love for all families to contribute their images so we can make sure we have equal representation from all grade levels and classrooms! Please use the following step-by-step directions to document or video to create a Lifetouch account and begin uploading your images now. Thank you!

• Mrs. McKinney's Maternity Leave - Mrs. McKinney's family welcomed their newest member on Friday, February 24th. Both mom and baby are doing well and the family is enjoying their newest member of the McKinney party of 5! As a reminder, Mrs. McKinney is out of the classroom on maternity leave and will return during the month of May. If you need assistance you can contact Laura Fairchild in the front office at 214-469-7800 or lfairchild@coppellisd.com. You may also reach out to Mrs. Bowman (abowman@coppellisd.com) or Mrs. Judd (hjudd@coppellisd.com). Thank you for all of your well-wishes toward Mrs. McKinney! 

What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math this week, learners will compose two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional solids with given properties or attributes. Learners can decompose two-dimensional shapes such as cutting a square from a rectangle, deciding a shape in half, or partitioning a rectangle into identical triangles and identifying the resulting geometric parts. Learners will also explain the process to decompose a two-dimensional shape by dividing it in half. 

Parent Resource Link - Classifying and Sorting Three-Dimensional Solids
Parent Resource Link - Creating Two-Dimensional Shapes
Parent Resource Link - Classifying and Sorting Polygons
Parent Resouce Link - Composing 2D shapes and 3D Solids
Parent Resouce Link - Decomposing Two-Dimensional Shapes

Reading Workshop - In Reading Workshop this week, learners will take their April iStation assessment. They will also be exploring the lesson/moral of a story using the mentor text Salt in His Shoes.

Writing Workshop- In Writing Workshop this week, learners continue in their nonfiction research/writing unit. They will look at how to gather information from illustrations, and how to get information from multiple books. 

Social Studies - In Social Studies this week, learners will trace the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product. 

Science - In Science this week, learners will identify the basic needs of a plant. 

We are collecting empty paper towels and toilet paper rolls for upcoming projects in science. We would love to have your recycled cardboard rolls as you use these items at home! 

March 27th-31st

Calendar

March 27th - Sonic PTO Fundraiser 

@ Sonic on Denton Tap from 5:00-8:00 p.m.

March 31st - Shamrock Shuffle 

During Speicals - 2nd Grade @ 9:15 a.m.

March 31st - Field Trip Money & Permission Slips DUE

April 7th - No School - Bad Weather Day

April 9th - Last day to order a yearbook!

April 10th - No School - Student Holiday

April 11th - Second Grade Field Trip to KidZania

 

Announcements

2nd Grade Announcements

• OPT IN for Health Education for K-5 Students - Please see the information linked here about upcoming health education lessons. The due date to OPT IN is TODAY, Friday, March 24th. Please reach out to our campus Counselor, Kelly Matlock, if you have any questions. 

• Sonic Night - Monday, March 27th from 5:00-8:00. See flyer below for details! 

• Yearbooks - Don't forget to buy this year's Town Center Yearbook! Pre-order your yearbook before April 10th at ybpay.lifetouch.com Yearbook ID Code: 14305223. As a reminder, yearbooks are NOT included in trail pass purchases. 

TCE PTO is also looking for your help in gathering photos for the Town Center Yearbook! They've set up an easy process for you to share your images from different campus or classroom events. We would love for all families to contribute their images so we can make sure we have equal representation from all grade levels and classrooms! Please use the following step-by-step directions to document or video to create a Lifetouch account and begin uploading your images now. Thank you!

• Mrs. McKinney's Maternity Leave - Mrs. McKinney's family welcomed their newest member on Friday, February 24th. Both mom and baby are doing well and the family is enjoying their newest member of the McKinney party of 5! As a reminder, Mrs. McKinney is out of the classroom on maternity leave and will return during the month of May. If you need assistance you can contact Laura Fairchild in the front office at 214-469-7800 or lfairchild@coppellisd.com. You may also reach out to Mrs. Bowman (abowman@coppellisd.com) or Mrs. Judd (hjudd@coppellisd.com). Thank you for all of your well wishes toward Mrs. McKinney! 

• 2nd Grade Field Trip - Second Grade will be going on a field trip to KidZania on Tuesday, April 11th. The learners will explore immersive hands-on, real-world jobs in diverse fields that align with our second-grade TEKS. This field trip will allow our second graders to engage in role-play and participate in realistic experiences. 

We will be leaving school around 9:00 AM. We won't be arriving back to school until around 2:00 PM. Lunch will be provided by KidZania and will consist of 2 slices of cheese pizza from Pie5, apple slices, and a choice of juice or water per student. 

The cost of the field trip is $19.00 including admission to KidZania and lunch. The permission slip sent home needs to be signed and returned with cash only by Friday, March 31st. All parts of the permission slip need to be filled out for your child to participate in our field trip. We ask that you send exactly $19.00, as change will not be given. 

KidZania is limiting the number of chaperones to a total of 15 (5 per class). If you would like to chaperone, please email your child's homeroom teacher by Friday, March 10th. If we have more interest than the number of chaperone spots available, we will be doing a drawing. The cost of a chaperone's admission to KidZania is $10.00, but please do not send in your money until you have been notified that you will be chaperoning. You will need to take your own car or carpool to KidZania. If you are planning on chaperoning, please remember that younger siblings are not able to attend the field trip with us. If you have any questions, please contact your child's homeroom teacher. All chaperones MUST have a CISD Background Check for the 2022-2023 school year filled out no later than Friday, March 24th to chaperone. 

What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math this week, learners classify and sort three-dimensional solids, including spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes as a special rectangular prism), and triangular prisms, based on attributes and describe them to a classmate using formal geometric language. 

Parent Resource Link - Classifying and Sorting Three-Dimensional Solids
Parent Resource Link - Creating Two-Dimensional Shapes
Parent Resource Link - Classifying and Sorting Polygons
Parent Resouce Link - Composing 2D shapes and 3D Solids
Parent Resouce Link - Decomposing Two-Dimensional Shapes

Reading Workshop - In Reading Workshop this week, learners will make connections using the mentor text Catching the Moon. They will also revisit making an inference using clues in a text. 

Writing Workshop- In Writing Workshop this week, learners will begin a nonfiction research writing unit on a topic of their choice. Over the next few weeks, they will conduct research and work on drafting, revising, and editing their writing. 

Social Studies - In Social Studies this week, learners will learn about how people earn, spend, and save money in real-world contexts. 

Science - In Science this week, learners will describe the unique stages that insects go through during their life cycle. 

We are collecting empty paper towels and toilet paper rolls for upcoming projects in science. We would love to have your recycled cardboard rolls as you use these items at home! 

March 6th - 10th

 

Calendar

March 6th-10th - Spring Book Fair

March 9th - Open House 5:30-6:30 PM

March 10th - Field Trip Chaperone emails DUE

March 10th - FULL Day of School

Bad Weather Make-up!

March 13th-17th - Spring Break - No School

March 20th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 PM TCE Library

March 24th - Shamrock Shuffle 

During Speicals - 2nd Grade @ 9:15 a.m.

March 31st - Field Trip Money & Permission Slips DUE

April 11th - Second Grade Field Trip to KidZania

 

Announcements

2nd Grade Announcements

• Mrs. McKinney's Maternity Leave - Mrs. McKinney's family welcomed their newest member on Friday, February 24th. Both mom and baby are doing well and the family is enjoying their newest member of the McKinney party of 5! As a reminder, Mrs. McKinney is out of the classroom on maternity leave and will return during the month of May. If you need assistance you can contact Laura Fairchild in the front office at 214-469-7800 or lfairchild@coppellisd.com. You may also reach out to Mrs. Bowman (abowman@coppellisd.com) or Mrs. Judd (hjudd@coppellisd.com). Thank you for all of your well wishes toward Mrs. McKinney! 

• 2nd Grade Field Trip - Second Grade will be going on a field trip to KidZania on Tuesday, April 11th. The learners will explore immersive hands-on, real-world jobs in diverse fields that align with our second-grade TEKS. This field trip will allow our second graders to engage in role-play and participate in realistic experiences. 

We will be leaving school around 9:00 AM. We won't be arriving back to school until around 2:00 PM. Lunch will be provided by KidZania and will consist of 2 slices of cheese pizza from Pie5, apple slices, and a choice of juice or water per student. 

The cost of the field trip is $19.00 including admission to KidZania and lunch. The permission slip sent home needs to be signed and returned with cash only by Friday, March 31st. All parts of the permission slip need to be filled out for your child to participate in our field trip. We ask that you send exactly $19.00, as change will not be given. 

KidZania is limiting the number of chaperones to a total of 15 (5 per class). If you would like to chaperone, please email your child's homeroom teacher by Friday, March 10th. If we have more interest than the number of chaperone spots available, we will be doing a drawing. The cost of a chaperone's admission to KidZania is $10.00, but please do not send in your money until you have been notified that you will be chaperoning. You will need to take your own car or carpool to KidZania. If you are planning on chaperoning, please remember that younger siblings are not able to attend the field trip with us. If you have any questions, please contact your child's homeroom teacher. All chaperones MUST have a CISD Background Check for the 2022-2023 school year filled out no later than Friday, March 24th to chaperone. 

• Spring Book Fair Volunteers - We are looking forward to our Spring Scholastic Book Fair on March 6th-10th! PTO is in need of volunteers who can help during the 1-2 hour shifts. Please sign-up if you are available. Thank you! TCE PTO

As a reminder, you must have a CISD Background Check on file for the 2022-2023 school year in order to volunteer at the Book Fair. 

Book Fair Sign-Up Linked Here

• Yearbook Photos  - TCE PTO is looking for your help in gathering photos for the Town Center Yearbook! They've set up an easy process for you to share your images from different campus or classroom events. We would love for all families to contribute their images so we can make sure we have equal representation from all grade levels and classrooms! Please use the following step-by-step directions to document or video to create a Lifetouch account and begin uploading your images now. Thank you!

What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math this week, learners will continue to model, create, and describe contextual division situations in which a set of concrete objects is separated into equivalent sets. Learners will listen to a division situation read aloud and create a corresponding model. 

Parent Resource Link - Modeling, Creating, and Describing Contextualized Division Situations

Reading Workshop - In Reading Workshop this week, learners will explore character feelings using the mentor text Library Lion.

Writing Workshop- In Writing Workshop this week, learners will conclude their narrative writing mini-uint. In Grammar, learners will explore abbreviations and idioms. 

Social Studies - In Social Studies this week, learners will be able to identify ways in which people are both producers and consumers. 

Science - In Science this week, learners will identify the parts of a variety of animals and describe the purpose they serve. 

We are collecting empty paper towels and toilet paper rolls for upcoming projects in science. We would love to have your recycled cardboard rolls as you use these items at home!