Friday, September 8, 2023

September 11th - 15th

 

Calendar


September 7th-14th - Book Fair
Learners may shop before or after school (until 3:30) with an adult. Learners shopping independently, with money from home, will shop during recess. 

September 8th - Last Day to order spirit wear and Grade Level Shirts

September 21st  - Sonic Spirit Night 
5:00-8:00 p.m.

September 22nd - Game Night at TCE
Put on by our TCE Dad's Club - More information to come! 

September 29th - Fall Frolic Fun Run
During 2nd grade specials 9:15-10:05

Announcements

Curriculum Night

Thank you to all our families who were able to make it out to curriculum night! We loved sharing with you all that we are learning in second grade. If you were unable to make it, you can check out our presentation linked below. As always, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns. We are more than happy to help out and answer in any way that we can!

Shout out to our second-grade raffle winner! We loved this fun incentive our school put on for all our TCE families who joined us for curriculum night. 


Terrific Texans

Throughout the week our learners at TCE are working hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out in a positive way they are awarded a Terrific Texan. At the end of the week, there is a school-wide drawing and 3 winners are chosen from each grade level. Here's a photo of this week's winners!


Start With Hello

We are excited to launch Start with Hello Week at Town Center during September 18th to 22nd!

Program Overview

The Start With Hello program empowers students in grades K-12 to recognize loneliness and social isolation in their peers, offering effective strategies to reach out and help, and ways they can grow an empathetic and inclusive community. The program is designed around three goals that are accomplished using the program's framework and reinforced throughout the program cycle. 

Goals

The three goals of the Start With Hello program are to teach students how to:
- Recognize loneliness and social isolation in peers.
- Help their peers who may be lonely and/or socially isolated.
- Grow an empathetic and inclusive community. 

Program Framework

The goals are accomplished using our three-step program framework:
1. See Someone Alone: Learn how to recognize social isolation and loneliness.
2. Reach Out and Help: Learn the benefits of helping peers who are lonely or socially isolated as well as strategies to overcome challenges. 
3. Start With Hello: Learn ways to help peers who are lonely and socially isolated as well as help create a more connected and inclusive community. 

Check out the graphic below to learn more about how we will reinforce these skills at TCE this year! 💚


TCE Principal Newsletter

Each week Ms. Martin sends out her Town Center Principal Newsletter. Please make sure to check out all the important campus-wide announcements in the Principal Newsletter. 




What we are learning?

Math Workshop - In Math, learners will locate the position of a given whole number on an open number line and name a whole number that corresponds toa. specific point on a number line. Learners will also use an understanding of place value to say a number that is 10 more or 10 less than a given number up to 120. 

Reading Workshop - In Reading, learners continue learning strategies to help them grow as 2nd-grade readers and how to solve tricky words. In Phonics they will review more short/long vowels and silent e. 

Library Day is every Thursday! Please help your child remember to return their books so that they may check out new ones during our visit. 

Writing Workshop- In writing, learners will continue to revise and edit their narrative writing. 

Social Studies- In Social Studies, learners will begin a new unit on historical figures and how their contributions have shaped the community, state, and nation. They will begin to research and learn about important figures like Irma Rangel, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thurgood Marshall. 

Science - In Science, learners will justify the choice of materials they combined based on their physical properties.