Friday, January 19, 2024

January 22nd-26th

 

Calendar

January 29th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.

All parents welcome; Location: TCE Library

January 30th - 2nd Grade CTT

Wear tennis shoes for the gym!

February 9th - PTO Valentines Dance

More information below!

February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday

February 13th - 2nd Grade CTT

Wear tennis shoes for the gym!

February 14th - Class Valentines Day Party @ 2:00 p.m.

All visitors must check in at the front office.

February 16th - No School

February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday

February 19th - Bad Weather Make-Up Day

No school on this day unless it is used to make up for a bad weather school cancellation day.

February 23rd - Heart Hustle

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

February 27th - 2nd Grade CTT

Wear tennis shoes for the gym!

February 29th - Spring Picture Day

Class Pictures and Individual Pictures



Announcements

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.
Congratulations to our Terrific Texans this week:



Smart Watches
We have noticed that more and more of our students have begun wearing smartwatches to school, so we want to take a minute to be clear about expectations for those devices. 

Students are not permitted to communicate on their personal devices during the school day. (The same rule applies to their iPads.) This includes parents. Additionally, smartwatches are only to be used to tell time during the day. Please help us in reinforcing this expectation.  If you need to contact your son/daughter during the day, please email your child's teacher or call the front office. 

We have talked about these expectations with the students. We've let them know that if they are using their smart watch, cell phone, or other personal devices to communicate (or use any additional feature beyond telling time), they will receive one warning. After that one warning, we will ask for those devices to stay at home. 


Tennis Shoes for PE & Extended Specials Day (CTT)

Second-grade specials are split into color houses. Red folders have a schedule of your child's color house specials rotation. Please help make sure that your child wears appropriate shoes on PE days and Move & Groove (Fridays). Additionally, every other Tuesday second grade has extended specials during CTT. The dates are outlined for the remainder of the year below. Thank you for your help in making sure your child is safely dressed for the gym! 


2nd Grade CTT Dates for 2024: January 30th, February 13th, February 27th, March 19th, April 2nd, April 16th, April 30th, May14th



Valentines Dance

PTO Site - Buy Tickets Online Here


iPad Reminders

We use our iPads at some point each day as an important learning tool in the classroom. Please help us in making sure that your child's iPad is charged each night to 100%! We understand that life happens; if your child does not charge their iPad, please send their charge with them to school. We do not have additional chargers in the classroom. 


Yearbooks for Sale
Our yearbook sale is now open! Each year we have a Town Center Yearbook that highlights photos from every class, school events, and staff. It is a great item to look back on memories from the year, and we even have a yearbook signing party in May. If you want to purchase a yearbook, please see the graphic below for the different options. As a reminder, the TCE Yearbook cost WAS NOT included in the TCE Trail Pass. If you would like a yearbook for your child(ren), purchase it using the website link below.

Our yearbook committee would also love your help submitting photos for the yearbook. As you attend campus events, if you have any photos you would like to share, see below for information on uploading them to our committee.

What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math, learners will determine the number that is 10 or 100 more or 10 or 100 less than a given number up to 1,200. Learners will also represent whole numbers as distances from any given point on a number line. Learners will explain to a classmate how they decide where to place a given point on a number line.
Reading Workshop - In Reading, learners will create summaries using the mentor text Snow Day. They will also compare and contrast Snow Day to Brave Irene. In Phonics learners will identify and use compound words. 
Don’t forget your library books! Each Thursday we go to the library to read. Make sure to bring your books back so you can return and check out new books each week! 
Writing Workshop- In writing, learners will write poems using different structures.
Social Studies- In Social Studies, learners will continue in our unit on maps and will create a map of their community. 
Science - In Science, learners will utilize weather data and seasonal information to make choices.