Thursday, February 15, 2024

February 19th - 23rd

Calendar

February 16th - No School


February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday


February 19th - No School - Bad Weather Make-Up Day


February 21st - Career & STEAM Dress-up Day

More information below!


February 23rd - Heart Hustle

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


February 26th - STEAM Night at Town Center

5:30-7:00 p.m. (gym and cafeteria)

Join us for a fun night of STEAM activities and demonstrations. We are partnering with the Perot Museum, and we hope to have you all join us.


February 27th - 2nd Grade CTT

Wear tennis shoes for the gym!


February 29th - Spring Picture Day

Class Pictures and Individual Pictures


March 7th - Open House @ 5:30 p.m.


March 8th - Spirit Rally @ 8:00 a.m.

March 8th - Early Release @ 12:30 p.m.


March 11th-15th - Spring Break - No School



Announcements

Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work 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:


Career & STEAM Dress Up Day

Heart Hustle


Second Grade Field Trip - KidZania

We have some exciting news in second grade! We are going on a FIELD TRIP to KidZania on Thursday, March 28th. While at KidZania we will explore immersive, hands-on, real-world jobs. Second grade LOVED this field trip last year and we’re excited to get to go again!! 


Thursday, January 25th, your child brought home a permission slip and letter outlining our field trip, including the cost and due date (March 1st). Due to KidZania policies restricting chaperone numbers, we will not take any parent chaperones on this field trip. Additional TCE teachers will join us to ensure all our learners' safety. KidZania is closed to outside guests on field trip days. This ensures the safety of all students and prohibits anyone from purchasing a ticket and entering as an outside guest. Please let us know if you have any questions. 



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 ensure 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.


Smart Watches
We have noticed that more and more of our students have begun wearing smartwatches to school, so we want 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. 


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 charger 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. If you have any photos you would like to share as you attend campus events, see below for information on uploading them to our committee.


What are we learning?

Math Workshop - In Math, learners will model, create, and describe contextual multiplication situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined. Learners will listen to a multiplication situation read aloud and create a corresponding model.
Reading Workshop - In Reading, learners will be able to determine the main idea of a story using the mentor text Looking at Lincoln. 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 letters about different parts of the books they are reading in book club.
Social Studies- In Social Studies, learners will be able to determine the main idea of a story using the mentor text Looking at Lincoln. 
Science - In Science, learners will identify the parts of a variety of animals and describe the purpose they serve.