November 11th - TCE Veterans Day Ceremony 8:15 - More details below
November 12th - Mrs. Wood's Birthday
November 15th - Town Center Family Game Night @ 6:00-8:00 p.m. - More details below & Family Friday Lunch - 2nd grade @ 11:30
November 19th - Chipotle Spirit Night - More details to come!
November 22nd - Turkey Trot - 2nd grade @ 9:15 a.m. (Parents are invited to attend) & Family Friday Lunch - 2nd grade @ 11:30 a.m.
November 25th-29th - No School - Thanksgiving Break
December 6th - Family Friday Lunch - 2nd grade @ 11:30
December 13th - Reindeer Run - 2nd grade @ 9:15 a.m. (Parents are invited to attend) & Family Friday Lunch - 2nd grade @ 11:30 a.m.
December 19th - Class Winter Parties @ 2:00 - Parents are invited to attend!
December 20th - No School - Staff Workday
December 23rd - January 6th - No School - Winter Break
Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out for exhibiting our character trait of the week 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.
Character Trait of the Week
Week of November 11th:
Veterans Day Ceremony
We are excited to celebrate our veterans on Friday, November 11th at 8:15 a.m. To plan for seating and reception items, please let us know if you have any family members or friends who are veterans and will be in attendance. We look forward to our veterans joining us! Click here to RSVP any veterans who plan on attending. **Regular visitor check-in procedures will apply to everyone visiting our school that day. Please bring in your ID and check in through our front office. We encourage you to arrive by 8:00 am. to allow time for check-in.
TCE Socks - The Last Day to Order is November 8th
Family Game Night - November 15th
Mark your calendar for our Family Game Night hosted by our Dads and Dudes. A free event open to all families. Click here to register for our Town Center Game Night!
Turkey Trot
Lions Club
Each year the Lion's Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year the Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 100 families for children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lion's Club, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. If your family would benefit from a holiday basket and toys from the Lion's Club, please complete THIS FORM and return it to TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, by Friday, December 6th. Email kmatlock@coppellisd.com if you would like a paper copy sent home.
Metrocrest Services
Metrocrest Services provides two seasonal support options for families:
- The Thanksgiving Food program provides holiday favorites such as turkey, dressing, and food to help you and your family during the Thanksgiving holiday break.
- The Holiday program makes the holiday season a little brighter by allowing parents to go to our holiday store and choose unwrapped toys for their children. In addition, participants can pick up non-perishable food and winter coats for the family.
To register, complete an application HERE.
Coppell Cares
Coppell Cares offers the Weekend Backpack Program for families who have financial need. Each Friday, learners receive a bag of snacks for the weekend. The goal of the program is to help eliminate food insecurity for children. They provide nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snack items to eligible CISD children (and siblings). This weekly food program helps feed children over the weekend during the school year when they are not receiving meals at school.
If you would like your child(ren) to participate in this program, please complete the online application below. If you would prefer a paper copy to be sent home with your child, please email TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock at kmatlock@coppellisd.com. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Deliveries will begin Friday, September 6th. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving week, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
ParentSquare - Download the App Today!
Math Workshop - In math workshop, learners will represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems up to 100 using picture modeling where there is an unknown value within the problem.
A copy of this parent letter came home with your child on Friday, October 25th. It includes vocabulary that will be covered in our upcoming addition and subtraction unit, an explanation of the different strategies covered over the upcoming unit, and an optional tic-tac-toe board to practice math skills at home.
Reading Workshop - Our learners are studying the genre of fairy tales and folk tales while working on the comprehension skills of analyzing characters (internal and external traits), plot and setting.
Writing Workshop - In writing workshop, we will be starting our NEW FICTION WRITING UNIT! Learners will learn about writing fiction stories. In grammar, we will learn about using different punctuations and applying them in our writing.
Social Studies - In Social Studies we will go "Back to the Future", learning all about how science and technology have changed over time.
Science - In Science, we will describe how wind and water can change Earth’s surface by moving soil and rock particles to new locations. We will describe that sometimes changes to Earth’s surface happen slowly and other times happen fast.
- How can you add 52 + 24 with base-10 blocks? How can you subtract 44 - 25 with base-10 blocks?
- What happens to sand when it is windy or rainy?
- Have any old technology in your house? Ask your learners to compare that technology with newer technology. How have things changed?
- We had so much fun making our feelings anchor chart this week! Ask your learner to show you what different feelings "look like."
- Ask them how the characters in the book you are reading feel and what part of the story helps them know!
- Go on an open and closed syllable hunt!
