Monday, January 20th - No School - MLK Holiday
January 27th/28th - Middle of Year Reading MAP Testing - please make sure iPads are charged!
Monday, January 27th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00-7:00 - TCE Library
Tuesday, January 28th - Cultural Night @ 5:30-6:30 - TCE (More information in ParentSquare Linked Here)
Monday, February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday
Thursday, February 13th - Valentine's Class Party @ 2:00 - Parents are welcome to attend!
Thursday, February 13th - Valentine's Dance - evening family event (more information to come!)
Friday, February 14th - No School - Professional Development Day for CISD Staff
Monday, February 17th - No School - Weather Day
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.
Gingerbread Week - Video Linked Here
Valentine's Day - Valentine and Class Parties
Our class Valentine's Day party will be on Thursday, February 13th at 2:00 p.m. Please have your child address a Valentine's card to each child in their homeroom. The names of the students in your child's homeroom will go home on Tuesday, January 21st. You may attach a small treat to the card (if you would like) but please make sure all treats are peanut/tree nut-free. Bring cards with them to school before Thursday, February 13th! Parents are welcome to join on the day of the parties. If you plan on attending you will need to check in at the front office using your ID. All grade-level parties will be happening at 2:00 so please plan accordingly for parking/check-in.
We will be decorating Valentines' bags (to collect our Valentines in) at school the week of February 3rd! If you would like to donate any stamps, doilies, or things to decorate our bags, we would greatly appreciate it!
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 use mental strategies and algorithms to solve addition and subtraction one-step and multi-step word problems within 1,000.
Reading Workshop - In reading workshop, our readers will be working on identifying and understanding figurative language. We will look at similes and metaphors to find out what an author really means!
Writing Workshop - Roses are read, violets are blue, 2nd grade is learning poetry and writing some too!
Social Studies - Where in the world are our 2nd graders? We will find out as we dive into studies on maps, globes, and cardinal directions.
Science - In Science, learners will observe objects in the sky using tools such as a telescope and compare how objects in the sky are more visible and can appear different with a tool than with an unaided eye.
- Checkout Greg Tang Word Problem Generator! Set your number range to 1-100. Then set your problem and unknown to random. Show off your amazing skills in solving word problems!
- Practicing reading out loud is a GREAT way to build fluency! Got a shy reader that doesn't like reading in front of an audience? Let them record themselves on their iPad as they read and listen to it back.
- Working on reading high frequency words fluently is a great way to build reading skills! Check out the lists we work with and challenge your learner to practice them using these activities!
