Calendar
May 1st-5th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 2nd - 3rd-5th Grade Math STAAR - No Visitors on Campus
May 2nd - Andy's Spirit Night
May 4th - TCE Spring Family Picnic 6:00-7:30
May 6th - Election Day
May 17th - Pinstack Spirit Night
May 22nd - Field Day
May 26th - Last Day of School/Early Release
Announcements
Teacher Appreciation Week
Last week a ParentSquare message went out to all of our 2nd-grade from our room moms:
How You Can Help! We invite all of our Texans to give our teachers and staff a Texas-sized thank you. The attached kid schedule list how your Texans can show their appreciation each day.
SmartWatches
We have noticed that we have several students that have begun wearing smartwatches to school, so we want to take a minute to be clear about expectations for these devices.
Students may wear their smartwatches to school, but they may not use them to text, email, or call ANYONE during the day. (The same rule applies to their iPads.) This includes parents. Please help us in reinforcing this expectation. If you need to get in touch with your son/daughter during the day, please email your child's teacher or call the front office. Smartwatches MAY be used AFTER school for communicating with your child that may be walking, biking, etc.
We have talked about these expectations with the students. We've let them know that if they are using their smartwatch to communicate, they will receive one warning. After that one warning, they will lose the privilege of wearing their smartwatches during the day and will have to keep them in their backpacks.
Thank you for your support!
We have talked about these expectations with the students. We've let them know that if they are using their smartwatch to communicate, they will receive one warning. After that one warning, they will lose the privilege of wearing their smartwatches during the day and will have to keep them in their backpacks.
Thank you for your support!
May 6 Bond Election Information
Coppell ISD residents, who are registered to vote may cast a ballot in the May 6 Bond Election. Voters will be asked to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the $321.5 million bond measure on May 6. In accordance with state law, the bond referendum will be presented as four separate propositions.
Campus-specific Bond project information detailing the projects each campus will receive is available here.
Bond Informational Video: May 2023 Bond.
Learn more at https://www.coppellisd.com/bond.
Campus-specific Bond project information detailing the projects each campus will receive is available here.
Bond Informational Video: May 2023 Bond.
Learn more at https://www.coppellisd.com/bond.
Reminder: iPads
TCE 2nd graders should come to school each day with their iPad fully charged. Please ensure your child charges his/her iPad each evening. Your child should also check periodically to ensure his/her iPad software is up to date (settings--> general --> software update). 
Reminder: Snack
We have a short snack time each day while we continue to work. 2nd graders do not each lunch until 12:00 PM each day, so it's important that they have healthy and nutritious snacks each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack they bring is completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners. Thank you for your help!
TCE Spring Family Picnic
Thursday, May 4th from 6:00-7:30 PMTown Center Elementary
* Families may pack a picnic or preorder Macro's Pizza at www.tcepto.com by 10:00 AM Saturday, April 29th. Drinks and popsicles will be available for purchase at the picnic.* Our TCE PTO will have a DJ, raffle off the grade-level baskets, and a silent auction at the picnic. The link for the silent auction will go out in the PTO newsletter this weekend. The silent auction will go live Monday at noon and end Saturday night, 5/6, at 10:00 PM.* Raffle tickets for the grade-level baskets can be purchased for $1 each starting Friday, April 28th, and ending at 7:00 the night of the picnic. The baskets will be on display every day at lunch, and raffle tickets can be purchased during lunch from Mrs. Fairchild for $1 each by cash or check (made payable to TCE PTO). Each basket will have a bucket for raffle tickets that students may try to win. The winners will be drawn the night of the Spring Family Picnic, and they do not have to be present to win. * Playgrounds and fields will be open, so feel free to bring yard games. Also, don't forget to bring a blanket and chairs.
Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin, our principal, sends out a biweekly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this newsletter biweekly. 
Ms. Matlock's Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin, our counselor, sends out a monthly parent newsletter. Please make sure you read this newsletter monthly.
What are we learning?
Math Workshop - In Math this week, learners will work to find the length of objects using concrete models for standard units of length. Learners will also determine the length of an object to the nearest marked unit using rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, or measuring tapes. Learners will describe (using academic vocabulary) the inverse relationship between the size of the unit and the number of units needed to equal the length of an object.
Parent Resource Link - Measurement
Reading Workshop - In Reading Workshop this week, learners will be taking their May iSIP Assessment in iStation. We will also have our final library day of the school year before we begin turning in our library books later this month.
Writing Workshop- In Writing Workshop this week, learners will finish their final copy of the nonfiction research writing. In Grammar, learners will work on ABC order.
Social Studies - In Social Studies this week, learners will continue to explain the choices people can make about earning, spending, and saving money by exploring the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product.
Science - In Science this week, learners will investigate how seasonal changes affect an organism's behaviors and make predictions based on observable patterns.
