February 3rd - 7th

Thank you for taking the time to read our second-grade blog. Make sure you are checking our blog weekly for calendar updates, what we are learning and any announcements regarding second grade and TCE.

Calendar

February 4th - PTO Meeting CANCELED
February 5th - World Read Aloud Day
February 7th - Texan Town #4
February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday
February 13th - Valentines Day Party @ 2pm
February 14th - No School
February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday
February 17th - No School
February 20th - TCE Cultural Night & Art Show @ 5:30pm
February 21st - Texan Town #5

Announcements

Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin shares out our campus newsletter via email each Friday. Make sure to read her newsletter for information regarding campus news. This week's newsletter can be found linked here.

Pictures for the Yearbook

TCE Cultural Night & Art Show

Mark your calendars and join us for our third annual cultural night! If you are interested in sharing more about your culture or a food sample to share please visit this link. Our art program will also host an art show in the gym during our cultural celebration. More information on the graphics below. 

Valentine's Day Party

Our second grade Valentine's day party will be on Thursday, February 13th at 2 pm. If your child would like, they may make Valentines or bring cards. Please make sure he or she bring one for each person in the class. The names of students in your child's homeroom have been sent home. Due to allergies please make sure all treats are peanut/tree nut-free. Students may decorate and bring a box or a bag from home to hold their valentines. You are welcome to join us for the party!

Ideas & Inspiration for Valentines Boxes & Bags

Here are a few ideas if you need something to help you get started when thinking about decorating a valentines box/bag. Pinterest has many great ideas and examples as well! Designs can be as elaborate or simple as your child would like. 

What are we learning?

Math: In math this week, learners will continue to generate and solve problems situations for a given mathematical number sentence involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers within 1,000.

Language Arts: In reading, learners will compare books and notice when authors play with words. In writing, learners will continue to write poems and work on writing their own comparisons. In grammar, learners will practice capitalizing names.

Science: In science, learners will begin to observe, describe, and record patterns of objects in the sky, including the appearance of the Moon.

Social Studies: In social studies, learners will continue studying maps and symbols.

January 27th - 31st

Welcome back, second-grade families!! Thank you for taking the time to read our second-grade blog. Make sure you are checking our blog weekly for calendar updates, what we are learning and any announcements regarding second grade and TCE.

Calendar

January 24th - Texan Town #2
January 28th - TCE Spirit Night @ Spring Creek BBQ
January 31st - PJ Day
January 31st - Texan Town #3
February 4th - PTO Meeting @ 6pm
February 5th - World Read Aloud Day
February 7th - Texan Town #4
February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday
February 13th - Valentines Day Party @ 2pm
February 14th - No School
February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday
February 17th - No School
February 20th - TCE Cultural Night @ 5:30pm
February 21st - Texan Town #5

Announcements

Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin shares out our campus newsletter via email each Friday. Make sure to read her newsletter for information regarding campus news. This week's newsletter can be found linked here.

January Holiday Coupon
Second grade will redeem our January coupon from the holiday coupon book on Friday, January 31st. Learners may dress comfy/wear PJs on this day! Please send a coat and wear appropriate shoes. 


Yearbook Deadline EXTENDED
The yearbook deadline has been extended. The FINAL day to order yearbooks is Monday, January 27th. Order online before Monday if you would like a yearbook for the 2019-2020 school year. 

Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night

Mark your calendars to join us in a few weeks at Spring Creek BBQ for our TCE Spirit Night. A portion of the proceeds will benefit TCE, and some of our TCE staff will serve as guest hosts for the evening. The three classes with the most participants will each receive a keychain, $10 gift card, and a Spring Creek BBQ shirt which will get you free ice cream anytime you wear it to Spring Creek BBQ. We hope to see you all there!

What are we learning?

Math: In math this week, learners will generate and solve problems situations for a given mathematical number sentence involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers within 1,000.

Language Arts: In reading, learners will compare books and notice when authors play with words. In writing, learners will continue to write poems and work on writing their own comparisons. In grammar, learners will practice capitalizing names.

Science: In science, learners will take the weather information they have gathered from their weather research and graph to see patterns in the weather of two different cities.

Social Studies: In social studies, learners will continue studying maps and symbols.

February 11th - 15th

What are we learning?

Math: In math this week, learners will use place value to compare and order whole numbers up to 1,200 using comparative language, numbers, and symbols (>, <, or =).

Please check out the resource Math 4 Texas; a resource created for parents to understand the break down of each math standard and possible questions/resources to use at home to support your child. Here the link to this week's math standard focused on comparing and ordering numbers to 1,200. 

Reading: In reading workshop this week, learners will continue with our author study of Kevin Henkes, and compare the character traits, plots, and lessons in the books. In writing workshop, learners will continue with opinion/persuasive writing. They will also practice spelling words the contain oi/oy patterns, and continue with cursive handwriting.

Reminder that all Six Flags 6 Hour reading logs are due to your child's classroom teacher by February 19th. (see below)

Science: In science this week, learners will continue observing, describing, and recording patterns of objects in the sky, including the appearance of the moon.

Social Studies: In social studies this week, learners will finish this biography presentations and begin learning the roles of public officials, including mayor, governor, and president.

Calendar

February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday
February 14th - Valentine's Day Party @ 1:00 (see below)
February 15th - NO SCHOOL for Learners; Professional Development
February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday
February 18th - NO SCHOOL; Holiday/Weather Day
February 19th - Six Flags Read to Succeed Logs DUE (see below)
February 20th - Newcomer Parent Class 5:00-7:00 PM TCE Library
February 22nd - Spring Texan Town #1
February 22nd - Looping Survey Due (see below)
February 22nd - TCE PTO School-wide Movie Night @ 6:00
February 25th - Box Tops 4 Education DUE (see below)

Announcements

Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

Looping Feedback Survey: 1st-5th Grade Parents
Please take a moment and fill out a short survey to give TCE Families the opportunity to give their personal feedback regarding your child's looping experience. All questions about looping refer to your child's movement with the same teacher(s) from grade K-1, 2-3, and 4-5. Ms. Martin has provided this forum to allow parents to be completely honest in your answers, which will be used to inform our campus practice and to deduce whether looping has a positive impact on our school community and our learners' academic and emotional success. The survey will be open for two weeks, closing on February 22nd. 

Box Tops for Education
TCE is collecting Box Tops for Education! Clipped Box Tops are each worth 10 cents for our school and are already on the boxes in your pantry. Second grade won a popsicle party in the fall for turning in the most box tops at TCE. Help us in supporting our school and keeping the honor of being the grade level with the most box tops turned in. You may turn in box tops on the pink collection sheet sent home this past week or print out a copy from the graphic below. You may also turn in box tops in a baggie labeled with your child's name and grade. The deadline for submission is Monday, February 25th.

Valentine's Day Party
Our second grade valentines day party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 1 pm. If your child would like, they may make Valentines or bring cards. Please make sure sure he or she brings one for each person in the class. The names of students in your child's homeroom have been sent home. Due to allergies please make sure all treats are peanut/tree nut free. Students may decorate and bring a box or a bag from home to hold their valentines. You are welcome to join us for the party!

Ideas & Inspiration for Valentines Boxes & Bags

Here are a few ideas if you need something to help you get started when thinking about decorating a valentines box/bag. Pinterest has many great ideas and examples as well! Designs can be as elaborate or simple as your child would like. 

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. Reading done for your child's RED folder may also be recorded on their Six Flags reading log.

Upcoming TCE Events

Mark your calendars for these upcoming family events happing this spring at TCE.

January 28th - February 1st

What are we learning?

Math: In math this week, learners will begin to represent numbers up to 1,200 in standard, expanded and word forms.

If you are looking for resources to support and review with your child at home in practicing addition and subtraction problems, please click here to find a folder of practice problems to print for home. Videos for the different strategies taught in class can be found here. Please check out Greg Tang Math for a word problem generator to support your child with addition and subtraction word problems at home. We are working with numbers from 1-1,000. 

Reading: In reading workshop this week, learners will look at Author's Purpose and continue with playful language. In writing workshop, learners will begin opinion/persuasive writing. They will also practice spelling words that contain oa/ow patterns, and continue with cursive handwriting.

Science: In science this week, learners will continue to measure, record, and graph weather information. Our focus has been on wind conditions with fun experiments from resources such as Mystery Science. We will continue taking a deeper look at cloud coverage and precipitation.

Social Studies: In social studies this week, learners will be able to research a historical figure who has shown good citizenship and present their findings.

Calendar

January 25th - Winter Texan Town #5
January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night (see below)
February 1st - Winter Texan Town #6
February 5th - PTO Meeting - 6PM in TCE Library
February 8th - Field Trip Money DUE (see below)
February 10th - Mrs. Bowman's Birthday
February 14th - Valentine's Day Party @ 1:00
February 15th - NO SCHOOL for Learners; Professional Development
February 16th - Mrs. Judd's Birthday
February 18th - NO SCHOOL; Holiday/Weather Day
February 19th - Six Flags Read to Succeed Logs DUE (see below)
February 22nd - Spring Texan Town #1

Announcements

Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night
Mark Your Calendars! We will have our annual Lewisville Spring Creek Barbecue Spirit Night Monday, January 28th from 5-9PM. Come join us for fabulous food and scoializing with all your favorite TCE friends and teachers. Spring Creek with donate 20% of all the evening's proceeds to our school. Also, the class with the best attendance will win a special prize!

571 E. Round Grove Road

972-315-2755

Menu: springcreekbarbeque.com

Second Grade Field Trip - Crayola Experience
On Friday, January 18th, your child brought home a letter and permission slip for our second grade field trip. We will be going to the Crayola Experience in Plano, Texas on Thursday April 4th for our second-grade field trip. The cost of the field trip is $16 including Crayola admission and bus transportation. The permission slip (see below) need to be signed and returned with cash or check (made out to TCE) by Friday, February 8th. All parts of the permission slip need to be filled out in order for your child to participate in our field trip.

If you would like to chaperone, please contact your child's homeroom teacher. The cost of a chaperone's admission to the Crayola Experience is $10. You must email your child's teacher and send in your chaperone admission money by Friday, February 8th. You will need to take your own car or carpool with other second grade parents. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher!

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. Reading done for your child's RED folder may also be recorded on their Six Flags reading log.