March 28th - Parent Engagement Night - 6:30-7:30 PM
Located at: Austin Elementary - 161 S. Moore Road, Coppell
This is a multi-campus event with Austin, Wilson, and Denton Creek.
March 29th - PTO Meeting @ 5:30 PM
*See Principal Newsletter for more information*
April 10th - Mrs. Trueblood's Birthday
April 15th - Regular School Day
*Make-up from Ice Day on 2/24*
April 18th - NO SCHOOL - District Holiday
Announcements
Reminders from your Second Grade Teachers
*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged.
*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!
*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.
Math - In Math, learners will classify and sort three-dimensional solids, including spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes as a special rectangular prism), and triangular prisms, based on attributes and describe them to a classmate using formal geometric language.
Reading- In Reading this week, learners will return to nonfiction reading and discover how previewing can help to understand and share learning. Learners will also have a new mentor text this week Rosie Revere, Engineer to continue with character analysis. In Phonics, learners will look at verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
Writing- In writing, learners will be revisiting narrative writing, using all of their writing skills to make our stories stronger.
Social Studies- In Social Studies, learners will continue in our Economics unit and will be able to explain choices people make about earning, saving, and spending money.
Science - In Science learners will begin a new unit on basic needs.
*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged.
*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!
*Weather - As our weather outside fluctuates please remember that we will still be going outside for recess. District policy states that if the "feels like" temperature is above 32 degrees we will be going outside for some fresh air. Please make sure your child has dressed appropriately for recess weather.
*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.
Book Fair - Please READ
Online Shopping - Online shopping for the book fair opened on Thursday, March 3rd. Visit this link to purchase books that will be shipped directly to your house.
Shopping in the TCE Library - Monday, March 7th-Friday, March 11th
- Parents are invited to shop with their children before school Monday-Friday from 7:20-7:40 a.m. and after school Monday-Thursday from 3:00-3:30 p.m.
-Learners who are shopping independently will shop during their recess.
-The book fair will be open during Open House on Thursday, March 10th from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
We encourage you to use the eWallet feature! Instead of sending cash with your children, you can create an eWallet account and place a predetermined amount of money on the account for your children to shop the in person book fair. To creat an eWallet go to this link.
Math - In Math, learners will finish our unit on multiplication and division. Learners will continue to model, create, and describe contextual multiplication & division situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined. Learners will listen to a multiplication & division situation read aloud and create a corresponding model. In second grade we will not focus on memorizing multiplication/division facts with automaticity, this will be covered in third grade.
Reading- In Reading this week, learners will explore character feelings using the mentor text Library Lion. They will also share book opinions about books that they love.
Writing- In writing, learners will continue to respond to reading using persuasive language to make a strong point.
Social Studies- In Social Studies learners identify ways that they are both consumers and producers.
Science - In Science learners will continue studying patterns in the sky, including differnt types of cloud formations.
February House Celebration!
We had a BLAST with our house celebration for the month of February!! This month our winning color house was the BLUE HOUSE!!! Way to go blue house! We also celebrated our purple house for their win in the month of January since our celebration was canceled due to snow. Since our purple house shines so bright, they need to wear shades. Each learner in the purple house received a pair of new sunglasses in place of their canceled house celebration!
Our purple, yellow, and green houses showed leadership and took care of our school by cleaning up our playground! Blue house celebrated with a yummy treat and FUN indoors! We can't wait to see what houses win for these final three months of school :)
February 26th - Last Day to Submit Yearbook Photos
*See graphic below*
February 28th - February Coupon - Bring a Stuffed Animal
*More information below*
February 28th - In-Line Skating 101 Permission Slip Due
*Green permission slip sent home 2/18 in red folders*
March 3rd - Spring Picture Day
*Group and Individual Pictures*
March 7th-11th - Book Fair Week
March 10th - Open House @ 5:30
March 11th - Early Release @ 12:30
March 14th-18th - Spring Break - No School
March 25th - Report Cards Emailed Home
April 10th - Mrs. Trueblood's Birthday
April 15th - Regular School Day
*Make-up from Ice Day on 2/24*
April 18th - NO SCHOOL - District Holiday
Announcements
Reminders from your Second Grade Teachers
*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged.
*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!
*Weather - As our weather outside fluctuates please remember that we will still be going outside for recess. District policy states that if the "feels like" temperature is above 32 degrees we will be going outside for some fresh air. Please make sure your child has dressed appropriately for recess weather.
*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.
February Coupon
Monday, February 28th the students can bring a stuffed animal to school for the day. We gifted the students one coupon per month for fun activities as a Holiday gift. Please make sure that stuffed animals are small enough to fit in your child's backpack and labeled with their name.
In-Line Skating 101
In-line Skating is coming to our school on March 11th-31st! Our FABULOUS TCE PTO is bringing this opportunity to our PE class through our PTO grants. In-line Skating company will teach our kindergarten-2nd graders about in-line skate safety.
On February 18th your child brought home a green permission form in their red take-home folder. This needs to be signed and returned no later than February 28th for your child to participate in this program.
Math - In Math, learners will begin to model, create, and describe contextual division situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined. Learners will listen to a division situation read aloud and create a corresponding model. In second grade we will not focus on memorizing multiplication/division facts with automaticity, this will be covered in third grade.
Reading- In Reading this week, learners will describe the language and plot in a story using a mentor text Looking at Lincoln. In phonics, learners will use spelling patterns as powerful tools to write longer words.
Writing- In writing learners are creating strong, independent responses to our novel, My Father's Dragon.
Social Studies- In Social Studies learners will explain how to reuse, reduce, and recycle Earth's natural resources.
Science - In Science learners will be finishing our CRAZY weather unit. What a great month to study the highs and lows of Texas weather!
Pictures from the week!
We had SO MUCH fun celebrating TWOSday and all things the number TWO this week! We ended our day partnering up with our first-grade buddies!! They shared how they are ready for second grade and we taught them some things we love about second grade. It was a great day!!
