November 1st - Family Friday Lunch - 2nd grade @ 11:30 a.m.
November 5th - No School for Students - District professional development day
November 8th - Olympic Day - 2nd/3rd Grade 11:00-12:30; NO lunch visitors on this day
November 11th - TCE Veterans Day Ceremony 8:15 - More details below
November 15th - Town Center Family Game Night @ 6:00-8:00 p.m. - More details below
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
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 4th:
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 Olympic Day - 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.
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Math Workshop - In math workshop, learners will represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems up to 100 using concrete 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 - This week we move into our Fictional Fun unit, starting with analyzing characters and their feelings. Our super readers will practice using text evidence and background knowledge to make inferences, reading "between the lines" of what an author says.
Writing Workshop - In writing workshop, learners will learn about letter form and structure as we practice writing letters to members of our armed forces for Veterans Day.
Social Studies - In Social Studies we will continue learning about the importance of American, state and city landmarks.
Science - In Science, learners will describe how rocks and soil move to cause changes to Earth’s surface. They can describe how rocks are slowly broken down into smaller rocks over time.
- Ask your child to show you their pumpkin investigation in pages from math and science!
- How does modeling a word problem help you before you solve it?
- What are the 3 R's to conserve resources?
- What are some important landmarks in Texas and the United States?
- Ask your child to find examples of the hard and soft sounds of the letters c and g while reading and writing!
Halloween Pumpkin Investigation
Ms. Hadley's AP Stats class came to read us their ABCs of Stats book that they wrote!
