Town Center Elementary: September 3-7

September 3-7

Calendar:

September 3rd - NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
September 4th - PTO meeting

September 6th - Picture Day
September 10th - 14th - Scholastic Book Fair in the Library

September 12th - Wacky Wednesday- explained at Curriculum Night

September 26th - Wacky Wednesday -explained at Curriculum Night

Special Friend's Day

Please plan on joining us Friday, September 14th for a fun-filled day at Town Center! We have designated times throughout the day for "Special Friends" (family & family friends) to visit our learners' classrooms in order to see some of the great things they are learning and doing. Our campus book fair will also be open during this time. Click the link below to fill in the form.

Special Friend's Day Visitor Sign-Up

In order to expedite the check-in process for our Special Friend's Day visitors, please fill in the form above BY THURSDAY, SEPT. 13TH AT 10:00AM in order for us to quickly sign in the special friend and send them to meet up with your child.

Announcements:

*Please take out all papers from the green folder each night.

*Please send a nut free snack and a spill proof water bottle.

*If your child is absent, please send a note to school when they return. E-mails are not accepted due to district policy. It has to be a hard copy.

If you weren't able to come to Curriculum Night, please click here for the Curriculum Night Slide Show.

Discussions at Home:

What are some questions I can ask my child about school?

1. What did you read in Reader's Workshop? 2. What did you write about in Writer's Workshop?

3. What did you do for math today?

4. Who/ did you play with at recess today?

5. What special did you enjoy today?

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts / Reading:

We are in full swing with Reading and Writing Workshop. In Reader's Workshop we are working on building good reading habits and working on our stamina during independent reading. In Writer's workshop we are continuing to edit our work for capital letters and punctuation.

Next Week's Spelling Rule: Short /o/

Social Studies:

We will discuss rules and laws in our community and school. We will also discuss how we can be a good citizen in the community that we live in.

Math:

This week in math we will continue to compose and decompose numbers. We will also be recognizing in an instant the quantity of structured arrangements.

Math Take Home Activity - Show your child one group of 10 pennies and one group of 8 pennies. Ask your child to tell how many tens and ones there are, and say the number. Repeat the other numbers from 11 to 19.