Town Center Elementary: December 2018

Friday, December 21, 2018

January 7th - 11th

All of us wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your family and for sharing your sweet kids with us. We are all so blessed!

THANK YOU room moms and parents for a wonderful winter party!!! You make our job so much easier!! It was a great celebration!!

Calendar:

December 24th - January 4th - Winter Holiday, No School
January 7th - Back to school
January 8th - PTO meeting at 6:00- All parents are welcome!
January 9th - Wacky Wednesday schedule
January 11th - Report Cards go home (please sign and return)
January 18th - Yearbook purchase due to the PTO
January 23rd - Wacky Wednesday schedule

What Are We Learning When
We Return?

Language Arts / Reading:

Spelling: different ways to make the long /e/ sound

Writing: We will continue to purposely add adjectives to make our stories come alive!

Reading: We will begin our Reader's Workshop unit on Non-Fiction.

Social Studies:

We will begin studying about famous Americans and the impact each made on their community, state, and nation.

Mind Mission: We will read "Ben's Big Blaze" and design and build a creation that will help Dr. Franklin to cool off.

Math:

We will begin our unit on money. Learners will identify U.S. coins, including pennies, nickel, dimes, and quarters, by value and describe the relationships among them.
Math Take Home Activity:

Give your child different groups of pennies. Ask him or her to count to find the total value of each group. Repeat with groups of nickels and groups of dimes.

Science:

When we return from the break we will be studying earth science. We will be looking at seasons and natural resources.

First Grade Spotlight:

1A:

1A is so happy to spot light Tinoush this week. Tinoush loves math! In his free time, He loves to play with his Xbox and also likes to play basketball. Tinoush is loved by all! He is a sweet friend and is kind to everyone he meets. 1A adores you Tinoush! You are amazing!

1B:

1B is proud to spotlight Claire this week! Claire said her favorite part of school is reading and when she grows up she wants to be a teacher! We know she will be an AMAZING teacher just like her mom!! When she is at home she likes to go to dinner at Chili's and play with her dog, Beasley. Claire is a sweet friend and a hard worker and we are so glad she is part of our class! 1B loves Claire!!

1C:

1C is very excited to spotlight Bryn this week! She is a great friend and is always willing to lend a helping hand. Bryn likes eating her favorite food: spaghetti. She also loves playing with her friends. Bryn has 3 pets and 2 sister whom she adores. 1C loves Bryn!

1D:

1D is thrilled to spotlight Kyler. she is a great reader, writer, and thinker. She loves to play with her friends. Kyler has 1 sister and 3 brothers! She loves spending time with her family. They like to play games. Kyler loves dancing! 1D adores our sweet Kyler.

Pics of the Week

There's always time for a good book with a friend!

Partner reading during Reader's Workshop!!

Snuggled up with a good book!

We are amazing readers!!

A little dance off on #bettertogether day!

Holiday hats for #bettertogether day!

Ornaments anyone???

Building elf traps on #bettertogether day!

Way to go First Grade! We collected over 100 toys for the Coppell Lions Club this year!!! We love to see our kids learning how to give back and make a difference in someone else's life!!

Sweet JoLeigh spreading some holiday cheer
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Congratulations Kaylynh!!!! You rock TCE!!!

Friday, December 14, 2018

Dec. 17 - Dec. 21

Calendar:

December 19th - Last Day for Giving Tree presents
December 20th - Class Winter Party 2:00 (All parents are invited!!)
December 21st - Early Release (12:15)
December 24th - January 4th - Winter Holiday, No School
January 7th - Back to school
January 8th - PTO meeting at 6:00- All parents are welcome!
January 18th - Yearbook purchase due to the PTO

Announcements:

**We can't wait to celebrate the season with our winter holiday party on December 20th (2:00 - 3:00). All parents are invited to attend to help us celebrate!

**Town Center First graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. We will be donating the toys to the Coppell Lions Club. We will be collecting toys form now until December 19th. Please place new, unwrapped toys under the Christmas tree by the front office. When you bring in your toy, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree. Thank you so much for helping us!

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts / Reading:

Spelling: We will continue reviewing past spelling rules.

Writing: We will continue to purposely add adjectives to our writing pieces to make them more expressive.

Reading: We will finish up our fiction unit on fairy tales, fables, and folk tales. We will also finish up middle of the year reading assessments for every learner. Wow how their reading has grown!!!

Social Studies:

We will continue customs and traditions around the world, we will focus on Italy and Germany. Our Mind Mission will be to read "Small Wonders". We will invent something that's small but that can do a large job.

Math:

Learners will continue to represent word problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers up to 20 using concrete and pictorial models and number sentences.

Math Take Home Activity:

Give your child story problems to try and solve. Have your child explain how to solve the problem.

Science:

Learners will be using the engineering design process to create a toy. They will collaborate with each other to design their toy and will present their toy to each other at the end of the project.

First Grade Spotlight:

1A:

1A is so excited to spot light Dhakshanaa this week! This sweet girl would like to become a doctor when she grows up. In her free time, she loves to play with her big brother and go to gymnastics. Her favorite subjects are math and science and she loves to eat pizza! 1A loves our Dhakshanaa! You are awesome!

1B:

1B is proud to spotlight MacKenzie! MacKenzie is new to Town Center this year and we are so excited that she joined our class! She is the absolute sweetest girl!! She has made great friends easily and we all just love her! At school her favorite thing to learn is math and when she's not at school she likes playing with her mommy and her daddy. She has two cats and says that one does not like to come inside the house. Her favorite food is cheese pizza. We are so glad you are part of 1B, MacKenzie! 1B loves loves you!!

1C:

1C is very excited to spotlight Wilson this week! He enjoys learning math and playing learning games on his iPad at school. Wilson has one dog, who is named Cash. He enjoys eating candy, especially his favorite type: starbursts. Wilson is kind and always has a smile on his face!1C loves Wilson!

1D:

1D is thrilled to spotlight Jenna this week. She is a very sweet and thoughtful friend. She loves to read her books from her classmates! She enjoys eating corn-dogs! She likes playing fairies and witches. Jenna has one sister. Her family loves playing tag! 1D adores sweet Jenna!

Pics of the Week

We loved learning about everyone's traditions and customs!!!! Thank you for all of the hard work that you put into these amazing presentations!!!!

CHS STEM learners visits 1st grade to explain the engineering process!

Hard at work solving word problems

A teacher's view from indoor recess!!

Working together to solve the mystery.

Friday, December 7, 2018

December 10th - December 14th

Calendar:

December 20th - Class Winter Party 2:00 (All parents are invited!!)
December 21st - Early Release (12:15)
December 24th - January 4th - Winter Holiday, No School
January 7th - Back to school
January 8th - PTO meeting at 6:00- All parents are welcome!
January 18th - Yearbook purchase due to the PTO

Announcements:

**We can't wait to celebrate the season with our winter holiday party on December 20th (2:00 - 3:00). Please look for an e-mail to come home soon from our amazing room moms! We know they will need lots of help on this day!!

**Town Center First graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. We will be donating the toys to the Coppell Lions Club. We will be collecting toys form now until December 19th. Please place new, unwrapped toys under the Christmas tree by the front office. When you bring in your toy, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree. Thank you so much for helping us!

**Thank you for all of your help with our projects on customs and traditions. We have LOVED getting to know our friends better and learning about different cultures!! This has been one of our favorite units to explore!!

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts / Reading:

Spelling: No spelling test next week. We will review past spelling rules.

Writing: We will begin to purposely add adjectives to our writing pieces to make them more expressive.

Reading: We will continue our fiction unit on fairy tales, fables, and folk tales.

Social Studies:

We will be continuing our unit on Customs and Traditions. We've had so much fun learning from each other. Mind Missions will be reading the fable "Get Your Goat". We will design something that can pull the "goat" from the well bottom!! I love their creativity with these projects!

Math:

Learners will practice using a related fact to find an unknown number. For example: Which addition fact helps you solve 17 - 8? The answer would be
9 + 8 = 17
Math Take Home Activity:

Give your child 5 small objects, such as paper clips. Then ask your child how many more objects he or she would need to have 12, then 15, then 8 etc...

Science:

We are so excited to start our STEM project involving forces and energy. The first graders will be creating toys!! We are also fortunate to collaborate with the earners from CHS. They are coming to help get us started with the Engineering Design Process and show off the toys they created in their STEM classes.

First Grade Spotlight:

1A:

1A is so happy to spot light Hannah this week. Hannah loves to give hugs. Hannah wants to be a lawyer when she grows up. She will be an amazing lawyer! She adores her baby brother and loves to hug him and take care of him. She also likes to play with her younger sister! She enjoys build forts with her sister in their playroom. Hannah's favorite snack is chocolate and Mac and Cheese! Yum! 1A loves you Hannah!

1B:

1B is proud to spotlight Hasini! Hasini is such a sweet girl and has a smile on her face each day she comes to school. Her favorite subjects are math, reading, and science. When she grows up she wants to become a dentist! We know she will make her dreams come true!! When Hasini is at home she enjoys spending time with friends and drawing. 1B loves Hasini!!

1C:

1C is so excited to spotlight Abby this week! She is a wonderful reader and writer and loves learning to write. Her favorite food is ramen noodles and she loves her dog, Murphy. Abby also has two brother and enjoys playing games on her iPad at home. Her favorite part of school is working on her iPad and writing! Abby is such a kind friend and 1C adores her!

1D:

1D is thrilled to spotlight Sakiho this week. She is precious. She is a great friend. She loves to learn and is determined to read and write in English, and she is doing just that! I'm so proud of her hard work. At home, she enjoys reading books. She has one sister. She likes to eat sushi! 1D adores Sakiho!

Pics of the Week