Town Center Elementary: Dec. 17

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!

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