Apr 29th - May 3rd

Calendar: 

(Mark your calendars!!  These are the dates for the rest of the year.  We will add more as we know them.)
April 29th - TCE STEM Night  5:30 - 7:00  We hope to see everyone there!!!
May 7th - PTO meeting (6-7)  All parents are invited to attend! 
May 10th - All library books are due for the year
May 13th - 15th - STAAR tests--No parents/visitors in the building on these days
May 14th - Mrs. Vincenzo's birthday
May 21st - Field Day
May 23rd - Last day  - Dismissal at 12:15

Kindergarten - 2nd grade Author Visit

Author and former CISD Educator, Julie Wolf, will be visiting our TCE Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade classes on Monday, May 6!  We are looking forward to this special opportunity to have the author read aloud one of her books, show us how she became a published author, and share fun activities related to her stories.  Families are welcome to purchase their own copies of Julie Wolf's book from her website or Amazon. If you would like the author to autograph the book, please have your child bring the book to Mrs. Keene-Carlson (TCE Librarian) before the date of Ms. Wolf's visit so that she can prepare it for her to sign.

Too Much Razzle-Dazzle (book): https://geniusesatplay.com/product/too-much-razzle-dazzle-hardbound/

Baby Chicks

1st grade is so excited that our chicken eggs are about to make their appearance.  Hatching should begin on Monday.  Here is the YouTube link to the livestream so you won't miss any of the action: TCE Chicks

TCE STEM NIGHT

We hope to see you all at our annual TCE STEM NIGHT on Monday from 
5:30 - 7:00.  The Ross Perot museum will be hosting this event and will have hands on STEM activities for everyone!  This is free event for our families!  

Conferences:

Due to the calendar and end of year assessments lasting until the end of May, we will not be having official end of year parent teacher conferences this year.  However, if you have unanswered questions and would like a parent teacher conference to answer them, please let your teacher know. 

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts:

Reading:  We are busy assessing all of the learners for their end of year reading level and sight words.  We are so proud of their first grade accomplishments.

Writing: We are using our writing skills to create books for each learner.  We love writing about our friends. 

Social Studies:   We will continue our earth day unit discussing the importance of recycling. 

Math:  We will begin our study on the use of nonstandard units to measure the length of an object. 

Math Take Home Activity:   

Give your child paper clips or other small objects that are the same length.  Have him or her use the paper clips to measure objects around the house. Science:  We will be discussing animals and their habitats.  We will explore where animals live, how they move and what they eat. 

Science: We will continue our study of life science by exploring how animals move, what they eat, and where they live. We are also excited for the hatching of our baby chicks - which should start on Monday.

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Love the smiles!!

A little free time with friends!! 

1B practices collaboration! 

Working together is so much fun! 

Friday Smiles! 

We love visiting with our friends at lunch! 

April 23rd - April 26th

Calendar: 

(Mark your calendars!!  These are the dates for the rest of the year.  We will add more as we know them.)
April 22nd - NO SCHOOL  - teacher workday 
April 29th - TCE STEM Night  5:30 - 7:00  We hope to see everyone there!!!
May 7th - PTO meeting (6-7)  All parents are invited to attend! 
May 10th - All library books are due for the year
May 13th - 15th - STAAR tests--No parents/visitors in the building on these days
May 14th - Mrs. Vincenzo's birthday
May 21st - Field Day
May 23rd - Last day  - Dismissal at 12:15

Conferences:

Due to the calendar and end of year assessments lasting until the end of May, we will not be having official end of year parent teacher conferences this year.  However, if you have unanswered questions and would like a parent teacher conference to answer them, please let your teacher know. 

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts:

     
Reading:  During independent reading we are continuing working on reading our lists of sight words, as well as our leveled fiction and non-fiction books.  We are working toward our end of year goal of Level 16.  If your child is above level then he/she will continuing growing their reading in their appropriate level. We are so proud of our first grade readers!!

Writing:  We will continue working on narrative, expository, and "once upon a time" stories.  Our journal check sheet continues to be:

1.  Correct punctuation and capitals
2.  Using transition words throughout the story
3.  Topic sentence
4.  Closing sentence

We will look for organization of writing, development of ideas, and use of language and conventions. 

Social Studies:  Next week we will talk about recycling and the effect that is has on our world.  How can one person or one school make a difference?  

Math:  Learners will identify examples and non-examples of halves and fourths.  Learners will be partitioning two-dimensional figures into two and four fair shares or equal parts and describe the part using words. 

Math Take Home Activity: Have your child draw a circle on a piece of paper.  Ask your child to draw a line so the circle shows 2 equal shares and 4 equal shares.  

Science:  
Learners will be learning about the parts of a plant and their purpose.

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Rain, rain, go away.......First grade wants to go outside to play!! 

We love to hear our learners conversations about  shapes and the attributes of each shape!   Way to go first grade!  You are SHAPE MASTERS! 

April 15 - April 19

Calendar: 

April 16th - National "Wear Your Pajamas to School" Day
April 17th - Last Wacky Wednesday Schedule
april 18th - Skate Night at Interskate 6-8
April 19th - No School/Weather Day 
April 20th - Mrs. McCullough's birthday
April 22nd - NO SCHOOL  - teacher workday 
April 29th - TCE STEM Night  5:30 - 7:00  We hope to see everyone there!!!
May 10th - All library books are due for the year

FIELD TRIP:

Thank you to all the volunteers who came with us on our field trip.  We had a wonderful time visiting ATT stadium!! We love field trips!  

Conferences:

Due to the calendar and end of year assessments lasting until the end of May, we will not be having official end of year parent teacher conferences this year.  However, if you have unanswered questions and would like a parent teacher conference to answer them, please let your teacher know. 

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts:

     Spelling:  We had our last spelling test this week.  We will review past spelling rules next week 
1.  when to add /es/ and /s/
2.  how to change the spelling of the root word when adding /ed/ to the end of a word
3.  /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /ph/

     Reading:  During independent reading we are continuing working on reading our lists of sight words, as well as our leveled fiction and non-fiction books.  We are working toward our end of year goal of Level 16.  If your child is above level then he/she will continuing growing their reading in their appropriate level. We are so proud of our first grade readers!!

     Writing:  We will continue working on narrative, expository, and "once upon a time" stories.  Our journal check sheet continues to be:
1.  Correct punctuation and capitals
2.  Using transition words throughout the story
3.  Topic sentence
4.  Closing sentence

We will look for organization of writing, development of ideas, and use of language and conventions. 

Social Studies: We will continue to learn about mapping skills.  We will use a compass rose to tell directions, learn parts of a map, and work on map vocabulary words.

Math: Learners will distinguish between attributes that define a two-dimensional or three dimensional figure and attributes that do not define the shape.  

Math Take Home Activity: Play guess my shape with your child?  
I am a box.  I have 2 flat surfaces.  I have 1 curved surface.  What am I? 

Challenge riddle - I am a box.  I have 2 faces that are triangles.  I have 3 faces that are rectangles.  What am I?  

Science:  Animal life cycles and animal needs continue to be the focus in science this week.

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Our chicken eggs have arrived!!!  We can't wait until they hatch!! 

We loved playing on the field at our field trip! 

Riding the bus is the best part of any field trip! 

Friends sharing laughs!! 

The smiles say it all!  We had a blast on our field trip!

Standing by the locker of Connor Williams - - a CHS graduate!  Live your dream!! 

We participated in D.E.A.R. time (Drop Everything And Read) on Friday to honor author Beverly Cleary's 103rd birthday!!! 

What a fun day at the AT&T Stadium! 

Go Cowboys!

Mrs. Sowels was a guest reader for DEAR time today

April 8th - April 12th

Calendar: 

April 9 - 11th - STAAR TESTING - No visitors/parents in the building on these days.
April 11th - Field Trip to ATT stadium - Wear #FIRST shirt and bring sack lunch!!
April 12th - TCE First Annual Color Run 5:30 - 7:30
April 19th - No School/Weather Day - We will not have school on this day if we haven't used a weather day. 
April 20th - Mrs. McCullough's birthday
April 22nd - NO SCHOOL  - teacher workday 
April 29th - TCE STEM Night  5:30 - 7:00  We hope to see everyone there!!!

TCE Fundraiser/Color Run!!!!!!

Make sure you register by TODAY  in order to get the official, colorful t-shirt! You can also pre-order your punch cards for food and other fun activities.  Visit the PTO website to register at https://towncenterpto.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/9719529.

FIELD TRIP:

Our field trip is almost here (April 11th).  The buses will be departing TCE at 9:00am.  Please make sure your child remembers the following:

1.  Wear comfortable walking shoes.  There will be LOTS of walking on this field trip.
2.  Wear your #FIRST shirt so that we can easily spot all of our TCE learners.
3.  Bring a sack lunch.  Everything MUST BE disposable.  Please do NOT send lunchboxes or ice packs as everything will be thrown away after we eat.  We will be eating in the stadium.

***Thank you to all of our volunteers!!! If you are volunteering for our field trip, please remember that you will not be able to ride the bus with us to ATT stadium.  You may meet us at the stadium or follow the buses.  The buses will be departing TCE at 9:00am.  Also, learners will not be able to drive to/from the stadium in your car.  All learners will take the bus with the teachers.  If you are following the buses, please meet us in the cafeteria car loop as parents will not be allowed in the building due to STAAR testing. 

What Are We Learning?

Language Arts:

     Spelling:  We will discuss words with the /oi/ and /oy/  sounds. This will be our last week for new spelling rules and spelling tests!!  We will spend the rest of the year reviewing the spelling rules we covered in first grade!  

     Reading:  We can't get our hands on enough books!  We will continue to read with our Reader's workshop bags as well as Learning A-Z in order to work on comprehension.

     Writing:  We are finishing up publishing our books with our digital storybook app.  When we finish, we will put them on Bulb so we can save them forever! 

Social Studies: We will continue learning mapping skills, parts of a map, and how to use a map for directions. "Where are we on the map?"

Math: We will identify three-dimensional solids, including spheres, cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms (including cubes), and triangular prisms, and describe their attributes using geometric language. 

Math Take Home Activity: 
Collect a few three-dimensional objects that are shaped like spheres, cones, cylinders and cubes.  Ask your child what two-dimensional shapes are on those objects. 

Science:  This week we will be observing the life cycles of animals.  We will learn about fish, frogs, and chickens.  We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our chicken eggs!

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Composing and Decomposing 2 Dimensional Shapes 

Congratulations to our Citizens of the Year!!!