STAAR Testing
Sky Ranch Updates
- The 5th graders will take the Science STAAR test on Wednesday, May 10th.
- We will have STAAR testing happening in the building on Monday, May 8th and Tuesday, May 9th. Therefore, we will not have any visitors in the building on May 8-10th.
- The learners will have a different schedule on testing days, but lunch will still be at 12:30 each day.
- We had a really fantastic time on our trip! Thank you so very much to our amazing chaperones that came along.
- We will be gathering all of the pictures that we took and sharing those with everyone soon.
Talent Show
Field Trip to the Biodiversity Center
Field Day
- The dress rehearsal for the Talent Show will be Thursday, May 25th at 8:15 am. The final performance of the Talent Show will be Friday, May 26th at 8:15 am. We will be filming the show and uploading that video for any families that are unable to make it to the live performance. If you have any questions regarding the Talent Show, you may review this letter or email your son/daughter's teacher.
- On Tuesday, May 23, we will be taking another field trip to the Coppell Biodiversity Center.
- If you are interested in coming along as a chaperone, please return the bottom portion of the letter by Friday, May 12th.
- Learners will need to wear their blue grade level t-shirts and pack a lunch. For more information, please see the letter that we sent home.
Field Day
- Field Day will be Friday, May 19th. Field Day permission slips went home last week. We will have more information coming soon.
- The cost for Field Day is $8.00. Please send this money to school in a labeled envelope or bag. If you are a Trail Pass holder, you do not have to pay the $8.00 because it is already included in the cost of a Trail Pass.
- We would love to have you volunteer with us if you are willing and able! The link to sign up is included in the letter that went home.
Coppell Middle School North Updates
- CMS North will be having Cheerleading Tryouts on May 16th. There will be additional practice days before tryouts. For more information, please see this flyer.
Other Announcements & Important Dates
- We sent home letters about Spring Conferences about a week ago. If you have not yet returned that letter, please do so A.S.A.P. We will be starting to schedule those conferences this week.
- All library books will be due Wednesday, May 17th.
- We will not have school on Monday, May 29th due to the Memorial Day holiday.
- 5th Grade Graduation will be Tuesday, May 30th at 1:00. We will have more information coming home about this important day soon.
Curriculum Tidbits
*We hope that you will periodically check our Twitter accounts as we tweet glimpses of what we're learning in class. You can find our tweets by searching the hashtag #tce5th or by going to our individual pages.
Math
Science
This week in Science we will be finishing our review for the Science STAAR. The learners will be taking the Science STAAR on Wednesday. They have been working very hard to prepare for their test. If they would like to review more at home, they can access all of the reviews we have been using in class on their teacher’s website.
Language Arts & Reading
In reading, we will begin new book clubs! The learners had a chance to select their top three choices of new books to read! Within their book clubs, learners will have specific roles to play and will be blogging daily. Ask your learner to share his/her blog with you!
Social Studies
We are wrapping up our study of the American Revolution. Then we will begin our final unit about free market economies!
*We hope that you will periodically check our Twitter accounts as we tweet glimpses of what we're learning in class. You can find our tweets by searching the hashtag #tce5th or by going to our individual pages.
Math
This week in math the learners will be working on their Makey Makey projects. The learners have written their word problems, and have moved on to coding the problem in Scratch and hooking up their Makey Makey.
Science
This week in Science we will be finishing our review for the Science STAAR. The learners will be taking the Science STAAR on Wednesday. They have been working very hard to prepare for their test. If they would like to review more at home, they can access all of the reviews we have been using in class on their teacher’s website.
Language Arts & Reading
In reading, we will begin new book clubs! The learners had a chance to select their top three choices of new books to read! Within their book clubs, learners will have specific roles to play and will be blogging daily. Ask your learner to share his/her blog with you!
Social Studies
We are wrapping up our study of the American Revolution. Then we will begin our final unit about free market economies!
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Finally, thank you again for taking the time to read our blog. We know how important it is for our TCE families to know what is happening at school! If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask. Our contact information is linked below for your convenience.
5A Morgan Peccarelli - mpeccarelli@coppellisd.com
5B Kate Seifert - kseifert@coppellisd.com
5C Marly Natherson - mnatherson@coppellisd.com
5D Jenna Taylor - jltaylor@coppellisd.com
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