Please see the Google calendar embedded above with important dates and reminders.
Important Reminders:
- The learners will not have school on Monday, January 21st.
- Sky Ranch Parent Meeting - January 23rd. (See info below.)
It's that time of year to purchase a yearbook for your child. Yearbook cost was not part of the Trailpass this year, so the only way to purchase is through balfour.com at a cost of $25. You can also purchase an ad to appear in the yearbook to make this year extra special. Optional ads come in multiple sizes ranging from $15-$120. We sold out last couple of years, so don't miss out! Yearbook sales end January 18, 2019.
Friendship Friday in Fifth Grade
As many of you know, each class sits at a specific, designated table during lunch. Well, we are going to start something new with the learners next week. Every other Friday, the learners will have the chance to sit with any friend in the fifth grade at any of the designated fifth grade tables. Our hope is that they will enjoy the chance to visit with a friend they don't see as often and that this choice will help prepare them for the open seating options in middle school. We wanted to make you aware of this change because many of you come to have lunch with your learner on Fridays.
Yearbook Submissions
PTO would love your help as they begin the process of collecting pictures throughout the year to spotlight in the yearbook. We'd love to send any pictures you have from school events, field trips, and spirit rallies, etc. through the platform "Imageshare". Please see Ms. Martin's Parent Blog for information on how to submit pictures.
Sky Ranch Payments
As a reminder, the third Sky Ranch payment of $50 is due Friday, Feburary 1st. You may pay by check (payable to Town Center Elementary), cash, or credit card. Visit this link to pay by credit card. As always, if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask.
Sky Ranch Parent Meeting
We would like for all 5th grade parents to attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 23rd at 5:30. The meeting will be in the Town Center cafeteria, and it will last about an hour. We will go over basic information for the trip (sample schedules, packing list, meal options, classes, sleeping arrangements, etc.) and we will provide time for questions. Please note that this meeting is for parents.
We will have our annual Lewisville Spring Creek Barbecue Spirit Night Monday, January 28th from 5-9PM. Come join us for fabulous food and socializing with all your favorite TCE friends and teachers. Spring Creek will donate 20% of all the evening's proceeds to our school. Also, the class with the best attendance will win a special prize!
Needing to Contact Your Child's Teacher?
We love connecting with families and being available to answer any questions or address any concerns you have! If you need to contact us, please use one of the options below.
- CISD Email: All TCE staff have an official CISD email address that is checked each day.
- mpeccarelli@coppellisd.com
- kseifert@coppellisd.com
- mnatherson@coppellisd.com
- jltaylor@coppellisd.com
- rperry@coppellisd.com
- CISD Phones: While our classroom phones do not push through phone calls from outside the school during the day, you may call our CISD phones and leave a message. For a more time sensitive manner, please contact the front office. They are able to relay messages to us. **We recently received new phones and our numbers will be changing. Once we have our new numbers, we will post them on the blog.
- In Person: Our designated conference time is 9:55-10:50 on Mondays-Thursdays and 11:10-12:00 on Fridays. Please contact your teacher via their CISD phone number or CISD email to set up a conference time, if needed. We would be happy to meet with you!
A Peek into Our Classrooms
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| Our Town Center Spelling Bee Champion studied really hard to be prepared for the District Spelling Bee on January 9th. She did a great job and made it through to the 6th round which is extra impressive because she was competing against students in 5th-8th grades! |
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| Learners created canyons and shorelines and explored the effects of erosion on their landscapes during our science lab! |
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| Learners created canyons and shorelines and explored the effects of erosion on their landscapes during our science lab! |
You can always follow the hashtag #tce5th on Twitter to see more pictures from our classrooms.
Curriculum Updates:
Math
This week in math, we will continue our unit over operations with fractions. We will be multiplying whole numbers by fractions and fractions by whole numbers. You can access and print the optional math homework here.
Science
This week in science, the learners will be investigating physical weather and landforms. The learners will also be participating in a practice Science STAAR on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Social Studies
This week in social studies, the learners finish their unit on the Constitution. Students will be given an exam review at the beginning of the week, and will continue to review for the remainder of the week. Learners will have an exam over both the Constitution and the three Branches of Government at the end of the week.
Reading & Language Arts
This week in readers workshop, we will continue to work on nonfiction skills. Specifically, we will focus on the organizational structures of nonfiction texts and how recognizing these structures can help us understand what we read. We will also focus on summarizing what we've read by identifying the big ideas.
This week in spelling, we will be focusing on the Greek root, meter. Learners will learn to spell words containing graph as well as understand the meaning of the root.
This week in writing, learners will continue working on expository writing. Learners will focus on organizing their ideas, adding supporting details, and editing their writing.
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