Please see the Google calendar embedded above with important dates and reminders.
Important Reminders:
- The next Sky Ranch payment of $50 is due Friday, February 1st.
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 Submissions
PTO would love your help as they continue the process of collecting pictures throughout the year to spotlight in the yearbook. For more information on submitting pictures, please see our previous blog post.
Friendship Friday in Fifth Grade
As a reminder, we will be having "Friendship Friday" every other Friday during lunch, starting this week. You can read more about this in our previous post.
We are excited for author Aisha Saeed to visit our Town Center Elementary 4th and 5th graders on February 12! Ms. Saeed is the author of Amal Unbound, which was the 2018 Global Read Aloud Upper Elementary/Middle Grade selection. If you would like to order a book for your 4th/5th grader, please look for the order form in your child's backpack or print it from this link. The order form AND complete payment must be turned in to our librarian, Mrs. Keene-Carlson, no later than Friday, February 1. Families are also welcome to purchase their own copy of Amal Unbound from Amazon or another bookseller. Those copies of Amal Unbound should be brought to Mrs. Keene-Carlson before the date of Ms. Saeed's visit so that we can get the books prepared for her to sign. If you have questions, please email Alena Keene-Carlson at acarlson@coppellisd.com.
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 of February 1st, your balance should be $150. If you have not yet made any payments, or your balance is less than $150, please contact your son/daughter's teacher to provide an update on your plan for payments. As always, if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask.
Sky Ranch Parent Meeting & Information Packet
As you know, we had a Sky Ranch informational parent meeting last week. We sent information packets home with the students whose parents did not attend the meeting, so by now each family should have a packet. A few reminders:
- Chaperone Interest Forms are due Feb. 8th
- All Sky Ranch Paperwork is due April 10th.
Want to Know More About Sky Ranch?
We thought it might help if you could look at some pictures as a family. Click here to see the pictures!
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 prizes.
A Peek into Our Classrooms
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| Congratulations to this stud for winning the Town Center Elementary Winter 2019 Chess Club World Championship! |
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| From Mr. Miller: What an incredible day of music making. Love our Town Center students so much. |
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| 5A loved visiting the library to talk to Mrs. Keene-Carlson about the upcoming Author's Visit. |
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 dividing whole numbers by unit fractions and dividing unit fractions by whole numbers. (A "unit fraction" is a fraction with 1 as the numerator. Ex: 1/2, 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, etc.)
Math Homework: As a reminder, the homework will include a STAAR Prep section and a section to practice the concepts currently being taught in class. You can find the link to the homework here.
Science
This week in science, we will starting our unit over patterns in the natural world. The learners will begin the unit by investigating the reasons why our models of the solar system are flawed. They will then create their own model of the solar system. During this unit the learners will be posting to Flipgrid to showcase their learning. If you would like to see your learner's reflections, please visit https://flipgrid.com/tceconnect and enter the password Patterns!
Social Studies
Learners will continue their study on Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny. This week, learners will understand the significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Acquisition of Oregon Country, and the Mexican Cession.
Reading & Language Arts
This week in readers workshop, we will wrap up our study of nonfiction with a Unit 2 assessment. We will start to look forward to our Poetry Unit.
This week in spelling, we will be focusing on the latin root, rupt. The learners will spell words with rupt in them and will learn the meaning of the word
This week in writing, learners will take their Middle of the Year writing assessment.
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