February 19th - 22nd

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

February 18th - No School
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline
February 11th - 25th - Metrocrest Canned Soup Drive
February 22nd - Parent Survey for Looping Feedback Due
March 28th - TCE Cultural Night
April 12th - TCE PTO Color Run!
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night

Announcements

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

TCE's 2nd Annual Cultural Night

We are excited to have our 2nd annual Culture Night at TCE.  Last year was such a great success with all the dishes you shared with our TCE community.  If you would like to share an appetizer, main dish or dessert on March 28th please sign up below. We will get back with you with more specific details as the event grows near. TCE will provide sample cups to share the dish you bring.  This event was successful because of all of our families' contributions. Thank you for making our school so great! 

SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE

Be on the lookout for more information about this event including performances and interactive stations!

Metrocrest Canned Soup Drive

Bring soup cans February 11-25 to the grade level donation boxes located at the end of each hallway. 

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will continue our Geometry unit! We will focus be working through our choice board to practice classifying quadrilaterals and sorting 2D/3D shapes. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts we will continue our unit on Inferencing. We will finish up our book club books learning about character traits. 

Science

In Science, we will be wrapping up our unit on Patterns in the Sky and taking our post test. We will then move on to our next unit, interactions and changes in the environment. We will learn about different habitats and the living and nonliving things in those habitats. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, learners will be creating a commercial that showcases the geography and human adaptations of their state.  

February 11th - 14th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

February 14th - Class Valentine's Day Party @ 2pm

February 15th - No School
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline
February 22nd - Parent Survey for Looping Feedback Due
March 28th - TCE Cultural Night
April 12th - TCE PTO Color Run!
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
February 8th, 2019
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Dylan Charles, 3B: Haya Abid, 3C: Ethan Walther, 3D: Lilly Haworth , and 3E: Danielle Sim

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will continue our Geometry unit! We will focus on learning 2D shape attributes and classifying these shapes as quadrilaterals. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts we will continue our unit on Inferencing. We will finish up our book club books learning about character traits. 

Science

In Science, we will be wrapping up our unit on Patterns in the Sky by researching career connections. We will have our unit post test on Wednesday, February 13th. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, learners will be creating a commercial that showcases the geography and human adaptations of their state.  

February 4th - 8th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

February 5th - PTO meeting @ 6pm
February 6th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History
February 14th - Class Valentine's Day Party @ 2pm
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline
April 12th - TCE PTO Color Run!
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
February 1, 2019
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Sindhu Vemula, 3B: Saanvi Guntupalli, 3C: Sydney Skillern, 3D: Summer Ea & Lianne Thomas, and 3E: Varshini Avula

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

February PTO Meeting
Don't forget! Join us at our February PTO meeting on Tuesday the 5th. 

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be starting our Geometry unit! We will take our post test on Monday and begin to introduce attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. This unit will be mostly memorization of the shape attributes, so we will be getting a lot of practice with that! 

Language Arts

In reading, we are continuing our unit on character traits. We are also continuing to exploring inferencing and finding evidence in our text to support our ideas about character traits. 

Science

In Science, learners will research various planets and their order from the sun. They will create a slide to showcase their research and understanding. We will have our unit post test on Wednesday, February 13th. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, the learners will continue to research the geography for their assigned state. They will then look into how people adapt to their physical environment based on the geography of where they live.  

January 28th - February 1st

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night!
February 5th - PTO meeting @ 6pm
February 6th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History
February 14th - Class Valentine's Day Party @ 2pm
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
January 25th, 2019
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Megan Maurer, 3B: Sahana Sudhir, 3C: Chloe Chang, 3D: Rachel Bak, and 3E: Ethan Khera

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be concluding our Perimeter and Area unit. We will review finding the perimeter of polygons, finding the missing side of a polygon when given the perimeter, and finding the area of rectangles and composite figures. Our post test will be taken on Wednesday, the 30th of January. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts, learners will continue to study character traits. We will begin to learn about making inferences in our reading. Learners are making a character traits folder about the characters in their Book Club book. 

Science

In Science, learners will continue to explore our solar system and the position of the planet in relation to the sun.  Learners will create a model to represent the planets positions.

Social Studies

In Social Studies learners will begin their State Geography Project.  Each learner will be assigned a state.  As we explore different aspects of our physical environment they will then research those in their given state.  This will continue over a couple of weeks, as we will be breaking it down and not only looking at the physical environment but how it effects people in that area.

January 21st - 25th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 21st - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School

January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night!
February 6th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History
February 14th - Class Valentine's Day Party @ 2pm
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
January 18th, 2019
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Jayashree Bhattarai, 3B: Eva Lin, 3C: Samyutha Ponangi, 3D: Simrah Shaik, and 3E: Mariano Ortiz

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be continuing our Perimeter and Area unit. The learners know that perimeter is the space around a shape, and area is the space inside of a shape. This week we will review finding the perimeter of a polygon with missing sides, and focus on finding the area of composite figures. Learners know that composite figures are figures made up of 2 or more shapes. We will practice partitioning (decomposing or taking apart) these shapes to find the area. We will continue working through our Middle of the Year benchmark assessments. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts this week we will continue our unit on Character analysis. We will also continue our Middle of Year assessments. We will be reviewing previous spelling patterns and new patterns will pick up once assessments are finished.  We will also be reviewing non fiction text features in book clubs. 

Science

In Science learners will be able to understand that a solar system is a system of objects, such as planets and moons, in orbit around a star, such as our Sun.  They will also be exploring the planets in our solar system and their position in relation to the sun.

Social Studies

In Social Studies learners will continue to explore Maps and globes and how they contain map elements that assist in interpreting and creating maps.  They will also begin to explore the 4 elements of the physical environment that humans must adapt to Climate, Landforms, Natural Hazards, and Natural Resources.  They will explore these while researching various states/regions.

January 14th-18th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 12th - TCE Robotics Competition
January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night!
February 6th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
January 11th, 2018
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Samuel Park, 3B: Yugo Kagao, 3C: Madison Makil, 3D: Amy Chi , and 3E: Shreya Shah

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

Don't Miss The Yearbook Deadline!

 Only one week left! 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 for the last couple of years, so don't miss out! Yearbook sales end January 18, 2019. 

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be digging into our Perimeter and Area unit. The learners should have an understanding that perimeter is the space around a shape, and area is the space inside of a shape. We have covered how to find the perimeter of a shape (add up all of the sides), and will learn the formula to find the area of a rectangle this week (Area=Length X Width). We will also introduce composite figures and how to decompose them to find the area. We will also be working through our Middle of the Year benchmark assessments. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts this week we will begin our unit on Character analysis. We are beginning  our Middle of Year assessments. We will be reviewing previous spelling patterns and new patterns will pick up once assessments are finished.  We will also be reviewing non fiction text features in book clubs. 

Science

In Science we will continue our unit on Patterns in the sky.  Learners will be exploring the relationship between the Earth, sun and moon.  They will understand that the Earth revolves around the Sun and the Moon revolves around the Earth.

Social Studies

In Social Studies we are beginning out unit on Geography.  Learners will begin with exploring maps and globes and how they contain elements that assist in interpreting and creating maps.

December 10th - 14th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

December 3rd-December 19th - Town Center Giving Tree
December 14th - Jingle Bell Jog @10:20
December 14th - Winter Texan Town #2
December 17th - 5th Grade Music Performance
December 20th - Class Winter Parties @ 2pm
December 21st - Half Day! Winter Break
December 24th-January 4th - Winter Break No School
January 7th - First Day Back!
February 19th - Read To Succeed Deadline

Announcements

Third Grade Students of the Week
December 7th, 2018
We are SO proud of these learners for being model citizens every day this week. They are so respectful, kind, and follow directions the first time they are asked. We are so proud of you!
3A: Zain Sahib, 3B: Sahana Sudhir, 3C: Sydney Skillern, 3D: Ethan Lee, and 3E: Colin Cook

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Your learner should have come home with a letter and reading log for the Six Flags Read To Succeed program. If your child reads 6 hours (360 minutes) and logs their reading (with a parent signature), they will earn a free ticket to Six Flags. This reading log is due back by February 19th to earn the Six Flags ticket. 

Town Center Giving Tree

Town Center Giving Tree

When: December 3^rd  – December 19^th  

What: Town Center first graders are collecting new, unwrapped

toys for children in need in Coppell.  We will be donating the toys to the

Coppell Lions Club. When you place your toy under the Christmas Tree,

please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree!

Where: Place new, unwrapped toys under the Christmas tree by the

front office.

Jingle Bell Jog!

Yearbooks on Sale NOW!

 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 for the last couple of years, so don't miss out! Yearbook sales end January 18, 2019. 

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will continue to practice identifying multiplication and division word problems and solving them using various strategies. Identifying the correct operation is the most difficult part, so we will talk a lot about the difference between the two. We will continually review multiplication so that everyone is ready for our post test over both multiplication and division on December 14th. 

Language Arts

In reading we will continue working on cause and effect. Readers will be using both non fiction and fiction texts to apply their knowledge of cause and effect.  We will continue to read different genres in our book clubs. We will also be doing readers theater in class working on our fluency skills. 

In writing learners will continue to write using non fiction text features while working on their Social Studies research project. We will also be working on making our writing contain more details and more vivid verbs.

Science

In Science we will explore and record how soils are formed by weathering of rock and the decomposition of plant and animal remains.  For next week we are asking that all learners bring in a small sample of soil from around their house or Coppell for us to explore and observe.

Social Studies

In Social Studies we will be finishing up our research on our historical/contemporary figure and will begin writing our rough draft.