December 12th-16th

 Upcoming Dates

December 15th 

Winter Parties @ 2:00 - All visitors will need to check in at the front office

December 16th

Spirit Rally 8:00-8:30

Early Release @ 12:30

NO LUNCH VISITORS THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY RELEASE

December 19th - January 2nd 

Winter Break

January 3rd

School Resumes

Function Machines

During the week of December 12th we will begin making our Functions Machines!  See below in our What Are We Learning section for more details!

What it will end up looking like:

What we need from you:

1/2 gallon cardboard milk carton

Cereal box

If you do not have access to either of these, please let either Mrs. Naughton or Mrs. Shelby know and we will make arrangements.  Thank you!

PTO is hosting a Kendra Scott Night Fundraiser. See below for details:

Lion's Club

A note from Ms. Matlock:

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

December Lunch Menu

 

Math

We are ready to practice our input/output tables and will be working on planning, building, and using our machines all week. 

Function Machines are my favorite!

Science 

Next week, we will spend the week working on a STEM activity…The Sandcastle Project!  They will be given the challenge of building a sandcastle that can withstand erosion (flowing water).  The kids will plan, build, test, and observe!  #science

Reading/Writing 

As we continue our new Read Aloud “Because of Winn-Dixie”, we will be analyzing major and minor characters. We will identify character traits and synthesizing information written in the story/drawing on our own conclusions. The author often gives us information without saying it directly. We are learning to infer and draw conclusions through written phrases, sayings, behavior, relationships and more. It’s exciting to begin to learn that there is so much more that authors want to share with us through their characters. 

We will also carry this over to our writing time. We will be writing a form of persuasive writing where a thesis statement or claim is made and details, evidence and examples are provided to back them up.

Social Studies 

The map study continues.  We are learning parts of maps, how to read them, and their purpose.

December 5th-9th

 Upcoming Dates

December 9th

Early Release @ 12:30

NO LUNCH VISITORS THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY RELEASE

December 15th 

Winter Parties @ 2:00 - All visitors will need to check in at the front office

December 16th

Spirit Rally 8:00-8:30

Early Release @ 12:30

NO LUNCH VISITORS THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY RELEASE

December 19th

January 2nd - Winter Break

January 3rd

School Resumes

Function Machines

During the week of December 12th we will begin making our Functions Machines!  See below in our What Are We Learning section for more details!

What it will end up looking like:

What we need from you:

1/2 gallon cardboard milk carton

Cereal box

If you do not have access to either of these, please let either Mrs. Naughton or Mrs. Shelby know and we will make arrangements.  Thank you!

PTO is hosting a Kendra Scott Night Fundraiser. See below for details:

Lion's Club

A note from Ms. Matlock:

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

December Lunch Menu

 

Math

Input/Output tables are next up for Data Analysis-palooza, and the patterns are running wild! Number relationships are all over input/output tables - fascinating stuff here, guys! There are 3 kinds of input/output tables: 1) You are given the input and the rule, and you have to find the output 2) You are given the input and the output and you have to find  the rule and 3) You are given the output and the rule and they have to do the inverse operation (opposite operation) to find the input. See examples below:

#1 Rule: x2 Input Output 4 ? Answer: 8

#2 Rule: ? Input Output 4 8 Answer: x2

#3 Rule: x2 Input Output ? 8 Answer: 4

During the week of December 12, every third grader will make Function Machines to help us practice Input/Output Tables. If you are able, please send in a cardboard, half gallon, empty, dry, clean juice or milk container and some flexible cardboard, like a cereal box. Thank you!

Science 

We will be dusting off our magnifying glasses…well, our imaginary ones!  We will be taking a closer look at Geologists!  What do they do?  Why are they important?  How do you become one?  All these questions and more will be answered next week!  Stay tuned!

Reading/Writing 

Our next ELAR unit will all revolve around making claims and supporting them with evidence from written text and real life.  In reading we are starting a beautiful novel together and we will walk alongside the main character as we get to know her.  We will study her behavior and traits. Then we will draw conclusions and make claims all while using evidence from the store to back up our claim.  

We will also carry this over to our writing time. We will be writing a form of persuasive writing where a thesis statement or claim is made and details, evidence and examples are provided to back them up. 

This type of thinking requires so much skill and depth. You can engage your kids in conversation about the motive - the why behind things. This will help them as we dive deep this unit.

Social Studies 

We will continue our study of different environments and how we survive in those environments. We also will learn about how the Earth changes from both physical and human processes (building new homes, conservation and pollution) and begin learning about features of maps.

November 28th - December 2nd

Upcoming Dates

November 21st-25th - Thanksgiving Break - 

No School

December 2nd - Reindeer Run 

3rd Grade @ 10:10

December 9th - Early Release @ 12:30

December 15th - Winter Parties @ 2:00

December 16th - Early Release @ 12:30

December 19th - January 2nd - Winter Break

January 3rd - School Resumes

Reindeer Run

Friday, December 2nd @ 10:10

Lion's Club

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

Last Call!!!

5th Grade Service Learning Project

Deadline is November 30th

 

 November Lunch Menu

 

Math

Bar graphs, pictographs, and line plots, OH MY! We are following the yellow brick road and will all soon become Wizards of Data Analysis. Line plots are the new skill for 3rd grade - see the line plot example below because I don’t know about you guys, but in 1987 at Will Rogers Elementary in Altus, Oklahoma, we were NOT learning about line plots. Kiddos today are amazing!              

                               X

                       X      X

                 X    X     X

                 X    X     X   X

           ———————————

                 1     2     3    4

   Number of Siblings Students Have

This means that 2 students have 1 sibling, 3 students have 2 siblings, 4 students have 3 siblings, and 1 student has 4 siblings.

During the week of December 19, we will be making function machines so that we can practice input/output tables. If you’re able, please send in a dry, clean, empty half gallon cardboard container and an empty cereal box. We are feeling over the rainbow for math!

Science 

We will continue taking a closer look at weathering, erosion and deposition.  It’s a slooooooowwww process guys…literally!  We will also look at Natural Resources and how important it is to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to preserve them! 

Reading/Writing 

We are wrapping up our study of nonfiction texts and will be moving into character studies in fiction stories. We will learn how characters’ actions influence a story and how they can change throughout a story. We will delve into the themes of stories and learn how to infer the theme of a story by putting pieces of the story together. We will be adding finishing touches to our nonfiction published pieces in writing and beginning to brainstorm and plan a persuasive writing piece.

Social Studies 

We will be kicking off our Geography study! We will be learning about different environments people live and work in and how we have adapted to and survive in those environments (climate, landforms, natural hazards and natural resources). We also will learn about how the Earth changes from both physical and human processes (building new homes, conservation and pollution).

November 14th-18th

Upcoming Dates

November 15th - TCE Spirit Night @ 

Chipotle; 5-9pm

November 18th - Turkey Trot 

(during Specials @ 10:10)

November 18th - Family Lunch Friday 

(11:30 3rd Grade)

November 21st-25th - Thanksgiving Break - 

No School

TCE Spirit Night - November 15th, 5-9

Turkey Trot

3rd Grade - 10:10-11:00

Lion's Club

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

5th Grade Service Learning Project

Deadline is November 30th

 

 November Lunch Menu

 

Math

Okay guys, that’s a wrap on multiplication and division, and we are ready to rock and roll on that post test this week! ROCK AND ROLL!! We will be reviewing all week and shining up our knowledge about all things multiplication: 2 by 1 digit multiplication, representing multiplication and division, knowing if a number is even or odd, understanding that multiplication and division are related, and solving multiplication and division word problems. Fact fluency (knowing your multiplication and division facts 1-10 quickly and easily) will not be assessed here. We will continue to have the kiddos practice and learn on Reflex; fact fluency will be reported on our next report card, which goes home the first week in January.

Science 

Raise your hand if you are ready to “dig in” to a new unit?  I think I just saw all of your hands go up!  And they stay there and they stay there!  Next week we will begin our unit on Earth’s Surface.  We will kick it off by taking a closer look at soil; the layers, how it is formed and the importance of it.  2 new vocabulary words that will be introduced are weathering (the breaking down of rock), erosion (the movement of broken down rock and soil, and disposition (where the eroded pieces/soil end up). 

Reading/Writing 

We have been researching using multiple sources for our expository subtopics the last few weeks. We have been working hard to get our information organized into first drafts, using all of the grammar skills we have been working on - complete sentences, subject/verb agreement, correct punctuation. Next week, we will continue to edit and revise our drafts and complete our expository pieces! In reading, we are continuing to explore nonfiction text features!

Social Studies 

We will be wrapping up our study of US Government and Citizenship by continuing to add to our knowledge of historical documents.

Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter

November 7th-11th

  

Upcoming Dates

November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @ 8:00am - Wear RED, WHITE or BLUE

November 15th - TCE Spirit Night @ Chipotle; 5-9pm

November 18th - Turkey Trot (during Specials @ 10:10)

November 21st-25th - Thanksgiving Break

Veteran's Day Ceremony - Friday, November 11th

We'd love for any veterans that are family or friends of our TCE family to join us Friday, November 11th at 8:15 a.m. Each grade level will participate, along with the TCE Choir or CHS Madrigals. A reception for guests will follow the ceremony. We look forward to celebrating our veterans. Guests will need to check in through the front office with a photo ID.

TCE Spirit Night - November 15th, 5-9

Lion's Club

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

5th Grade Service Learning Project

 

 November Lunch Menu

 

Math

It’s time we put all our multiplication and division knowledge to good use and start solving word problems, which of course is every 3rd grader’s favorite week in math - NOT. But. The lessons they learn this week are lifelong, useful math skills that they’ll need for the rest of their lives, and what’s more exciting than that? (Nothing. The answer is nothing.) We are getting closer to closing out this unit and are planning for the post test to be sometime the week of November 14. I say word problems, you say awesome!

Science 

It’s game time, baby!!  This is where it all comes together and the force is strong!  We will be creating a game that incorporates all that we have learned about force and motion.  The kids will be working in groups to design, build and test their own unique games.  Let the creativity begin!

Reading/Writing 

This has a really INFORMATIVE week!  We did a bunch of great work on our informational essays.  Your child has found relevant research and is learning to take notes in their own words. They are organizing these notes into appropriate categories. Next week they will write drafts in essay form!  WOW!  
We are also deep into analyzing and applying our knowledge of nonfiction text features through our All About Me activity.

Social Studies 

We will continue learning about our United States government, historical documents, and our founding fathers. We will take a closer look at the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and U. S. Constitution. We will also explore the three branches of government and learn more about our founding fathers.

Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter