Upcoming Dates
September 27th - Fall Frolic Run
This will be during each grade level's specials time (3rd grade - 10:10 a.m.). Parents are invited to attend.
October 4th - Family Friday Lunches begin!October 9th - Picture retake day for anyone absent or wanting a retake
October 11th - No School & Parent Conferences (More info to come soon)
October 18th - Evening Color Run @ TCE - All families invited & more details to come
Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out in a positive way they are awarded a Terrific Texan. At the end of the week, there is a school-wide drawing and 3 winners are chosen from each grade level.
Congratulations to this weeks winners!
Dharit, Raj and Anna
Metro Services - Mobile Food Pantry
Curriculum Night
We enjoyed seeing and meeting so many of you on Curriculum Night! In case you were not able to attend or would like to refer back to our slides here is a link to what we covered. Please let us know if you have any questions. We are excited for this school year!
Coppell Cares
Coppell Cares offers the Weekend Backpack Program for families who have financial need. Each Friday, learners receive a bag of snacks for the weekend. The goal of the program is to help eliminate food insecurity for children. They provide nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack items to eligible CISD children (and siblings). This weekly food program helps feed children over the weekend during the school year when they are not receiving meals at school.
If you would like your child(ren) to participate in this program, please complete the online application below. If you would prefer a paper copy to be sent home with your child, please email TCE's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com. Families may sign up for this program at any time during the school year. Deliveries will begin Friday, September 6th. Deliveries will be suspended for Thanksgiving Week, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
Attendance
Background Checks
We ask that all families complete a volunteer background check at the start of the year. They do not carry over from year to year. Since the background checks take time to process, we ask that everyone complete one in case any type of volunteering opportunity (class field trip, Dad's Club, Room parent, class volunteer, field day, etc.) arises during the year that you are interested in. Please click on the link below to complete it.
Background Checks - Linked Here
Tennis Shoes for PE & Extended Specials Day (CTT)
Please help ensure your child wears appropriate shoes on PE days and Move & Groove (Fridays). Additionally, every other Thursday 3rd grade has extended specials during CTT. The dates are outlined for the remainder of the year below. Thank you for your help in making sure your child is safely dressed for the gym!
3rd Grade CTT Dates for 2024: 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/21, 12/12
TCE Principal Newsletter
Each week Ms. Martin sends out her Town Center Principal Newsletter. Please make sure to check out all the important campus-wide announcements in the Principal Newsletter.
September 13th Newsletter!
In Grammar we will discuss verb tenses; past, present and future (ie. danced, dances, will dance). We will also explore those tricky irregular verb tenses like (catch/caught, choose/chose).
During reading this week we will add to our comprehension toolkit. We are working to make deep connections with text to deepen our understanding.
Our spelling practice will focus on a few high frequency words and compound words!
Social Studies - In social studies this week, we will begin our unit on citizenship. We learn lots in this unit about our civil duties as citizens. We will also begin to learn about different government structures.
Math - As you all know, we’ve been working on rounding, which is a life skill your kiddo will need forever. We’ve talked about how rounding is all about finding the closest friendly number (a number that ends in 0). We’ve rounded to the hundreds place and to the tens place using a number line, so this week, I will teach them the rounding rules: Underline the place value you’re rounding to, go next door, ask yourself “5 or more? Raise the score! 4 or less? Let it rest!” The underlined place value gets raised or stays the same. Some children prefer to think of a number line when rounding, and some prefer to go step by step; whichever way your child prefers, I’ve got them covered! We will review the base 10 relationship this week, which means that as you move left through place values in a number, each one is 10 times more. It’s a complicated theory for 8 and 9 year olds to understand, but we will memorize this after working with place value blocks to understand. Finally, in our WPOD (#iykyk, ask your 3rd grader!), we will dip our toe into the world of financial literacy with words like withdraw, deposit, bank account, and planned/unplanned expenses! It’s a big week in 3rd grade math, so early bedtimes are a must!
Science - Next week we are wrapping up our Properties of Matter Unit with some final explorations of matter. We will revisit how to classify matter based on its properties and how to measure, test and record the information.
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