Upcoming Dates
Nov. 1st - Wild Robot Movie
Nov. 5th - No school for students - district professional development
Nov. 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony 8:00am-9:00am - We invite all veterans that are family and/or friends of our learners to join us that morning as we celebrate our veterans in a school-wide assembly
Nov. 15th - Town Center Family Game Night @ 6:00-8:00 p.m. - More details below
Nov. 22nd - Turkey Trot - 3rd grade @ 10:10 a.m. Parents are invited to attend.
Nov. 25th-29th - No School - Thanksgiving Break
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 our winners this week!
Rex, Asher and Diego
Last Week's Winners
Anna, Mia, and Chaitanya
Character Trait of the Week
Week of October 28th
Veteran's Day Ceremony
We are excited to celebrate our veterans on Friday, November 11th at 8:15 a.m. To plan for seating and reception items, please let us know if you have any family members or friends who are veterans and will be in attendance. We look forward to our veterans joining us! Click here to RSVP any veterans who plan on attending. **Regular visitor check-in procedures will apply to everyone visiting our school that day. Please bring in your ID and check in through our front office. We encourage you to arrive by 8:00 am. to allow time for check-in.
TCE Olympic Day - November 8th
Family Game Night - November 15th
Mark your calendar for our Family Game Night hosted by our Dads and Dudes. A free event open to all families. Click here to register for our Town Center Game Night!
A Note from Nurse Crenshaw
St. Ann’s Catholic Parish is once again sponsoring Thanksgiving Basket deliveries (or a pickup option at St Ann’s Church if you prefer). This program provides families in need with a complete Thanksgiving dinner for the entire family. The baskets will be delivered to your home the weekend before Thanksgiving, so it is critically important that an adult representing the family be at the home between the hours of Noon and 4PM on Sunday, November 24th, 2024. The deadline to sign up for a basket is October 22nd, 2024.
Please fill out this form with all information requested. Please contact Nurse Crenshaw if you have any questions. kcrenshaw@coppellisd.com
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: 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.
October 28th Newsletter!
In grammar we will look at 2 different ways an apostrophe can be used; possessive nouns (Mrs. Shelby’s book) and contractions (do not = don’t).
This week in reading we will continue our nonfiction study. We will review text features (index, bold print, captions, diagrams, glossary, headings, subheadings, illustrations, etc), how they enhance the text, and what the author’s purpose was for including them. We will also read to determine the author’s opinion and provide evidence to support our thinking.
Social Studies - We are exploring the founding fathers and historical documents that helped establish our country. This helps learners understand how the government functions in the present day.
Math - We have to learn about strip diagrams this week, and I know what you’re thinking: “what in the new math is a strip diagram?” You’re right, it is some new math stuff. But they’re useful, I promise! Strip diagrams represent what is going on in the word problem and serve as a visual representation of the happenings in a word problem. Here’s an example of a multiplication strip diagram and the word problem that goes with it:
Mrs. Naughton has 6 bags. Each bag has 3 cookies. How many cookies does she have?
The question mark can be on the top or the bottom, and it shows that we’re looking for the total. The squares being the same show that the groups are equal.
We will also learn that multiplication means that something is _______ times as many as something else. This type of word problem will sound like this: Mrs. Naughton has 6 stickers. Mrs. Shelby has 3 times as many. How many stickers does Mrs. Shelby have?
Lots of practical things to learn in math this week! Please continue to help your child learn his or her multiplication facts! It will change their math lives forever!
Science - This week we will continue our exploration into different forms of energy. We will take a closer look at Light and Mechanical Energy. We will explore how light travels (in waves) and the 2 different forms of mechanical energy (potential and kinetic).
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