Upcoming Dates
October 18th - Evening Color Run @ TCE - All families invited & more details to come
October 21st-25th - Red Ribbon Week - More information below!
October 25th - Red Ribbon Week Parade @ 8:00 a.m.
October 25th - Jack-O'-Lantern Jog - 3rd grade @ 10:10 a.m.
October 25th - Family Friday Lunch - 3rd Grade @ 12:00
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
Terrific Texans
In addition to our weekly Terrific Texans, our campus recognizes a Top Texan for each class every nine weeks. these learners are chosen based on a citizenship quality teachers have seen in them throughout the entire nine weeks. Congratulations on our 3rd grade Top Texans from the first nine weeks!
Character Trait of the Week
Color Run
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week is October 21-25, 2024. As a campus, TCE will focus on making healthy choices during this week. Life is A Movie, Film Drug Free.™" was selected as this year's Red Ribbon Week theme by National Family Partnership because it inspires individuals to play their part in fostering safe, healthy, and drug-free communities. From healthcare professionals to educators, parents, and beyond, the theme underscores the collective impact achievable through dedication and commitment.
See the graphic below for the themed days!
Yearbook
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: 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.
October 11th Newsletter!
We have officially arrived at our next unit in Writing…Informational! This week we will start with exploring fiction writing and learning to identify the main ideas with supporting details.
This week we are reviewing our friction study. Each student will have the opportunity to practice
We are also working in non-fiction during reading. This week begins the journey of understanding main idea; how to identify it, how to write about, and how to support it with details from the text.
Social Studies - This week we continue investigating specific civic duties including participating in nonprofits. We also will continue to reinforce additional responsibilities for being a good citizen in a community.
Math - We will begin our Multiplication and Division unit this week and I’m thrilled about it! This is a big, I mean REALLY BIG, unit for 3rd graders. Parents ask me (Mrs. Naughton) what they can do to help their child at home, and my answer remains the same: Help your child memorize his or her multiplication and division facts to 10. I am definitely going to teach songs and tricks to help them quickly arrive at the multiplication and division answer, and while those are useful, nothing beats just knowing the product right away without having to really think about it. We don’t spend time in class memorizing our facts beyond using Reflex - I will be moving everyone who isn’t already there to multiplication and division by the end of the week - so your help at home will set your child up for success for the rest of their life. (Dramatic, much? Maybe sometimes, but not in this case! It really will help them forever. And you could take credit!) I would be happy to print out a set of cards for you to cut out and use, so if you need one, please let me know! We will start our unit with understanding how to represent multiplication with equal groups (for example, 2x3=6 is represented by 2 groups of 3) and arrays (2 rows of 3). Let’s go, 3rd grade, it’s about to get real!
Science - This week we will explore patterns in motion and friction. We will learn that friction is a force that slows things down.
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