January 13th-17th

   

January 17th - Interskate Night 6:00 - 8:00 PM

January 20th - No School - MLK Day

January 24th - Middle of Year MAP testing - please make sure iPads are charged

January 27th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 PM

January 28th - Cultural Night 5:30-7:00 PM

Character Trait of the Week

Week of January 13th

Thinkapalooza

Yearbook

Attendance

go.coppellisd.com/attendancenote

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 2025: 1/23, 2/6, 2/20, 3/6, 3/27, 4/10, 4/25, 5/8

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. 

December 6th Newsletter!

Lunches

Below are a few links regarding lunches:

- Breakfast & Lunch Menu

- Free & Reduced Lunch Application

- Check Your Lunch Application Status

- Create Your Child's Online Lunch Account

Lunch Menus can be found here

ELA -

During our reading block this week, we will review point of view and character development. We will also focus on elements of plot and how actions impact the story line. We will be using the vocabulary terms cause and effect. You can use it too in your daily lives to help them understand the difference between the two. 

This week in writing we will put our writing skills to use by setting some 2025 resolutions and talking about our snow day adventures.

In grammar, we will look at using coordinating conjunctions to combine two sentences.  We explore how and when to use them and how they can make our writing stronger.  

Social Studies - In Social Studies we will be learning more about Martin Luther King Jr. and comparing him to some other historical figures.

Math - Because of the snow days, this week is now a combo week of finishing our function machines and starting our geometry unit. The long-awaited function machines are coming home to you on Tuesday, so make sure to set some time aside to let your child amaze and astonish you! On Wednesday, we’ll begin our geometry unit, which is interesting: it’s a math unit that depends heavily on the memorization of words versus doing actual math. There is lots of new vocabulary in this unit! This week, we’ll practice (this is a 2nd grade skill) identifying our polygons from triangles (3 sides) all the way to dodecagons (12 sides). We will also work on learning the difference between a side, a vertex, and an angle, and we will learn about new words like parallel and congruent. Something to keep in mind is that while this is a unit that we will build upon when learning about area and perimeter, and while geometry knowledge is important for STAAR, no geometry standards are assessed on the report card. Please reach out if you have any questions!

Science - In Science we will finish up our exploration on how soil is formed by focusing on decomposition and its roll in the process.