May 1 - 5

 Calendar

May 2nd - PTO Spirit Night Fundraiser -  Andy's Custard 

May 4th - TCE PTO Spring Family Picnic (begins at 6:00)   See you there! 

May 4th - Reading MAP testing for 1B and 1C. Please make sure your child's Ipad is fully charged.

May 5th - Reading MAP testing for 1A.  Please make sure your child's Ipad is fully charged.

May 9th - Math MAP testing for 1A and 1C.  Please make sure your child's Ipad is fully charged.

May 10th - Math MAP testing for 1B.  Please make sure your child's Ipad is fully charged.

May 14th - Mrs. Vincenzo's birthday

May 22nd - Field Day

May 26th - Last day of school - early release

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD'S IPAD IS FULLY CHARGED EACH DAY.  WE HAVE A LOT OF IPADS COMING TO SCHOOL THAT ARE NOT CHARGED.  SOME ACTIVITIES WE DO REQUIRE AN IPAD AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T HAVE A WORKING IPAD TO USE.  THANK YOU!

Look at what we will be learning next week:

Math

We will organize data to make it useful for interpreting information and solving problems.  We will use data to create picture and bar-type graphs as well as draw conclusions and generate and answer questions using information from picture and bar-type graphs. 

Fun videos to watch with your child: 

Math Activities to do with your child at home 

• Go on a shape hunt with your child.   Let them tell you all about the attributes of a particular shape
• Play guess my shape?  I am thinking of a shape that has 8 vertices, 12 edges, and 6 faces.  What shape am I thinking of? ( cube or rectangular prism)   Two triangles make me.  What shape am I thinking of? ( rhombus) I have 5 sides and 5 vertices.  What shape am I thinking of? (Pentagon) 
• Gather a group of coins and practice counting them together :-) As we are counting our coins, we  say "When we  change coins, we change the way we count."  Have fun! 
• Generate story problems about family members.  For example, Mom went to the store and bought some cookies.  She ate half a dozen cookies in the car.  Now she has 10 cookies.  How many cookies did mom have in the beginning?  :-) 
• Practice counting to 120 by ones from any given number.  
• Practice counting to 120 by tens from any given number.  
• Practice counting to 120 by fives. 
• Practice counting to 120 by twos. 
• DREAMBOX - 15 minutes daily.  Please do not tell your child the answers.  The program is designed to help them at their level.  

Language Arts  

We will be taking our end of year MAP test.  1B and 1C will be doing it on May 4th and 1A will be taking it on May 5th.  It is IMPORTANT that your child's iPad is fully charged on their day of testing.  I am also working on the end of year M-Class testing.  These results will be sent home at the end of first grade.  I can't wait to see how far everyone has come since the beginning of the year.  I am so proud of them! 

Writing:  We will put the finishing touches on our first realistic fiction story.  We have been working so hard to include sound effects, dialogue between characters, and creating a visual for the reader to imagine. 

Reading: We amaze ourselves at how we can read just about any book that we pick up in our classroom!  It makes my teacher heart so happy to see all these readers loving and enjoying books.  We use about 30 minutes of our language arts block to just dive in and read.  We read from our leveled books, choice books, and chapter books.  I love to see what they pick to read and what their favorites are.  Way to go first grade!  

**Don't forget to let your child log on to the Kids A-Z (Raz-Kids) app at home.  The "Level Up" part of the app is excellent for listening, reading, and answering comprehension questions.  There are lots of great non-fiction books in their Raz-Kids libraries. All iPads have been updated to your child's current reading level. 

Social Studies  - We will begin our study of landforms!!

Science  - We will conclude our study of plants!!!!

Announcements:

TCE Parents and Families – Yearbook Photos Needed!

TCE PTO is looking for your help in gathering photos for the Town Center Yearbook! We set up an easy process for you to share your images from different campus or classroom events. We would love for all families to contribute their images so we can make sure we have equal representation from all grade levels and classrooms! Please use the following step-by-step directions document or video to create a Lifetouch account and begin uploading your images now. Thank you!

Volunteer Background Check Form - REQUIRED TO VOLUNTEER

If you anticipate volunteering on campus at all this year, please fill it out. A new one must be completed each school year. If you plan on chaperoning our field trip, this must be filled out at least 10 days prior to our field trip.  You will not be able to chaperone our field trip unless this form is correctly filled out ten days prior to our field trip.  Please click on the VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECK FORM above to fill out. 

• School begins at 7:40.  If your child arrives after 7:40 they will need to go to the office and receive a tardy pass.  Please make sure your child arrives in the building before 7:40 each day.  
• Please remember to send your child's Ipad to school every day.  Also, please make sure that it is charged every evening.  Thank you!! 
• Please make sure to look at your child's daily behavior calendar.  Our goal is for the children to color in the day with the appropriate behavior.  Many times, the children forget.  If it is not colored, please assume it is a great day.  If you see a teacher comment, we would love for you to have a conversation with your child about what happened to receive the comment.  Please know many warnings were given before a comment was written. :-) 
• Please review and take out all papers from their take-home folder each day.  

Email is the best way to get in touch with your child's teacher: 

• Mrs. Sork:  msork@coppellisd.com  (math)
• Mrs. Vincenzo:  lvincenzo@coppellisd.com  (language arts)
• Mrs. McCullough: jmccullough@coppellisd.com (science and social studies)

Dismissal 

If you change the way your child goes home at the end of the day, please email your teacher.  Children will be sent home their "usual" way unless we hear directly from a parent.  Also, please make sure that the teacher has responded to your email to ensure that we got the message.  If you don't hear back from your teacher, please call the office to let them know about dismissal changes. 

Celebrations & Birthday Treats

We will celebrate your child’s birthday with a spotlight on our daily school-wide announcements and a goody bag from the school that contains several items, including a coupon for a free treat in the cafeteria.  

 If you choose to send birthday food treats to school, they will need to be in their original packaging that lists the ingredients.  Please send the treats to our school nurse.  She will look over the ingredients and then deliver them to your child's homeroom class.  These treats will be sent home with the learners at the end of the day for them to enjoy at home. 

School Lunches

Who can visit my child for lunch?

Every Friday families are allowed to eat lunch in the cafeteria. 

District guidelines limit lunchroom visitors at the elementary level to parents, immediate family members with written permission from a parent, and campus mentors. Immediate family members are defined as the student’s parents/step-parents, siblings, grandparents, or any person residing in the home. A parent can list the person(s) who have permission to have lunch for the entire school year.

If anyone other than the parent(s) listed as guardians in our district eschool system is eating with the child, we will need written documentation of your approval.

For the last two years, free and reduced meals were provided for all Texas public school children.  Beginning September 29th, families must complete an application to qualify for free or reduced-priced meals. For more information, check out the Coppell ISD Child Nutrition website.  Complete your School Meal Application here.  Allow up to ten days to process your application. 

Photos from the week:

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You know it must be spring in Texas if we are having indoor recess!!  

Telling time with friends is so much fun! 

I can use non standard measurement tools! 

So much concentration! 

Scientist of the Week

Moksha taught 1B that putting a stalk of celery in a tube of water with food coloring the stalk of celery will change to that color.

Plants absorb nutrients from the soil through the roots and up through the plant's stem. This was a fun experiment that went right along with our unit on plants!!  We were studying the jobs of the different parts of plants!  Way to go Moksha!!  You rocked it!!!