Calendar
Aug. 28th and Aug. 29th - BOY Reading MAP assessment (please make sure your child's iPad is charged.)
Sept. 4th - No School/Labor Day
Sept. 7th - Curriculum Night 5:00 - 5:45 (parents only/no students)
Sept. 8th - Special Friend's Day 9:15am-10:15am
Sept. 11th - 15th - Scholastic Book Fair
1A & 1B : Tuesdays
1C & 1D: Wednesday
What will we be learning next week?
Language Arts
**During the first few weeks of school we will be completing our individual preassessments for first grade language arts.
Reading: We will work on building our stamina when reading. Building stamina requires focus while reading self selected texts for increasing periods of time. We will also talk about good reading habits. We will learn how to "scoop up phrases" like a spoon! We will also be reviewing the 38 kindergarten snap words.
Writing: We are in full swing with our writing journals. Next week we will be working hard on remembering everything we learned in kindergarten about finger spaces, capitals, and punctuation. We will use strategies to help us sound out words to spell when writing.
Grammar/Phonics: We will continue to review kindergarten standards with Heggerty Phonics program. We are learning a lot about building and splitting apart compound words. For example, do you know what happens to the word airplane if you change "plane" to "port"?
Math
Next week, we will continue to subitize numbers. Please see the links below to practice subitizing at home. We will also represent numbers up to 20 in standard form, expanded form, and word form.
Social Studies We will continue to talk about citizenship and rules. We will discuss what it means to be a good citizen of a classroom and a community.
Weekly Announcements
- Please mark you calendars for September 7th from 5:00 - 5:45at TCE. We will be hosting 1st Grade Curriculum Night (parents only/no children). You won't want to miss learning about our curriculum and the ins and outs of first grade. Hope to see you all there!
- If you would like to donate any extra supplies to your child's classroom, we are always in need of:
- lysol wipes
- baby wipes
- dixie cups
- plastic spoons and forks
- paper plates
- Special Friends Day is COMING SOON- Please see the graphic below for more details. To help speed up the check-in process you can RSVP by clicking here!
Great Information To Know
- 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.
Teacher Emails
The best way to get in touch with your teacher is by email. Please email the teacher that can best answer the subject of your question. If it is a general question, please email your homeroom teacher.
1A Mrs. Vincenzo (1A and 1B language arts/social studies teacher) lvincenzo@coppellisd.com
1B Mrs. Harle (1A and 1B math/science teacher) kharle@coppellisd.com
1C Mrs. Brown (1C and 1D language arts/social studies teacher) ebrown@coppellisd.com
1D Mrs. Sork (1C and 1D math/science teacher) msork@coppellisd.com
School Lunches
Who can visit my child for lunch?
Starting October 13th, 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 e-school system is eating with the child, we will need written documentation of your approval.
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.
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.
Volunteering
If you think you would like to volunteer at TCE this year, please fill out the volunteer background check. The sooner the better! You can find information about how to fill out the form and the actual form on our TCE webpage. This needs to be done each. year. You will need a background check to help in the classroom, field trips, field day, etc.
Photos From The Week
Only learners who have "all" selected on their disclosure form will be able to be featured in our Photos From The Week section. You can change your child's status by contacting the front office or emailing Mrs. Fairchild at lfairchild@coppellisd.com.
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| 1B goes to the library on Tuesdays. |
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| 1A goes to the library on Tuesdays. |
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| 1D All smiles for the first day of first grade. |
