TCE First Grade 2023-2024: February 5

Calendar

February 5th- Author Visit for all of 1st Grade, Last Day for Valentine Sticker Donations

February 6th: 1A & 1C will take the Reading MAP test/1B & 1D will take the Math MAP test (Please charge iPads to 100 %!)

February 7th: 1A will take the Math MAP test/1B will take the Reading MAP test (Please charge iPads to 100%!)

February 8th: 1C will take the Math MAP test/1D will take the Reading MAP test (Please charge iPads to 100%!)

February 9th: PTO Valentine Dance 6-8pm - See information below

February 14th - Valentine's Party 2:00 - all parents are welcome!

February 16th - No school for learners

February 19th - Weather day (no school if we do not use a weather day)

February 29th - Spring Pictures (This is the one where we take a class picture - don't forget to order one when the order form comes home!!)

February 29th - Music Performance - look for information to be coming home from our music teacher

What will we be learning next week?

Language Arts

Next week we will have some fun with Valentine's Day while we read and write. We will learn how to write a letter and the parts of a letter.

Math

Learners will use pictures or objects to find the difference between two amounts in a word problem.

Science

We will continue to observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as the moon, stars, and sun.

Social Studies

We will continue to look at different famous Americans in our history. We have been enjoying exploring and researching famous Americans of our choosing that interest us personally. We have so many wonderful American examples to research!

Weekly Announcements

1st Grade Author Visit

Hi First Grade families,

Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Vincenzo and I are excited to announce that author, Isabelle Engler, has agreed to come to our school on February 5th and speak about her book Lunar New Year. We are lucky to have her come to speak with 1st Grade, since we recently have studied different Cultural Celebrations and Traditions in social studies. Her visit will also coincide with Lunar New Year!

The book, Lunar New Year, is a bilingual singable book with a traditional nursery rhyme retold and reimagined. Readers can sing along in English, Mandarin with Pinyin. Easy to follow colored keys guide enables children to play the song on the piano. The book is about love and connections through family traditions. Below is a link to the author's website.

https://musicandtales.org/books

If you would like to preorder a copy of the book, please send $20.00 cash or check made out to TCE. All preorders must be received by Friday, February 2nd. Ms. Engler will sign all preordered books.

Please let me or your child's reading teacher know if you have questions. Thank you! -Mrs. Mancuso

Please don't forget to charge your child's iPad nightly. Also, please note the MAP testing days in the calendar. It is extremely important for your child to have a fully charge iPad on these days.
As the weather turns colder, please make sure your child wears a jacket to school. We will be going outside on cold days. We will follow district protocol on when we need to have indoor recess because of temperatures . Also, please write your child's name in the label of the jacket. Lost and Found gets full in the winter!

Great Information To Know

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 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

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

100th Day of School!

What makes 100? Ten Tens = 100, 80 + 20 =100. 40 + 60 = 100, 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 = 100
We are definitely 100 days brighter! Way to go First Grade!

From the First Day of First Grade to the 100th day of First Grade. Where does the time go?

Mind Missions- We loved completing the challenge of creating a ladle after learning about all the volunteering Eleanor Roosevelt did to help in American Soup Kitchens.