March 29th - Shamrock Shuffle during specials 12:30 - 1:20
April 3rd - Sonic Night Fundraiser 5:00 - 8:00
April 5th - Last day to order a yearbook
April 5th - FIELD TRIP MONEY/PERMISSION SLIP DUE
April 8th - Solar Eclipse Day!! See Mrs. Martin's principal newsletter for more information.
April 12 - No School (Bad Weather Day)
April 15 - No School
April 19th - PTO Interskate Night 6:00 - 8:00
April 22 - April 26 - Teacher Appreciation Week
April 28th - Baseball Opening Day!! Wear your favorite team shirt
April 30th - Dallas Zoo Field Trip (Information coming home today in the green folder. We will take as many chaperones as would like to come. You will need to have a background check completed to accompany us. Please do this now as it takes a while for it to come back to us and you cannot attend unless we have the information back to TCE. You can find this on the TCE webpage.)
2023-2024 Coppell Parent Panorama Survey-- We greatly appreciate parent input and celebrations each year! The window is open from 3/18-4/5 and the link can be found below.
What will we be learning next week?
Language Arts
- Reading - We will continue to talk about non-fiction reading and work on our last list of first grade sight words.
- Writing - We will continue writing about non-fiction topics to show how we can be an expert when we write.
- Phonics/Grammar - We will study the soft /ow/ sound like in the word "cow". We will also talk about antonyms, synonyms, and homophones.
Math
Learners will classify and sort regular and irregular 2D shapes including circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares, as special rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons.
Science
First grade is so excited about the arrival of the egg incubator. We will begin our Life Cycles Unit! We will notice firsthand the life cycle of a chick.
Social Studies
We will continue our economics unit talking about spending and saving as well as review producers and consumers.
Weekly Announcements
- Please don't forget to charge your child's iPad nightly.
- Mark your calendar for our first grade field trip. We will be going to the Dallas Zoo on April 30th and will take as many chaperones as would like to accompany us. More information to come.
- 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 and some from before spring break...
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| TCE raised over $24,000 for the American Heart Association. Our top earners got to slime Coach Hayes!! |
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| Congratulations to our Top Texans for the third grading period!!! |
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| We are all learning how easy and fun non-fiction writing can be. Thinking maps help us organize our writing! |
