Calendar
September 8th - PTO Meeting 6:00
September 15 - 19 - Scholastic Book Fair in the library
September 19th - Special Friends Day 1:45 - 2:45. Please see weekly announcements below for information about Special Friends Day
September 24th - Picture Retakes
Weekly Announcements
- Special Friends Day is September 19th. First grade will host our special friends from 1:45 - 2:45. Each student is invited to have a "friend" (parent, grandparent, etc.) join us for the hour and visit the classroom environment and TCE. We hope to see you there!
- We would love for you to attend the PTO Meeting in the TCE library on September 8th at 6:00.
- Thank you to all the parents who were able to come out for Curriculum Night! If you missed it, you can see our presentation by clicking on the link. Email your child's teacher if you have any questions. click here
- Who would you like to bring to Special Friends Day on Sept. 19?
- What is your favorite comfy place to read in Mrs. Vincenzo's room?
- Who did you play with at recess?
- Which school lunch is your favorite?
- What makes a good math partner?
Language Arts
Reading - Next week we will begin to work on stamina when reading and staying focused when reading for longer amounts of time each day. We love to choose a comfy spot in Mrs. Vincenzo's classroom to read.
Writing - We will continue to build self confidence when writing. It is only when we take risks and are willing to make mistakes, when we can truly learn and become better writers.
Phonics - Next week we will talk about the short vowel /e/ in phonics. Remember, each week a pretest will come home on Monday. My hope is for you to have great conversations about the short /e/ sound and help your child with spelling 3-4 letter short /e/ words throughout the week. On Friday we will look at those words again for our spelling test to see how they have grown. The more we spell, the better spellers we become!
Math
We will be learning how to show numbers up to 120 in different ways:
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Using hundreds, tens, and ones
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Using objects and pictures
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Writing numbers in expanded form (100 + 20 + 3)
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Writing numbers in standard form (123)
Learners will practice building numbers and breaking them apart in fun, hands-on ways! 🎲
We will also begin identifying even and odd numbers using place value and counting to 120 by ones, twos, fives, and tens.
**Please practice with your child at home by counting forward and backward from any given number up to 120.
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Practice counting to 120 forward and backward from any number
skip count by twos, fives, and tens to 120
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Draw pictures to represent numbers up to 120
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Practice writing numbers in both expanded form (100 + 20 + 3) and standard form (123)
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Play games that sort numbers into even and odd
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Ask your child to show numbers in different ways (objects, pictures, or writing)
- Please make sure to look at your child's daily behavior calendar. 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. :-) If the day is colored green or does not have any color (they often forget to color it) then it was a great day for them!
- Please review and take out all papers from their take-home folder each day.
- Attendance is taken at 10:00 each day. Please try to arrange appointments around this time so that your child can be present when attendance is taken.
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 (language arts teacher) lvincenzo@coppellisd.com
1B Mrs. Brown (science and social studies teacher) ebrown@coppellisd.com
**Mrs. Brown will not. have access to email while she is on maternity leave. Please contact her sub at kschroeder@coppellisd.com or one of the other first grade teachers.
1C Mrs. Sork (math teacher) msork@coppellisd.com
Beginning on OCTOBER 3rd, immediate families will be able to eat lunch with their child at school on Fridays.
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.
Absences
Attendance is taken at 10:00 daily. If your child is absent you will need to fill out the following form: CLICK HERE Please make sure you fill out this form each time your child is absent. If no form is filled out, your child's absence will be listed as "unexcused".
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 store bought and in their original packaging that lists the ingredients. They need to be nut free. 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 eaten at school. Please have all treats brought to school first thing in the morning. Also, please do not send goodie bags to pass out. Birthday invitations are only able to be passed out at school by the teacher if the entire class is invited. Teachers will also not be able to forward digital invitations as school e-mails are only allowed to be used for school business.
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
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