August 30 - September 3

Thank you!!  Thank you!!  We appreciate all of the extra supply donations that are coming in!  You are a lifesaver!! 

Calendar

September 1st - Picture Day - You can order pictures before picture day on mylifetouch.com with your student's school ID or picture day ID. 

September 2nd - Virtual Curriculum Night on Zoom   5:00  ***NEW TIME

September 6th - NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

September 7th - 10th - Scholastic Book Fair

Look at what we will be learning next week: 

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.  

Subitizing up to 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yyz_OycV4A

Subitizing up to 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR9LK3zfho

Subitizing up to 20 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjvswqL-Ow

Language Arts -

        Reading:  We will work on reading self selected texts for an increased amount of time. 

        Writing:   Daily writing journals will be introduced.  We write in our journals 4-5 times a week.                                  Writing journals will be kept at school so that we can see our progress through the year. 

        Phonics:  We will concentrate on the short vowel /a/ as we phonetically break apart words. 

Social Studies -

We will continue to talk about the purpose of rules and laws and will discuss the difference between them.

 Science -  

Next week we will use begin our unit on matter.  Students will use physical characteristics to describe objects including size, weight, shape, color and texture. 

Questions to ask your child about their day:

What made you smile today?

What did you play at recess?

What special did you go to today?  What did you do?

What is the easiest rule to follow?

What is the hardest rule to follow?

What did you do in math, reading, writing, etc. ?

Tell me one of your friend's name.  What do you like about your new friend?

Extra School Supplies:  If you would like to donate extra school supplies to your homeroom teacher, please see the list of wishes below.  THANK YOU!!

*Baby Wipes        *Napkins                        *Box of plastic spoons            *paper plates

*Clorox Wipes      *Box of plastic forks      *Zip Lock Bags (all sizes)     *Dixie Cups 

Announcements:

Please remember to send your child's Ipad to school every day.  Also, please make sure that it is charge every evening as we do not have chargers at school for the Ipads. Thank you!! 

Please remember that the front car-loop areas are for our families that are dropping off and picking their child(ren).  In order to help keep our lines moving, we ask parents do not exit their vehicles in the car-loop lines.  If your child requires additional assistance, please park in one of our parking spaces.  We also ask that all families use the designated crosswalks when walking across the parking lot.  This is for the safety of all our learners.  Thank you for your help in keeping our kids safe! 

Our amazing principal, Jennifer Martin, will be sending out a digital weekly newsletter.  This newsletter will be the main source of campus wide news and upcoming events. 
Click here to read the TCE Principal Newsletter

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 the 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 the green folder each day.  

Pics from the week:

The sweetest hug from big sis! 

Practicing snap words with a partner! 

There's nothing like a good book! 

I love the concentration! 

We are learning about stamina when reading! 

Practicing reading  snap words in a "snap!

Working on writing today! 

Sweet Friends! 

Love this crew! 

How cute are they?

Amazing 1B!  You are loved! 


We love learning math with our friends! 

Exploring the TCE Garden with our science tools

August 23 - 27

Thank you to all parents and families for helping our first week run smoothly!  We are enjoying making new friends and learning the routines of first grade.  If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.  Email is the best way to get a hold of us.  If it's a general question, please email your homeroom teacher.  If it's a question specific to an academic area, please email the teacher that teaches that subject.  We are so excited to partner with you in your child's learning. 

Mrs. Sork:  msork@coppellisd.com  (Mrs. Sork teachers math and science to all of first grade)

Mrs. Vincenzo:  lvincenzo@coppellisd.com    (Mrs. Vincenzo teaches language arts and social studies to all of first grade) 

Calendar

September 1st - Picture Day

September 2nd - Virtual Curriculum Night 5:30 (Zoom link will be sent closer to date)

September 6th - NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

September 7th - 10th - Scholastic Book Fair

Look at what we will be learning next week: 

Math - 

Next week we will learn to subitize (instantly recognize a group of objects).  For example, when you see three dots, you do not have to count each individual dot.  Instead, you instantly know that there are three dots.  This is called subitizing. 

Fun videos to watch with your child: 

Subitize up to 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR9LK3zfho

Subitize up to 20 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVjvswqL-Ow

Language Arts -

        Reading:  We will be working on stamina when reading silently to ourselves.

        Writing:  We will be learning routines that we will use during Writer's Workshop

        Phonics:  We will be blending sounds together to form words.  

Social Studies -

 We will be talking about the purpose of rules in the home, at school, and in the community.

Science -

We will be learning what it means to be a scientist.  We will also work with science tools in a safe way to explore the world around us.

Extra School Supplies:  If you would like to donate extra school supplies to your homeroom teacher, please see the list of wishes below.  THANK YOU!!

*Baby Wipes        *Napkins                        *Box of plastic spoons            *paper plates

*Clorox Wipes      *Box of plastic forks      *Zip Lock Bags (all sizes)      

Announcements:

Picture Day is coming!!  TCE picture day will be Wednesday, September 1, 2021.  You can order pictures before picture day on mylifetouch.com with your student's school ID or picture day ID.  The picture day ID is located on the Lifetouch paper coming home today.  

Pics from the week: 

What's one of the best parts of our day?  Recess of course!! 

We lost a tooth at lunch......on the same day.....sitting across from one another!!!  

We are starving at 11:00
Don't forget......meals are free to all learners! 

                                               We love making new friends in first grade!! 

Detectives at work!!  Their mission was to "snoop" around the classroom to see what they could discover in our room and what they could discover about Mrs. Vincenzo.  They loved looking in all the drawers and cabinets!  

First Day Of First Grade Was A Huge Success! 

Getting to know our sweet first grade friends