Friday, February 9, 2024

February 12th-16th

                   

  • February 14th: Class Valentine's Day Party @ 2:00 in the library
    • Must check in at the office
  • February 16th: NO SCHOOL
  • February 19th: Bad Weather Day-NO SCHOOL
  • February 23rd:  Heart Hustle- 11:35
  • February 26th- Steam Night- 5:30-7:00

Language Arts

In Language Arts, we finished reading Number the Stars.  We will learn how historical fiction relates to history.



Math

 This week in math, we will continue learning about place value with decimals.  We will also add in our unit of financial literacy.


  • Represent decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money.

  • Explain in writing how to represent decimals including money.

  • Represent the value of the digit in whole numbers through one million and decimals to the hundredths using standard, word, expanded notation and numerals. 

  • Describe using academic vocabulary the place value positions and their relation to one another.

  •  compare and order decimals using concrete and visual models to the hundredths. 

  • Use the strategy of comparing and contrasting with visual models to distinguish decimal values.

  • Identify expenses as fixed or variable and different financial institutions and their purposes. 

       Next week in math,  learn how to add and subtract decimals with profit.

  • Solve problems using addition and subtraction operations of whole numbers and decimals including finding profit. 

  • Explain in writing with math vocabulary and details the process for efficiently and accurately adding whole numbers and decimals to solve problems.

  • Represent multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using strip diagrams and equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. 

Social Studies   

In Social Studies this week, we will learn about the Annexation of Texas.  We will be debating if Texas should or should not annex to the United States.


Science:

  This week, we will continue our unit on weather.
  • Describe the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of Earth through the water cycle.
  • Illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of Earth through the water cycle.
  • Label the continuous movement of water above and on the surface of Earth through the water cycle.
  • Explain the role of the Sun as a major source of energy in this process.



  Please make sure that you are reading the Principal Newsletter each week as it will have more information about events and important reminders that we will not have in our BLOG.  Please click the picture below and it will take you to the newsletter.



Watches and Phones
We have noticed that more and more of our students have been wearing smart watches to school, so we want to take a minute to be clear about expectations for those devices. 

Students are not permitted to communicate on their personal devices during the school day. (The same rule applies for their iPads.) This includes parents. Please help us in reinforcing this expectation.  If you need to get in touch with your son/daughter during the day, please email your child's teacher or call the front office. 

We have talked about these expectations with the students. We've let them know that if they are using their smart watch, cell phone, or other personal devices to communicate, they will receive one warning. After that one warning, we will ask for those devices to stay at home.

Healthy Heart Challenge


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Join the Kids Heart Challenge at Town Center Elementary! Our goal is to rally all families to join our team, learn Hands-Only CPR, build awareness, and raise $10,000 for the American Heart Association. During specials time earlier this week, our learners had the chance to learn about the Kids Heart Challenge.


Ready to kick off? Sign up, make a lifesaving donation, and start Finn’s Mission by downloading the free app for iPhone or Android, or registering online: Click here to register online.


Every student who raises $100 is invited to a pizza party with Coach Hayes.

Every student who raises $200 gets to SLIME Coach Hayes!


Want to see why students are buzzing about the Kids Heart Challenge? Watch the Official Kick-Off Video!


Yearbooks
Our yearbook sale is now open! Each year we have a Town Center Yearbook that highlights photos from every class, school events, and staff. It is a great item to have to look back on memories from the year, and we even have a yearbook signing party in May. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please see the graphic below for the different purchasing options. As a reminder, the TCE Yearbook cost WAS NOT included in the TCE Trail Pass. If you would like a yearbook for your child(ren), you will need to purchase using the website link below.


Our yearbook committee would also love your help in submitting photos for the yearbook. As you attend campus events, if you have any photos you would like to share, see below for information on uploading them to our committee.

Dads Club


Thank you to the dads that have taken time at TCE on Fridays to volunteer. For clarification, any amount of time you can give would be great. If you only have time to be there at drop-off or for a specific time frame, we would still love for you to sign-up.


As a reminder, we are having "Dads Club on Campus Day" at TCE. This is currently scheduled for Fridays, and they are able to sign-up to spend time at TCE supporting the campus and classrooms in different ways. This may include:

  • Welcoming students to school during morning arrival
  • Helping in classrooms, the office, or PE as requested by teachers
  • Joining staff for lunchroom duty
  • Re-shelving books in the library
  • Car line dismissal and high fives to end the day


**In order for the campus to coordinate scheduling, please sign-up at least a week in advance.

Click Here to Participate in a Friday Dads Club on Campus Day.


If you would like to sign up to receive Dads Club Communications, you can email your contact information to Nick Walther at tceptodadsclub@gmail.com.


iPads

TCE 4th graders should come to school each day with their iPad and charger. Please ensure your child charges his/her iPad each evening. Your child should also check periodically to ensure his/her iPad's software is up to date (settings --> general --> software update). 
Learners will continue filling in a "Charge Bank" to keep track of their daily iPad battery charge.  We hope this helps learners to become responsible for making sure their iPad is fully charged and in their backpacks each morning.  Below, is the daily tracker they will fill out each morning when they arrive to school.


Please remember school issued iPads are for school use only.  We do random iPad checks every few weeks. We reminded the students daily that school issued iPads are not for personal photography, books, or communicating with friends or parents via emails or chats, or watching videos on you tube that were not assigned by their teacher. It would help us out if you could reinforce this home.



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