Thank you to our fourth grade families that were able to come to Open House. We enjoyed seeing you, and we know our learners loved showing off their hard work.
Important Announcements
Field Trip
- As you know, we will be going to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History on May 18th. As a reminder, all field trip permission slips and money are due Friday, April 1st. This includes chaperone money and forms.
- Please click this link for more information regarding our field trip. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding our trip.
- Our first round of STAAR testing is quickly approaching. Our fourth graders will take the writing STAAR test on Tuesday, March 29th.
- Due to testing security, visitors will not be permitted in the building on STAAR testing days, Tuesday, March 29th and Wednesday, March 30th. (The fourth graders will not be taking STAAR on Wednesday, but the fifth grade will be.)
- Due to STAAR testing, we will not have tutoring next week (March 28-April 1).
- We will take our Math and Reading STAAR tests on May 9th and 10th.
Safety Reminders
- As a reminder, students are not permitted in the building before 7:15 am each day. Supervision begins at this time, so when they are in the building prior to 7:15, they are unsupervised.
- If your learner has tutoring in the morning, he/she should go straight to his/her educator's classroom.
Holiday Coupons!
- For the holidays, we gave our students a coupon book. Within this coupon book, there is a coupon for a fun experience for each month. We will send reminders as those days get closer, but you may want to go ahead and mark them in your calendar now. The dates are listed in the Upcoming Dates section.
Upcoming Dates
- Thursday, March 24 - Spirit Rally
- Friday, March 25 - NO SCHOOL (Weather Day)
- Tuesday, March 29 - Writing STAAR Test
- March 31st - Holiday Coupon: 30 Minutes of Non-electronic Game Time
- Friday, April 1 - Field Trip Permission Slip & Money Due
- Thursday, April 7 - Volunteer Breakfast
- Friday, April 15 - TCE Hoedown
- April 29th - Holiday Coupon: A Picnic Outside for Lunch
- May 26th - Holiday Coupon: A Movie & Popcorn
The citizenship quality for March is Honesty.
Each week, Town Center focuses on one life principle, or guiding character quality. The life principles for each week are discussed on the morning announcements and will be posted on our agendas.
What are we learning?
Math & Science
*NEW MATH WEBSITES*
This week the learners were introduced to two new Math websites that they can use at school, as well as at home. The websites are listed below:
Prodigy- prodigygame.com/play
Khan Academy- khanacademy.org
In math, we will be continuing our unit on measurement this week. The learners will be investigating customary and metric units, mass, volume, area, perimeter, time, and money.
In science, we will be finishing our unit over earth's surfaces. The learners will be exploring different types of soil and soil properties. They will be taking an assessment over earth's surfaces on Thursday, March 24th.
In writing, we are reviewing for our big test next week. The learners will participate in a variety of writing activities including writing essays, brainstorming prompt ideas, and reviewing grammar skills with games and quizzes.
In reading, we will continue to focus on comparing and contrasting different texts. The learners will compare fiction and nonfiction texts about similar topics.
Social Studies
In social studies, we are continuing our study of the Texas Revolution. Throughout our study of the various battles in the Revolution, learners will be thinking about the following big questions:
How does the past shape our present and future?
Could the Revolution have been avoided?
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Thank you, again, for taking the time to read our blog. We are looking forward to another great week with our fourth graders!
