Friday, April 28, 2017

Week of April 24th-April 28th

Can you believe that April is already over?! Thank you to everyone who came out to the TCE Hoedown! We had SO much fun celebrating this great event!! Please read this week's blog post, as we have lots of new information!

What's Happening in the Classroom?

In Reading, the learners are working on review stations for the upcoming Reading STAAR test. You can reinforce these skills at home by having them work on the vocabulary words here and also by reviewing these strategies:

In Math this week, we have been reviewing past concepts such as place value, decimals, and fractions through fun learning experiences such as Quizlet Live! 

In Language Arts, we focused on spelling words with Latin origins and complex sentences. We will not have spelling or mentor sentences for the next two weeks. We will resume with them the week of May 15th!

In Science this week, learners have continued researching crop rotation for the TCE Garden Design Challenge. Learners are excited to begin their new designs for our garden!

What's Happening in 4th Grade?

Field Trip to the Dallas Zoo
Please have your child return their permission slip as soon as possible! Also, if you are a chaperone and have not turned in your $6, please do so as soon as possible! 

Spring Conferences

You should have received a purple handout from your child's homeroom teacher about Spring Conferences. We are offering email, phone, or face to face conferences. Please return the bottom half of the slip to your child's homeroom teacher. If you would a face to face conference you can sign up here:
4A/4B: tinyurl.com/4a4bconferences
4C/4D/4E: tinyurl.com/tceconferences2017

Tutoring

The week of May 1st will be the LAST week of tutoring. Your children have worked very hard this year in tutoring, and we are very proud of them!

What's Happening at TCE?

2017-2018 TCE Registration

Please return the yellow registration form as soon as possible, even if your child will not be attending TCE next year. This is very important for enrollment purposes!

Math and STAAR Reading

Third and fourth grade will be taking the Math STAAR test Monday, May 8th and the Reading STAAR test Tuesday, May 9th. It is very important that your child comes to school on these days. Just like when we took the Writing STAAR, there are no visitors allowed in the building this week. You can drop anything off at the office if you need.  Just some friendly reminders:
  • Please have your child eat a healthy breakfast so they can focus.
  • Your child will be provided with snacks, so they do not need to bring one from home. They may bring a water bottle.
  • Your child will need to bring books with them to read after the test.
  • We will be testing first thing in the morning, so it is essential that your child is on time.
  • There will be no more tutoring this school year starting the week of May 8th.