Week of May 20th-23rd

We just wanted to thank all of the fourth grade families for a great school year! We have loved having your children and feel privileged that we were able to teach them this year. Have a fantastic summer!

Report Cards
Please check your learner's report card for their grades and updates for math, reading, and writing!

Cozby Summer Reading

In order to help prevent the loss of literacy skills that your child has learned this school year (known as "summer slide"), it is important that your child reads every day for at least 20 minutes. In order to raise lifelong readers, we have to let reading be fun. Reading is most enjoyable for children if they get to choose what they read and when they get to read with the adults in their family. Please, visit the Cozby Public Library and read together so that reading feels like important and special family time. 

During summer the Cozby Public Library and Community Commons organizes weekly activities and programs for children, teens, and the whole family.  Visit the Cozby Library Events Calendar (link below) and read Summer Reading Programs flyer (attached) for more information.

https://cozbylibrary.librarymarket.com/

Week of May 13th-17th

Hello 4th Grade Town Center Families! This will be our final week at TCE! Please read below for important information!

Field Day

Field Day is Tuesday, May 21st. We have discussed Field Day with the learners, and they are coming home with a paper copy of important information. Learners will need to wear their grade level shirt with a swimsuit underneath. All shirts, towels, water bottles, sunscreen, and other items should be labeled with their name. Learners will also need to bring a sack lunch with them. Learners may also purchase a turkey and cheese sandwich or a grilled cheese sandwich from the cafeteria for lunch.

Lunch Menu for the Last Week

Miss Star wanted to let you know of the lunch changes for the last week of school, as well as items that will be tasted each day from the TCE Garden:

Monday                                               Wednesday                                       Thursday Sack lunch

All beef hot dogs or                         Cheese pizza slice or                       Beef Burger or

Bean & cheese dip or                      Pepperoni pizza slice or                 Chipotle Veggie Bean Burger or 

Yogurt Meal or                                  Yogurt Meal                                       Yogurt Meal

PBJ sandwich                                     Corn                                                      veggie sticks

Baked beans                                      celery sticks                                        applesauce

Calypso juice                                      orange smiles                                    milk

Orange smiles                                    watermelon                                      

Apple slices                                         frozen juice rush

Pineapple tidbits                              milk                       

Milk

Day                                                        Who is tasting                 What we are tasting                                       TCE Veggie Harvested

Thursday (5/16)                                All Grades                           Pico de gallo                                                       onions (lots of onions)

Friday    (5/17)                                    All Grades                           Salad with orange vinaigrette                     chard, spinach, radish and beets green

Monday (5/20)                                  Kinder & 1^st grade            Roasted potatoes                                            red, and white potatoes

Cozby Summer Reading

In order to help prevent the loss of literacy skills that your child has learned this school year (known as "summer slide"), it is important that your child reads every day for at least 20 minutes. In order to raise lifelong readers, we have to let reading be fun. Reading is most enjoyable for children if they get to choose what they read and when they get to read with the adults in their family. Please, visit the Cozby Public Library and read together so that reading feels like important and special family time. 

During summer the Cozby Public Library and Community Commons organizes weekly activities and programs for children, teens, and the whole family.  Visit the Cozby Library Events Calendar (link below) and read Summer Reading Programs flyer (attached) for more information.

https://cozbylibrary.librarymarket.com/

Last Day of School

The last day of school will be Thursday, May 23rd. There will be early release at 12:15 on this day. Please let your child's homeroom teacher know if there will be any changes in their pick-up on this day. Report cards will also be coming home with end of the year updates. 

                          

*May 21st: Field Day
*May 22nd: 4th grade lunch is from 12:00-12:30 
*May 23rd: Last day of school and early release at 12:15 

First Annual Coppell Mile Run

Saturday, May 18th

The Coppell High School Cross Country and Track Program will be hosting a mile race. The race will start at the track at Coppell High School. The kids will run a one mile loop from the track around the parking lot at the high school. This will give them a chance to run on the track at the high school and compete with other elementary and middle schools in the district. This meet will be run by the Coppell Cross Country and Track athletes. Parents of participants must be in attendance for the event.

Details:

· All CISD District Mile Race (grades 4-6)

· Team of 4 (boys/girls) for 5th, Team of 7 (boys/girls) for 6th grade

· Team Races will be scored like a cross country meet. (lowest score wins)

· Race according to grades/gender

· Not a fundraiser- no cost!

Schedule for 4th graders:

10:00am: 4th Open Boys & 4th Open Girls

Dear Families,

All learners in 4th and 5th grade have been invited to participate in the

1st Annual Coppell Mile to be held on Saturday May 18, 2019 at Coppell High School (please see Agenda attached). The Fifth grade team for our school will be determined from the pool of students returning their “intent

letter”. However, if your child would like to participate in the “Open” competition, they are welcome to attend and represent our school! Fourth graders will only compete in the “Open” competition as there will be no Team competition for them.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks for your support and I hope to see you at the

“Coppell Mile”!

Frequently Asked Questions:

· What should my child wear? Shorts, School Shirt, athletic shoes

· Where do we park? Near the Football Field at Coppell High School

· Can we drop off our child? No….A parent/guardian must be in attendance with your child.

· What time should we arrive for the event? Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start time listed for your event.

Please contact Coach Benton ndbenton@coppellisd.com or Coach Erickson

merickson@coppellisd.com

Week of May 6th-10th

Hello 4th Grade Town Center Families! This coming week will be the STAAR Test. Please read the reminders below for these assessments. 

Library Books

All library books were due back to the library on Friday, May 10th. Please ensure your child has turned in all of their books. Any books that are lost or damaged need to be paid for. 

STAAR Math and Reading Assessments

The STAAR Math Assessment will be on Monday, May 13th and our STAAR Reading Assessment will be Tuesday, May 14th. Please ensure that your learner gets a good night's sleep, has a healthy breakfast, and arrives at school on time. There will be no visitors this week due to testing. Please call the office if you need anything.
Your learner can practice some reading vocabulary terms here and also practice strategies for the test here.  

End of the Year Conferences
It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners!

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent/teacher conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year assessment summary sheet, along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break. The assessment summary sheet will show you their current levels in both Language Arts and Math, as well as the benchmark. This will show you your student's growth and progress throughout the school year! 

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year! *We are unable to discuss 5th grade class placements for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*

PTO Needs Board Members

                          

*May 13th: STAAR Math Assessment (no visitors in the building)
*May 14th: STAAR Reading Assessment (no visitors in the building)
*May 15th: No visitors in the building due to 5th grade STAAR 
*May 21st: Field Day
*May 22nd: 4th grade lunch is from 12:00-12:30 
*May 23rd: Last day of school and early release at 12:15 

First Annual Coppell Mile Run

Saturday, May 18th

The Coppell High School Cross Country and Track Program will be hosting a mile race. The race will start at the track at Coppell High School. The kids will run a one mile loop from the track around the parking lot at the high school. This will give them a chance to run on the track at the high school and compete with other elementary and middle schools in the district. This meet will be run by the Coppell Cross Country and Track athletes. Parents of participants must be in attendance for the event.

Details:

· All CISD District Mile Race (grades 4-6)

· Team of 4 (boys/girls) for 5th, Team of 7 (boys/girls) for 6th grade

· Team Races will be scored like a cross country meet. (lowest score wins)

· Race according to grades/gender

· Not a fundraiser- no cost!

Schedule for 4th graders:

10:00am: 4th Open Boys & 4th Open Girls

Dear Families,

All learners in 4th and 5th grade have been invited to participate in the

1st Annual Coppell Mile to be held on Saturday May 18, 2019 at Coppell High School (please see Agenda attached). The Fifth grade team for our school will be determined from the pool of students returning their “intent

letter”. However, if your child would like to participate in the “Open” competition, they are welcome to attend and represent our school! Fourth graders will only compete in the “Open” competition as there will be no Team competition for them.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks for your support and I hope to see you at the

“Coppell Mile”!

Frequently Asked Questions:

· What should my child wear? Shorts, School Shirt, athletic shoes

· Where do we park? Near the Football Field at Coppell High School

· Can we drop off our child? No….A parent/guardian must be in attendance with your child.

· What time should we arrive for the event? Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start time listed for your event.

Please contact Coach Benton ndbenton@coppellisd.com or Coach Erickson

merickson@coppellisd.com

Week of April 29th-May 3rd

Hello 4th Grade Town Center Families! Thank you for everyone who came out to TCE STEM Night! We had a blast!

 Please see below for class updates and reminders: 

Library Books

All library books will be due back to the library on Friday, May 10th. All books will need to be turned in and any lost or damaged books will need to be paid for by May 10th. Your child can log in to their library account at destiny.coppellisd.com and go to the "My Info" tab to check the status of their account. 

**Please note that this is the Friday before the STAAR assessments. Your child will still need to bring AT LEAST two books during our testing days. Please visit the Cozby Library for books or your child can use books from their teacher's library. Books for the STAAR will need to be collected by Friday, May 10th, as well. 

STAAR Math and Reading Assessments

The STAAR Math Assessment will be on Monday, May 13th and our STAAR Reading Assessment will be Tuesday, May 14th.
Your learner can practice some reading vocabulary terms here and also practice strategies for the test here. 

2019-2020 School Year
We have sent home yellow papers regarding enrollment for next year. It is crucial that you fill this form out as soon as possible, so the office can get started with enrollment. Even if your learner is not returning to TCE, you still need to fill out the form for enrollment purposes. Thank you!

End of the Year Conferences
It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners!

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent/teacher conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year assessment summary sheet, along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break. The assessment summary sheet will show you their current levels in both Language Arts and Math, as well as the benchmark. This will show you your student's growth and progress throughout the school year! 

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year! *We are unable to discuss 5th grade class placements for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*

PTO Needs Board Members

                          

*May 7th: PTO Meeting 6:00-7:00
*May 10th: ALL library books due
*May 10th: Mother's Day Marathon 9:00-9:55
*May 13th: STAAR Math Assessment (no visitors in the building)
*May 14th: STAAR Reading Assessment (no visitors in the building)
*May 15th: No visitors in the building due to 5th grade STAAR 
*May 21st: Field Day
*May 22nd: 4th grade lunch is from 12:00-12:30 
*May 23rd: Last day of school and early release at 12:15 

First Annual Coppell Mile Run

Saturday, May 18th

The Coppell High School Cross Country and Track Program will be hosting a mile race. The race will start at the track at Coppell High School. The kids will run a one mile loop from the track around the parking lot at the high school. This will give them a chance to run on the track at the high school and compete with other elementary and middle schools in the district. This meet will be run by the Coppell Cross Country and Track athletes. Parents of participants must be in attendance for the event.

Details:

· All CISD District Mile Race (grades 4-6)

· Team of 4 (boys/girls) for 5th, Team of 7 (boys/girls) for 6th grade

· Team Races will be scored like a cross country meet. (lowest score wins)

· Race according to grades/gender

· Not a fundraiser- no cost!

Schedule for 4th graders:

10:00am: 4th Open Boys & 4th Open Girls

Dear Families,

All learners in 4th and 5th grade have been invited to participate in the

1st Annual Coppell Mile to be held on Saturday May 18, 2019 at Coppell High School (please see Agenda attached). The Fifth grade team for our school will be determined from the pool of students returning their “intent

letter”. However, if your child would like to participate in the “Open” competition, they are welcome to attend and represent our school! Fourth graders will only compete in the “Open” competition as there will be no Team competition for them.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks for your support and I hope to see you at the

“Coppell Mile”!

Frequently Asked Questions:

· What should my child wear? Shorts, School Shirt, athletic shoes

· Where do we park? Near the Football Field at Coppell High School

· Can we drop off our child? No….A parent/guardian must be in attendance with your child.

· What time should we arrive for the event? Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the start time listed for your event.

Please contact Coach Benton ndbenton@coppellisd.com or Coach Erickson

merickson@coppellisd.com

In Math for the next two weeks, we will be reviewing all of our past math units since the beginning of the year through practice problems, mini-lessons with the teacher, and online practice tools. Any incomplete practice work will be sent home as additional review of the material. As a reminder, we will take the Math 4th grade STAAR test on Monday, May 13th. 

In Science, we will continue our life science unit by exploring food chains and food webs. 

In Reading and Language Arts, we will continue practicing our reading comprehension skills using fiction and nonfiction texts to prepare for our upcoming state assessment. As a reminder, we will take the Reading 4th grade STAAR test on Tuesday, May 14th. 

In Social Studies, we will finish discussing how Texas created a government for the Republic and see how that contributed to Texas's growth and changes in the 20th century. 

Playing Gimkit for vocabulary review!