Discovery Fair

The Academic Events Committee is so excited to present the annual Discovery Fair! This is going to be an incredible opportunity for our students to display their acting talents, creativity, and research skills. 

What is it: Discovery Fair is a combined exhibition of a Living History Museum and Invention Convention. Students who choose to participate in the Living History Museum will dress up as a historical figure (past or present) and come to life with a short monologue as that person. For students who choose to participate with the Invention Convention, they will create an original product complete with inventor's journal and a prototype. During the day, participants will be placed throughout the school in a "museum" format. The rest of the school will have scheduled times to walk through with their teachers to hear all of the amazing presentations. 

When is it: Wednesday, December 2nd during the day AND an Evening Exhibition from 5:30-7:00pm where parents are invited to attend. If students sign up, they are committing both during the day and evening presentation times. 

Who can participate: Any TeSA student K-5 can participate! Students are allowed to do groups or partners for the Invention Convention. The Living History Museum should be done independently, although figures can be associated with each other.  All GAP (GT) students are required to participate. 

How to participate: To participate, students must fill out the Discovery Fair Participation Form by Friday, November 6th. They will then work on their project at home to be presented on Wednesday, December 2nd  during school and after school at the Star Showcase.  

1st Grade Classroom Schedule

Reminder that the start of our day is at 7:50am for the Morning Meeting. This is a time for our students to come together in a positive way to start our day! Math begins at 8:06am. Please help us & your child to have a smooth start to their day by arriving on time. 

Fine Arts schedule for your child's class is located on the Fine Arts/PE tab at the top of the website page.  Will not be put in Blue Folder.

Thank you,

Your 1st Grade Team♥️

Library Times:

1st grade visits the library every Tuesday!

• Ms. Bransford's Class: 9:25-9:45

• Ms. Raven's Class: 9:50-10:10

• Mrs. Sheckells'  Class: 10:15-10:35

Please have your child's library book in their backpack on Monday nights so they can check out books every week!

Reminders:

Blue Take Home/Bring Back Folders:

All students have a Blue Folder, these folders go home & come back to school everyday. In the folders you find Take Home items in the front pocket & Bring Back items in the back pocket. Papers in the sheets in the middle remain in the folders to insure that these important items remain accessible to you. The folders will be used to communicate your child's school day on the monthly calendar in the front sheet. If your child needs support with certain expectations in their classroom it will be communicated on the calendar date using a letter STAR with a short note of the expectation(s) that your child needs extra practice/support on. 

Self-Aware

Teachable

Artistic

Respectful

Classroom:

All students need to bring a reusable water bottle to school. These will travel with them for P.E., Dance, & Recess. Needs to have a top that closes & is spill proof. Having a water bottle in the classroom helps your child stay hydrated, less time leaving the classroom for water.

Label Belongings: 

Help us reunite lost items quickly by labeling everything your child brings to school—jackets, water bottles, lunch boxes, uniforms, backpacks, and instrument cases.

• Use a permanent marker or name label

• Include first & last name and grade/homeroom

• Re-check labels after washing

Unlabeled items are hard to return and often end up in Lost & Found. Thanks for your help!

TeSA Weekly Newsletter:

Please check out the TeSA Weekly Newsletter from our Principal, Ms. Wallace, for important School Information. This will be sent out every Friday via Parent Square

What are we learning: 

Math: 

Module 2: finishing mid-module test; lessons 12, 14, 17, and 20

ELAR:

Bluebonnet Foundational Skills- Unit 3: Lessons 8-12

Phonics: /oo/ spelled 'oo'; /ou/ spelled 'ou'; /oi/ spelled 'oi'

Grammar: Identify Verbs

Tricky Words: could, should, would, down, baseball

Tricky Words (Sight Words) List Link

Wonders: Unit 3 Week 2

Sight Words: green, grow, pretty, should, together, water

Vocab. Words: assist, bloom, grasped, spied, sprout

Comprehension: determine character, setting, and plot: sequence

Wonders Sight Word List Link

Social Studies: 3rd six weeks, Week 2 (Mondays-Tuesdays) 

Natural Resources - air, oil, animals, water, sun, plants, soil, rocks, minerals

Science: Topic 3 - Force and Motion (Wednesdays- Fridays)

Finishing Push and Pull - How can you make things move?

Vocabulary: direction, force, motion, pull, push, speed