The Howl
December 2023
Dear TCI Families,
I love this time of year! It is an opportunity to slow down, enjoy family and friends, work a few puzzles, watch a few Hallmark movies, read a book, shop, eat, play, take a nap, and have some fun!
I hope you have a chance to do what you love best during the Winter Break. Thank you for your continued support, we will see you in the New Year!
Happy Holidays!
Debbie Spoon,
Principal, Cox
IMPORTANT DATES FOR NOVEMBER
December 4, 2023
5th Grade Band Concert 6:00 PM Cox Cafeteria
December 5, 2023
Drama Club presents "North Pole's Got Talent" 6:00 PM
December 11, 2023
6th Grade Band Concert 6:00 PM Cox Cafeteria
December 12, 2023
Orchestra Concert 6:00 PM Grand Oaks High School
December 14, 2023
Choir Concert 6:30 PM Grand Oaks High School
Student Holiday Parties: 2:45-3:45 (in classrooms)
December 15, 2023
1/2 Day Schedule (students released at 12:55 PM)
December 19-January 2, 2024
Winter Break for Students
TCI YEARBOOKS!
Order your student's 2023-2024 Tom Cox Intermediate Yearbook today at balfour.com. Make sure to include your yearbook recognition ad purchase with your order!
GIFTED AND TALENTED (GT) REFERRAL WINDOW
You may request a referral form from the front office or the Assistant Principal, Valentina Majeski. You can also find the referral form and other GT information on the CISD GT homepage
5th Grade ELA
Students have been working hard in both reading and writing. They have had fun analyzing and performing dramas in reading. Students have been applying fiction skills to drama such as character development, plot, and theme.
In writing, students have been working hard on their literary essay. They have developed a claim and reasons for their essay, and are now working on finding supportive evidence to further explain their claim. Through the month of December, students will be wrapping up drama and completing their literary essay, and then moving on to poetry in both reading and writing. Keep up the great work Timberwolves!
5th Grade Math
5th Advanced Math
This last month of the year, advanced math will wrap up multiplying and dividing fractions. We will take a common assessment that will cover our order of operations unit and multiplying and dividing fractions unit. We will begin our next unit, Geometry, which will extend into January. We will begin with classifying polygons, quadrilaterals and triangles.
Levels math is currently working on unit 5, which is expressions. Students will learn the meaning of parenthesis and how to simplify an expression using the order of operation (Gema).
5th Grade Science and Social Studies
Social Studies: This month in social studies, students will be doing a cereal box research project. They will get to research a president and find out all they can about them.
Science: this month in Science, students will be going over the difference between weather and climate. They will also learn about the different types of soil. They will go over water retention and plant growth. The students will take Common Assessment 3 this Friday, December 8th.
6th Grade English Language Arts
Happy December! Wow, that was fast! We are heading into a busy month and our classes are so excited.
In Reading, we are conquering our Drama unit. We have worked hard to understand how the specific elements of a drama contribute to our comprehension. We have some very talented actors and actresses for sure! We have loved the performances. Up next is our Poetry unit and we love the challenge that poetry poses. Students will utilize a variety of important skills like inferencing and deep analysis with text support. We look forward to the challenge!
In Writing, we have just finished our Revision unit. This was a new unit to our grade and we really saw our students become more analytical authors. We looked back at our writing with new lenses and learned how to change, add and delete with purpose and focus. As a result, our writing has become more cohesive. In addition to our reading poetry unit our students will soon become poets themselves. Our next writing unit is poetry and we are excited about the exciting poems our students will create.
From our 6th grade ELA team, we wish you and your family a beautiful holiday season!
6th Grade Math
General education Math will begin our unit on expression. Students will build on their knowledge of order of operations from 5th grade and be introduced to exponents. They will also continue to build on their understanding of prime and composite numbers, as well as other parts of an expression. The expressions unit will end on December 12 with a unit assessment.
Advanced Math students have come to an end of their Expressions Unit and will be testing on Friday, December 8th. Please help your child prepare by ensuring they complete the Unit Review posted in Canvas. In addition, you will find a variety of other games and/or practice pages in their Canvas course. We have already begun our next unit: Equations and Inequalities. We will work on Equations through the end of the semester, then pick back up in January with Inequalities. Your children are learning many new skills! Check in with them and ask how they are doing. Happy Holidays from the Advanced Math Team!
School Nurse News
Vision and Hearing Screening Referrals - If your student brought home a vision or hearing referral letter, please remember to have it filled out by the healthcare provider and send it back to the clinic as soon as possible. If you need assistance getting to an eye doctor or audiologist, please contact the nurse at msaxe@conroeisd.net.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school nurse at 281-465-3200.
Margaret Saxe RN
Lunch With Your Child!
Parents are welcome to have lunch with their child in the cafeteria during their student's lunch-time. Due to limited space we ask parents and visitors to sign up for a date and time.
Making a school lunch reservation to eat with your child at school is easy! Parents may visit the Tom Cox Website; cox.conroeisd.net, where they will find a button titled, "Lunch With My Child". One click on the button will lead you to a "sign-up genius". Please sign up for the appropriate date and time. The link will be updated approximately every 3 weeks. See below for guidelines:
Please follow these important guidelines:
- Please note, there is a limit of two adults per student.
- If plans have changed, please cancel your reservation.
- You will be able to wait for your child at the designated parent lunch tables in the Cafeteria.
- You must bring your Driver's License or ID in order to enter the building. No exceptions!
Lunch Schedules
A Lunch 11:20-11:50
B Lunch 11:40-12:10
C Lunch 12:00-12:30
D Lunch 12:21-12:51
W.A.T.C.H Dog Dads!
Greetings Timberwolf Parents!!
Welcome to another great year at Tom Cox Intermediate. We are bringing the Watch D.O.G.S. Dad program back and our goal is to make Watch D.O.G.S. even bigger than we have had in the past with more parent volunteers.
The sign-up calendar for this year is finally ready and can be found at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49AEAD2EA2FD0-44828795-watch. Please take a moment to click the link and find an available day or days this year that you would like to volunteer to be a Watch D.O.G. on our campus.
Just a few important reminders:
Please remember to complete the volunteer background check for this year by, the link to the background check is https://www.conroeisd.net/parents/get-involved/
Even if you were a Watch Dog last year you still need to complete the background check again for this year! If you need help please stop by our front office and someone will assist you with completing the background check.
Once your background check is approved, please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49AEAD2EA2FD0-44828795-watch.
Rainy Day/Inclement Weather Dismissal Procedures
Rainy/Cold Day Dismissal
If your student is a walker/biker they will be expected to walk or ride their bike on rainy days, unless you and your child have an alternate plan in place. If you choose for your child to be a car-rider on rainy days it is not necessary to complete a transportation change form.
In the case of severe weather (thunderstorms, lightening, blizzard) we may hold walkers/bikers until we feel it is safe for them to walk or ride home. If that does occur we will contact the parent to inform them of the delay. Bus transportation will run as scheduled.
Tom Cox Intermediate
Email: contactcox@conroeisd.net
Website: http://cox.conroeisd.net
Location: 333 Waterbend Cove, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 465-3200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoxCISD
Twitter: @coxTimberwolves