Weekly News

Week of September 21st

• Reading:

Students will continue to work on mastering the sound combination: ar.  Students will practice making predictions about stories and answering comprehension questions.  We will continue to review all consonant sounds, long and short vowel sounds, and the following team sounds: th, sh, wh, ch, ing, er, qu, oo.

• Sight Words:

Please practice these words each night.  The Baseball Words Assessment will be on Wednesday, September 30th.

• Spelling:

This week’s spelling words are cop, hop, shop, ship, dish, fish, wish, then, was, wet.  The spelling test will be on Thursday, September 24th.

• Writing:

This week students are learning about Common, Proper and Possessive nouns. A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

• Math:

This week students are learning to solve word problems by adding and subtracting. The lesson 5 quiz will be on Friday, September 18th.

 Listening and Learning:

The first three Read-Alouds were all stories about good people who are treated unfairly and ultimately find happiness, with variations set in France, Egypt, and Ireland. The next three Read-Alouds are folktales about supernaturally small characters. These include variations set in England, Denmark, and Japan. Reading these folktales and fairy tales will help students develop a strong foundation for their understanding and enjoyment of similar stories from different lands.

Upcoming Events

·        Sept. 16th - Fall Picture Day 

·        Sept. 21st - Parents can enter the building to volunteer and eat lunch with their child 

·        Sept. 25th - Parent Teacher Conference Day/No School 

·        Oct. 8th - Peak Meeting 6 pm

·        Oct. 15th & 16th - No School/Teacher Workdays 

·        Oct. 21st - Report Cards go Home

·        Oct. 23rd - Fall Festival

Just so you're in the know… Our school goals this year use the word 'SOAR' as an acronym: S - Serve others, O - Overcome obstacles, A - Ask why, and R - Rise up

Thank you for supporting Pinnacle Classical Academy, where we dare to SOAR! 

Snack

Please send a snack with your child each day. To help your child avoid confusing lunch and snack items, please place snack in the small front zipper pocket of your child's backpack (instead of in his/her lunchbox with lunch items).

Please NO liquid in water bottles other than water! Water bottles should be spill proof, meaning if they get knocked over, water will not poor out.

• Interdisciplinary Schedule

·       Monday - Library

·       Tuesday - Art

·       Wednesday - STEM

·       Thursday - PE

·   Friday - Music

• Morning Drop Off

Drop off will begin at 7:15am.  School starts at 8:00am.  Please have students ready with backpacks on and lunchboxes in hand ready to exit the vehicle on the driver’s side.  We ask that parents stay in the car.  This keeps the morning drop-off line moving smoothly.  Thank you for your cooperation!

• Afternoon Dismissal 

Car riders will be dismissed from the classroom starting at 2:45pm. Please be patient with us and your child as we teach then this new routine. We promise to do our best to minimize any inconvenience! Please make sure that your child’s car tag is visible.

**If you need to buckle your child or strap them into a car seat, please pull to the grass to complete. Thank you! 

It is important that students are picked up by 3:30 each day.  Please make arrangements to have your child picked up by 3:30 in the afternoon.  Staff hours are 7:30-3:30.

It is important to send a written not and/or call the school office before 11:45am if there is a change in the way that your child will be going home. We want to be sure that we send them safely to the correct place.

• Snack

Please send a snack with your child each day. In order to help your child avoid confusing lunch and snack items, please place snack in the small front zipper pocket of your child's backpack (instead of in his/her lunchbox with lunch items).

Please NO liquid in water bottles other than water! Water bottles should be spill proof, meaning if they get knocked over, water will not poor out.

• Uniforms 

Students must wear school approved uniform items each day.  We will send sticky note reminders if your child is not following the uniform policy up until September 7th.  After this date we will send Uniform Violation forms.  Please remember to label all outerwear with your child’s name. Hoodies and hooded jackets are not allowed to be worn in the building.

• Lunch

Your child will need a healthy lunch and drink every day (no soda) or you may order catered lunch if you choose from TGMH or Jammin J’s (see school website).  If your child forgets his/her lunch, we will provide them with a lunch but parents must reimburse the school.  Please do not come eat with your child until September 21st.  

·   Homework:

Reading:  Your child must read for 15 minutes each day. Parent signatures required for homework credit.

Math: Your child will complete one math sheet each night.

Spelling: Your child will complete one spelling activity each night. 

No homework on Fridays.

All homework is graded and included in your child’s quarterly grades.

·   Behavior 

In our classroom, we use a clipboard and tally system. Your child will get a tally for inappropriate behavior. If your child gets more than 3 tallies in in a day or more than five in a week you will receive an email from the teacher. Students can earn prizes from the treasure box as rewards for good behavior. Students will have consequences for inappropriate school behavior such as walking reflection laps before recess and lose of treasure box privileges.  Parents will be notified of their child’s recurring inappropriate behavior with an email or phone call. 

• Peak

The day your child became a student at PCA you became a member of PEAK which is our school’s parent group.  Please step up and support your child’s school by volunteering your time and help.