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Happy Birthday to this sweet lemur!!
Happy Birthday to this sweet lemur!!
learning fun!
We love using our magna doodles for spelling!
We love using our magna doodles for spelling!
We love using our magna doodles for spelling!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Using ramps to experiment with acceleration and gravity. We're also learning about friction as we try to roll the car on the carpet vs. the tile floor!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
Learning all about magnetic fields as an invisible force!
THIS WEEK'S NEWS:
~Odds and Ends:
THINGS TO SEND IN DAILY:
Water bottle
Snack
Homework Folder
Change of Clothes
SPECIALS:
Our specials this week are:
Monday- MUSIC
Tuesday- PE
Wednesday- ART
Thursday- MEDIA
Friday- ART
NEW ATTENDANCE ABSENCE PROTOCOL:
Starting Monday, September 15, 2025, Pleasant Union is launching a centralized absence/attendance email address. ALL parents are to email their child’s absence reason to: Attendance531@wcpss.net. The student’s first and last name, child’s track, and teacher must be included in the email. For a medical-related appointment during school hours, the dated doctor or appt note is necessary to be counted as an excused tardy. A doctor’s note is also necessary for 3 consecutive days of absences due to illness. Absences will only be excused when proper documentation is received by the attendance office within 48 hours of the student's return to school. For more info on attendance, read School Board Policy 4400: Attendance.
PANTHER DASH:
After receiving many creative suggestions from students, the winning name for our new PUE fundraiser is… Panther Dash! 🎉
The PUE PTA is excited to launch this brand-new event in October, organized entirely by our PTA and school specialists—with no outside vendor. That means 100% of the proceeds stay right here at PUE to directly benefit our school.
📅 Save the Date:
Tracks 1, 2, & 3 will run on Friday, October 17
Track 4 will run on Thursday, October 30
*Mark your calendars, make some signs, and get ready to make some noise as we cheer on our PUE runners! 💜🐾💛
FIELD TRIP INFORMATION:
Field trip permission slip forms and lunch forms were sent home last week. Please return these for asap.
The online payment is up and running! Here's the information on how to pay:
All field trip funds are due before October 25, 2025.
To make payment a breeze, credit and debit card payments are being accepted through School Cash Online. You will need your student’s ID number to enroll.
Use SchoolCash Online to pay for school items and fees. On January 1, 2023, Wake County Schools began using SchoolCash Online for most school items and activity fees. You will help increase efficiency and security at your child(ren)’s school by making payments directly into your school's bank account. This limits the number of people entering the school, reduces risk of lost payments, and allows teachers and office staff to focus on helping students, not on counting cash. In addition, you are automatically informed about school activities! Please review the attached form for instructions on how to access the school cash online link.
Our first grade field trip has been set! We will head out on October 29 to visit the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown RALEIGH (not Durham). We will need lots of chaperones for this trip! If you are interested in chaperoning, please let me know. You will need to sign up at the link below to be approved as a volunteer. I have not sent home any field trip forms yet. They are coming! I just wanted to get the date out there.
Volunteer sign up: Links and information on the process can be found here.
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE:
Please make sure you click the link above to check out news from Mr. Tunstall every week. It sometimes gets lost in all the news.
CLASS DIRECTORY:
The class directory is complete! Here is the link.
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION:
Please please please register to volunteer! Make sure to submit your 25-26 School Year Volunteer Registration ASAP. This must be completed every year, even if you were approved last year. Even if you are unsure if you will volunteer this year, I encourage all parents to do so now before traditional schools return. Links and information on the process can be found here.
PUE PTA NEWS:
Spirit Rock - Rent the PUE Spirit Rock- share birthday messages, congratulations, and celebrations in a fun way while supporting passive fundraising for our school. Rental is $35 for one week. Please make sure you follow the instructions carefully.
1) Check to see if your date is available on Sign-Ups here.
2) Make your payment within 24 hours and make sure you read the fine print instructions here.
Membership - If you would like to get involved with the PTA, you can join us here ($10 individual, $20 family membership).
Journal writing time!
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
Topic 1: Building Our Classroom Community
Standards for this unit:
RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI 1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of the words and phrases in the text.
RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
W.1.6 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
This week we'll finish work on our last EL book of this quarter, The Simple Science of Magnets. We'll learn all about magnets alongside learning about our text features! We'll also focus on multiple meaning words. In our text, we learn that words like field, pole, and stick can mean many things. In our text, field is referring to magnetic field. But it can also mean a football field, airfield, or a field for planting. Same with the word pole. In our text, we learn about the poles on a magnet. But we also learn that pole can mean a utility pole or a flag pole.
In writing, we will learn how to add details to make our narrative more engaging and exciting for our readers. Then, we'll finish up with our final draft and author's share!
We love using our magnadoodles for spelling!
LETTERLAND Updates:
LETTERLAND Updates:
Unit 12: Blends!
Standards for this unit:
L 1.2 Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring grade appropriate irregular words
RF 1.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print
RF 1.2 Print all upper and lower case letters legibly
RF 1.3 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds
RF 1.4 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words
Recognize and read grade appropriate irregularly spelled words
RF 1.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
This week we'll work with our next set of beginning blends! This set of blends will be the /l/ blends. You can find /l/ blends in words like flip, class, and glad. The /l/ blends we will be working with are: bl-, cl-, pl-, gl-, and fl-.
Showing off all our math strategies for addition!
MATH Updates:
MATH Updates:
Unit 2: Building an Understanding of Addition and Subtraction
Standards for this unit:
NC.1.OA.1 Use objects and drawings to represent addition and subtraction word problems within 20.
Students will know addition and subtraction problems can be represented using objects and drawings.
Add To/Take From-Change Unknown
Put Together/Take Apart-Addend Unknown
NC.1.OA.6 Multiple strategies can be used to add and subtract numbers.
Use number lines to add and subtract.
Count on from the larger number to add.
Creating equivalent but simpler or known sums are strategies to solve problems.
Compose and decompose numbers within 10 when adding and subtracting.
A relationship exists between addition and subtraction.
NC.1.OA.3 Students will know the order that numbers are added does not affect the answer.
NC.1.OA.9 Fluently add and subtraction numbers within 10.
This is our last week for addition and subtraction story problems. We'll continue to practice our strategies throughout the week, and end with our final assessment on Thursday.
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