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Happy birthday to this sweet girl!
Happy birthday to this sweet girl!
Building our shapes with pencils, playdoh, and geoboards!
Building our shapes with pencils, playdoh, and geoboards!
Building our shapes with pencils, playdoh, and geoboards!
Building our shapes with pencils, playdoh, and geoboards!
Building our shapes with pencils, playdoh, and geoboards!
I wanted to send out a HUGE thank you for spoiling me this week! I have truly felt the love from all my little lemurs! I'm so excited to be able to plant all my new plants in my garden. I love my flower garden and all the plants I received will be so happy there. Most important are the memories I'll have as I watch them grow!
I also can't thank you all enough for the gift cards! I love coffee, and target, and Amazon oh my!) Also, a lot of them were to Lowe's, which I know sounds silly, but it's where I get a lot of my garden needs. I truly spend a lot of time (and money!) there, so it'll be nice to buy things as a treat!
The best part were the cards though. I loved reading all the sweet notes from my lemurs and from you parents. You all had some really kind and thoughtful words for me, and it truly made my week. Thank you for taking the time to celebrate me. I'm so sad our year is ending. It's been an amazing year. I need time to slow down!
Much Gratitude,
Mrs. Leavitt
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- MEDIA
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE:
Friendly reminder to make sure you also click the link above and check out Mr. Tunstall's news letter. It has school wide information that is not on our class website!
FIELD DAY:
Field day is postponed to June 4! The same message from Mr. Stern hat is below applies. We'll need volunteers for the new date.
Please have your child wear tennis shoes and comfy clothes. Also, I am not allowed to apply sunscreen, so please put some on at home before they come. Finally, there will be water stations and your child may get wet! Please send in a change of clothes AND SHOES. Their shoes do get wet and it would be no fun to walk around in wet shoes all day.
NO SCHOOL:
School is closed on Monday, May 25 for Memorial day. I hope everyone has a safe, unofficial start to summer!
REPORT CARDS/INTERIMS:
4th quarter interims will be sent home on Tuesday, May 19th
FAMILY SURVEY:
Helping students succeed in school is a team effort. Parents, students, and schools all play an important role in this process. Help PUE make your child's school experience as positive as possible by responding to the questions in our family survey by May 15. The survey is anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes. You can provide feedback using this link - https://surveys.panoramaed.com/wakecounty/family/surveys?language=en. Please contact Ms. McNeill if you have any questions.
FIELD DAY MESSAGE FROM MR. STERN:
We are so excited our 2026 Pleasant Union Field Day is coming up again this year. Our Field Days have been a huge success in large part due to all the parent volunteers that come out to support the event. We are asking for your help again this year to have another successful event. We need volunteers to help work the stations for the students as well as there are several donations we are looking for. Any help you can provide is always greatly appreciated. See below for the dates, volunteer sign-up, and field day wishlist items. If you have any questions, please email Ben Stern (PE Teacher) directly at bsstern@wcpss.net.
Here are the details, sign-up link, donation request for the 2025 Field Day events.
Field Day Volunteer Sign-Up: PUE Field Day Google Form. Any and all support is greatly appreciated and needed.
Donation Request: (any and all donations are greatly appreciated) PUE Field Day Amazon Wishlist - LINK (any donations are greatly appreciated)
Flav-O-Ice Freeze Bars to Give to All Students At Field Day - Please bring them already frozen Tuesday, April 8
Track 2 and 4 Wednesday, April 29th (Rain Date- June 4th)
9:30am - 11:30am - Knd - 2nd Grade / Morning Pre-K
12:30pm - 2:30pm - 3rd - 5th Grade / Afternoon Pre-K
PUE PTA NEWS:
Save the Dates :
May 13: Chic Fil-A Spirit Event, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
May 28: Two Roosters Spirit Event, 2:00 - 9:00 pm
May 29: Carpool Casanova (details to come!)
May 30: PUE Third Annual Pantherpalooza event, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Pantherpalooza!
Attention Panthers! Get ready for one of the most exciting events of the year—our Third Annual Pantherpalooza Family Fun Event! You won’t want to miss this amazing day of fun, creativity, and community. We can’t wait to see you there! Let’s make this Pantherpalooza the best one yet!
Date: May 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM -
Entertainment - Food trucks - Raffles - Fairy Hair - Student Global Market
Calling all student entrepreneurs in grades 2–5! Get your creative juices flowing now for the Student Global Market.
Apply here! —applications due by April 24, 2026.
School supply kits for 2026-2027 school year available now
Parents, your 2026 school supply kits are now available! Skip the store lines and start next year stress-free with the exact supplies your child’s teacher requested. Ordering now ensures you're ready for back-to-school, no guesswork and no last-minute shopping. Order today and cross one thing off your list! http://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/gs/78026
Yearbooks Are On Sale — Upload Photos in Treering!
The last day to order a yearbook is May 2, 2026 for delivery to school. After May 2, you will have to pay for delivery to your home address.
Yearbooks are now available for purchase, and families can personalize their child’s copy with two FREE custom pages. 📸 The PUE Yearbook Team is collecting photos now! Families can upload photos directly through Treering in the school folders within their account. We’re looking for first day of school photos, Panther Dash pics, grade-level moments, snow day fun, field trips, and school events. 🗓 Custom pages due by April 26, 2026 📘 Softcover: $30.52 | Hardcover: $37.66 (tax not included) 📦 Yearbooks will be delivered directly to the school 🔗 treering.com/validate 🔑 School passcode: 1016071186223064 Help us capture the memories that made this school year special!
~Year long Information:
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.
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.
Independent reading season is under way!
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
Topic 1: Becoming Researchers of Earth and Animals
Standards for this unit:
RL1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
RL 1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
SL1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
W1.6 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (Correlates to CCSS W.1.8)
L.1.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts and word relationships. (Correlates to CCSS L.1.4a,b,c)
This week we'll continue working with Yasmin the Gardener. Using this story, we'll continue to work on our comprehension and retelling standard. However, we'll also work on trying to determine who is telling the story and who is speaking in the story. Giving our characters a voice is a new thing for firsties! We'll do some role-playing and step into our characters as we practice giving them a voice in the story.
Having fun stamping our words!
LETTERLAND Updates:
LETTERLAND Updates:
Unit 32: The vowel stealers
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 learn about our last vowel stealer /er/. This is the most common r controlled vowel. We'll also learn about Oscar Orange's bothersome little brother and how we can find him in words with /er/. Some of these words are mother and brother.
Building our 2D shapes with geoboards!
MATH Updates:
MATH Updates:
Unit 6: Distinguishing and Composing Shapes
Standards for this unit:
Identify, name, build and draw various plane (2D) shapes. (triangles, rectangles, squares, trapezoids, hexagons, circles). (NC.1.G.1)
Shapes can be described by defining and non-defining attributes.
Non-defining attributes include size, color, orientation, and thickness.
Shapes can be 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional. (NC.1.G.2)
The attributes of 2-dimensional shape include: number and length of sides, number of angles, number of vertices, number of parallel sides, open and closed.
Identify, name, build various solid (3D) shapes (cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, cylinders). (NC.1.G.1)
The attributes of 3-dimensional shape include: number of edges, number and shape of faces, number of vertices. (NC.1.G.1)
Create 2-dimensional composite shapes using other 2-dimensional shapes (triangles, rectangles, squares, hexagons, trapezoids, circles & half-circles). (NC.1.G.2)
Shapes can be combined to create new shapes. (NC.1.G.2)
Create 3-dimensional composite shapes using other 3-dimensional shapes (cones, spheres, cylinder, rectangular prisms, cubes). (NC.1.G.2)
Shapes can be combined to create new shapes. (NC.1.G.2)
This week, we'll continue our unit on shapes. Last week we worked with 2D shapes. This week we'll focus on our 3D shapes. Finally, we'll learn about composite shapes. These are shapes that are made by putting smaller shapes together. For example, you can make a hexagon by using 6 triangles, 2 trapezoids, etc...
Shapes your child will need to know are:
2D shapes
square (has 4 EQUAL sides where the 2 opposite sides are parallel-this is the biggest thing they need to know that makes the square stand out)
rectangle
triangle
circle
trapezoid
hexagon
pentagon
rhombus
3D Shapes
cylinder
sphere
rectangular prism
cube
cone
pyramid
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