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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 (switch)
VALENTINES LE:
Our Valentine's Day learning experience is on Friday, February 13, from 12:00-1:30 ish. Our room parent team has some fun centers and activities planned! If you would like to come in and help, please let our room moms know!
PASSING OUT VALENTINES TO OUR FRIENDS:
We will pass out valentines on Friday morning, Feb 13, before our LE. If your child would like to participate, please send in valentines by then. Please make sure your valentines are already filled out with names. Unfortunately, we will not have time to fill out the "to" and "from". Here is our class list of names.
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!
BOOK FAIR IS HERE!!:
Our school book fair begins on Monday and goes until Feb 20! During this time there are 2 breakfast that parents can attend. During the breakfast, you can check out the book fair with your child and do some shopping. However, we will also have time during our regualr school day that our class can shop if you can't make it to the breakfast.
Friday, Feb 13: Preview the book fair AND breakfast
Monday, Feb 16: Shop the book fair
Wednesday, Feb 18: Parent breakfast and shopping
VOLUNTEER: Our class is previewing and making their wish list on Thursday, Feb 12th and purchasing on Monday, February 16.
Please sign up for a volunteer slot here. We need two volunteers per classroom shift. PTA has other volunteer opportunities, too.
PAYMENT:
We suggest that students use eWallet for payment. Families can create a digital wallet and share it with family and friends to add funds.
Any unused funds can be used for Scholastic online.
Please include additional funds to cover tax.Create eWallet here.
Cash is accepted but NO checks. We highly recommend eWallet.
DONATE:
If you would like to donate funds for our classroom library, please use this link to contribute to the classroom eWallet:
https://shop.scholastic.com/ewallet/fund?lang=en_US&walletId=79e52113-fc5e-4a3b-88d1-e6b617c07a98
BREAKFAST:
The PUE cafeteria will be hosting a cash-only breakfast event “Rise and Read” from 8:00–8:45 AM on 2/13 and 2/18. Families are invited to shop after breakfast. This is not a drop-off event—please stay with your student until the 8:45 AM bell rings.
INTERIMS:
As of now, interims are due to go home on Feb 24. I don't think they'll change the date due to weather days, but I'll let you know if they do.
NO SCHOOL:
Feb 16 is no longer a work day. Please come to school!
March 3rd is a teacher workday. We will not have school that day.
SSA TESTING:
Single Subject Acceleration (SSA) Testing is right around the corner. For those interested in learning more, here is a link to the WCPSS Parent Information Presentation
We will also be holding a PUE SSA Parent Information Meeting
**This meeting has been recorded and posted on PUE's Acceleration Website
SSA Test Request Window
Track 4: January 23 - February 13
Testing Windows
Track 2, 3, and 4: March 16 - 27
SSA Resources:
PUE PTA NEWS:
Save the Dates:
2/9-2/20- PUE Scholastic Book Fair
2/13- Book Fair family breakfast event 8am, more details to follow
2/18- Book Fair family breakfast event 8am, more details to follow
2/22- Parents Night Out winter playdate, 4:00-6:30 pm, Pro 3:5 Sports
PUE Parents Night Out Winter Playdate
Save the date Sunday, February 22, 4:00-6:30 pm at the NEW Pro 3:5 Sports location. This will be an awesome drop off event with other PUE friends. There will be pizza, drinks, dessert, and 2.5 hours of organized fun! Cost is $25 per student. Sign up here.
Yearbooks Are On Sale — Upload Photos in Treering!
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.
Showing off her journal writing and using her editor's checklist!
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Updates:
Topic 1: Becoming Researchers of Earth and Animals
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.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.1.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic
W.1.6 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Repeat news due to weather: This week we'll start our next book study. For this one, we are actually looking at 2 books! It will also take longer than a week because of this (and snow days!). Our 2 books that we will be learning about are "Just Ducks" and "Birds". We will look at comparing these 2 texts to find their similarities and differences. We will also work on our main non-fiction standard, finding the main idea and key details, as we learn all about birds! Finally, we'll learn about some rich vocabulary words related to birds like contour, flight, semiplume, and more!
In writing, we'll use the next few weeks to research and learn about birds to write an all about birds paper!
Our stories are getting loooonnger! Gotta keep practicing that fluency!
LETTERLAND Updates:
LETTERLAND Updates:
Unit 21: Vowel teams /ai/ and /ay/
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 continue learning about vowel teams. Vowel teams are another way our vowels can be made into a long vowel! Our vowel teams this week are /ai/ and /ay/. You'll see these team at work in words like day and tail. Please remind your child about our vowel team saying; "When 2 vowels go out walking, the first one does the talking". The second vowel is quiet because they are looking out for vowel stealers.
Also, these vowel teams are challenging because they both say the same sound! How will your child know when to use which one? The trick to remembering is if the long /a/ sound is in the beginning or middle of the word, you will use /ai/ to spell the sound (tail, air, maid, straight). If the long /a/ sound is at the end of the word, you will use /ay/ to spell the sound (day, play). In 2nd grade, they will take the /ay/ sound rules further when they have multisyllabic words, but for first grade, this is where we'll build our foundation.
Using our base ten blocks to show tens and ones! We even learned about hundreds and thousands for some extra fun!
MATH Updates:
MATH Updates:
Unit 4: Understanding Measurement and Data
Standards for this unit:
Use non-standard units (ex. pop cubes, paper clips, pencils, etc.) to measure the length of objects. (NC.1.MD.2)
The length of objects can be measured with a variety of non-standard manipulatives. (NC.1.MD.2)
Apply the measurement rules to correctly determine the length of objects (no gaps, no overlaps, start and stop at the ends on the object, lay items in a straight line, etc.). (NC.1.MD.2)
Precise measurements cannot include gaps or overlaps. (NC.1.MD.2)
Order three objects by length comparing the length of two objects to a third object. (NC.1.MD.1)
Use the symbols (<, >, =) to record the comparison of two digit numbers. (NC.1.NBT.3)
Numbers can be compared in different contexts (NC.1.NBT.3 & NC.1.MD.1)
Use objects or drawings to represent and solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20. (NC.1.OA.2)
Two objects are equal when they are the same length. (NC.1.OA.7)
This week we'll continue working on measurement! We haven't really gotten very far due to weather!
We'll learn all about the rules of measuring, how to measure, and the difference between standard and non-standard measurement tools. In first grade, we only focus on using non-standard measurement tools. These are items like links, pop-cubes, and paperclips. We will learn about standard tools (ruler, yard stick, etc..), but we will not use them to measure things just yet. Our measurement rules are: no gaps, no overlaps, from end to end!
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