Pleasanton Primary School

December 2024

Mission Statement

The Primary family is devoted to educating and inspiring all students academically, socially, and emotionally by giving our love and instilling integrity. We will model the importance of family, faith, and wisdom with our leaders of tomorrow.

Vision Statement

The vision at Pleasanton Primary School is to equip and empower a community of life-long learners with the foundation to lead and succeed in our rapidly changing world.

December Monthly Goals

ECSE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

ECSE Language Arts-Students will able to identify 6 upper and lowercase letters.

ECSE Math-Students will be able to rote count to 6, and count sets up to 5.

Pre-K4 Language Arts-Students will be able to identify 12 upper and lowercase letters.

Pre-K4 Math: Students will be able to rote count to 20.

Life Skills Language Arts: Students will identify 20 upper and lowercase letters and sounds, and blend sounds orally to make words.

Life Skills Math: Students will rote count to 50, count forwards and backwards to 10.

Pre-K

Language Arts- Students will be able to identify 11 uppercase, 11 lowercase letters and produce 4 letter sounds.

Math-Students will be able to identify 5 numbers, count 5 sets 0-10 and count to 16.

Kindergarten

Language Arts-Students will be able to orally blend sounds to form words, identify sound pictures by their letter names, identify and create rhyming words, blend and read words with consonant clusters of up to five sounds. Students will also be able to read words with Tricky Spelling ‘s’ pronounced /z/ and Tricky Words I, are, and little. They will be able to read stories in the decodable reader and demonstrate comprehension by answering story questions.

Knowledge-Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of key vocabulary, distinguish the meaning of the words to and from in context, students will use details from the text to orally describe food, clothing, and shelter of each of the Native American tribes discussed. Students will compare and contrast three Native American tribes using a graphic organizer and write and draw information from the text to describe characteristics of different tribes and items used in Native American life

Math-Students will be able to identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares as special rectangles, identify attributes of two-dimensional shapes using informal and formal geometric language interchangeably and classify and sort a variety of regular and irregular two- and three-dimensional figures regardless of orientation or size. Students will also be able to Create two-dimensional shapes using a variety of materials and drawings.

First Grade

Language Arts-Students will orally produce and decode r-controlled syllables,

will use knowledge of base words to decode common contractions, will identify the meaning of words with the affix -ing and will orally combine two one-syllable words to form a two-syllable word. Students will read and write Tricky Words were, are, should, could, your, to, their, because, word, and have. Students will use knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and words with inflected endings. Students will recognize the central idea, supporting evidence, and organizational structure and use features and graphics to gain information.

ELA Knowledge/Comprehension: Students will be learning all about the history of the Earth.

Math-Students will be able to identify 3d shapes and their attributes.

Second Grade

Language Arts-Skills Unit 4: Students are introduced to more spelling alternatives for vowel sounds, and three tricky spellings. Students practice persuasive writing as part of a friendly letter. In grammar, students review singular and regular plural nouns, as well as common and proper nouns. They are introduced to the formation of irregular plural nouns, as well as action verbs and to be verbs.

Knowledge Unit 6: Building on an earlier domain, students continue to study the history of the United States—the time of westward expansion during the 1800s. Students explore why pioneers were willing to endure the hardships to move westward, and learn about innovations in transportation and communication, including the steamboat, the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Pony Express. Students also come to understand the hardships and tragedies that Native Americans endured because of westward expansion. Students will practice note taking skills as they prepare to write an informational text in the format of a Westward Expansion Quilt.

Math-Your child is about to explore multiplication and division. To master this skill, your child will build on his or her knowledge of problem-solving with addition and subtraction. As your child extends his or her knowledge of this concept throughout second grade, he or she will learn the following concepts:

Counseling Corner

The We Are Connected Mindset teaches us that everyone who comes into our lives can help us to achieve and live our dreams. Working with, for, and through others is crucial to realizing our dreams. When you understand this and constantly seek the positives from relationships with others, your performance in every area of your life improves. In the lessons for this mindset, we help students explore synergies with others, embrace diversity, and relish the competition that will allow them to maximize their potential by working with and through others.

Please read the attached parent newsletter to learn more about our mindset of the month, which also features dos and don’ts at home as well as activities you can do with your child at home.

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Attendance

Attendance Matters

Every day that your child attends school is another opportunity to learn something new! Our Primary attendance goal is to have 98 percent of our students attend school every day. Thank you for all that you do to support your child’s learning here at the Pleasanton Primary!

6 Weeks Perfect Attendance Drawing Winners

Students who attended all day, every day, for 6 weeks were entered into a drawing for a board game. Two students from each grade level were picked and awarded a game of their choice.

Primary Soaring Eagles

The First Eagle Prize cart was on Monday, August 26th and the kiddos loved it! The prize cart rolls around every three weeks, so please make sure your child is present so he/she doesn't miss it. Students earn Eagle Bucks by displaying good behaviors throughout the campus and then have the opportunity to spend their bucks on prizes. When they S.O.A.R., it means they are safe, obedient, accountable, and respectful.

In addition, teachers will select one student to receive a Soaring Eagle Award on a bi-monthly basis. Students will be recognized for exhibiting excellent behavior in all school settings. Please ensure that nominated students display excellent behavior in all settings across campus, such as specials, PE, and the cafeteria. A photo of these students will be posted on social media, they will receive a certificate and a golden token from the PBIS book machine.