Pleasanton Primary School

November 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.

November Monthly Goals

ECSE

SPECIAL EDUCATION
ECSE Language Arts-Students will be able to follow a visual calendar and identify at least 4 upper and lowercase letters. ECSE Math-Students will be able to identify 3 numbers and rote count to 6. Pre-K4 Language Arts-Students will able to identify at 8-10 upper and lowercase letters. Pre-K4 Math-Students will count to 10 and count objects to 5. Life Skills-Students will be able to identify 13 upper and lowercase letters. Life Skills Math-Students will be able to count to 40 and practice joining/separating groups to add/subtract.

Pre-K

Language Arts- Students will be able to identify 7-11 uppercase and 7-11 lowercase letters and produce 4-7 sounds.

Math-Students will be able to identify 5 numbers, count 5 sets 0-10 and count to 15.

Kindergarten

Language Arts-Students will be able to discriminate between vowel sounds in words , practice sound/letter correspondence, recognize and write new sounds: /b/, /l/, /r/, /u/, /w/, /j/, /y/, /x/, /k/ spelled ‘k’ ,change sounds in words to create new words,read and write simple VC and CVC words and read Tricky Words blue, yellow, look.

Knowledge:

Demonstrate understanding of key vocabulary, choose the best word to describe what is happening in images, orally describe farm animals, farm jobs, farm tools, and how food gets from farms to markets, sequence events in an informational and literary text and write and draw information from the text about animals, farm jobs, and seasons.

Math-Students will be able to count forward and backward to 10 with and without objects, read, write, and represent whole numbers from 0 to 10 with and without objects or pictures, count a set of objects to 10 and compose and decompose numbers up to 10 by using objects and pictures.

First Grade

Language Arts-Students will be able to blend and decode words with "oo" , "ou", "aw". Students will also be learning about verbs and be able to write and edit a book report.

Math-Students will be learning about fractions and classifying, creating, and composing 2-dimensional shapes.

Second Grade

Language Arts- Skills Unit 3 introduces spelling alternatives for vowel sounds along with various tricky spellings (spellings that can stand for more than one sound). Students practice writing a personal narrative, while the grammar instruction focuses on capitalization, quotation marks, ending punctuation, and common and proper nouns. Students are also introduced to antonyms and synonyms.

Knowledge Unit 4: This domain will introduce students to an important period in the history of the United States—the War of 1812. Students will learn both why the War of 1812 is often called America’s second war for independence, and how the United States was affected by the Napoleonic Wars between France and Great Britain. They will learn about James and Dolley Madison, and their direct connection to the War of 1812. Students will learn about Great Britain’s three-part plan to win back the United States, including attacks on Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, and the attack on New Orleans in an attempt to gain control of the Mississippi River.

Knowledge Unit 5: Students are introduced to the cycles of nature as they study seasonal cycles, animal life cycles, and the importance of the water cycle. Students will also learn about the effects seasonal changes have on plants and animals. As students learn that all organisms, including people, experience the developmental stages of the life cycle, they will also begin to understand how all organisms depend on Earth’s limited water supply. Students will write an informational paragraph summarizing the life cycle of a frog.

Math- During the month of November, students will be exploring various mental math strategies to help deepen their understanding of number sense and place value. They will be learning to also solve up to 4 two digit numbers and subtract two by two digit numbers using the standard algorithm with and without regrouping.

Students will also be representing single and multistep word problems using strip diagram models and number sentences and solving for the unknown.

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!

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.