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• 9/29 – Ready, Set, Read! Challenge begins
• 9/29 – Raise Craze Fundraiser begins
• 10/3 – PTA Family Service Night, 6 PM (Cafeteria)
• 10/6–10/10 – PTA Art Reflections Kickoff in Art Class
• 10/8 – Walk/Bike/Roll to School, 7–7:45 AM
• 10/9 – PTA Family Picnic, 6–8 PM
• 10/10 – PACE Applications Due
• 10/10 – James Wand Assembly
• 10/13–10/17 – Fall Break (Student Holiday)
• 10/20–10/24 – Red Ribbon Week
• 10/22 – Hat Creek Spirit Night, 4–9 PM
• 10/29 – Trunk or Treat, 5:30–7 PM
• 10/31 – Book Character Parade
• 11/2 – Family Color Run
• 11/3 – PTA Art Reflections Entries Due to Mr. Wick
• 11/4 – Election Day (Student Holiday – No School)

Week of October 20-24,2025

Math

• Represent and solve problems using strategies based on place value.
• Generate a problem situation for a given number sentence.
• Add and subtract three digit numbers within 1,000.

Language Arts

Foundations Skills

• Phonics Focus Skill: VCe Syllables
• Spelling|Dictation|Word Building|Word Chaining: Words with VCe Syllable
• Irregular Words: anyone, anything, buy, guy into, two been, about, around, away, women, woman, very, nothing

Reading

• Students will identify the theme by answering questions from the text, retell the important events of a story by completing a graphic organizer, and identify the topic of the story by looking for clues in the text and illustrations to determine what the story is mostly about.

Writing

The students will the writing process to create a personal narrative for the next six weeks.

• Statements and Questions
• Commands
• Exclamations

I&I

Students investigate and inquire to answer:

• Why is it important to know what things are made of?

Parents have the ability to review instructional plans for their child’s classes. Visit https://www.pisd.edu/students-families-a6/instructionalplans to view the instructional plans and learn more about your child’s learning experience.

Free Saturday Math Tutoring for PISD Students (K–12) (Informational)

Guinn Special Programs Center, in partnership with Top Achievers and IntelliChoice, offers free math tutoring every Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at Guinn Special Programs Center, 2221 Legacy Dr, Plano, TX.

• Open to all PISD students
• Approximately 3:1 student-to-tutor ratio
• Individualized support, including help with homework
• Light breakfast provided
• All materials included

Register at: topachieversplano.org/programs/steam-program

Please share with your math faculty and refer students who may benefit. Thank you for supporting student success!

Please contact Lawrence Mann with any questions

To ensure that your student is staying fueled through out the day, the second grade team ask if you would please provide your scholar with TWO snacks daily.

Thank you

Seesaw is a district-approved platform for teacher-parent communication, making it a reliable and secure way to stay connected. It allows us to share updates, reminders, student work, and important information in one convenient place, while also ensuring that messages are sent and received through an approved channel. Using Seesaw helps us maintain clear communication and keeps families informed and engaged in their child’s learning.

Ms. Bailey: https://app.seesaw.me/s/926-169-014

Ms.Dahl: https://app.seesaw.me/s/391-336-801

Ms. McIntyre: https://app.seesaw.me/#/parent_signup/class.ffb3bf76-9882-49f2-b8ab-bec0eb6cd2b8/add_parent/U0OFEaySQ3qFIYUqBP9zMw==

Ms. Disciorio. : https://app.seesaw.me/s/398-341-124

The Aldridge PTA makes the world keep turning for many of us Teachers, grade levels and students! We always need more volunteers to come bring the fun 😄

Email jaimiepriamo@gmail.com with any questions!

Ready, Set, Read!
We all know how important reading is, and we are teaming up to promote early literacy in Plano ISD! All PreK-2 students are invited to join our first annual district-wide reading challenge! Families are encouraged to track the minutes their child reads at home by submitting the Google Form at www.bit.ly/pisdreads each week. Campuses will compete for prizes provided by the Plano ISD Education Foundation. The contest runs September 29th through October 31st, and the winning campuses will be announced the week of November 3rd. Now - ready, set, read!

Learn more here: bit.ly/planoisdreads

The annual PTA- led art contest, Reflections, is about to kick off! We know we have a campus full of creative students, so please encourage your Ocelot to participate. With 70 fantastic entries from last year, we would love to see even more in 2025!

This school year’s theme is “I Belong!” Students can enter artworks in any category of their choosing including Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Dance Choreography, Film Production and Music Composition. Our campus contest has focused on Visual Arts submissions in the past, but if there is interest in other categories, we welcome those entries for consideration.

From October 6-10, students will receive 11 x 17 art paper and a copy of the entry form in art class from Mr. Wick. Kids can start creating now if they like. It’s a great time to brainstorm!

Important Dates:

● October 6 - October 10th Kick off in Art Class

● November 3rd, 3p Final entries are due

● December 4th, 5:30-7p Winners announced at Art Night

Welcome to our Raise Craze fundraiser! This is a unique way for us to raise money for our school while making an impact in our community. During this fundraiser, students ask friends and family for donations via the online Raise Craze platform while paying it forward serving others. What a great way for us to teach our students the importance of kindness and gratitude while raising much needed funds. Students will spend time serving, not selling!

REGISTER: https://raisecraze.com/join CODE: 710-884

1. Enter your student’s name

2. Select at least 3 Acts of Kindness

3. Enter 5-10 email addresses of potential supporters. Raise Craze will send all emails, reminders and thank you notes. Emails will never be shared with third parties or used for marketing.

At A Glance:

Dates: September 29 - October 13 Our Goal: $25,000

School-Wide Service Projects: Friday, October 3, 2025

Every student can participate in Raise Craze by completing Acts of Kindness (AOK) so we’re aiming for 100% participation.

Need help getting started? Check out the Raise Craze Instructional Video at raisecraze.com/how-it- works-video or contact waysandmeans@aldridgepta.org

1. Video for logging in - https://www.loom.com/share/fc5a23f566ee42cea98d773d3bf8c2e7?sid=1db31294-1c1e-426c-9279-051a37520eb7

2. Community School Wide challenge - 500,000 minutes - we will tape Mr. Mitchell to the wall. 🙂 There might be other incentives coming later on.

3. When a student logs in, they can start a timer while they read or plug in how long they read.

4. Beanstack Basics page - https://pisdaldridge.beanstack.com/new_admin/basics?category=Student+Experience+%28Web%29

• Plano ISD Free and Reduced Meal Program
• Ms. Hardy's Counseling Referral Form
• Plano ISD Volunteer Approval Process (VOLY)
• Sign up for PTA communication HERE

• Please report any dismissal changes to Teacher AND jennifer.chandler@pisd.edu by 2:00 pm.