Weekly Update

Hi Everyone!

Happy St. Patrick's Day (a day early)!  I'm sure the leprechauns have lots of mischief planned.  Be sure to ask your kiddo about his/her leprechaun hat.

Pinebrook Triple Play:
Please join us!  Our annual Pinebrook Triple Play will be Thursday, March 22nd in the gym at John Champe High School.  Doors open at 5:45 pm.  This is a fun event in which teachers from Pinebrook will play volleyball and run relay races against teachers from Buffalo Trail. There will be food and snacks for sale, raffles, and other fun things. The 1st graders lead the singing of the National Anthem before the games begin. Please refer to your Pinebrook weekly email and the Thursday folder insert for more information.

Spring Break Travel:
If your child will be absent next week, or leaving school early in advance of Spring Break, please kindly notify both the office and me.  You can access the absence and early dismissal notifications on the Pinebrook homepage.

Yearbooks:
Pinebrook yearbooks are on sale now!  Yearbooks may only be purchased online.  To purchase a yearbook, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter school code 7561118.  You will be prompted through the order and payment process.  The deadline to order a yearbook is April 29th.  You must pre-order a yearbook if you would like your child to receive one.  

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will talk about rich vocabulary in fiction stories. 
• Writing:  We will finish our friendly letters unit as we focus on editing our writing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
• Math:  We will finish our Fractions unit.  We will begin our Time unit after Spring Break.
• Social Studies:  We will continue our Maps unit.  We will explore cardinal directions,  map keys and map symbols, and construct a map of a familiar area.

Questions or comments?  Please reach out!

Thank you, Everyone!  Have a super weekend!

Weekly Update

Hi Parents,

Happy Sunday!  Please ask your child about the NED assembly we attended Friday. NED stands for Never Give Up, Encourage Others, and Do Your Best.  The assembly reenforced the ideas of being a good citizen, being an upstander (someone who helps prevent bullying), and being a ready, responsible, and respectful student.   

Meantime, time is clicking along at school, and the calendar is filling fast!  

Flat Student Projects:

I sent a note home last week in the Homework folder about our Flat Student projects. Please review this information.  Please kindly return both stamps and an address for someone to whom your child may mail his/her Flat Student.  Please send these things by next Friday, March 16th.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this project.  :)

Pinebrook Triple Play:
Please join us!  Our annual Pinebrook Triple Play will be Thursday, March 22nd in the gym at John Champe High School.  The Triple Play usually starts between 5:45 and 6:30 pm.  This year, teachers from Pinebrook will be playing fun games against teachers from Buffalo Trail.  The games are designed to make us look as silly as possible...think kickball, tricycle races, and dizzy bats!  The event starts with teacher bowling.  There will be food and snacks for sale, raffles, and other fun things. The 1st graders lead the singing of the National Anthem before the games begin. Please watch both your Pinebrook weekly email and your child's Thursday folder for more information, including the specific start time and admission prices.

Box Tops for Education:
Box Tops for Education are due Friday, March 16th.  If you lost the collection paper for Box Tops, please send them to school in a Ziploc bag labeled with your child's name.

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will practice visualizing as we read the chapter book Flat Stanley.
• Writing:  We will write friendly letters as we focus on editing our writing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
• Math:  We will continue our Fractions unit.  We will discuss the concepts of equal and unequal, halves, thirds, and fourths.
• Social Studies:  We will begin our Maps unit.  We will explore cardinal directions,  map keys and map symbols, and construct a map of a familiar area.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

STEAM Expo Rescheduled!

Good afternoon Parents!

Since schools were closed Friday, we have decided to move our STEAM Day to this Monday! We will still need volunteers and would love to have you with us. Thank you so much to those that committed to Friday. If you cannot make it for Monday, please remove yourself from the sign-up. If you hadn't signed up before but are now available, please choose a time (or 4) to help out! The time slots appear to overlap which is simply transition time between each. All materials and snacks are provided for volunteers! The day will be a blast!

SIGN-UP HERE

Thank you for your help!

Weekly Update

Hi Parents,

3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports:
3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports ("interims") will be issued Wednesday, March 7th.  If your child receives an interim, it will be emailed to you on Wednesday, March 7th using the email address on file in your ParentVue account.  You can update and/or verify your email address by logging into your ParentVue account.  If you have questions about logging into ParentVue, please contact Mrs. Sciortino in our school office at 703-957-4325.

Scholastic Book Fair:

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at school all next week!   Students previewed the Book Fair Thursday. Students who bring money may shop at the Book Fair next week during recess.  If your child plans to bring money for the Book Fair, please send the money in a sealed envelope marked with your child's name, my name, and "Book Fair" on the outside of the envelope.  If you would like to attend the Book Fair to shop with your child, our Family Shopping Night will be Tuesday, March 6th from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm.  *Please note: Book Fair purchases are optional.

Fine Arts Night:

The PTA is sponsoring a Fine Arts Night at school on Tuesday, March 6th at 5:30 pm.  This will be a night of hands-on creativity as kids visit many fun stations to explore art through a variety of mediums.  Visit the Book Fair to shop with your child, and then head over to Fine Arts Night!  I'll be there too!  :)

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will identify the main idea and supporting details in fiction stories and nonfiction texts.
• Writing:  We will explore paragraph structure as we focus on editing our writing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
• Math:  We will continue our Fractions unit.
• Science:  We will finish our Matter unit.  We will begin to learn about Force and Motion.  We will explore different paths of motion, ways things move, sound, and vibration.  

Thank you for your continued efforts to support the kids and me!  I appreciate working with each of you, and I am continually amazed at the progress the kids are demonstrating.