Friday Updates 11/14/25

Reminders for Friday, November 14th

• Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
• Homework packet due by Friday, 11/21
• It will go home Monday, 11/17
• Rounding quiz on 11/19 (math)
• Your child should be able to round a given number to the nearest 10.
• Any number with a 1, 2, 3, 4 in the ones place will round DOWN to the previous ten.
• example - 21 rounds down to 20, 3 rounds down to 0
• Any number with a 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 in the ones place will round UP to the next ten.
• example - 45 rounds up to 50, 89 rounds up to 90
• Patterns quiz on 11/24 (math)
• Your child should be able to:
• continue a given pattern (of shapes or numbers) - extending patterns
• rewrite a given pattern in a different way - transferring patterns
• example - 1, 1, 2, 3 could be written a, a, b, c
• continue increasing a given pattern - growing patterns
• example - 1, 2, 3, 4 and the next would be 5 (this would be represented by a number of shapes)
• Habitats and Ecosystems test on 11/25 (science)
• No School 11/26, 11/27, 11/28 - Thanksgiving/fall break

Notes

• Weekly Reminder
• Return library books by Wednesday each week!
• If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
• Wear sneakers on Monday and Friday for P.E.
• If you do not wear sneakers/tennis shoes/trainers or closed-toed shoes (NO boots), you will not be allowed to participate in P.E. This is a rule from the P.E. teachers.
• Ice Cream will be available at lunch next week!
• Ice cream is $2.
• We would prefer that students plan to purchase ice cream on Fridays. Per LCPS, they are allowed to buy it any day of the week. We encourage them to buy ice cream only on Fridays so that they are less likely to make it a competition.
• House Spirit Days are on Fridays.
• Wear your house color on Fridays to show house spirit. 
• Parents can join at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
• Please be sure to bring your ID card to get in the front door.
• Please make sure to stay at our table.
• Our lunch is 12:10 - 12:40pm.

• Pinebrook Family Resources Page
• Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.

• Parents as Educational Partners - PEP
• Please consider joining the Pinebrook Elementary PEP Remind group to get reminders about PEP sessions, EL FACE sessions, and other EL programs offered by LCPS and Pinebrook! Join by going to rmd.at/pnbpep2526 or by texting @pnbpep2526 to 81010.
• Come join the November PEP session at Pinebrook! 
• Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
• Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
• Place: Library at Pinebrook Elementary
• Topic: School Health Procedures & Family Engagement
• A simple Halal dinner will be provided. 
• We will have in-person interpreters available for Arabic, Dari, Mandarin, Spanish, and Uzbek languages.
• We will have online interpreters for other languages.
• Childcare will be provided.

Week Overview

SEL/Morning Meeting

Reading - We will continue to learn about theme next week - what is the lesson or moral that the author wants you to learn from reading their story.

Writing - We started writing about our opinions on different topics. We will continue this next week.

Math - We practiced numbers in order from least to greatest and greatest to least and compare using < less than, > greater than, and = equal to. Next week, we will learn how to round to the nearest 10 and start working with patterns.

Social Studies- We finsihed learning about revolutionary figures from the Revolutionary War period of the United States. We start learning about habitats next week.

Handwriting  - We practiced writing manuscript.

Have a fantastic weekend,

 

Puma Progress Form

Hello Puma Families,

Let us introduce Puma Progress: Strengthening the Home–School Connection.

At Pinebrook, we believe that when teachers, parents, and students work together, student success thrives. Our new Puma Progress form is designed to strengthen that partnership by connecting everyone around each child's quarterly progress.

After receiving the report card, parents and students will review it together, celebrate strengths, and choose one area for growth. Using information shared by the teacher throughout the quarter, families will record both the identified success and growth goal on the Puma Progress form, sign it, and return it to the teacher.

Research continues to show that one of the strongest predictors of student success is a parent's value of education—and the Puma Progress process gives families and teachers a meaningful way to work together to nurture that value.

Forms will come home Monday, Nov. 10, and should be returned by Friday, Nov. 14. Thank you for your partnership in helping every Puma grow!

Need the form in a different language? Click here for a tool to use!

Friday Updates 11/7/25

Reminders for Friday, November 7th

• Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
• Homework packet due by Friday, 11/14
• It will go home Monday, 11/10
• Quarter 1 Report Cards will be available to view on ParentVUE
• Revolutionaries test on 11/12 (social studies)
• Field trip on Thursday, 11/13!
• Please make sure your child
• packs a lunch with all disposable items
• wears sneakers AND socks
• arrives to school on time
• Please let me know if your child will be buying a lunch from school!
• Order and Compare numbers on 11/15 (math)
• Your child should be able to put a given set of 3 numbers in order from least (smallest) to greatest (biggest) AND greatest to least (following directions).
• 546, 139, 234
• least to greatest = 139, 234, 546
• greatest to least = 546, 234, 139
• Your child should be able to compare a given set of 2 numbers and 3 numbers, using < (less than), greater than (>), or equals to (=).
• 45 is ________ 23.
• 45 is greater than 23. 45 > 23
• 643, 210, 834
• 643 > 210 < 834

Notes

• Weekly Reminder
• Return library books by Wednesday each week!
• If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
• Wear sneakers on Monday and Friday for P.E.
• If you do not wear sneakers/tennis shoes/trainers or closed-toed shoes (NO boots), you will not be allowed to participate in P.E. This is a rule from the P.E. teachers.
• Ice Cream will be available at lunch next week!
• Ice cream is $2.
• We would prefer that students plan to purchase ice cream on Fridays. Per LCPS, they are allowed to buy it any day of the week. We encourage them to buy ice cream only on Fridays so that they are less likely to make it a competition.
• House Spirit Days are on Fridays.
• Wear your house color on Fridays to show house spirit. 
• Parents can join at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
• Please be sure to bring your ID card to get in the front door.
• Please make sure to stay at our table.
• Our lunch is 12:10 - 12:40pm.

• Pinebrook Family Resources Page
• Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.

• Parents as Educational Partners - PEP
• Please consider joining the Pinebrook Elementary PEP Remind group to get reminders about PEP sessions, EL FACE sessions, and other EL programs offered by LCPS and Pinebrook! Join by going to rmd.at/pnbpep2526 or by texting @pnbpep2526 to 81010.
• Come join the November PEP session at Pinebrook! 
• Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
• Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
• Place: Library at Pinebrook Elementary
• Topic: School Health Procedures & Family Engagement
• A simple Halal dinner will be provided. 
• We will have in-person interpreters available for Arabic, Dari, Mandarin, Spanish, and Uzbek languages.
• We will have online interpreters for other languages.
• Childcare will be provided.
• Please RSVP to the event here.

Week Overview

SEL/Morning Meeting

Reading - We focused mainly on our vocabulary this week; please see the Class Story on ClassDojo for the current vocabulary words. We will learn about theme next week - what is the lesson or moral that the author wants you to learn from reading their story.

Writing - We learned about verbs (action words) and the difference between past tense and present tense verbs. We will learn about adverbs next week and write about our opinions on different topics.

Math - We continued working on place value with 2-digit and 3-digit numbers. We will learn how to put numbers in order from least to greatest and greatest to least and compare using < less than, > greater than, and = equal to.

Social Studies- We started learning about revolutionary figures from the Revolutionary War period of the United States. We will continue this next week and then start learning about habitats.

Handwriting  - We practiced writing manuscript.

Have a wonderful weekend,

 

Phonics Resources

 Phonics Resources

• What is phonics? video
• What is phonemic awarness? article from Reading Rockets
• phonemes - individual sounds

Phonemic awareness is broken up into different categories:

• letter sounds
• how to pronounce each phoneme video

• blending
• taking individual phonemes and putting them together to make a word
• example - /h/ /short a/ /t/ would be hat

• segmenting
• breaking a word into its individual phonemes
• example - cat would be /c/ /short a/ /t/, ring would be /r/ /short i/ /ng/

• encoding
• being able to spell words that you hear

• decoding
• being able sound out and read words that you see

Activities

• article from Scholastic

• article from Oxford Owl

• article from "From Sound to Spelling"

• Reading Rockets is a fantastic resource. They have materials from Kindergarten up to 2nd grade (on the left hand side of the website).
• phonemic awareness
• phonics and decoding
•  

Thursday Updates 10/30/25

 

Happy Halloween or happy long weekend!

Reminders for Friday, October 24th

• Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
• NO Homework packet this coming week.
• No school on 10/31 - teacher work day
• Please be sure to check if we have a conference this day!
• No school on 11/3 & 11/4 - teacher work day
• Please be sure to check if we have a conference on 11/3.
• 2- and 3-digit place value test on 11/7 (math)
• Your child should be able to write a given 2-digit number and a 3-digit number using number form (435), word form (four hundred thirty-five), expanded form (400 + 30 + 5), or base 10 form (⃞⃞⃞⃞|||●●●●●).
• (⃞ is called a flat and is worth 100.
• | is called a rod and it is worth 10.
• ● is called a unit and is worth 1.
• Revolutionaries test on 11/12 (social studies)
• I will send a paper study guide home on Wednesday. Digital is already available on the study guide document.
• Order and Compare numbers on 11/15 (math)
• Your child should be able to put a given set of 3 numbers in order from least (smallest) to greatest (biggest) AND greatest to least (following directions).
• 546, 139, 234
• least to greatest = 139, 234, 546
• greatest to least = 546, 234, 139
• Your child should be able to compare a given set of 2 numbers and 3 numbers, using < (less than), greater than (>), or equals to (=).
• 45 is ________ 23.
• 45 is greater than 23. 45 > 23
• 643, 210, 834
• 643 > 210 < 834

Notes

• Weekly Reminder
• Return library books by Wednesday each week!
• If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
• Wear sneakers on Monday and Friday for P.E.
• If you do not wear sneakers/tennis shoes/trainers or closed-toed shoes (NO boots), you will not be allowed to participate in P.E. This is a rule from the P.E. teachers.
• Ice Cream will be available at lunch next week!
• Ice cream is $2.
• We would prefer that students plan to purchase ice cream on Fridays. Per LCPS, they are allowed to buy it any day of the week. We encourage them to buy ice cream only on Fridays so that they are less likely to make it a competition.
• House Spirit Days are on Fridays.
• Wear your house color on Fridays to show house spirit. 
• Parents can join at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
• Please be sure to bring your ID card to get in the front door.
• Please make sure to stay at our table.
• Our lunch is 12:10 - 12:40pm.

• Pinebrook Family Resources Page
• Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.

• Parents as Educational Partners - PEP
• Please consider joining the Pinebrook Elementary PEP Remind group to get reminders about PEP sessions, EL FACE sessions, and other EL programs offered by LCPS and Pinebrook! Join by going to rmd.at/pnbpep2526 or by texting @pnbpep2526 to 81010.
• Come join the November PEP session at Pinebrook! 
• Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
• Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
• Place: Library at Pinebrook Elementary
• Topic: School Health Procedures & Family Engagement
• A simple Halal dinner will be provided. 
• We will have in-person interpreters available for Arabic, Dari, Mandarin, Spanish, and Uzbek languages.
• We will have online interpreters for other languages.
• Childcare will be provided.
• Please RSVP to the event here.

Week Overview

SEL/Morning Meeting

Reading - We continued learning about point of view this week. We w
Writing - We continued learning about proper nouns (library - Gum Spring Library) and will start talking about verbs (words that tell about actions - jump, run, yell). We will also start generating ideas about persuading others.

Math - We started working on place value with 2-digit and 3-digit numbers. We will continue this next week.

Science/Social Studies- We reviewed the life cycle of a monarch butterfly and learned the life cycle of a white-tailed deer. Next week, we will start learning about revolutionary figures from the Revolutionary War period of the United States.

Handwriting  - We practiced writing manuscript.

I'll see the kids on Wednesday, 11/5!

Have a fantastic 5-day weekend (fall break 😉🍂),

 

Friday Updates 10/24/25

Reminders for Friday, October 24th

• Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
• Homework packet due Thursday, 10/30
• Packet will go home on Monday, 10/27
• October PEP session on 10/28
• Topic: School Personnel, Parent-Teacher Conferences, and Report Cards
• This is mainly for our EL families, all families are welcome. 
• See below for more information!
• Animal Life Cycles test on 10/30 (science)
• Your child needs to know how animal life cycles repeat, that animals will change as they grow, and the similarities/differences between animal and plant life cycles.
• Your child should know the stages in the life cycles of butterflies and white-tailed deer.
• Fall Class Party on Thursday, 10/30
• We will be having our fall class party from 12:45-2:00pm.
• Please consider donating $30 to our class fund.
• If you would like to attend, join the Sign Up Genius. We like to keep track of who plans to be in the building. Thank you!
• If you would like to help/volunteer, please contact our room parents, Cathy Haugen at chaugen0724@gmail.com, Yvis Dimitrov, and Jaimie Sorenson.
• No school on 10/31 - teacher work day
• Please be sure to check if we have a conference this day!
• No school on 11/3 & 11/4 - teacher work day
• Please be sure to check if we have a conference on 11/3.

Notes

• Weekly Reminder
• Return library books by Wednesday each week!
• If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
• Wear sneakers on Monday and Friday for P.E.
• If you do not wear sneakers/tennis shoes/trainers or closed-toed shoes (NO boots), you will not be allowed to participate in P.E. This is a rule from the P.E. teachers.
• Ice Cream will be available at lunch next week!
• Ice cream is $2.
• We would prefer that students plan to purchase ice cream on Fridays. Per LCPS, they are allowed to buy it any day of the week. We encourage them to buy ice cream only on Fridays so that they are less likely to make it a competition.
• House Spirit Days are on Fridays.
• Wear your house color on Fridays to show house spirit. 
• Parents can join at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
• Please be sure to bring your ID card to get in the front door.
• Please make sure to stay at our table.
• Our lunch is 12:10 - 12:40pm.

• Pinebrook Family Resources Page
• Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.

• Parents as Educational Partners - PEP
• Please consider joining the Pinebrook Elementary PEP Remind group to get reminders about PEP sessions, EL FACE sessions, and other EL programs offered by LCPS and Pinebrook! Join by going to rmd.at/pnbpep2526 or by texting @pnbpep2526 to 81010.
• Come join the October PEP session at Pinebrook! Each session is created specifically to help EL families understand and get assistance with important information about your child as an LCPS and Pinebrook student.
• Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
• Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
• Place: Library at Pinebrook Elementary
• Topic: School Personnel and Family-Teacher Conferences
• A simple Halal dinner will be provided. 
• We will have in-person translation available for Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Mandarin, and Spanish languages.
• We will have online translation for other languages.
• Childcare will be provided.
• Please RSVP to the event here.

Week Overview

SEL/Morning Meeting

Reading - We reviewed central idea and started talking about point of view. We will continue talking about point of view next week.
Writing - We published our writings about places we have been and started talking about proper nouns (library - Gum Spring Library).

Math - We focused on even/odd numbers this week. Next week, we will start working on place value with 2-digit and 3-digit numbers.

Science - We started our animal life cycles unit by learning about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. Next week, we will review this and learn about the life cycle of a white-tailed deer.

Handwriting  - We practiced writing manuscript - R, J, K, Q,V, Y.

Have a magnificent weekend,