Friday Reminders 4/8/22

We've made it to spring break! The kids worked really hard this week and earned a surprise movie; we watched Sharkbait off of Amazon Prime this afternoon. I hope everyone enjoys the time off and you all find time to relax and hang out with your families. Remember that spring break is from April 11th - 15th and Monday, April 18th is a teacher work day. Classes resume on Tuesday, April 19th.

Just a quick FYI, I turn off my email notifications during breaks. I might check it occasionally, but it it is unlikely that you will be able to get ahold of me until April 18th. If you have an school-related emergency, I would recommend contacting the PNB Front Office or the PNB admin, Mr. Thiessen, paul.thiessen@lcps.org, Mrs. Boyd, leigh.boyd@lcps.org, or Mrs. Donaldson, turner.donaldson@lcps.org

Reminders for Friday, April 8th

• Please remember to bring your Chromebook and charger to school each day!
• Spring Break 4/11 - 4/18
• We will return to school on Tuesday, 4/19
• Monday, 4/18 is a teacher work day.
• MAP testing 4/20 & 4/21
• All that is needed is a good breakfast, good night's sleep, and a charged Chromebook.
• 30 minutes of RAZ kids due by Friday, 4/22
• The kids are NOT expected to do any work over spring break. They are totally welcome to do RAZ kids, Lalilo, Dreambox, and Epic if they (or you) wish!
• Main Idea Review quiz on Friday, 4/22 (reading)

Notes

• **If you feel strongly about your child continuing to wear their mask throughout the day, please do let me know so that I can reinforce your decision with your student. Thank you!
• Just to clarify - I cannot make your student wear their mask, but I can remind them and let you know if they are repeatedly choosing not to wear it.

• LCPS lunch menu can be found HERE
• Look for the white dropdown box, click to choose elementary school, and then click SY Lunch @ ES. It changes each month.

• Scholastic Book Club April orders are due by 4/22/22. Our class code is RKQRV.

• PTA: There is NEW Pinebrook Spirit wear!
• https://pinebrookspiritspring2022.itemorder.com/shop/sale/
• Orders close Sunday, April 24th.

Week Overview

Morning Meeting/SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) - We discussed more friendship skills this week. Here is a spring SEL practice board that you can do over spring break!

Handwriting - We learned the letters v and b in cursive and practiced writing some words.

Reading -  We practiced making inferences in our reading (the kids learned that they make tons of inferences every day outside of reading). We also reviewed nonfiction text features (table of contents, headings, index, glossary, bold print, italic print).
Writing -  We wrote couplet poems (2 lines only and the last words MUST rhyme) and haiku poems (3 lines - 5 syllables, then 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables). We will continue to learn about and practice writing poetry when we return from spring break.

Math - We continued to practiced our graphing skills - how to read and create graphs using data. We learned how to read tally charts, picture graphs, and bar graphs. After spring break, we will start our probability unit.

Health/Science - We learned about the importance of taking care of our teeth and did a lab using eggs, soda, milk, and coffee. We also reviewed states of matter and learned how temperature affects how slow/fast a solid will melt by doing a lab. After spring break, we will start compare living and nonliving things and learn about the plant life cycle (seed, sprout, seedling, adult, repeat).

Have a relaxing and restful spring break and I'll see the kiddos on April 19th!