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Reminders for Friday, January 27th
- Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
- 30 minutes TOTAL of RAZ Kids due by Friday, 2/3
- Log in through LCPS Go or go to kidsa-z.com.
- Cause and Effect quiz on Friday, 2/3 (reading)
- The student will identify how one event causes another to happen (effect).
- Example: Goldilocks sits in Baby Bear's chair (cause) so it breaks (effect).
- Counting Coins quiz on Friday, 2/3 (math)
- Amounts less than $1
- CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) on Monday, 2/6, Tuesday, 2/7, and Wednesday, 2/8
- This is a standardized test that all second graders in Loudoun County take. There are three parts and we take them back-to-back.
- Please make sure your child's Chromebook is charged and they get a good night's sleep & breakfast!
- If you have any questions about CogAT, please reach out to Mrs. Wilhelm, our SEARCH teacher, at erin.wilhelm@lcps.org. I am not allowed to comment on the test as per LCPS.
- Magnets and Force test on Wednesday, 2/8 (science)
- Class Party on Tuesday, 2/14
Notes
- Family Literacy Night at PNB on Thursday, February 2nd!
- Click here for more details.
- 5:30 - 7:00pm
- Read-A-Thon returns to Pinebrook!
- We will be reading toward our Read-A-Thon goals between Wednesday, 1/25 and Friday, 2/10.
- Please click here for more details.
- Class Page
- Someone Special Dance is coming up soon!
- Weekly Reminders
- Wear sneakers on Monday, Wednesday, 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.
- Return library books by Wednesday!
- If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
- Ice Cream at lunch on Thursday!
- Ice cream is $1.
- 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.
- You can walk your kiddo back to the classroom after lunch (when Ms. Stiffler comes to pick them up) if you would like.
- Our lunch is 12:20 - 12:50pm.
- Pinebrook Family Resources Page
- Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.
- PTA Meeting on Monday, 2/2023 at 7pm in the Pinebrook Elementary Library
- School store will be open on Fridays from 7:40 - 8:00mm.
- The kids should come to the classroom first so I know they are here and THEN go to the school store.
- Click here to see the flyer from the PTA.
Reading - We focused on reviewing author's purpose.
Writing - We wrote Friendly letters. We also started our Opinions unit! The kids are given a prompt and answer it with three reasons to support their thinking.
Writing - We wrote Friendly letters. We also started our Opinions unit! The kids are given a prompt and answer it with three reasons to support their thinking.
Read Aloud - We started learning about author's purpose this week. We will learn about cause and effect in stories next week.
Math - We reviewed rounding to the nearest ten and learned how to estimate sums and differences. Next week, we will start our money unit. We will work with money up to $2 by the end of the unit.
Science - We started our new unit on Magnets and Force. We have discussed how force is the push and pull on an object and that magnets have a magnetic force that affects their north and south poles. We will continue this learning next week.
Handwriting - We continued to practice our cursive and learned e and l in cursive. We are also practicing our print letters and words during our morning work; I noticed a bunch of random capital letters in the kids' writing recently.
Have a wonderful weekend,
