Our class is in need of black dry erase markers and yellow highlighters. If you are willing to donate some to our class, we would greatly appreciate it!
Reminders for Friday, April 19th- Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
- Homework packet due Friday, 4/26
- It will come home Monday, 4/22
- Field Trip on Wednesday, 4/24
- Bagged lunch with disposable items
- Long pants, tall socks, closed-toed shoes (sneakers)
- Check your child for ticks when they return home!
- If wanted, sunscreen MUST be applied at home; school adults cannot help apply.
- Patriotic Symbols test on Wednesday, 5/1 (social studies)
- Graphing quiz on Thursday, 5/2 (math)
- Economics test on Wednesday, 5/15 (social studies)
- Economics project due by Wednesday, 5/15 (social studies)
- PEP (Parents as Educational Partners)
- There are monthly events for grown-ups/caregivers of English Language (EL students). They are hosted by Mrs. Gustilo and Mrs. Chatila, two of our EL teachers at PNB. All meetings are held at Pinebrook.
- Weekly Reminder
- Return library books by Mondays on B Weeks!
- If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
- Wear sneakers on Thursday 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 is available at lunch on Wednesdays for $1.
- LCPS allows students to purchase ice cream any day of the week.
- As a team, second grade is encouarged to get ice cream on Wednesday to help prevent any chaos (like buying 4 ice creams).
- House Spirit Days are on Fridays.
- Wear your house color on Fridays to show house spirit or wear Pinebrook colors (navy and maroon) to show school spirit.
- Parents can join at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
- Please be sure to bring your ID card to get in the front door.
- Our lunch is 12:45 - 1:15pm.
- Pinebrook Family Resources Page
- Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.
- School Store is open on Fridays!
- Everything is between $1-4 dollars. Most things are $2.
- My expectations are that the kids check in and drop off their backpacks FIRST and that all of their school store items stay in their backpacks.
SEL/Morning Meeting - Family Communication (Unit 4)
Math - We learned about picture graphs and bar graphs and how to analyze data from those types of graphs. We will continue this learning next week.
Phonics - We learned about oo /long u/ (broom, moon). New heart words were won and son.
Reading - We practiced putting events from a fictional story into correct order. We started reading about economics and will practice the skill of identifying the main idea of a nonfiction text.
Writing - The kids worked in their odds and evens groups this week. Odds will be with me reviewing plural nouns while evens will be with Mrs. H practicing their sentences. We will do this again next week with evens reviewing about plural nouns and odds practicing sentences.
Science/Social Studies - We reviewed the three states of matter and how the states change - evaporation, melting, freezing, condensation. Next week, we will do a week-long study on patriotic symbols - bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, American flag, Washington Monument.
Have a wonderful weekend,
