- Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
- Homework packet due Friday, 5/24
- It will come home Monday, 5/20
- Remember to return the:
- Joke and Trivia fact paper
- Symmetry quiz on Monday, 5/20 (math)
- Conflict and Resolution quiz on Wednesday, 5/22 (reading)
- The student will identify the conflict (problem) and resolution (solution) of a given fictional text.
- Nutrition test on 5/23 (science/health)
- No School on Monday, 5/27 -- Memorial Day
- Writing fractions quiz on 6/3 (math)
- 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 congruence and symmetry. We will finish this next week and start fractions.
Phonics - We started our new phonics groups this week! One group (turtles) reviewed short vowels - short o (box, frog), short a (glad, task), short i (skip, list). The other group (flamingos) learned about suffixes/endings -- adding -s (muffins, asks), -es (classes, mixes), and adding -er or -est to a word (high, higher, highest). No new heart words.
Reading - We practiced identifying problem/conflict and solution/resolution. We wil lcontinue this next week.
Writing - We continued working on our graphic novels. We will publish these and review verb tense next week.
Social Studies - We discussed needs/wants, bartering, scarcity, and opportunity cost. We will start learning about nutrition and body systems for health next week.
Have a terrific weekend,
