Reminders for Friday, September 6th
- Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
- Practice your student ID number!
- Field Trip Permission slip & money due by Thursday, 9/12
- Homework packet due on Friday, 9/13
- It will be sent home on Monday, 9/9.
- Patriots' Day Ceremony on Wednesday, 9/11 at 8:15am (school assembly)
- Noun and verbs quiz on Wednesday, 9/11 (writing)
- National Symbols test on Thursday, 9/12
- Study guide
- Your child will need to know about the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, the bald eagle, and the American flag for the test. There is extra information on the study guide that we will talk about in class but your child will not be tested on.
- Holidays Writing assignment on Friday, 9/20
- Study guide
- Your child will need to know the symbols that go with at least ONE specific United States holiday AND two traditions from a holiday that they celebrate at home. Your child will NOT be expected to memorize all of the holidays and their symbols.
- Culture Project due by Friday, 9/27
- complete AT HOME
- packet, photo, and presentation
Notes
- 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!
- If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
- Wear sneakers on Tuesday and Thursday 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.
- 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. 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 Events
- School Store will now be open on Fridays from 7:40 - 8:00am.
SEL/Morning Meeting - The first link will tell you about our conversations throughout the week. This link will tell you more about what SEL is from LCPS.
Phonics - We learned about the floss rule - ff /f/ (cliff), ll /l/ (bell), ss /s/ (toss), zz /z/ (buzz).
Handwriting - We practiced the letters f, l, s, o, a, u.
Reading - We practiced reading independently on Freckle, Lalilo, RAZ kids, and Epic.
Writing - We added to our mind map about nouns. We also practiced complete sentences. We will continue this next week.
Writing - We added to our mind map about nouns. We also practiced complete sentences. We will continue this next week.
Math - We learned about the parts of a clock and practiced our time reasoning this week. We will come back to time later in the school year. We will learn how to read the data from a pictograph and a bar graph; again, this will be repeated learning.
Social Studies - We finished our citizenship unit. We will start our one-week National Symbols unit and learn about the Statue of Liberty, American flag, bald eagle, and the Washington Monument.
Have a wonderful weekend,
