Yay! First snow day of the school year. ☃️❄️
Reminders for Monday, December 8th
- Remember your Chromebook and charger every day!
- Homework packet due by 12/12
- Homework will be sent home on 12/8
- Holiday Shop open 12/8 & 12/9 from 3-7pm
- Measuring to the nearest pound (weight) quiz on 12/10 (math)
- Weight reasoning quiz on 12/10 (math)
- Would you use ounces, pounds, or tons to measure the weight of this object?
- Indigenous Peoples - Powhatan test on 12/11 (social studies)
- Also included are some flash cards with the vocabulary words
- Measuring liquids quiz on 12/12 (math)
- Measurement Reasoning quiz on 12/12 (math)
- What tool would you use to measure the object?
Notes
- Weekly Reminder
- Return library books by Wednesday each week!
- If you do not return your books, you will not be allowed to pick out new books.
- Wear sneakers on Monday 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 will be available at lunch next week!
- Ice cream is $2.
- We would prefer that students plan to purchase ice cream on Fridays. Per LCPS, they are allowed to buy it any day of the week. We encourage them to buy ice cream only on Fridays so that they are less likely to make it a competition.
- 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.
- Our lunch is 12:10 - 12:40pm.
- Pinebrook Family Resources Page
- Information on how to study, testing, online programs, etc.
- Parents as Educational Partners - PEP
- Please consider joining the Pinebrook Elementary PEP Remind group to get reminders about PEP sessions, EL FACE sessions, and other EL programs offered by LCPS and Pinebrook! Join by going to rmd.at/pnbpep2526 or by texting @pnbpep2526 to 81010.
- Come join the December PEP session at Pinebrook!
- Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm
- Place: Library at Pinebrook Elementary
- Topic: Language Acqusition, WIDA testing, Safety Online
- A simple Halal dinner will be provided.
- We will have in-person interpreters available for Arabic, Dari, Spanish, and Uzbek languages.
- We will have online interpreters for other languages.
- Childcare will be provided.
- RSVP here: https://pnbpepdec25.eventbrite.com
Reading - We continued reading fairy tales and folktales. We are continuing to focus on story structure - beignning, middle, end, problem, solution.
Writing - We worked on making verbs match the tense - past, present, future. We will use this in our writing and start our imaginative stories.
Math - We learned how to use a ruler to measure to the nearest inch. We will learn about measuring weight and liquids.
Science - We learned about how habitats can change due to natural and human impacts. We will learn about the indigenous peoples of the Powhatan.
Handwriting - We practiced writing manuscript.
Hope you had a great 3-day weekend!
