Hi Parents,
Happy Friday! I hope your week has gone by quickly. Time is clicking along at school, and the calendar is filling fast! Meantime, the kids are working to fill our Marble Jar and earn a picnic. :)
Parent Coffee:
Mr. Thiessen will host a parent coffee in the Library at school on Thursday, March 16th from 11:30-12:30. This month's theme is "Tea-ssen Time"...come to ask questions, chat with Mr. Thiessen, and learn about a variety of current happenings and volunteer opportunities at our school.
Pinebrook Triple Play:
Please join us! Our annual Pinebrook Triple Play will be Thursday, March 23rd in the gym at John Champe High School. The Triple Play usually starts between 5:45 and 6:30 pm. This is a fun event where the teachers divide into teams and play games against each other. The games are designed to make us look as silly as possible...think kickball, tricycle races, and dizzy bats! The event starts with teacher bowling. There will be food and snacks for sale, face painting, and other fun things. The 1st graders lead the singing of the National Anthem before the games begin. Please watch both your Pinebrook weekly email and your child's Thursday folder for more information, including the specific start time and admission prices.
Career Day:
Pinebrook will host a Career Day on the morning of Friday, March 31st. We are in need of volunteers to share information about their occupations with students at Pinebrook. If you can't be with us in person, you can Skype in! Please consider volunteering by contacting our counselors, Jennifer Nocito (jennifer.nocito@lcps.org) and Heather Ross (heather.ross@lcps.org).
Pennies for Patients:
The Pennies for Patients Fundraiser continues until March 17th. Many thanks to those of you who have sent donations. All funds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help battle childhood cancer. Our school-wide fundraising goal is $2000.00. If your child would like to participate in this optional fundraiser, he/she may bring in any denomination of money (coins or bills) to school during the fundraising period.
Camp STEAM-tacular:
Happy Friday! I hope your week has gone by quickly. Time is clicking along at school, and the calendar is filling fast! Meantime, the kids are working to fill our Marble Jar and earn a picnic. :)
Parent Coffee:
Mr. Thiessen will host a parent coffee in the Library at school on Thursday, March 16th from 11:30-12:30. This month's theme is "Tea-ssen Time"...come to ask questions, chat with Mr. Thiessen, and learn about a variety of current happenings and volunteer opportunities at our school.
Pinebrook Triple Play:
Please join us! Our annual Pinebrook Triple Play will be Thursday, March 23rd in the gym at John Champe High School. The Triple Play usually starts between 5:45 and 6:30 pm. This is a fun event where the teachers divide into teams and play games against each other. The games are designed to make us look as silly as possible...think kickball, tricycle races, and dizzy bats! The event starts with teacher bowling. There will be food and snacks for sale, face painting, and other fun things. The 1st graders lead the singing of the National Anthem before the games begin. Please watch both your Pinebrook weekly email and your child's Thursday folder for more information, including the specific start time and admission prices.
Career Day:
Pinebrook will host a Career Day on the morning of Friday, March 31st. We are in need of volunteers to share information about their occupations with students at Pinebrook. If you can't be with us in person, you can Skype in! Please consider volunteering by contacting our counselors, Jennifer Nocito (jennifer.nocito@lcps.org) and Heather Ross (heather.ross@lcps.org).
Pennies for Patients:
The Pennies for Patients Fundraiser continues until March 17th. Many thanks to those of you who have sent donations. All funds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help battle childhood cancer. Our school-wide fundraising goal is $2000.00. If your child would like to participate in this optional fundraiser, he/she may bring in any denomination of money (coins or bills) to school during the fundraising period.
Camp STEAM-tacular:
This summer, Pinebrook will host Camp STEAM-tacular. This is a fun-filled week of STEAM related learning and exploration, which takes place June 19th - 23rd from 9 am to 3 pm here at school. Each grade level is aligned to a particular theme. Enrollment is limited and the camp will fill quickly! You can learn more and register your child by visiting the Camp STEAM-tacular website HERE.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:- Reading: We will examine context clues in stories we read. If an author doesn't explicitly tell what a word means, good readers use context clues to help determine its meaning. For example: The words read, "Savey was infuriated when Jonah broke his phone. He yelled at Jonah and didn't talk to him for a week!" A 1st grade reader may not know what "infuriated" means, but using the context clues...the other words such as "he yelled" and "didn't talk to him"...the reader will be able to determine that "infuriated" means "mad" or "angry". (Does that make sense?)
- Writing: We will write friendly letters as we focus on editing our writing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
- Math: We will continue our Time unit. We will practice telling time to the hour and half hour using both analog and digital clocks. We will discuss the concepts of AM and PM and talk about how to read a schedule.
- Social Studies: We will begin our Maps unit. We will explore cardinal directions, map keys and map symbols, and construct a map of a familiar area.
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