Weekly Update

Hi Parents,

I hope you had a good week.  It was certainly short!  We have several things we didn't get to this week because of the weather, so many of our work items will be shifted to next week.  

Here's the rest of our classroom news: 

Valentine's Day Party:
One final reminder...our Valentine's Day party is Wednesday, February 14th from 12:05-1:15 pm in our classroom.  All families are welcome to attend.  I sent home a food permission slip in yesterday's Thursday folder; please kindly sign and return it by Monday.  

100th Day Celebration:
The 100th day of school is coming!  We will celebrate this special day on Thursday, February 15h.  I have some super cool, really fun stations planned for 100th day! Two of the stations involve food, so I sent home a food permission slip in yesterday's Thursday folder. Please kindly sign and return it as soon as possible.  It's not likely, but if we have any snow days before the 15th, I'll adjust our celebration to align with the 100th day, and I'll notify you as well. 

Comfort Cases Packing Party:
Thank you for the stuffed animal donations for our Comfort Cases.  The Pinebrook community has collected many items, and we are ready to pack the cases on Saturday, February 17th.  Our community-wide "packing party" is from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm here at school.  Please consider joining us for this meaningful, rewarding event.  Jonah and I will be there.  :)

Pinebrook STEAM Expo:
Thank you for the supply donations for our annual STEAM Expo!  Please keep them coming!  We have a particular need for pipe cleaners, index cards, straws, construction paper, and tape. We are looking forward to STEAM Expo Day on Friday, March 2nd!  The 1st grade team is in great need of volunteers to help with this event. Please consider spending part of your day with us to see your child's creativity in action!  Don't be intimidated about volunteering ...we provide all directions, and all materials for each activity.  A teacher is present in each classroom at all times. Please volunteer by clicking HERE.   

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will practice summarizing fiction stories as we enjoy some Valentine and 100th Day favorites.
• Writing:  We will finish the informational writing we didn't get to this week. We will focus on editing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
• Math:  We will continue our Geometry unit, in which we explore shapes in the real world, and count the number of sides and vertices in various shapes.
• Science:  We will (finally!) finish our Famous Americans unit.

The calendar is starting to fill as we move into the second half of the year...while I highlight many events in my update, please be sure to check the "Important Dates" section of this blog regularly for the most up-to-date dates and times for our many school events.

Have a great weekend!  I'll see many of you on Wednesday at our Valentine's Day party.