Hello Parents! Happy Friday!
We had some beautiful days in the sunshine at recess this week. The kids have been having fun with our pumpkin investigation. Each child named his/her pumpkin. Ask your child about his/her pumpkin's name!
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Conferences will begin next week! If your conference is in the morning before school, I will meet you at the front door of the school to let you in since our office staff may not yet be here. You will not need to sign in. If your conference is after school, please ring the school visitor bell, be prepared to show your photo id to our office staff, and sign in at the office. You may walk to our classroom after you sign in.
Next Week is Spirit Week:
Next week, we will have a Spirit Week to celebrate Pinebrook as a bully-free zone! Themes for each day are as follows:
Pinebrook Glow Run:
The PTA is sponsoring a Glow Run on Friday, October 26th at 6:30 pm at school. This will be a fun nighttime event, during which participants are invited to run at dusk wearing glow necklaces, bracelets, glasses, etc. I will be there and I hope to see you too! You can find more information and the link to register for the Pinebrook Glow Run by clicking HERE.
Fall Party:
Please mark your calendar for our Fall party on Wednesday, October 31st at 1:30 pm in our classroom. All families are welcome to attend! (NO costumes, please.) I sent home a food menu for the party in yesterday's Thursday folder. If you have any questions or issues with the food menu, please let me know. If I do not hear from you by October 31st, your child will be allowed to eat all food at the menu, per the permission slip you signed earlier this year.
Check Out Our 1st Grade Symbaloo Page:
Our Instructional Facilitator of Technology, Mrs. Clark, compiled a Symbaloo page for us! Symbaloo is a visual bookmarking tool that makes it simple and fun to organize multiple websites. Our 1st Grade Symbaloo has links to a variety of sites that cover multiple disciplines...everything from Mouse Skills (check out "Bees and Honey"...I played it last night!), to science, to math, and holidays. Our Symbaloo sites are a perfect "something more" to supplement your child's weekly homework. You can access the Symbaloo by clicking HERE. You can access it via the "online resources" page of this blog. You can also access it by going to the Pinebrook Homepage. Once there, click "First Grade" under the "Classrooms" tab. Look to the left under the heading "First Grade". At the bottom of that list, you'll see "First Grade Symbaloo."
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
Don't forget - the kids are off on Monday due to a teacher workday. Savey has Homecoming this weekend. He bought one of those "Opposuits" to wear. I'll have to share a picture...he looks CRAZY! (But he's happy!) Enjoy the beautiful Fall weekend!
We had some beautiful days in the sunshine at recess this week. The kids have been having fun with our pumpkin investigation. Each child named his/her pumpkin. Ask your child about his/her pumpkin's name!
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Conferences will begin next week! If your conference is in the morning before school, I will meet you at the front door of the school to let you in since our office staff may not yet be here. You will not need to sign in. If your conference is after school, please ring the school visitor bell, be prepared to show your photo id to our office staff, and sign in at the office. You may walk to our classroom after you sign in.
Next Week is Spirit Week:
Next week, we will have a Spirit Week to celebrate Pinebrook as a bully-free zone! Themes for each day are as follows:
- Tuesday: Inside Out Day - wear your clothes inside out to show that bullying can cause hurt feelings on the inside more than anyone sees on the outside.
- Wednesday: National Unity Day - wear orange to show support for students who have been bullied.
- Thursday: Walk in Someone Else's Shoes Day - wear 2 different shoes to show compassion and empathy for someone else's situation.
- Friday: Superhero Day - Dress like a superhero to let everyone know you are a superhero in the effort to stop bullying. You are an upstander, and practice "Stop, Walk, and Talk!"
Pinebrook Glow Run:
The PTA is sponsoring a Glow Run on Friday, October 26th at 6:30 pm at school. This will be a fun nighttime event, during which participants are invited to run at dusk wearing glow necklaces, bracelets, glasses, etc. I will be there and I hope to see you too! You can find more information and the link to register for the Pinebrook Glow Run by clicking HERE.
Fall Party:
Please mark your calendar for our Fall party on Wednesday, October 31st at 1:30 pm in our classroom. All families are welcome to attend! (NO costumes, please.) I sent home a food menu for the party in yesterday's Thursday folder. If you have any questions or issues with the food menu, please let me know. If I do not hear from you by October 31st, your child will be allowed to eat all food at the menu, per the permission slip you signed earlier this year.
Check Out Our 1st Grade Symbaloo Page:
Our Instructional Facilitator of Technology, Mrs. Clark, compiled a Symbaloo page for us! Symbaloo is a visual bookmarking tool that makes it simple and fun to organize multiple websites. Our 1st Grade Symbaloo has links to a variety of sites that cover multiple disciplines...everything from Mouse Skills (check out "Bees and Honey"...I played it last night!), to science, to math, and holidays. Our Symbaloo sites are a perfect "something more" to supplement your child's weekly homework. You can access the Symbaloo by clicking HERE. You can access it via the "online resources" page of this blog. You can also access it by going to the Pinebrook Homepage. Once there, click "First Grade" under the "Classrooms" tab. Look to the left under the heading "First Grade". At the bottom of that list, you'll see "First Grade Symbaloo."
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Reading: We will continue our Word Detectives Unit.
- Writing: We will study ways writers make their stories easier to read by using end marks and capitalization.
- Math: We will finish our geometry unit and begin our fractions unit. We will talk about equal parts, fair shares, and learn how to represent fractions for halves, thirds, and fourths.
- Science: We will finish our pumpkin investigation. We will discuss fire safety.
Thank you for all you do! As always, comments, questions, and feedback are welcome!
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