Hi Everyone,
We celebrated our 50th day of school this week with so much fun! I hope the kids taught you the Twist and the Hand Jive, and shared about our hula hoop and limbo fun. This short week has been filled with fun!
We also spent time this week preparing for our Veteran's Day celebration, which will be held at school on Monday. Please help your child dress in red, white and blue Monday to add to our patriotic atmosphere. Veterans will come to be honored for their time in service, and we will celebrate them at a special assembly. My husband, Leo, served for 22 years. As a teacher and as the wife of a veteran, I am so thankful to our Pinebrook community for honoring these veterans. Please take a moment this weekend to be thankful for the veterans who keep our country the Land of the Free.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REPORT CARDS:
Quarter 1 report cards will be issued Monday, November 11th. Please note: Paper report cards will NOT be issued. Your child's report card will be available for electronic viewing by logging into your ParentVue account.
If you do NOT have a ParentVue account, you MUST contact Mrs. Sciortino in our school office at 703-957-4325 to obtain an authorization key. I apologize in advance, but I am NOT able to help you with obtaining or accessing your ParentVue account. You must go through Mrs. Sciortino.
Pink Impact Aid Survey Forms:
In yesterday's Thursday folder, I sent home a Pink Impact Aid Survey form. This form is used to determine Loudoun County's eligibility for federal funds when students have parents who work on federal property. Please complete this form and send it back on Monday, if you did not send it back today. Please note: If you work on federal property, in addition to providing your work information, you must sign and date the form at the bottom. If you do not work on federal property, you simply check "no" and send the form back. Regardless, I must have the form back. Many thanks!
Thanksgiving Plate:
In yesterday's Thursday folder, I sent home a note about Thanksgiving, along with a "plate" for your child to decorate with things he/she is thankful for. We will use the decorated plate for an in-class project. Please help your child decorate his/her plate with pictures of things he/she is thankful for. The plates will go through the laminator, so please use only flat decorations. Please send the decorated plate back to school by Monday, November 18th. If it is finished sooner, you may send it sooner. Thank you!
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
Stay warm!
We celebrated our 50th day of school this week with so much fun! I hope the kids taught you the Twist and the Hand Jive, and shared about our hula hoop and limbo fun. This short week has been filled with fun!
We also spent time this week preparing for our Veteran's Day celebration, which will be held at school on Monday. Please help your child dress in red, white and blue Monday to add to our patriotic atmosphere. Veterans will come to be honored for their time in service, and we will celebrate them at a special assembly. My husband, Leo, served for 22 years. As a teacher and as the wife of a veteran, I am so thankful to our Pinebrook community for honoring these veterans. Please take a moment this weekend to be thankful for the veterans who keep our country the Land of the Free.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REPORT CARDS:
Quarter 1 report cards will be issued Monday, November 11th. Please note: Paper report cards will NOT be issued. Your child's report card will be available for electronic viewing by logging into your ParentVue account.
If you do NOT have a ParentVue account, you MUST contact Mrs. Sciortino in our school office at 703-957-4325 to obtain an authorization key. I apologize in advance, but I am NOT able to help you with obtaining or accessing your ParentVue account. You must go through Mrs. Sciortino.
Pink Impact Aid Survey Forms:
In yesterday's Thursday folder, I sent home a Pink Impact Aid Survey form. This form is used to determine Loudoun County's eligibility for federal funds when students have parents who work on federal property. Please complete this form and send it back on Monday, if you did not send it back today. Please note: If you work on federal property, in addition to providing your work information, you must sign and date the form at the bottom. If you do not work on federal property, you simply check "no" and send the form back. Regardless, I must have the form back. Many thanks!
Thanksgiving Plate:
In yesterday's Thursday folder, I sent home a note about Thanksgiving, along with a "plate" for your child to decorate with things he/she is thankful for. We will use the decorated plate for an in-class project. Please help your child decorate his/her plate with pictures of things he/she is thankful for. The plates will go through the laminator, so please use only flat decorations. Please send the decorated plate back to school by Monday, November 18th. If it is finished sooner, you may send it sooner. Thank you!
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Reading: We will continue our Word Detectives unit. We are learning ways to decode difficult words. We will turn new words into snap words (words we know in a snap) by reading them, saying them, and spelling them. We will practice reading in phrases to smooth out our voices. We will break long words into smaller parts. We will pay attention to the beginnings of words. We will break the endings off of words.
- Writing: We will finish our unit on How-to writing. How-to writing is procedural writing, in which we teach our reader "how to" do something, such as make pizza, brush teeth, make a bed, draw a rainbow, or be a friend. We list the steps in the process using transition words like "first, next, then," and "last", number the steps, and illustrate them too.
- Math: We will finish our geometry unit. We will begin our fractions unit. We will talk about wholes and sets, and parts of wholes vs. parts of sets. We will talk about the words numerator and denominator. We will practice identifying wholes, halves, thirds, and fourths. We will practice writing fractions that represent fractions of sets and fractions of wholes.
- Social Studies: We will learn about our beautiful state of Virginia, and talk about the symbols that represent our state, such as the state flower, state bird, state flag, and state insect.
Our second quarter has begun! Thank you for all you've done to help your child adjust to 1st grade. I am blessed by their sweet presence each day. Please remember...your feedback is always welcomed and appreciated.
Enjoy the weekend! My sister-in-law is visiting so we are having dinner with her and our nephew tonight. Tomorrow Jonah has a Latin "certamen" (competition) in Alexandria, and I am excited to watch. I will try to sneak in a visit to the craft fair at the Expo Center too...it's something I always did with my mom, so it brings back sweet Holiday memories. Stay warm!
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