The Field Trip for Skyline Caverns will be Monday, April 30th.
What to Wear:
The caverns are 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius) year-round. Students should wear a light jacket or sweatshirt, pants, and sneakers.
Lunch: Students need to bring a bag lunch. Bag lunches should not contain anything breakable. It is preferable that all of the contents are in disposable bags/containers, because teachers and chaperones are not responsible for any lost items. We also request that students not bring foods containing nuts.
Chaperones: Please be at school by 7:45.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Homework
Plant Test: May 1st
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
NO Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
NO Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
DRA
Developmental Reading Assessment
The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is a standardized reading test used to determine a
student’s instructional level in reading. The students will read a selection (or selections) and then make predictions, discuss characters, important events, author's message and retell what they have read. As the levels increase, so does the difficulty level for each selection.
In class we have been practicing for the DRA that will be administered sometime in the month of May. Today students will be bringing home a sample of what the DRA will look like. Please take a look at the skills that will be assessed. You can also practice these questions while reading at home.
The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is a standardized reading test used to determine a
student’s instructional level in reading. The students will read a selection (or selections) and then make predictions, discuss characters, important events, author's message and retell what they have read. As the levels increase, so does the difficulty level for each selection.
In class we have been practicing for the DRA that will be administered sometime in the month of May. Today students will be bringing home a sample of what the DRA will look like. Please take a look at the skills that will be assessed. You can also practice these questions while reading at home.
EVENT TONIGHT!
2018 Rumble in the Jungle Pinebrook vs. Buffalo Trail
When: Thursday, April 26th
Time: 6PM-8PM (doors open at 5:45PM
Where: Champe High School
Cost: $2 per person
Hot Food and Snack Concessions available at 5:45 pm
Evenings events:
5:45 pm Doors Open and Food Service Begins
5:45 - 6:30 pm Teacher Bowling
6:35 pm 1st Grade leading the National Anthem
6:45 pm Games Begin
7:15 pm (ish) Half Time performance by Creative Dance Center
7:30 pm (ish) Staff Relay Races
8:00 pm Event End - Trophy Awarded
When: Thursday, April 26th
Time: 6PM-8PM (doors open at 5:45PM
Where: Champe High School
Cost: $2 per person
Hot Food and Snack Concessions available at 5:45 pm
Evenings events:
5:45 pm Doors Open and Food Service Begins
5:45 - 6:30 pm Teacher Bowling
6:35 pm 1st Grade leading the National Anthem
6:45 pm Games Begin
7:15 pm (ish) Half Time performance by Creative Dance Center
7:30 pm (ish) Staff Relay Races
8:00 pm Event End - Trophy Awarded
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Homework
Plant Test: May 1st
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Homework
Plant Test: May 1st
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
No Math Worksheet tonight
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
No Math Worksheet tonight
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Monday, April 23, 2018
Homework
Plant Test: May 1st
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
No Math Worksheet tonight
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Measurement Quiz: May 4th
Word Study Quiz: April 27th
No Math Worksheet tonight
Reflex Math (60 minutes until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Friday, April 20, 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Parent Needed
Dear Parents,
I recently made a bunch of math centers and reading activities. I am looking for a parent that is available to come in to help out in the work room cutting these activities. If you are available, I would love to have you come in to help out. Thanks again!
Mrs. Allen
I recently made a bunch of math centers and reading activities. I am looking for a parent that is available to come in to help out in the work room cutting these activities. If you are available, I would love to have you come in to help out. Thanks again!
Mrs. Allen
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Homework
Money Test: Thursday, April 19th
Money Worksheet
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Field Trip Money $13
Money Worksheet
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Field Trip Money $13
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Second Grade Symbaloo Page
Here are some fun games students can go to to practice math concepts.
Miss Allen's Second Grade Symbaloo
Miss Allen's Second Grade Symbaloo
Monday, April 16, 2018
Important Dates and A Peek At Our Week
Yearbooks:
Pinebrook yearbooks are on sale now! Yearbooks may only be purchased online. To purchase a yearbook, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter school code 7561118. You will be prompted through the order and payment process. The deadline to order a yearbook is April 29th. You must pre-order a yearbook if you would like your child to receive one.
Career Day
CAREER DAY AT PINEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!
Mark your calendar for CAREER DAY at Pinebrook Elementary School on Friday, April 27th, 2018!
We are currently looking for volunteers to help make this year’s Career Day a success.
Would you be willing to return to Pinebrook again this year and share your unique occupation with our students? If so, complete this form and return it to school by Friday, April 9th.
As a reminder, our Career Day starts with a volunteer coffee and networking opportunity at 8:00 am. Each career volunteer will have the opportunity to visit with grades K-5 to speak about their occupation in four sessions of 25 minutes each. A question and answer period will be included.
In the past, speakers have:
- Planned an activity or demonstration using tools and materials with which they usually work
- Brought slides, pictures or brochures that provide career information
- Discussed the educational requirements and skills needed for their job
- Related what they enjoy about their job
- Provided take-home goodies or trinkets which relate to their job (no food please)
Your business name will once again be included in a Career Day flyer on our Volunteer Thank You page which will be sent home with each of our apx 1,000 students.
Please contact School Counselors Heather Ross or Jennifer Nocito at Pinebrook with any questions: Heather.Ross@lcps.org, Jennifer.Nocito@lcps.org or 703-957-4325.
If you would like to participate, please send us an email with the following information.
_______________________________________________________
Volunteer Name & Occupation
_______________________________________________________
Student Name & Teacher (if you have an association with Pinebrook ES)
_______________________________________________________
Phone Number & email address
CogAT ScoresIn your child's take home folder, you will find the results of the CogAT administered back in February. Please read through the information carefully. There is a graph and a narrative explaining in detail what each score means.
Field Trip
If you have not sent in the permission and $13 for child to attend the field trip on April 30th, please do so by April 25th.
Camp STEAM-tacular
Get your spot for PNB's Summer STEAM Camp!
June 18th-22nd- 9:00am-3:00pm
$240 for 1 camper
$460 for 2 campers
$680 for 3 or more campers
** optional $25 extra per camper for early bird Hour of Code- 8:00am-9:00am
Go to lcps.org/Pinebrook OR www.campsteam-tacular.com to register online.
Registration Deadline is June 1st.
Pennies for Patients
Please support a great cause with your spare change! We are raising money to donate to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients Program. You received a donation box yesterday that can be used to collect those pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, or anything you can spare! Thanks in advance for supporting Pinebrook's participation in the Pennies program!
April 16th- Spring Pictures
April 26th- Take Your Child to Work Day
April 27th- Career Day
April 30th- 2nd Grade Field Trip to Skyline Caverns
April 16th- PTA meeting- 6:30pm
April 21st- Color Me Fun Run
April 26th- Rumble in the Jungle- 5:45pm at John Champe HS
A Peek At Our Week
Reading: Students will use pictures to support comprehension.
Writing: Students will continue writing different types of Poetry.
Math: We will continue our unit on Money: counting a collection of coins up to $2.00.
Social Studies: We will continue studying Famous Americans: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr.
Homework
Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. Quiz: Wednesday, April 18th
Money Test: Thursday, April 19th
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Money Test: Thursday, April 19th
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Spring Pictures
Spring Pictures and Class Pictures will be on Monday, April 16th. Today your child will come home with a picture payment packet. Your child must bring back their picture envelopes for a CLASS picture with payment inside or online payment information. They will not receive a class picture if they do not return the envelope. You can pay online, but the photographers will still need the payment envelopes. Individual pictures will be taken for everyone and students will receive a picture packet later. You can pay for individual pictures once you receive that packet at a later date
Homework
Helen Keller and Susan B. Anthony Quiz: Thursday, April 12th
Word Study Quiz: Friday, April 13th
Money Test: Tuesday, April 17th
Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes per week until 100% fluent in addition and subtraction)
Field Trip Permission Slips and $13
Word Study Quiz: Friday, April 13th
Money Test: Tuesday, April 17th
Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 minutes per week until 100% fluent in addition and subtraction)
Field Trip Permission Slips and $13
Friday, April 6, 2018
Homework
Susan B. Anthony and Helen Keller Quiz: Friday, April 13th
Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. Quiz: Wednesday, April 18th
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Field Trip Money $13 (make checks payable to Pinebrook Elementary)
Reflex Math (60 Minutes per week until 100% fluent in Addition and Subtraction)
Chaperones
Today in class we did a drawing for the parents who will be chaperones. The three parents have been notified via email. Thank you to all the parents who have offered to help!
Fidget Spinners
I am looking for 5 fidget spinners for a math center activity. If you have fidget spinners you no longer use or need, donations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
White Card Stock
We are completely out of white card stock. I use this paper to create new math centers for students to use during guided math. Any donations will be greatly appreciated.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Scholastic Book Orders
Book Orders Due: Wednesday, April 11th
Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: GRX6J
VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub
ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code (top of this letter)
SHOP
SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom
All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
If you have any questions, please email me at Courtney.allen@lcps.org
Sincerely,
Mrs. Allen
Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: GRX6J
VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub
ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code (top of this letter)
SHOP
SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom
All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
If you have any questions, please email me at Courtney.allen@lcps.org
Sincerely,
Mrs. Allen
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Second Grade Field Trip
Skyline Caverns
When: Monday, April 30th, 2018
Time: Leave Pinebrook at 8:00am and return to Pinebrook at 2:15pm
About Skyline Caverns:
Skyline Caverns are the closest natural wonder to the Nation's Capital. Students will be taken on a tour through the Skyline Caverns which will explain the geological history of the caverns. Students will also get to enjoy a ride on the Skyline Arrow which is a Miniature Train. This ten-minute ride carries students around Horseshoe Curve, across Apache Flats, by Kissing Rock and Sinkhole Overlook, and through Boothill Tunnel. Students will also get to experience the Enchanted Dragon Mirror Maze. This Maze was designed by Adrian Fisher Mazes Ltd, an English firm that designs unique mazes all over the world. The maze has pathways, walls, and angled mirrors surrounding you as try to navigate your way through the maze. Students will wander under castle arches and woodland tree branches.
What to Wear:
The caverns are 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius) year-round. Students should wear a light jacket or sweatshirt, pants, and sneakers.
Lunch: Students need to bring a bag lunch. Bag lunches should not contain anything breakable. It is preferable that all of the contents are in disposable bags/containers, because teachers and chaperones are not responsible for any lost items. We also request that students not bring foods containing nuts.
Cost: $13 (Exact cash or make checks payable to Pinebrook Elementary no later than April 25th)
Chaperones: If you are interested in accompanying us on the field trip a paper will be sent home tomorrow for you to sign up. Due to a limited number of reserved seats on the bus, three parents per class will be permitted to join us. Please do not submit your money until you have been notified that you have been selected as a chaperone.
We are looking forward to our field trip!
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Homework
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Quiz: Friday, April 4th
Susan B. Anthony and Helen Keller Quiz: Friday, April 13th
Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. Quiz: Wednesday, April 18th
Famous Americans Test: Friday, April 20th
Money Test: Tuesday, April 17th
Math Worksheet
Reflex Math (60 Minutes per week until 100% fluent)
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