Important Dates and A Peek At Our Week

Happy Friday!

Important Information About School Pictures:
Fall pictures will be taken Wednesday, October 3rd.  I sent home information about pictures in yesterday's Thursday folder.  This will be a day for individual pictures only; a whole-class picture will be taken in the Spring.  Following are some guidelines to help facilitate your picture order / purchase:

If possible, please order your child's pictures online.  It's the fastest, easiest, and most convenient way to order your child's pictures.  If you order online, you do not need to send anything to school with your child on Picture Day!

If you are not ordering online, please fill out the payment envelope, enclose your payment, and send it to school on picture day.  Your payment envelope must include your child's name, my name, your "look" (or background) selection, your package selection, and your payment.

Picture purchase is optional.

Donuts with Dads:
The PTA is hosting a "Donuts with Dads" on Friday, September 28th from 7:00 - 7:30 am at school.  All dads and kids are welcome.  To ensure there are enough doughnuts for everyone in attendance, please complete the Donuts with Dads RSVP form found on the Pinebrook homepage.

Brown Paper Bags 
If you have any brown paper grocery bags, please bring them into school.  We need one for each student to make vests for the Native American performance.

Water Bottles
Please have your child bring a water bottle to school.  Students are missing important instruction going to the water fountain in the hallway.  Next week students need to have a water bottle and will not be sent to the hallway fountains unless it's an emergency.

Word Study
The students should now have a copy of their word study words. Please practice sorting these words with your child and challenging them with other words that would fit the same pattern. There will be no actual Word Study homework, all activities will be worked on in school everyday. Students will have the same words for another week and then will have their word study quiz on Friday, September 28th.

Timed Drills
On Monday, students will be given their first timed drill( we didn't have time this past Monday) in math. There will be a mixture of 50 addition and subtraction problems. Students will have 5 minutes to answer as many as possible. We do not expect students to master this skill until the end of 2nd grade and will be working on it all year long. If over the next few weeks/month,  you see your child struggling with their facts, please work on speed and fluency with math facts at home as well. Reflex Math and Flash Cards are a great way to practice!


School Dates/Events
Sept.24- Fall ASEP classes begin
Sept. 28- Donuts with Dads 7:00am-7:30am
Sept. 28- Den Rally- wear PNB gear or colors
Oct. 3 - School Pictures


PTA Events/Dates
Sept. 29- Fall Festival 4:00-7:00pm


A Peek At Our Week

Reading: Students will make connections in stories they read.

Writing: Students will write stories using mentor texts to guide them.

Social Studies: We will continue our unit on Communities.

Math: We will continue working on number sense and learning about Place Value.


Tests/Quizzes

Word Study Quiz- 9/28
Communities Test - 10/2