Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a great Thanksgiving!  Remember no school Wednesday, November 27th - Friday, November 29th!

Important Dates and a Peek at the Week

Next week is an B week (Library on Tuesday)

Gingerbread Houses

Our class will be making individual gingerbread houses on Wednesday, December 18th from 8:30-10:00.  I am looking for parents to come in and help out with this activity.  If you are interested in coming in to help out with this fun event, please return the bottom portion of this page.

Each student needs to bring in one can of vanilla frosting and unopened candy (no peanuts or nuts) to share and put on the gingerbread houses.  The more items sent in, the better the gingerbread houses will look!  Some candy treats might include:  Gumdrops, M&M’s plain, Peppermints, Skittles, Hershey Kisses, Pretzels, Cereals, Mini Candy Canes, Licorice bites, etc.

We will also need boxes of plain graham crackers. Graham crackers will need to be sent in by Monday, December 16th so we can start putting the gingerbread houses together.  I am looking for 2 parents that can come in on Monday, December 16th to start assembling the graham cracker houses.

Students can bring in frosting and candy treats anytime between now and Wednesday, December 18th. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Test Dates:
November 22 - Lakota Quiz

November 26 - Native American Final Test 

Important Dates:

November 27th - November 29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

December 3rd and December 10th - Allen/Peet Map Testing Math and Reading

December 5th - Holiday Shop Preview Day
December 5th - Book Fair Preview Day
December 9th-13th - Book Fair Shopping
December 9th-11th - Holiday Shop Shopping
December 23rd-December 3rd - No School Winter Break

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will continue to work on nonfiction reading strategies and practice reading nonfiction text.  

* Writing:  We will continue to write  nonfiction pieces. We will continue to focus on capitalization and punctuation, and beginning, middle, end. 

* Math:  We work on subtraction with regrouping.

* Social Studies - We will finish learning about Lakota Indians and review all 3 tribes.

Tomorrow

Wear NAVY to school tomorrow Friday, November 22nd  for the DEN RALLY!

REMINDER!!!

Native American 2nd Grade Performance 
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19th!!!
Pinebrook Gymnasium 8:30am 

Students:  Please wear blue jeans and a white shirt

Important Dates and a Peek At the Week

Next week is an B week (Library on Friday)

Turkey of the Year:

Turkey of the Year voting has started and will continue for the next few Fridays! Your child must read to vote for the staff member he/she would like to see come to school dressed in a turkey suit.  One hour of reading equals one vote. Each Friday, please sign and return that week's voting slip, which came home in yesterday's Thursday folder.  If you lost the voting slips, please write a note to indicate how many hours your child read during the previous week, sign it, and send it to school on Friday.  

Mark Your Calendar 

Native American Performance:  

November 19th at 8:30am

The 2nd grade Native American Performance will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at 8:30am in the gym! Come watch your children perform skits and songs and learn about different Native American tribes!

Food Drive:

2nd grade is running a food drive! Please send in non-perishable items with your child or you can bring them the morning of the Native American performance.

60 Minutes of Dreambox  (Due Friday)

The DreamBox Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ program provides individualized instruction for every student, adapts lessons and pacing based on each student’s unique needs. As students work on math problems DreamBox captures, analyzes, and responds to every decision a student makes. DreamBox goes beyond tracking whether a student’s answer was right or wrong and assesses each student on around 60 different behaviors, including the amount of time it takes to solve a problem, the number of hints used, and the strategies they use to construct the answer to a problem.

The continuous assessment guides students through their math development and determines their optimal learning zone, which is where a student is continually challenged enough to stay interested but not too challenged to become frustrated. DreamBox is designed around the ideal of a personal math teacher for each student, with infinite time and infinite patience.

Gingerbread Houses

Our class will be making individual gingerbread houses on Wednesday, December 18th from 8:30-10:00.  I am looking for parents to come in and help out with this activity.  If you are interested in coming in to help out with this fun event, please return the bottom portion of this page.

Each student needs to bring in one can of vanilla frosting and at least one unopened candy treat (no peanuts or nuts) to share and put on the gingerbread houses.  The more items sent in, the better the gingerbread houses will look!  Some candy treats might include:  Gumdrops, M&M’s plain, Peppermints, Skittles, Hershey Kisses, Pretzels, Cereals, Mini Candy Canes, and Licorice bites.

We will also need boxes of plain graham crackers. Graham crackers will need to be sent in by Monday, December 16th so we can start putting the gingerbread houses together.  I am looking for 2 parents that can come in on Monday, December 16th to start assembling the graham cracker houses.

Students can bring in frosting and candy treats anytime between now and Wednesday, December 18th. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Classroom Behavior

There have been a number of behavior issues in the classroom.  The behaviors have become very distracting and disruptive to the classroom. To keep you informed of the daily behavior issues, we will giving students a verbal reminder and then students will be given a Think Sheet if that behavior continues.  This will help in documenting behavioral issues and keeping parents informed.  Thank you for your understanding.

Test Dates:

November 19 - Pueblo Quiz

November 22 - Lakota Quiz

November 26 - Native American Final Test 

Important Dates:

November 18th-November 22nd - American Education Week
November 19th - Parent Coffee (Meet Your School Counselors) 8:30am
November 19th - 2nd Grade Native American Performance 8:30am
November 22nd - Picture Retake Day
November 22nd - Wear Navy to support your Pinebrook School Spirit
November 27th - November 29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
* Reading:  We will work on nonfiction reading strategies and practice reading nonfiction text.  
* Writing:  We will continue to write  nonfiction pieces using authors as mentors. We will continue to focus on capitalization and punctuation, and beginning, middle, end. 

* Math:  We work on addition with regrouping.

* Social Studies - We will learn about Native Americans. (Powhatan, Pueblo, and Lakota)

Updated Test Dates

Test Dates:

November 11th - Math Unit 3 Test (addition and subtraction strategies)  Students need to be able to answer addition and subtraction word problems, know the difference between sum and difference, use double facts 3+3 minus 1 or 2+2 plus 1, fact families, related addition facts, and addition/subtraction patterns)

November 13th - Powhatan Quiz

November 19 - Pueblo Quiz

November 22 - Lakota Quiz

November 26 - Native American Final Test 

Important Dates and a Peek at the Week

Important Dates and A Peek At The Week

Important Dates and a Peek At the Week

Happy Friday!!!

Next week is an A week.

Library Schedule

Tuesday A Week (1 hour)

Friday B Week (30 minutes)

Veteran's Day:
Please read the following message from our school office regarding Veteran's Day:

"Pinebrook Elementary students and staff would like to honor our Veterans during our annual Veterans Day Celebration that is being held on Monday, November 11, 2019. If you, a family member or neighbor are a Veteran please join us for this special celebration. All are welcome to attend!  This year, Veterans will not be asked to speak to a classroom of students. We invite you to come, relax, and allow us to honor you.
Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Breakfast in the library
8:30-9:15 Celebration in the gymnasium."

Turkey of the Year:

Turkey of the Year voting has started and will continue for the next few Fridays! Your child must read to vote for the staff member he/she would like to see come to school dressed in a turkey suit.  One hour of reading equals one vote. Each Friday, please sign and return that week's voting slip, which came home in yesterday's Thursday folder.  If you lost the voting slips, please write a note to indicate how many hours your child read during the previous week, sign it, and send it to school on Friday.  

2^nd Grade Native American Project

Due:  Friday, November 15^th

Students have been assigned an at home project! Native American Projects are due on Friday, November 15th. Students have been asked to pick a Native American tribe to research. They are NOT ALLOWED to pick the Powhatan, Pueblo, or Lakota tribe. We will learn about those tribes in school. Pick your tribe, research all about that tribe, create a 3-D project, and complete the booklet sent home! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Mark Your Calendar 

Native American Performance:  

November 19th at 8:30am

The 2nd grade Native American Performance will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at 8:30am in the gym! Come watch your children perform skits and songs and learn about different Native American tribes!

Food Drive:

2nd grade is running a food drive! Please send in non-perishable items with your child or you can bring them the morning of the Native American performance.

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.

60 Minutes of Reflex Math is switching to 60 Minutes of Dreambox 

The DreamBox Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ program provides individualized instruction for every student, adapts lessons and pacing based on each student’s unique needs. As students work on math problems DreamBox captures, analyzes, and responds to every decision a student makes. DreamBox goes beyond tracking whether a student’s answer was right or wrong and assesses each student on around 60 different behaviors, including the amount of time it takes to solve a problem, the number of hints used, and the strategies they use to construct the answer to a problem.

The continuous assessment guides students through their math development and determines their optimal learning zone, which is where a student is continually challenged enough to stay interested but not too challenged to become frustrated. DreamBox is designed around the ideal of a personal math teacher for each student, with infinite time and infinite patience.

Test Dates:

November 11th - Math Unit 3 Test (addition and subtraction strategies)  Students need to be able to answer addition and subtraction word problems, know the difference between sum and difference, use double facts 3+3 minus 1 or 2+2 plus 1, fact families, related addition facts, and addition/subtraction patterns)

November 13th - Powhatan Quiz

November 19 - Pueblo Quiz

November 22 - Lakota Quiz

November 26 - Native American Final Test 

Important Dates:

November 11th - Report cards online (ParentVue)
November 11th - Veteran's Day Celebration 8:30am
November 11th - PTA Meeting 7PM
November 18th-November 22nd - American Education Week
November 19th - Parent Coffee (Meet Your School Counselors) 8:30am
November 19th - 2nd Grade Native American Performance 8:30am
November 22nd - Wear Navy to support your Pinebrook School Spirit
November 27th - November 29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
* Reading:  We will continue to learn strategies to solve unknown words and/or tricky words.  
* Writing:  We will write a nonfiction piece. We will continue to focus on capitalization and punctuation, and beginning, middle, end. 

* Math:  We continue to work on computation and estimation strategies to solve basic addition and subtraction facts.  We will also practice using equal and not equal signs.

* Social Studies - We will learn about Native Americans. (Powhatan, Pueblo, and Lakota)

Pink Form

ALL STUDENT MUST RETURN!!!

Federal Impact Aid (Public Law 81-874) Pupil-Parent Survey 

On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, each LCPS student will bring home a Pupil-Parent Survey form (Pink Form).  Please complete the survey for each school-aged child in your household and then return the survey on or before Friday, November 8, 2019 to the student's classroom teacher.  LCPS staff will process the information with the utmost confidentiality.  ALL students need to return this form.

The federal Impact Aid program is designed to assist local school districts that enroll federally connected students.  The funds secured from the program will become part of the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) general operating budget and help reduce the amount of local monies needed to provide a quality education for your children.  

LCPS is eligible to receive Impact Aid funds if either parent or guardian is on active duty in the uniformed services or working on federally-owned property located in Virginia.  Individuals working on federally-owned property in Virginia may be employed by a private business or contractor, or the federal government.

Should you have questions, or need more information regarding the Pupil-Parent Survey, please call 571-252-1050 or email lcpsplan@lcps.org.

Additional information about Impact Aid is available on the U.S. Department of Education's website.

Important Dates and A Peek At The Week

Important Dates and A Peek At the Week

Happy Friday!!!

Next week is an B week.

Library Schedule

Tuesday A Week (1 hour)

Friday B Week (30 minutes)

Veteran's Day:
Please read the following message from our school office regarding Veteran's Day:

"Pinebrook Elementary students and staff would like to honor our Veterans during our annual Veterans Day Celebration that is being held on Monday, November 11, 2019. If you, a family member or neighbor are a Veteran please join us for this special celebration. All are welcome to attend!  This year, Veterans will not be asked to speak to a classroom of students. We invite you to come, relax, and allow us to honor you.
Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Breakfast in the library
8:30-9:15 Celebration in the gymnasium."

Turkey of the Year:

Turkey of the Year voting has started and will continue for the next few Fridays! Your child must read to vote for the staff member he/she would like to see come to school dressed in a turkey suit.  One hour of reading equals one vote. Each Friday, please sign and return that week's voting slip, which came home in yesterday's Thursday folder.  If you lost the voting slips, please write a note to indicate how many hours your child read during the previous week, sign it, and send it to school on Friday.  

2^nd Grade Native American Project

Due:  Friday, November 15^th

Students have been assigned an at home project! Native American Projects are due on Friday, November 15th. Students have been asked to pick a Native American tribe to research. They are NOT ALLOWED to pick the Powhatan, Pueblo, or Lakota tribe. We will learn about those tribes in school. Pick your tribe, research all about that tribe, create a 3-D project, and complete the booklet sent home! Please let me know if you have any questions!

Mark Your Calendar 

Native American Performance:  

November 19th at 8:30am

The 2nd grade Native American Performance will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at 8:30am in the gym! Come watch your children perform skits and songs and learn about different Native American tribes!

Food Drive:

2nd grade is running a food drive! Please send in non-perishable items with your child or you can bring them the morning of the Native American performance.

60 Minutes of Reflex Math is switching to 60 Minutes of Dreambox Starting NOVEMBER 1st

The DreamBox Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ program provides individualized instruction for every student, adapts lessons and pacing based on each student’s unique needs. As students work on math problems DreamBox captures, analyzes, and responds to every decision a student makes. DreamBox goes beyond tracking whether a student’s answer was right or wrong and assesses each student on around 60 different behaviors, including the amount of time it takes to solve a problem, the number of hints used, and the strategies they use to construct the answer to a problem.

The continuous assessment guides students through their math development and determines their optimal learning zone, which is where a student is continually challenged enough to stay interested but not too challenged to become frustrated. DreamBox is designed around the ideal of a personal math teacher for each student, with infinite time and infinite patience.

Test Dates:

November 12th - Math Unit 3 Test (addition and subtraction strategies)

November 11th - Powhatan Quiz

November 19 - Pueblo Quiz

November 22 - Lakota Quiz

November 26 - Native American Final Test 

Important Dates:

November 4 - No School for Students (Conference/Planning Day)
November 11th - Report cards online (ParentVue)
November 11th - Veteran's Day Celebration 8:30am
November 11th - PTA Meeting 7PM
November 18th-November 22nd - American Education Week
November 19th - Parent Coffee (Meet Your School Counselors) 8:30am
November 19th - 2nd Grade Native American Performance 8:30am
November 22nd - Wear Navy to support your Pinebrook School Spirit
November 27th - November 29th Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
* Reading:  We will continue to learn strategies to solve unknown words and/or tricky words.  
* Writing:  We will write a nonfiction piece. We will continue to focus on capitalization and punctuation, and beginning, middle, end. 

* Math:  We continue to work on computation and estimation strategies to solve basic addition and subtraction facts.  We will also practice using equal and not equal signs.

* Social Studies - We will learn about Native Americans. (Powhatan, Pueblo, and Lakota)