Important Dates and a Peek at the Week

Next week is an A week. (Library on Tuesday)

Dr. Seuss Week March 2nd-March 6th

Monday - In honor of the book My Many Colored Days, we are encouraging students to wear many different colored articles of clothing.
Tuesday - The Sleep Book is a childhood favorite so today is Pajama Day.  Wear your favorite pajamas at home as it is a student holiday.  Get cozy and read your favorite Dr. Seuss book.
Wednesday- Tonight is Family Arts Night which will tie in the theme of polka dots.  In honor of the book Put Me in the Zoo written by Robert Lopshire wear polka dotted clothing today.
Thursday - In honor of the wonderful Cat in the Hat, it is Crazy Hat and/or Hair Day!
Friday - A Dr. Seuss favorite Oh the Places You'll Go! promts all to wear their favorite College Shirt/Vacation Souvenir Shirt.

Pinebrook 15-Year Celebration:
Mark your calendar for May 7th!  Please see the flyer below about our Pinebrook 15-year celebration! 

PINEBROOK SHOE DRIVE

PLEASE DONATE YOUR GENTLY WORN, USED AND NEW SHOES TO A CURE FOR JACK, BENEFITTING SLC6A1 #ACureforJack

My name is Janet Hart and I have been part of the Pinebrook family for the past two years. Our son, Jack, is a busy 6 year old boy living with a rare neurological disease, SLC6A1. He suffers from seizures, cognitive delays, apraxia of speech, and developmental delays. We are actively working toward a cure and need your help to raise the necessary funds to move on to a clinical trial for gene replacement therapy. Every shoe collected turns into dollars for #ACureforJack and will help Jack and the other children diagnosed with SLC6A1, the disease so rare, it doesn’t even have a name. Please click the link below to read more about Jack's story.

Accepting ALL shoes, including kids, athletic and cleats. No tears, rips, or holes please.

The goal is to collect 100 bags of shoes, with 25 pairs in each bag! Please help us to achieve this.

Collected shoes are used to support micro-enterprise vendors. Micro-enterprises are small businesses in developing nations. They are typically operated by one person or family and friends, depending on size.

https://slc6a1connect.org/jack-hart/

A Call for Career Day Volunteers!

Do you remember how it felt when you started your job? The excitement, anticipation, because maybe you've never done it before? That's how we feel now!

If you are passionate about your occupation and would like to share with and inspire our students, we are looking for parent and community volunteers to speak/present at our upcoming Career Day (4/2/20)! You can share what your typical workday involves, where you went to school, and why you chose your particular occupation. Please return the linked google form by Mar. 2. Thank you for your support in helping our Pumas reach for the stars! https://forms.gle/cUR5bsyjEZGRbFcZ6

Quick Notes:

• Tell us how we are doing!

• Every year, LCPS families, teachers, and students in grades 3-12 take the LCPS Annual Stakeholder Surveys to share feedback about their schools. We use the results to assess the learning climate in our buildings and make plans for the following year. The Annual Parent and Family Survey is now open. We want to hear from everyone so that we can make the best decisions for ALL our students!
• The parent/family survey will only take a few minutes of your time. To respond, go to https://www.lcps.org/Page/226918 You will be asked to fill out a survey for each grade level in which you have a child enrolled (elementary, middle, high, or program). The Survey will be open from February 18 - March 6, 2020.

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us!

• Transportation - Arrival and Dismissal items to keep in mind
• Please understand that we ask these procedures of parents to keep students, parents, and staff safe through organized and predictable areas to minimize potential unforeseen hazards. If you have questions or concerns, please contact any school administrator.
• Arrival
• Please take the bus or walk
• When walking to school, please use the sidewalks as opposed to walking through the ball fields
• When in the Kiss-N-Ride, please stay in the car through the entire path. Please do not park and walk through the parking lot.
• If driving, please use the Kiss-N-Ride for drop off only. Mindful Court is not a place to drop-off students
• Dismissal
• Allow the students to take the bus or walk
• If driving, please only use the Kiss-N-Ride for pick-up. Mindful Court is not a place to pick-up students.

Dreambox

Students need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday.  If you are having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link below.  The login and password is your child’s student number and the Class Code is 44359.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/kwah/pinebrooke

Test Dates:

March 5th - Helen Keller and Rosa Parks Quiz
March 6th - Measurement Quiz

March 11th - George Washington Carver and Benjamin Franklin Quiz
March 12th - Measurement Test

March 17th - Abraham Lincoln and Cesar Chavez Quiz

March 20th - Famous Americans Test

Important Dates:

March 3rd - No School For Students (Professional Development Day)

March 4th - Fine Arts Night 6:30pm
March 9th - PTA Meeting 7pm
March 16th-March 20th - Spring Book Fair
March 24th - Parent Coffee
March 25th - Spring Bingo
March 26th - End of Quarter 3
March 27th - No School for Students (Teacher Work Day)
March 30th - Parent Coffee

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will learn about messages that author's teach. 

* Writing:  We will continue to write book nominations on our favorite books.

* Math:  We will continue our unit on measurement
* Social Studies- We will learn about Famous Americans.

Important Dates and a Peek at the Week!

Next week is a B week. (Library on Friday)

3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports:

3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports will be issued via ParentVue on Wednesday, February 26th

Pinebrook 15-Year Celebration:
Mark your calendar for May 7th!  Please see the flyer below about our Pinebrook 15-year celebration! 

PINEBROOK SHOE DRIVE

PLEASE DONATE YOUR GENTLY WORN, USED AND NEW SHOES TO A CURE FOR JACK, BENEFITTING SLC6A1 #ACureforJack

My name is Janet Hart and I have been part of the Pinebrook family for the past two years. Our son, Jack, is a busy 6 year old boy living with a rare neurological disease, SLC6A1. He suffers from seizures, cognitive delays, apraxia of speech, and developmental delays. We are actively working toward a cure and need your help to raise the necessary funds to move on to a clinical trial for gene replacement therapy. Every shoe collected turns into dollars for #ACureforJack and will help Jack and the other children diagnosed with SLC6A1, the disease so rare, it doesn’t even have a name. Please click the link below to read more about Jack's story.

Accepting ALL shoes, including kids, athletic and cleats. No tears, rips, or holes please.

The goal is to collect 100 bags of shoes, with 25 pairs in each bag! Please help us to achieve this.

Collected shoes are used to support micro-enterprise vendors. Micro-enterprises are small businesses in developing nations. They are typically operated by one person or family and friends, depending on size.

https://slc6a1connect.org/jack-hart/

A Call for Career Day Volunteers!

Do you remember how it felt when you started your job? The excitement, anticipation, because maybe you've never done it before? That's how we feel now!

If you are passionate about your occupation and would like to share with and inspire our students, we are looking for parent and community volunteers to speak/present at our upcoming Career Day (4/2/20)! You can share what your typical workday involves, where you went to school, and why you chose your particular occupation. Please return the linked google form by Mar. 2. Thank you for your support in helping our Pumas reach for the stars! https://forms.gle/cUR5bsyjEZGRbFcZ6

Quick Notes:

• Tell us how we are doing!

• Every year, LCPS families, teachers, and students in grades 3-12 take the LCPS Annual Stakeholder Surveys to share feedback about their schools. We use the results to assess the learning climate in our buildings and make plans for the following year. The Annual Parent and Family Survey is now open. We want to hear from everyone so that we can make the best decisions for ALL our students!
• The parent/family survey will only take a few minutes of your time. To respond, go to https://www.lcps.org/Page/226918 You will be asked to fill out a survey for each grade level in which you have a child enrolled (elementary, middle, high, or program). The Survey will be open from February 18 - March 6, 2020.

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us!

• Transportation - Arrival and Dismissal items to keep in mind
• Please understand that we ask these procedures of parents to keep students, parents, and staff safe through organized and predictable areas to minimize potential unforeseen hazards. If you have questions or concerns, please contact any school administrator.
• Arrival
• Please take the bus or walk
• When walking to school, please use the sidewalks as opposed to walking through the ball fields
• When in the Kiss-N-Ride, please stay in the car through the entire path. Please do not park and walk through the parking lot.
• If driving, please use the Kiss-N-Ride for drop off only. Mindful Court is not a place to drop-off students
• Dismissal
• Allow the students to take the bus or walk
• If driving, please only use the Kiss-N-Ride for pick-up. Mindful Court is not a place to pick-up students.

Dreambox

Students need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday.  If you are having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link below.  The login and password is your child’s student number and the Class Code is 44359.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/kwah/pinebrooke

Test Dates:

February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall Quiz

March 5th - Helen Keller and Rosa Parks Quiz

March 10th - Measurement Test

March 11th - George Washington Carver and Benjamin Franklin Quiz

March 17th - Abraham Lincoln and Cesar Chavez Quiz

March 20th - Famous Americans Test

Important Dates:

February 21st - Parent Coffee at Little River Elementary - Topic: Anxiety (Time TBD)

February 26th - Moe's Spirit Night (5pm-8pm)

March 3rd - No School For Students (Professional Development Day)
March 4th - Fine Arts Night 6:30pm
March 9th - PTA Meeting 7pm
March 16th-March 20th - Spring Book Fair
March 24th - Parent Coffee
March 25th - Spring Bingo
March 26th - End of Quarter 3
March 27th - No School for Students (Teacher Work Day)
March 30th - Parent Coffee

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will learn about different characters in our books. We will also be working on the main idea in a non-fiction text. 

* Writing:  We will be writing about and nominating our favorite books.

* Math:  We will begin a unit on measurement
* Social Studies- We will learn about Famous Americans.

Important Dates and a Peek at the Week!

Happy Friday and Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Next week is an A week. (Library on Tuesday)

SHOE DRIVE

Starting Monday, there will be a box at PNB to collect new and gently used shoes. These shoes will be collected in effort to raise money for research for one of our PNB students who has a rare disease. Below is a short message from his mom about the cause.

PLEASE DONATE YOUR GENTLY WORN, USED AND NEW SHOES TO A CURE FOR JACK, BENEFITTING SLC6A1 CONNECT

My name is Janet Hart and I have been part of the Pinebrook family for the past two years. Our son, Jack, is a busy 6 year old boy living with a rare neurological disease, SLC6A1. He suffers from seizures, cognitive delays, apraxia of speech, and developmental delays. We are actively working toward a cure and need your help to raise the necessary funds to move on to a clinical trial for gene replacement therapy. Every shoe collected turns into dollars for #ACureforJack and will help Jack and the other children diagnosed with SLC6A1, the disease so rare, it doesn’t even have a name. Please click the link below to read more about Jack's story.

Accepting ALL shoes, including kids, athletic and cleats. No tears, rips, or holes please

The goal is to collect 100 bags of shoes, with 25 pairs in each bag! Please help us to achieve this.

Collected shoes are used to support micro-enterprise vendors. Micro-enterprises are small businesses in developing nations. They are typically operated by one person or family and friends, depending on size.

https://slc6a1connect.org/jack-hart/

Please consider going through your shoe collection to donate!

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.

RAK Spirit Week (February 18th-21st)

● Monday:​ Student Holiday: No School

● Tuesday:​ Kindness Rocks! (Show your support for kindness by dressing as a rock or ​RAK​ star)

● Wednesday:​ Dreaming about kindness (Wear your PJ’s...no slippers please)

● Thursday:​ Sunshine of Someone’s Day (Wear yellow and sunglasses to brighten someone’s day)

● Friday:​ At PNB kindness starts with ME! (Wear PNB spirit wear) 

A Call for Career Day Volunteers!

Do you remember how it felt when you started your job? The excitement, anticipation, because maybe you've never done it before? That's how we feel now!

If you are passionate about your occupation and would like to share with and inspire our students, we are looking for parent and community volunteers to speak/present at our upcoming Career Day (4/2/20)! You can share what your typical workday involves, where you went to school, and why you chose your occupation. 

Please return the linked google form by Mar. 2. Thank you for your support in helping our Pumas reach for the stars! https://forms.gle/cUR5bsyjEZGRbFcZ6

Dreambox

Students need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday.  If you are having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link below.  The login and password is your child’s student number and the Class Code is 44359.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/kwah/pinebrooke

Test Dates:

February 20th - Weather Test

February 21st - Calendar Test
February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall Quiz

March 5th - Helen Keller and Rosa Parks Quiz

March 10th - Measurement Test

March 11th - George Washington Carver and Benjamin Franklin Quiz

March 17th - Abraham Lincoln and Cesar Chavez Quiz

March 20th - Famous Americans Test

Important Dates:

February 17th - Presidents' Day (No School)
February 18th-21st - Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week

February 21st - Parent Coffee at Little River Elementary - Topic: Anxiety (Time TBD)
February 26th - Moe's Spirit Night (5pm-8pm)

March 2nd - Spring Pictures
March 3rd - No School For Students (Professional Development Day)
March 4th - Fine Arts Night 6:30pm
March 9th - PTA Meeting 7pm
March 16th-March 20th - Spring Book Fair
March 24th - Parent Coffee
March 25th - Spring Bingo
March 26th - End of Quarter 3
March 27th - No School for Students (Teacher Work Day)
March 30th - Parent Coffee


Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will practice making predictions and retelling important parts of a story. 

* Writing:  We will be writing about and nominating our favorite books.

* Math:  We will begin a mini unit on calendar skills.
* Science - We will continue our weather unit.

REMINDER!!!

Our class will be having our Valentine's Day Party this Friday, February 14th from 11-12:30.  Parents are more than welcome to attend.  If you are interested in helping out at this party, please come to the classroom around 10:30.  Thanks again!

Students will be creating Valentine's day bags at the party, so no need to make a Valentine's Day box at home.

Important Dates and a Peek at the Week

A Call for Career Day Volunteers!

Do you remember how it felt when you started your job? The excitement, anticipation, because maybe you've never done it before? That's how we feel now!

If you are passionate about your occupation and would like to share with and inspire our students, we are looking for parent and community volunteers to speak/present at our upcoming Career Day (4/2/20)! You can share what your typical workday involves, where you went to school, and why you chose your occupation. 

Please return the linked google form by Mar. 2. Thank you for your support in helping our Pumas reach for the stars! https://forms.gle/cUR5bsyjEZGRbFcZ6

Timed Drills
Now that we are halfway through 2nd grade, our timed drills will change. Instead of giving 5 minutes to complete 50 problems, students will now have 4 minutes. It will stay this way for the remainder of the year. You may see some regression in their scores since we are taking a minute away, however we hope to see them improve quickly!

CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)

Allen and Peet's Scheduled CogAT test dates:
Monday, February 10th 8:00-9:30
Tuesday, February 11th 8:00-9:30
Wednesday, February 12th 8:00-9:30

Please make sure students come to school on time so they do not miss the start of the test.  Students who are absent or show up late will need to do a makeup test with another class.

During the month of February, second grade students in Loudoun County Public Schools will take the online Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), Form 7, Level 8. The CogAT measures general and specific cognitive skills that allow a student to learn new tasks or solve problems in the absence of direct instruction.

Students’ verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning abilities are measured by three test batteries, each of which is comprised of three subtests. Students typically complete three subtests per day, for three consecutive school days, to complete all nine subtests. These tests are untimed; however, each day’s testing period usually does not exceed 90 minutes. Students work through each subtest at his or her own pace, and the entire test is read aloud to students by means of pre-recorded audio.

Students cannot prepare or study for the CogAT. Instead, they will have the opportunity to become familiar with test items through teacher-directed practice activities. Additionally, practice questions, administered before the first subtest, will familiarize students with the online testing environment.

Score reports will be sent home to parents/guardians together with the 3rd Quarter report card.

Disinfecting Wipes

Our class disinfects desks and around the classroom every Friday.  This has really helped with preventing the spread of germs. We are on our last container of disinfecting wipes.  If anybody would be willing to donate a container or two of disinfecting wipes that would be greatly appreciated!

Dreambox

Students need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday.  If you are having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link below.  The login and password is your child’s student number and the Class Code is 44359.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/kwah/pinebrooke

Valentine's Day Party!

Our class party will be Thursday, February 14th, 11:00am to 12:30pm. All parents are welcome to attend and help out! We will be passing out Valentine's Day cards at the party as one of the activities. If your child would like to write out Valentine's they need to for the whole entire class! A class list has been sent home with everyone's names! Please do not send in Valentine's that have candy attached to it.  

Test Dates:
February 13th - Telling Time Test
February 20th - Weather Test
February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall Quiz

Important Dates:

February 10th - PTA Meeting 7PM

February 14th - Valentine's Day Party
February 17th - Presidents' Day (No School)
February 18th-21st - Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will practice making predictions and retelling important parts of a story. 

* Writing:  We will continue our writing unit which is all about writing about the things that you read.  Students will continue to write letters about books they have read.

* Math:  We will continue our unit on telling time.
* Science - We will continue our weather unit.