The anticipation for Winter Break is in the air, everyone is in a festive mood, and we just can't hold in our excitement any longer! We have some fun events planned next week to celebrate the holiday season and we will begin some new academic units as well.
Holiday Shop:
We previewed the items for sale at the Pinebrook Holiday Shop this morning. Students will be coming home with an envelope and a list of items they took interest in purchasing as gifts for family and friends today. Students may purchase items on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. If your child is purchasing Holiday Shop items, please kindly use the envelope sent home to send in his/her money on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Students who bring in money may shop during our recess time. Please remember, there is no obligation to buy. If you would like to shop with your child, the Holiday Shop will be open tomorrow, Saturday, December 9th from 9-11:30am. The 5th Grade will be hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast fundraiser, so come for breakfast too! :)
Interim Progress Reports:
Interim progress reports (commonly known as "interims") will be sent out to parents on Wednesday, December 13th. A friendly reminder that I do not send home an interim for every child. If I send one for your student, you will receive it via email at the email address on file in your ParentVue account.
Holiday Craft:
On Tuesday, December 12th our first grade class will be creating a holiday craft for families. Currently, I have three wonderful volunteers who have offered to help out our students to create their crafts. If you would be interested in helping out on Tuesday from 9:15-10:30am, please let me know. Thank you! :)
Winter Break Activities:
I will be sending home a Winter Break activity packet for your child to work on during the winter break. It will be going home with your child on Thursday, December 14th. Please be on the lookout for this packet in your child's Homework folder on Thursday. If you have any questions about what students are to do, please let me know.
Holiday Travel:
If you are traveling for the holidays and your child will be absent from school, please kindly notify the school in advance. You can send a message or a note to me, which I will then forward to the office. You may also submit your notification to the office directly by using the "online absence excuse," found on the Pinebrook website homepage. The link to the Pinebrook homepage is HERE
Focus Areas for Next Week:
- Reading-We will practice reading strategies to increase our accuracy of reading words correctly and integrating sources of information to decode unknown words.
- Math-We will begin our addition unit, which teaches multiple strategies to solve addition facts
- Writing-We will begin a How to Build a snowman writing activity.
- Science/Social Studies- We will continue our economics unit by learning about wants/needs, goods/services, and consumers/producers. We will also talk about Holiday traditions around the world with our annual Holidays Around the World on Thursday morning. During the time, the first grade teachers take turns rotating through the other first grade classrooms to teach students about a holiday tradition from a different country or culture.
I CAN'T WAIT!!!! The Mercer Middle School Band and Chorus will be here on Wednesday morning for a special holiday concert for our students and on Friday, the entire school will pile into the gym for our annual Holiday Sing Along. We sing Holiday songs from many faith and cultural traditions represented at Pinebrook while the teachers and staff all take turns learning the songs.
Have a great weekend! I am looking forward to time with friends, wrapping gifts, and some cookie baking, all the while (hopefully) watching a little snow fall. There is much to do and prepare for the holiday season still!
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