Weekly Update and Important Report Card Information

Hi Everyone,

We spent the week preparing for our Veteran's Day Celebration, which will be held at school on Monday. Please help your child dress in red, white, and blue on Monday to add to our patriotic atmosphere. Veterans will come to speak with us about their time in service, and we will celebrate them with our own Pinebrook Veteran's Day Parade.

Important Information About Report Cards:
Quarter 1 report cards will be issued Monday, November 12th. 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. 
If you do NOT have a ParentVue account, you MUST contact Mrs. Sciortino in our school office at 703-957-4325 to obtain an authorization key. I apologize in advance, but I am not able to help you with obtaining or accessing your ParentVue account. You must go through Mrs. Sciortino. 

Thanksgiving Plate:
On Wednesday, I sent home a note about Thanksgiving, along with a "plate" for your child to decorate with things that he/she is thankful for. We will use the decorated plate for an in-class project. Please help your child decorate his/her plate with pictures of things that he/she is thankful for. The pictures do not to be printed, your child may choose to draw/color pictures if they wish. The plates will go through the laminator, so please only use flat decorations. Please send the decorated plate back to school by Wednesday, November 14th. If it is finished sooner, you may send it in sooner. Thank you!

Homework Update:
A friendly reminder that our new homework will begin next week (Monday, November 12th). Students will bring their weekly homework packet home on Mondays. The completed homework packet is due back on Fridays to allow flexibility in helping your child with his/her homework. Daily homework will consist of reading and one page in the homework packet. Detailed instructions are included on the cover page of the packet. Please contact me with any questions regarding homework.

Thanksgiving Travel:
If your child will be absent in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday, please kindly notify me and the office in advance. You may use the Pinebrook online absence notice found on the Pinebrook homepage.

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading- We will begin our Nonfiction unit, in which we learn strategies good readers use when reading nonfiction texts. This unit will last until Winter Break.
• Writing- We will continue our unit on How-To writing. How-to writing is procedural writing, in which we teach our reader "how to" do something. We will also complete a Thanksgiving writing project. 
• Math- We will begin our graphing and data unit. We will study tally charts, picture graphs, and object graphs, and bar graphs. This unit will last until Thanksgiving break. 
• Social Studies- We will learn about our beautiful state of Virginia, and discuss the symbols that represent our state. 

Our second quarter has begun! Thank you for all that you've done to help your child adjust to 1st Grade! I am blessed by their sweet presence each day. Please remember...your feedback is always welcomed and appreciated. 

Enjoy the weekend!! :)