Off to a great start!

We have had an excellent first week in third grade! All students have done really well with learning rules and procedures. Some fun activities we've gotten to do include creating audio QR codes of our future plans, seeing soda and mentos explode, using plickers, reading tons of books, and of course making new friends! We are all excited to see what the year brings us!

Class announcements:
- The grace period for Class Dojo is over! Points are going to start being subtracted, making it even more difficult to meet the first milestone of 25 points!
- We will be starting our first tested unit next week, government! Math classes will be starting place value.
- I will be reaching out to those parents that want to volunteer as soon as I can! At first, I will only be contacting the room parents and Thursday folder volunteers. Others I will contact as needed.
- My Newton-Lee website is updated with some great resources
- Students will be starting a Friday letter journal tomorrow where they will write letters to you all telling all about their week

School announcements:
- If you would like to be a part of the PTO directory you need to act before Sept. 14
- The PTO fall fundraiser starts on Sept. 17th!
- Sign up for the PTO and to volunteer!
- New volunteer training is being held on Sept. 16 at 8AM (this is only if you have never volunteered at NLE before)



Keep on rockin'!

I'm so excited to start a new year!!

It's almost the beginning of a new school year! I get to meet all my amazing parents and students this week! I can't wait! 

extra school supplies

On Tuesday we will do a final clean out of student desks! If there are any usable school supplies left over in student's pencil boxes, I would like to keep them to be reused next year. If there is anything in particular you would like your student to bring back home, please let them know or write them a note so they know what to bring home. Otherwise, they will be donated to a good cause :)


thanks!!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to all our amazing parents for your support this year! We wouldn't have been so successful without you!

Last Week and Field Day

Happy last full week of school! We have tons of events and projects scheduled! It is still important for all students to be present to complete graded assignments, receive important papers and graded work, and to take home all of their supplies. Besides sending a few things home, I will not start cleaning out supplies until next Monday.

- Economics Test Thursday Morning
- Field day Thursday starting at 11:00
- 3rd grade end of the year party is Friday starting after lunch time



Field Day
- Students need to bring a water bottle, towel, comfortable shoes, and a change of clothes. Sunscreen and bug spray must be put on at home before coming to school.


Please let me know if I am missing anything or if you have any questions or concerns! Thanks!!

Book sale to earn money for the new playground

Dear Pinebrook Elementary Parents and Supporters,

We are pleased to announce our upcoming online book fair, June 1^st to June 12^th, 2015.  

This book fair will be completely online with Children's Bookstore.  It’s easy to participate. 

1.    Visit  http://pinebrook-elementary.childrensbookstore.com
2.    Shop for the books you can’t wait to read, every book on the website is eligible for our book fair.
3.    Books will be shipped directly to your home.

30% of every purchase goes toward paying for a new playground for our students.  

There are more than 200,000 books available from baby books to young adult books

Please forward this information along to friends and family anywhere in the U.S.  You can also post information about our book fair to your Facebook page or Twitter. 

We'll send reminder emails out when the book fair begins and as it progresses.

If you arrive at the website through a page other than our book fair page, please enter our unique code a checkout: puma

Happy Reading!

SOL practice folders

Happy weekend! Just a little note about the orange folders I have been sending home. I'm trying to keep this extra work to a minimum, but it is important that students are continuing to practice at home as the SOLs approach next week! Please check over your student's work to ensure it is correct before sending it back to school. If you are able to go over their mistakes with them, that is extremely helpful. Also, don't forget about the study island challenge. If your student is struggling to earn a blue ribbon in a topic, go over it with them to see if you can clear up any misconceptions. Your extra support is extremely valuable and appreciated!

I would also like to thank all of you for the love and appreciation I felt last week during Teacher Appreciation Week. Our community is awesome! :) Thanks again!