WELCOME TO 1st/2nd GRADE 2010-2011!!!

Dear Parents and Students,

I would like to inform you that as of January 31st we will no longer be using schoolnotes or shutterfly for updates, information or pictures.

You may now log into: http://www.pinecrestacademysouth.com/

You can look for the teacher's name there and find information regarding upcoming activities. You may  also look for schoolwide information and upcoming events there.

Important Dates:

BOOKS Available at Barnes & Noble:

Three Little Pigs/ The Play by Innovative Kids

Cinderella/ The Play by Innovative Kids

Goldilocks and the Three Bears/ The Play by Innovative Kids

Dear Deer by Gene Barretta (a book about homophones)

My Weird School Daze Collection (ex. Miss Daisy is Crazy etc....)

Daily language review Grade 2

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

Up, up, up, It's Apple Picking Time by Jody Fickes Shapiro

Lunch Money and Other Poems about School by Carol Diggory Shields

Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci

Charlie and the Caterpillar by Dom de Luise

100th day Worries by Margery Cuyler

*treasure box items (ex. candy, bookmarks, small toys)

*band-aids

*play-doh

*file folders

*multi-colored sentence strips available at Learning City

*refills for the wipe boxes

*sticky tack

*Pinecrest Yearbook (on sale at the office)

* Gift cards to Walmart, Target, Learning City, or Barnes and Noble.

****THANK YOU FOR THE DONATIONS YOU'VE MADE SO FAR!!!!

WHAT WE'RE DOING THE WEEK OF 1/24-1/28:

Reading: We will be focusing on . Reading Fluency Bi-Weekly Assessment on.  Reading Bi-Weekly Benchmark Assessment on. Students should be ready for an AR Test by Friday of each week. Mandatory reading every weekday for 30 minutes, please fill in log daily. You may use www.eduplace.com a link on this site to help reinforce reading vocabulary. Just choose Florida as your state, then choose the first reading book, then the 2nd grade locker.  Last, choose the eword game. 

Language Arts (L.A.): Students will be working on. Our focus on phonics is.

Writing Skill: Steps of Writing (brainstorming, rough draft, proofreading/editing, and final draft.  

Math: Students will be. Graded classwork.

Please visit ConnectEd for daily math practice!

username and password: studentf16

Social Studies (S.S.): Students will be learning about. Test on.

Science:  Students will be learning about. Graded classwork, Test on.

*Scientific Process: Problem, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Data, Results, and Conclusion*

Home Learning: (Please put all H.L. in H.L folder)

Please remember to empty out classwork folders that go home every Friday.  They should return empty on Monday or beginning of the week.

Please sign and return all necessary documents to the classroom.

Your Partner in Education,

Mrs. Rosa Zurita-Hornburg