May 11th – 15th

WE’VE GOT THIS!!!  I just cannot believe how amazing you all have been throughout this entire experience.  We have 1 week left of our regular schedule and then we will be following our Testing Schedule. I sent out an email with information about your child’s testing time. If you did not receive the email or you have any conflicts with the scheduled testing time, please let me know. Here is our WEEKLY LEARNING SCHEDULE   Please do not hesitate if you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do to support your child and me throughout this incredibly difficult time!!! You are all AMAZING!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CLASS PLAY: Okay- I think we can do this. It is going to be necessary for students to record their parts at home and email them to me. We tried to record over our live stream last week, but the lag is just going to make it very choppy. I will discuss with the kids what needs to be recorded and how. Recordings can be done on your phone, and emailed to me at: aalexander@questac.org Please help your child with this. They have been looking forward to this play all year, and having a recording of it will be a wonderful memory!

TESTING NEXT WEEK: May 18th-21st is our end of year Testing Week. In a normal world, 3rd Graders would be taking the RISE test for the first time this year. But, NOTHING about life right now is normal so we will be using the i-Ready program to gather end-of-year data. Please discuss the importance of concentration, effort, and not rushing with your child. It is important for students to show a true picture of their level of learning. As much as we want to help our children with things that are hard, please DO NOT HELP them with this test. The software is adaptive, meaning that questions that are asked are dependent on the answers entered for previous questions. Helping your child answer questions they do not know the answer to on their own places them at a developmentally inappropriate place in the program.

*** EXTENDED: Sign up for Quest’s virtual talent show! Click here to access the virtual talent show website. The talent show will be available to watch the week of May 18th! All video submissions are due May 11th, so get out your phones and start recording your talented kiddos (please ensure recordings are less than 5 minutes)! Though you’ll be able to upload videos from your computer, you might find it a bit easier to do so from your phone. Here is a short recording to show you how to do this.  I know I have talent in my class! Let’s show the rest of the school!

***Quest Jr. High annual “I MADE THAT!” Game Coding Competition is going on now.  We need everyone’s help. Please go to this site https://bit.ly/gamecodingcomp  Play the games on that site and rate your favorites. Your votes will determine the winners.