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Reading Assessment

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As we near the middle of the school year it is time to reassess the students in various areas, including reading. We use several assessment tools to determine reading levels, one of these tools is our online reading program, Raz-Kids. 

Students have been assigned a reading assessment on the Raz-Kids online reading program.  Students will be allowed time to complete this assessment in class or they may complete it at home. All reading assessments are due to be completed by Friday, December 18. 

How to access the reading assessment:
1- Click here: Raz-Kids.  
2- Enter our login: anelson74
3- Choose student name
4- Select “Flight Check”

Homework 12/7-12/11

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1- Math Homework:  
Complete the ODD problems on the math homework pages.
**You can practice your subtraction and addiction math facts with your child this week using FrontRow Ed or Xtra Math.  Or using any of the subtraction facts games and activities listed below. 
*Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction) regularly by utilizing any of the math facts activities listed here: Math Facts Activities (You might try activity #7: Front Row Ed Fact Practice if you haven’t already.  Students who don’t like being timed are really liking this one!  Our class code is tcri3k)
  
2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids.  Our class Raz-Kids login is: anelson74

Remember we are working on earning “Book It” Pizza coupons.  Students will receive their FREE personal pizza coupon when they have read 80 minutes a week (or more) for 4 weeks.  
Click here to print the December reading log:  Book It Reading Log 

Reading minutes can also include books from the category list for the library “Tower of Book Challenge”.  For more details on this challenge click here:  Tower of Book Challenge

3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. For this week’s fluency page click here: Timed Reading Fluency Practice
This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader.  It will also count toward your 20 reading minutes.  Time your student for one minute.  Record the number of words they were able to read in one minute.

4- Weekly Word Sort and High Frequency Word homework.  Here is the link to print our weekly homework form: Weekly-Homework-Organizer-Form

High Frequency Words for this week are:
will
into
your
which
do
REVIEW WORDS:
people
other
would
SENTENCE
You can be his friend.

SPELLING SENTENCE  7 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word,  1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)

SORT GROUPS: 
RED GROUP: Payton E, Bryton
PINK GROUP: Leah, Peyton S
YELLOW GROUP:  Charlie, Kaylee, Brynn, Kyler, Owen, Jessica, London, Isaac, Isabella, Jake, Saelim, Tegan, Clay, Hannah, Spencer
GREEN GROUP: Bryker, Rosa
BLUE GROUP: Kathlyn, Tenaya, Alexa, Athena
PURPLE GROUP:Adalai

Reminders

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Pg44a_color1– TUESDAY: Library day
    Library books DUE
(Several students have overdue books-please turn them in as soon as you can so they can still check out books)
   Tower of Books Challenge

2- FRIDAY: 
   Homework due
   Spelling and sort test

3- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.

4-  Scholastic Book Order due today:  
December 7th.  Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books.  And books are great Christmas gifts.  If you are ordering books for a gift let me know and I will allow you to come pick them up in the classroom so they can remain a surprise. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

5- Please continue to bring in cardboard tubes for next week’s STEM challenge.

7- Shopping on Amazon?  You can help our school, no extra cost to you, when you make purchases through Amazon, they will donate a percentage to Quest. Click here for details:Amazon 

Scholastic Book Orders

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 I just wanted to let you know that I will be placing the Scholastic Book Order much, much earlier this month so that you will be able to receive your books before Christmas break!   If you place an order after this time, you will still receive it, of course, but it may not be received until after we return from the break. 

If you are ordering books for a gift, please let me know and I will allow you to come pick them up in the classroom so they can remain a surprise. 

Please have all online orders in by this Friday, December 7th!

If you are ordering online at scholastic.com, our Class Activation Code is N8TKQ.
Thank you!

A Special Visitor!

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We had a visitor, Miss LaRue, from Lotus Park Assisted Living, come to read books to our first grade today!  We loved Miss LaRue right from the start – with her cheery smile LaRue was an instant success!  She shared with us some Christmas Traditions she had as a little girl who grew up in the Depression Era.  Ask your kiddo’s what she would get on Christmas.  

Lotus Park Assisted Living is our first grade community partner.  We will be doing a couple service projects for them this year and we will be inviting the veterans from Lotus Park Assisted Living to our patriotic performance in the spring.

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Please use the “Daily Low Temperature” as a guideline when dressing your child for school!

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Hello, Fabulous Parents!

We have had some bitter cold temperatures right before school and during morning recesses lately, and I am a little concerned about some of the cold kiddos I have seen!  Most kids are appropriately dressed, but some kids have very little outerwear and have even expressed to me how cold they are!

Here are a few things to bear in mind when deciding on outerwear for school:
  • It is often well below the daily high temperature when the children are waiting outside for school to start and during morning recess.  Please do not use the daily Freezinghigh temperature as a guideline for choosing outerwear!  Try to imagine yourself standing outside in line for 5-10 minutes in the early morning frost and imagine what you’d like to be wearing!
  • We only stay inside for recess (and before school) when the temperature is below 20 degrees.  So, that means that your child will often be out in below-freezing temperatures! Please dress accordingly.  The students’ cubbies are plenty big enough to house all manner of outwear, including hats, gloves, scarves, boots, etc.
I absolutely adore your children and I want them to enjoy their recesses as much as possible!  We did have an anonymous parent donate some hats and mittens for any children whose families may be experiencing financial strain; I am unsure of who may have a need, so please let me know by e-mail if you have a need for a hat or mittens.  Thank you so much!

Zaxby’s and Amazon Give Back

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zaxby'sZaxby’s wants our students to have great field trips!  They will donate to our school $2.50 for every kid’s meal purchased when you bring in a flyer.  Click here to print: Zaxby’s flyer

New to Zaxby’s? Click here to view their menu: Zaxby’s menu

If you are a big Amazon shopper like I am, you may be happy to know that Amazon will donate a percentage of purchases to a charity!  POQA has set up our school to receive donations!
    • How it works:
        • Visit:  Smile.amazon.com
        • Log in
        • Choose: Quest Academy Inc (be sure it is the West Haven, Utah one)
        • Use Amazon the way you usually do. It will now say below the search bar “Supporting: Quest Academy Inc.”
        • In the future, instead of going to amazon.com, you can use smile.amazon.com
        • Thank you for supporting our school!
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      Homework 11/30-12/4

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      1- Math Homework:  
      Complete the ODD problems on the math homework pages.
      **You can practice your subtraction and addiction math facts with your child this week using FrontRow Ed or Xtra Math.  Or using any of the subtraction facts games and activities listed below. 
      *Practice your math facts (addition and subtraction) regularly by utilizing any of the math facts activities listed here: Math Facts Activities (You might try activity #7: Front Row Ed Fact Practice if you haven’t already.  Students who don’t like being timed are really liking this one!  Our class code is tcri3k)
        
      2- Reading 20-30 minutes per day, record on reading log on our Weekly Homework form. There are several sources for reading: “Reading for all Learners” also known as”Buddy books” from school, books from home or the public library and our online reading program Raz-Kids.  Our class Raz-Kids login is:       anelson74

      Remember we are working on earning “Book It” Pizza coupons.  Students will receive their FREE personal pizza coupon when they have read 80 minutes a week (or more) for 4 weeks.  Click here to print the November reading log: Book It Reading Log = Reading Log is Due November 30th for Book It Reward Coupons Prize.  
      Click here to print the December reading log:  Book It Reading Log 

      Reading minutes can also include books from the category list for the library “Tower of Book Challenge”.  For more details on this challenge click here:        Tower of Book Challenge

      3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. For this week’s fluency page click here: Timed Reading Fluency Practice
      This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader.  It will also count toward your 20 reading minutes.  Time your student for one minute.  Record the number of words they were able to read in one minute. 

      High Frequency Words for this week are:
      so
      people
      them
      other
      more
      REVIEW WORDS:
      some
      would
      about
      SENTENCE
      He is not by her.

      SPELLING SENTENCE  7 POINTS POSSIBLE ON TEST (1 point for each correctly spelled word,  1 point for beginning the sentence with an uppercase letter, and 1 point for the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.)

      SORT GROUPS: 
      RED GROUP: Payton E, Bryton
      PINK GROUP:       Leah, Peyton S
      YELLOW GROUP:  Charlie, Kaylee, Brynn, Kyler, Owen, Jessica, London, Isaac, Isabella, Jake, Saelim, Tegan, Clay, Hannah, Spencer
      GREEN GROUP: Bryker, Rosa
      BLUE GROUP: Kathlyn, Tenaya, Alexa, Athena
      PURPLE GROUP: Adalai