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Parents: Sign Up to Share Your Job with Our Class for Career Day!

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We have been talking a lot in class about neighborhood jobs and citizenship (which, of course, includes contributing as a working citizen of our community).  In light of these classroom discussions, we would love for several of our parents to come share information about their jobs with our class!  This is always a highlight of our academic year!

No pressure!
Please know that you only need to fill about 15 minutes of time with information about your job, including time for questions/answers! The time goes by VERY quickly!  We welcome you to share any props, tools, visual representations, uniforms, etc. to help your career come to life for the children, but these things are not necessary.  Many jobs that parents may feel are “unexciting” may actually be fascinating for students to hear about and help to give the students a closer look at the “adult world!” It would be wonderful to give the children exposure to a broad range of careers!

When you arrive at the school, be sure to check in at the office and receive your “volunteer” name badge.

If you would like to sign up to volunteer, please e-mail me (anelson@questac.org) with the date and time that would work for you.  The available days/times are as follows:

Monday, October 12th:
9:00-9:15               Marshay Taylor
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
2:15-2:30                 Wendy Norton
2:30-2:45                 Kris McDonald
2:45-3:00                 Michelle Meyer

Tuesday, October 13th:
8:45-9:00                 Melissa Brown
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:15              Whitney Anderson 

Wednesday, October 14th:
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45

Homework (Oct. 5-9)

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Kids love rocks!  And I love that we study about the uses of rocks and soil in 1st grade!  I’ve asked the students to find and bring in two rocks by Monday, October 5.  The first rock can be interesting and unique because it will be used to sort by observable properties (size, color, texture etc.) and to practice counting by 10′s by making groups of ten rocks.  The second rock will be used in an art project to make pet rocks, so it should be somewhat smooth and big enough to glue and paint on, but not so big that it’s too heavy in a backpack (no bigger than the size of a slice of bread).  They will probably get attached to their rocks, so please write your name on both rocks.  🙂  Thank you!

1- Math Homework:  
*Complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds) on the worksheets that will be coming home in the homework folder on Monday Sept. 28 (No need to print anything out).  Please make sure you are going through the homework with your student to verify they are understanding.  
*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

3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. Click here: Timed 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:
at
or
from
had 
I
REVIEW WORDS:
they
with
be
SENTENCE
You and I go in.

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

**Note: Many cards are pictures, please encourage your child to spell as much of the word as they can. Pictures are used so the students will listen to the letter sounds rather than just look for the letter that matches their header.**

Reading Strategies

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Eagle eyeThis week we introduced our first reading strategy, EAGLE EYE.  When reading if you don’t know a word, what can you do?  Look at the pictures for a clue.  

Have your student read to you.  And anytime your student is reading remind them to practice their EAGLE EYE strategy when they come to a word they do not know, look at the picture for clue.  

More strategies to come…

Science and Math Rock!

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rocksKids love rocks!  And I love that we study about the uses of rocks and soil in 1st grade!  I’ve asked the students to find and bring in two rocks by Monday, October 5.  The first rock can be interesting and unique because it will be used to sort by observable properties (size, color, texture etc.) and to practice counting by 10′s by making groups of ten rocks.  The second rock will be used in an art project to make pet rocks, so it should be somewhat smooth and big enough to glue and paint on, but not so big that it’s too heavy in a backpack (no bigger than the size of a slice of bread).  They will probably get attached to their rocks, so please write your name on both rocks.  🙂  Thank you!

Reminders

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yellow pencil1-  Check your child’s blue folder nightly and return it daily with your child’s “Baggie Book Buddy”.

2– FRIDAY: 
   Homework due
   Spelling and sort test

3- Parent Teacher Conferences-  Oct 29 

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

5- Our Scholastic Book Order is due October 23rd.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

6- If your child was absent on picture day, or you were not pleased with how their picture turned out we will be having picture retakes on October 5th.  Picture retake flyers were sent home in your child’s blue folder. 

7- Remember to send your child to school Monday with their two rocks for our fun activities!  Also- we will be having a local author come and read her book to our class on Tuesday afternoon! 

Picture Re-takes

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   It’s time for PICTURE RETAKES!!
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If your child was absent on picture day, or you were not pleased with how their picture turned out we will be having picture retakes on October 5th. This will be our FINAL picture day so don’t forget. If you would like your child to have their picture taken or retaken on this day please have your child ask me for a picture retake paper to send home with them.

School Business Partnership

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It’s all about the children!

At Quest Academy we believe in being an integral part of the community. We know our students will achieve more with the help and support of local businesses. We invite all interested parties to take part in assisting the rising generation at Quest Academy to succeed.

The student body at Quest Academy would benefit from local businesses in many ways. The greatest needs are as follows:

  • donating time at the school by reading with students
  • donating time at the school by teaching students college and career ready skills especially in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math
  • opening business for field trip experiences especially in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math
  • monetary donations
  • resource donations–especially those resources to assist in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math

If you are interested in helping the students at our school, feel free to see the tax-deductible donation options: Business Partnership

Homework Sept. 28-Oct. 2

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1- Math Homework:  
*Complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds) on the worksheets that will be coming home in the homework folder on Monday Sept. 28 (No need to print anything out)
*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

3- Timed fluency practice worth 20 points. Click here: Timed 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:
are
they
with
be
his
REVIEW WORDS:
for
as
you
SENTENCE
He was sad.

SPELLING SENTENCE  5 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

**Note: Many cards are pictures, please encourage your child to spell as much of the word as they can. Pictures are used so the students will listen to the letter sounds rather than just look for the letter that matches their header.**