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Weekly Reminders

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Image result for winter clip art1- FRIDAY:  Early out 1:00 pm
$1.00 Dress Down Day (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2-***Please don’t forget our POQA Fundraiser:   We have 2 days left to reach our first grade goal of 750 punch cards. In addition to squishies, if we meet our goal, we will provide bounce houses for field day based on our success. Here’s to a bouncing good time LOL!!!!

3- Turn in your Little Caesars order forms and money by FRIDAY, February 28th. 

5- Scholastic Book Order.  January book orders will be due on Friday, February 28th. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

Up Coming Events and Dates to Remember:
March 2: Dress up like your favorite Dr. Seuss character
March 2nd-4th Jr. Cheer Camp 3:30-4:30 (see flyer on our blog)
March 8: Change your clocks DAY LIGHT SAVINGS
March 16: Bring in your Leprechaun Traps
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day 
March 27: First Grade In house field trip: Farm to Table (Cheese and butter making demo) Thanks to our first grade Quest sponsor/partner.  More
information coming.
March 30-April 3 Spring Break

Clue

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Come find out whodunit at the Quest Academy Junior High’s Production of Clue. Tickets are on sale online, available for pick-up at the Will Call, through Tuesday, February 25th for $5/ticket or $20/family of five at http://www.questac.org/. They will also be available at the door for $6/ticket. Show times are Friday, February 28th and Saturday, February 29th, with a 7:00 P.M. curtain both nights, at Syracuse Arts Academy’s South Campus, 2893 W 1700 S, Syracuse, Utah. Concessions will be available for purchase as well as an opportunity to enter your guess for which character is the murderer, in which room, and with what weapon for a prize. 
 Shrek

Optional Review 2/24 – 2/28

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**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading, increase fluency, vocabulary, and spelling .  

Although we have optional reviews, we  STRONGLY encourage your children to read. Reading with and too your children, and reading as a family has shown to increase student vocabulary, spelling and fluency.  We have learned that the public library has a wonderful app to access amazing books online called Libby.
You can access the app information at this link:  Libby Link   By using your public library account, your students can log in and choose from thousands of books online for free to read to you, you to read to them, your family to read together, etc.  Audio books followed along also are a great source to develop this love for reading with your child as they follow along in the book.  

1- Optional Math Practice: 
  • The family letter below provides review in math that you can do with your student.  Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together.
  • This is the standard we are working on this week:IMG_3592                                    
  • This is the standard we worked on last week: Test will be on Tuesday, February 26th.IMG_9822
  • Language Arts this week:                                                                                                  Reading 20 minutes per day.  No need to submit minutes, but we strongly encourage you to make reading a priority. Reading comprehension strategy: Help your child read a story and then retell the events from the story in the correct order while they are focusing on the characters, setting, and events. As well as, making and confirming predictions.  
2-FLUENCY PASSAGE FOR THE WEEK: Here is the example.  I hope you and your student will find the information interesting, as well as helpful in preparing for future fluency testing.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RETURN THE FLUENCY PASSAGE.   It may take the entire 20 minutes to work through the passage on Monday. ALL the time your student spends on fluency counts toward their reading minutes.
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MONDAY:
1st- Using a yellow crayon or high lighter, have your student highlight each word in the passage they can read correctly without any help.
2nd- Go back through the passage and have a “Good MEATY Conversation” about the words they were unsure of or didn’t know. Talk about what strategies good readers can use to figure out the word. Here are a few suggestions…CVC if there is only one vowel, it USUALLY make the short vowel sound, CVCe-is there an /e/ at the end of the word that makes the first vowel say it’s name. Is there a vowel team that follows the rule…When vowel teams go a walking, the first one USUALLY does the talking  such as ee, ea, ai, oa, etc. Are there words within words like “ants” at the end of elephants…”and” in the word land…Go over the fact that they can skip the word and use the context of the sentence to help them figure out what the word is and if it makes sense.
3rd- Lastly, read the passage together,  then using the retell rope,  have your student tell you what they read in order of event of information.
TUESDAY – THURSDAY
*AGAIN* POINT OUT THE WORDS YOUR STUDENT KNOWS and then GO OVER THE ONES THAT ARE TRICKY.  Have them sound out words that follow “Regular Rules.” Time them for ONE, one minute timing each day to see how far they can read on their own. Their accuracy/fluency should increase each time they read the sentences.
WE are looking for how many words they are reading correctly out of how many they read and then what they can retell.
PLEASE use the Re-Tell Ropes below OR the one I sent home, whenever you are reading with your student checking for understanding.  THIS  HELPS STUDENTS PREPARE FOR OUR  LANGUAGE ARTS WORK AND DIBELS  TEST COMPREHENSION.

Non-Fiction Re-tell Rope 3Fiction Re-Tell Rope 3

















These are the high frequency words, vocabulary, phonics as well as other essential Language Arts skill we will be working on this week :
Unit 4 Week 5 Parent Newsletter

Crazy Bread Punch Cards!

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Hello wonderful Quest families! 
Breadsticks, Squishees, and gift cards, oh my!

The future of upcoming field trips, field day, after school clubs and other activities depends on you. 1,700 Little Caesar’s breadstick punch cards stand between us and our goal.  Each student needs only to sell three punch cards to put us there. As an added incentive, an adorable “Squishee” awaits elementary students for every three cards they sell.  There is a variety to choose from, so students can collect them all! 

For every three cards junior high students sell, they may put one ticket in a drawing for a $100.00 gift card.The top three classes, in number of cards sold, will win a pizza and ice cream party.Only one week remains before this opportunity is gone. 

Please post to your favorite social media, talk to friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, dog groomer, dance coach etc., and HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!

Thank you for helping make QUEST the BEST!

First and second grade are working together to reach 750 cards sold! If we reach our goal by February 28th, we will be having bouncy houses on field day!!

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Fundraiser Goal!

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The Little Caesars Fundraiser has been extended.  Orders are now due by February 28th.  Students can earn a squishy for every 3 cards sold. If needed, you can print the order form below. Thank you for your help and support. 

First and second grade are working together to reach 750 cards sold! If we reach our goal by February 28th, we will be having bouncy houses on field day!!

Please be aware that the funds we make from fundraisers help pay for school field trips, after school clubs and many other “fun extras” students enjoy. If we don’t raise enough money from fundraisers, and donations, many of these programs and trips will be discontinued. The bus rental cost for our Hogle Zoo field trip was over $900. The Ogden Nature center is over $350 dollars. I know it’s crazy. Again THANKS so much for all your support. QUEST IS THE BEST!!!
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Little Caeser’s Fundraiser–EXTENDED!

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WE ARE SELLING LITTLE CAESARS CRAZY BREAD AND SAUCE PUNCH CARDS FOR $10. EACH PASS HAS 10 PUNCHES TO GET FREE CRAZY BREAD AND SAUCE WITH EVERY PURCHASE. PLEASE RETURN THE ORDER FORM AND MONEY IN THE ENVELOPE BY FEBRUARY 28TH. IF NEEDED, YOU CAN PRINT THE ORDER FORM BELOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. 

For every three cards sold by elementary students, they will receive a prize. Dr. Dave and Mrs. Angelee introduced the prizes to the students Friday, and they seemed very excited to continue selling.  Students who had already sold three or more cards received them today. Students in the Jr. High will have their name entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card for every three cards sold. Also, the top three classes will win a pizza and ice cream party. Currently our class is in 6th place.  This weekend is a perfect time to hit up family and get those cards sold! 

The Little Caesars Breadstick cards are $10 and gives you 10 bags of breadsticks and crazy sauce. These usually cost over $4. This gives you a savings of over $30. Quest makes $7 off of every card students sell. The money raised for this fundraiser helps with field trips, field day, after school clubs and other school activities. These cards make great gifts for neighbors, friends, and family members. 

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Weekly Reminders

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1- FRIDAY:  Early out 1:00 pm
Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms.

2- Library Thursday- please return all libraries books in the morning. 

3- Valentine Day Friday, February 14th: Please DON’T WORRY about making a Valentine’s Day box for your student’s valentines. I always have the kids make a Valentines Day “Heart Boy/Girl” bag. They are so cute and the kids just love making them. We have have 25 students in our class. To make things easy, just have your student write FROM:________ (their name). As per Quest wellness policy, please don’t send  your student with food to hand out.

4- Valentine’s Day party: 
We will be partying it up from 11:30-12:50. Our class will rotate to Mrs. Vella’s class at approximately 12:10. We will be making Valentine’s Day hats and reading a story in Mrs. Vella’s class, and decorating cookies and playing a games in ours.  

PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO HELP ON VALENTINE’S DAY.  

5- Scholastic Book Order.  January book orders will be due on Friday, February 28th. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is NK8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

Upcoming Reminders

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1- FRIDAY:  Early out 1:00 pm
Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms.

2- Please support our POQA Little Caesars Pizza fundraiser. It’s a great way to save money on something you’re already buying and support our school at the same time. Money from fundraisers pay for class field trips, end of the year carnival, books and OH SO MUCH MORE!

3- Valentine Day Friday, February 14th: Please DON’T WORRY about making a Valentine’s Day box for your student’s valentines. I always have the kids make a Valentines Day “Heart Boy/Girl” bag. They are so cute and the kids just love making them. We have have 22 students in our class. To make things easy, just have your student write FROM:________ (their name). As per Quest wellness policy, please don’t send  your student with food to hand out.

4- Valentine’s Day party: We will be partying it up from 11:30-12:50. Our class will rotate to Mrs. Vella’s class at approximately 12:10. We will be making Valentine’s Day hats and reading a story in Mrs. Vella’s class, and decorating cookies and playing a games in ours.  

PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO HELP ON VALENTINE’S DAY.  

5- Scholastic Book Order.  January book orders will be due on Friday, February 28th. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is NK8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club


Upcoming dates:
February 5- 100 days of school
February 10- Little Caesar’s Fundraiser orders due
February 14- Valentine’s Party starting at 11:30-12 55 (approximately) volunteers welcome
February 17- NO SCHOOL (President’s Day)