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Homework 10/22 – 10/26

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Homework this week is due on Friday, October 26th:

1- Math Homework: 
  • A letter titled “Dear Family” will be sent home in your child’s green take-home-folder tomorrow (Monday).  This week’s math activity is a review of the same math activity from last week. Please have your student review it as the students still need some extra work on it.  It provides an activity to do together.  Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together. If you need a replacement, here is the letter below: Screen Shot 2018-10-20 at 11.07.30 PMScreen Shot 2018-10-20 at 11.07.49 PM
  • ***Parents, please WRITE YOUR SIGNATURE on the math homework, indicating you did this activity with your child**
*These are due on Friday.  When students return this letter with their name and a parent signature (indicating a parent read it and did the activity with their child), the student will be entered into our treasure chest drawing. 

2- Daily Reading Fluency (available in the Green Homework folders on Mondays). Please complete both sides of the Leveled Daily Reading Fluency assignment. One of the benefits of the leveled readers is the opportunity we have to adjust to meet individual student needs. Feel free to write a note if the reading passage is not a good fit for your student (too easy or too hard). Please consider both reading fluency and reading comprehension when requesting a more challenging passage. 
 
3- 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.
 
Below is what we are working on this week in language arts: 
Unit 2 Week 1 Parent Newsletter

Canned Food Drive

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karaokeAs a school, we are well on our way to surpassing our goal of 10,000 cans/items for the canned food drive. Because we have already passed the 5,000 can mark, students earned karaoke during their lunch on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please indicate below if your student is interested in participating. Interested students will be randomly selected to sing during their lunch time. Hopefully, everyone who wants to participate will have the chance to sing on at least one of those days. Thanks again for your kindness and generosity. 

Please click here to indicate if your child would like to sing: Karaoke Lunch

Weekly Reminders

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Pumpkin 71– FRIDAY:  
   Homework due
*Bring 5 or more food cans or $2 for Dress Down Day  (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2- Please look for BOX TOPS on the items you use every day, then clip and send to school.

3- Scholastic Book Order.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

Upcoming:  
Fall Break/No School: Wednesday- Friday, October 17-19th

Parent Teacher Conferences: 4-8pm on Tuesday, October 23 and Thursday, October 25.  

1st Grade Mad Scientist Art Club

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Our first grade Mad Scientist/Art Club is about to begin! Madscientist

Club will meet from 3:00-3:45 on the following Mondays: Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 26, Dec. 3 and Dec. 10.  Pick up near the front doors of Q1 is at 3:45 sharp!  The fee for this club will be $5.

Admission into the club is limited to 40 students and will be on a first come, first serve basis. The first 40 contracts turned in to the Q1 office starting Wednesday, October 10th, will be accepted.  The office will not accept applications before October 10th.  We will inform those who have been selected and you will have until October 23rd to turn in your fee or forfeit your space.  (Rules stated in the contract must be followed for continuation of club involvement).

To print the Club Application/Contract, click on the link below:

Mad Scientist:Art Club Contract

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Doubles

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In the next few days, our math includes “DOUBLES” problems.  Here is our doubles rap and doubles “pictures” we are starting to learn.  Use these to help start memorizing your doubles!
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Here’s how we’re making mental pictures of our doubles
2 + 2 = 4      Picture a wagon with 2 wheels on each side and 4 wheels total
3 + 3 = 6      Picture a 6 pack of soft drinks, with 3 cans on each side
4 + 4 = 8      Picture a spider with 4 legs on each side and 8 legs total
5 + 5 = 10   Picture 5 fingers on each hand and 10 fingers total
6 + 6 = 12   Picture a dozen of eggs with 6 eggs in each row and 12 eggs total
7 + 7 = 14   Picture two weeks on a calendar with 7 days in each week and 14 days total
8 + 8 = 16   Picture a 16 pack of crayons with 8 crayons in each row and 16 crayons total
9 + 9 = 18   Picture a semi (18 wheeler) with 9 wheels on each side and 18 wheels total
10 + 10 = 20  Picture all your fingers and toes for a total of 20

Here is also another doubles rap link we have used in class: 
Doubles Rap Song


Homework 10/8 – 10/12

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Homework this week is due on Friday, October 1st:

1- Math Homework: 
  • A letter titled “Dear Family” will be sent home in your child’s green take-home-folder tomorrow (Monday).  This week’s math activity is a review of the same math activity from last week. Please have your student review it as the students still need some extra work on it.  It provides an activity to do together.  Please read the letter and invite your child to share what they know about the concept by doing the activity together. If you need a replacement, here is the letter below: Screen Shot 2018-10-07 at 12.26.18 PMScreen Shot 2018-10-07 at 12.26.34 PM
  • ***Parents, please WRITE YOUR SIGNATURE on the math homework, indicating you did this activity with your child**
*These are due on Friday.  When students return this letter with their name and a parent signature (indicating a parent read it and did the activity with their child), the student will be entered into our treasure chest drawing. 

2- Daily Reading Fluency (available in the Green Homework folders on Mondays). Please complete both sides of the Leveled Daily Reading Fluency assignment. One of the benefits of the leveled readers is the opportunity we have to adjust to meet individual student needs. Feel free to write a note if the reading passage is not a good fit for your student (too easy or too hard). Please consider both reading fluency and reading comprehension when requesting a more challenging passage. 
 
3- 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.
 
Below is what we are working on this week in language arts: 
Unit 1 Week 5 Parent Newsletter