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Weekly Reminders
1– TUESDAY: Library Day
*Library books due if checked out
2-FRIDAY:
*Homework due
*Spelling and sort test
3- Scholastic Book Order due February 29th. Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books. Orders can be sent to school or click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club
4- Thank you to all of you who have donated. We have received 5 VIP passes to The Rush Funplex, 10 Movie Grille Passes, Mazerunner DVD, Restaurant Gift Card, Cookie Mixes, Playground ball, and Spa Certificates.
MANY donations are still needed to fill our 1st Grade STEM Gala basket. Anything goes on this! Anything, and I mean anything big or small ties into Family Fun. Please help us make an amazing basket by donating whatever you can.
Click here for more information: Family Fun Gala Basket
5– Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.
6- 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
7- I have two spots left if you would like to meet with me for Parent Teacher Conferences for February, please click here for the Sign up.
February Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up
8- Don’t forget that our VALENTINE’S PARTY is Friday, February 12th from 1:30-2:45pm. Please make your $2 donation as soon as possible to the office for the treats, prizes, drinks, etc. If you would like to help for the party we would love your assistance. Our room will be making a cute heart hat craft and decorating them. We appreciate any who can help that day.
*Library books due if checked out
2-FRIDAY:
*Homework due
*Spelling and sort test
3- Scholastic Book Order due February 29th. Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books. Orders can be sent to school or click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club
4- Thank you to all of you who have donated. We have received 5 VIP passes to The Rush Funplex, 10 Movie Grille Passes, Mazerunner DVD, Restaurant Gift Card, Cookie Mixes, Playground ball, and Spa Certificates.
MANY donations are still needed to fill our 1st Grade STEM Gala basket. Anything goes on this! Anything, and I mean anything big or small ties into Family Fun. Please help us make an amazing basket by donating whatever you can.
Click here for more information: Family Fun Gala Basket
5– Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.
6- 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
7- I have two spots left if you would like to meet with me for Parent Teacher Conferences for February, please click here for the Sign up.
February Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up
8- Don’t forget that our VALENTINE’S PARTY is Friday, February 12th from 1:30-2:45pm. Please make your $2 donation as soon as possible to the office for the treats, prizes, drinks, etc. If you would like to help for the party we would love your assistance. Our room will be making a cute heart hat craft and decorating them. We appreciate any who can help that day.
100th Day Celebration!
We had so much fun today learning how many things we can do in 100 seconds, writing about what our birthday party would be like when we turn 100, drawing portraits of our 100-year-old-selves, and sharing what 100 items looks like. Here is a picture of our 100 day smarter hats we made.
Family Fun STEM Gala Basket Donations
We have had some awesome parents donate two very large baskets for us for our STEM Gala Auction Basket. BUT—we still need many donations to continue to fill it.
It’s competition time! The 1st grade team will be making a Family Fun Activity Basket. To make this happen, we need some donations from family/friends. Feel free to ask companies for donations, purchase items, or re-gift items. Nothing is too small or too great. The baskets will be auctioned off via a Silent Auction in conjunction with our Gala! Baskets will be on display prior to the event in the lobby area of Q1. The basket donations are due no later than Friday, February 19th. The STEM Gala is March 21st.
Thank you so much for all of your support! With a little help we can put together the best basket and win! The ideas are endless and there is no idea that we can think of you could donate that wouldn’t fit into our basket theme. If you know any businesses that you can ask for donations that would be great as well! The Rush Funplex has already donated 5 VIP All Day Passes for our basket! All it takes is a phone call.
Below is a list of suggested items to donate:
Games: board games, card games, electronic hand held games, wordsearch books, coloring books, etc.
Baking items: Cookie mixes, cake mixes, cookie decorating tools, aprons, kids cookbook
Movies/DVD’s: Kid friendly dvd’s or gift cards to Movie theaters or Netflix, Redbox Codes, movie theater mugs
Gift cards: Ice cream shops, sporting events, Fat Cats Card, Sparetime or Fun Plex Gift Cards, Boondocks card, Fast Kart passes, College or Professional Sports Events, High School Sporting Events or Drama/Musical Event tickets, etc.
Ice Cream Bar Supplies: Ice Cream toppings, cute dessert dishes, ice cream/dessert maker, etc.
Zaxby’s and Amazon Give Back
Zaxby’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 flyerNew 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!
Tower of Books Challenge
The library is doing a fun incentive program this year, the Tower of Book Challenge. We encourage you to participate. Let’s see how high our book stack can go! First Step– Print the challenge form:
Tower of Books Challenge
Second Step– Read 5 books from the listed categories
Third Step– Bring the challenge form WITH parent signature to the library (before or after school)
Fourth Step- Assemble the foldable paper book you will receive from the librarian
Fifth Step– Return assembled paper book, receive a PRIZE and begin again
Book Categories (choose any 5)
1 Alphabet book
1 Story that rhymes
1 Book of poems
1 Fairy tale
1 Magazine article
1 Book from a series you have not read
1 Mystery
1 Holiday
2 “Non-fiction” books on the same topic
Reminders
1- Check your child’s blue folder nightly.
2- Please dress your child properly for the weather. We strongly recommend labeling coats, gloves, etc.
3- TUESDAY: Library day- Please make sure your child’s library book is returned Tuesday morning.
4- FRIDAY:
Homework due
Spelling and sort test
5- Please help your student answer the Question of the Week on our blog. Each student will have an opportunity to post a question throughout this school year. This will be part of their technology grade and is part of our technology standards. Click here: Question of the Week
6- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.
7- How is your moon watching coming along? Click here for more information: Moon Watcher’s Journal.
8- Our Scholastic Book Order is due November 19th. 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
We are using a LOT of bandaids in our class this year. Because of the high demand our supplies are running out. If you are able, we would appreciate donations of bandaids. I would prefer plain, non-colorful/pictured bandaids…just plain, boring bandaids.
THANK YOU!
Headphones
There are a few students who no longer have working headphones, or have never brought headphones. We use our headphones EVERY SINGLE DAY, often all at the same time, and we do not allow students to borrow other students’ headphones because of liability in case they are broken, etc. We also recommend over the head phones to cancel out surrounding noise.
Will you please ask your child if she/he has a working set of headphones at school, and, if not, could you please send a pair of headphones with your child to school as soon as possible? Thank you very much!
Last but not least (sorry so much) Please send your child with a plain, but clean sock that is not being used at home whether old or too small for your child to use as an eraser. We are going through enormous amounts of tissues being used as erasers. With it being cold season I would like to make sure we have plenty of tissues on hand. Thanks!!
2- Please dress your child properly for the weather. We strongly recommend labeling coats, gloves, etc.
3- TUESDAY: Library day- Please make sure your child’s library book is returned Tuesday morning.
4- FRIDAY:
Homework due
Spelling and sort test
5- Please help your student answer the Question of the Week on our blog. Each student will have an opportunity to post a question throughout this school year. This will be part of their technology grade and is part of our technology standards. Click here: Question of the Week
6- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.
7- How is your moon watching coming along? Click here for more information: Moon Watcher’s Journal.
8- Our Scholastic Book Order is due November 19th. 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
We are using a LOT of bandaids in our class this year. Because of the high demand our supplies are running out. If you are able, we would appreciate donations of bandaids. I would prefer plain, non-colorful/pictured bandaids…just plain, boring bandaids. THANK YOU!
Headphones
There are a few students who no longer have working headphones, or have never brought headphones. We use our headphones EVERY SINGLE DAY, often all at the same time, and we do not allow students to borrow other students’ headphones because of liability in case they are broken, etc. We also recommend over the head phones to cancel out surrounding noise. Will you please ask your child if she/he has a working set of headphones at school, and, if not, could you please send a pair of headphones with your child to school as soon as possible? Thank you very much!
Last but not least (sorry so much) Please send your child with a plain, but clean sock that is not being used at home whether old or too small for your child to use as an eraser. We are going through enormous amounts of tissues being used as erasers. With it being cold season I would like to make sure we have plenty of tissues on hand. Thanks!!
Reminders
1- Check your child’s blue folder nightly. 2- Please dress your child properly for the weather. We strongly recommend labeling coats, gloves, etc.
3- TUESDAY: Library day- Please make sure your child’s library book is returned Tuesday morning.
4- FRIDAY:
Homework due
Spelling and sort test
5- Please help your student answer the Question of the Week on our blog. Each student will have an opportunity to post a question throughout this school year. This will be part of their technology grade and is part of our technology standards. Click here: Question of the Week
6- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.
7- How is your moon watching coming along? Click here for more information: Moon Watcher’s Journal.
8- Our Scholastic Book Order is due November 19th. 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
Homework 10/18-10/22
There will be ONLY reading homework this week due to it being the end of term and short week. However, your child can practice with base ten lesson information at home if they like.
Our Class Halloween Party is Friday, October 30 at 11:30am. We are requesting a $2 donation to help pay for the party treats and supplies. You may pay at the Q1 office or online: Quest Online Payments (please enter the amount of your choice in the OTHER box).
If your child is allergic to sugar cookies, frosting, decorating candies, etc., please arrange to have your child bring a treat for themselves on the day of our Halloween party in lieu of providing a donation. Thank you!
Also, please sign the below permission slip for our Halloween Party if you have not done so already:
Halloween Party Permission Slip
1- No Math Homework this week:
NOTE: Lesson 8 is tricky and your child may need your extra support! If your child is struggling, have them draw base ten cubes (the orange “rods” and “ones” in the example). Have them draw an extra ten rod when they need “ten more” or cross off/erase a ten rod when they need “ten less”. If you have some crafter’s plastic mesh, it can be cut into tens and ones to be used as a manipulative.
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.
High Frequency Words for this week are:
not
have
this
by
were
REVIEW WORDS:
they
with
from
SENTENCE
They are on the rug.
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.)
Our Class Halloween Party is Friday, October 30 at 11:30am. We are requesting a $2 donation to help pay for the party treats and supplies. You may pay at the Q1 office or online: Quest Online Payments (please enter the amount of your choice in the OTHER box).
If your child is allergic to sugar cookies, frosting, decorating candies, etc., please arrange to have your child bring a treat for themselves on the day of our Halloween party in lieu of providing a donation. Thank you!
Also, please sign the below permission slip for our Halloween Party if you have not done so already:
Halloween Party Permission Slip
1- No Math Homework this week:
NOTE: Lesson 8 is tricky and your child may need your extra support! If your child is struggling, have them draw base ten cubes (the orange “rods” and “ones” in the example). Have them draw an extra ten rod when they need “ten more” or cross off/erase a ten rod when they need “ten less”. If you have some crafter’s plastic mesh, it can be cut into tens and ones to be used as a manipulative.
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.
High Frequency Words for this week are:
not
have
this
by
were
REVIEW WORDS:
they
with
from
SENTENCE
They are on the rug.
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.)
Reminders
1- Please help your student answer the Question of the Week on our blog. Each student will have an opportunity to post a question throughout this school year.2– WEDNESDAY: Wear Uniform
Reading Log due
Early out 1:00pm
3- FALL BREAK- No School
Thursday and Friday this week
4- Next Thursday, Oct 29:
330 Kaylee, 340 Kathlyn, 350 Brynn, 400 Leah, 410 Adalai, 420 Bryton,
430 Tenaya, 440 Jessica, 450 Spencer, 500 Isabella, 510 Saelim,
520 Tegan, 530 Rosa
5- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops & Campbell’s labels
6- Keep working on your moon watchers journal.
7- Our Class Halloween Party is Friday, October 30 at 11:30am. We are requesting a $2 donation to help pay for sugar cookies, supplies to decorate the cookies, and party supplies. You may pay at the Q1 office or online: Quest Online Payments (please enter the amount of your choice in the OTHER box).
If your child is allergic to sugar cookies, frosting, decorating candies, etc., please arrange to have your child bring a treat for themselves on the day of our Halloween party in lieu of providing a donation. Thank you!
If you have not completed the online permission form please do so now: Halloween Party PERMISSION FORM
8- Our Scholastic Book Order is due October 23rd. Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books. Last month we earned a set of leveled non-fiction 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