Reading Homework


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No homework reading passages due for this upcoming week. I will still be sending them home in the green folders if the students would like to read them, but they are not required to be returned.  

Beginning January, our reading homework is changing to Raz-Kids.

Raz-Kids is an online leveled-reading program. Students can listen to books, read books, record themselves reading the books, take short quizzes to check for comprehension, and personalize their robot and rocket in the Star Zone.

To access the program simply click here: RAZ-KIDS
Teacher login: nelson1st
Password: (will be attached to student’s green homework folder)

Reminders


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1-
 FRIDAY:  
   Homework due

 *Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)

2- On Friday, December 14th we will have our First Grade Winter Party 11:40am-1:15pm.  If you have not yet paid your yearly party donations please do so to the office.  All volunteers are welcome to come help.  We will be rotating through all 5 of the 1st grade classes.  

3- Amazon shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/26-0198425 and AmazonSmile donates to Quest Academy at no extra cost to you.

Upcoming events:

Growth Monitoring- December 11-12 (sleep well, eat a good breakfast)
Pajama Day- December 12th
Christmas Sing-along- December 14th (in the morning)
Christmas Party- December 14th (after lunch)
Winter Break- December 15-January 2 (no school)



Winter Party December 14th

If you have not yet paid your $14 donation to the office for our 1st grade parties (this covers all school wide and year end parties and celebrations for the entire school year), please do so as soon as possible.  Thank you in advance.  

Our Winter Party will be Friday, December 14th from 11:40am – 1:15pm.
ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME AND VOLUNTEER…
Please let me know if you can come and help with the fun in our classroom. 

ALL Students will visit each 1st grade classroom for a fun activity. 
Below are the current planned activities:
Vella- Snowman Hats (No Food)
Knight- Service Members Christmas Cards (No Food)
Nelson- Hidden Picture Game (No Food)
Hills/Tiechert- Christmas Bingo Game (No Food)
Gieseke- Grinch (whipped cream, M&M, pretzel)

APPROXIMATE Rotation times are as follows:
11:40-11:55
12:00-12:15
12:20-12:35
12:40-12:55
1:00-1:15
 

A Message from our Librarian

What is our Global Community?

Each year in the Q1 library, we like to encourage students to share their family’s heritage during our Global Literacy week.  In year’s past we’ve done a Diversity Quilt, which showed family traditions & flags representing the family’s origins.  We’ve also done a “Peace” wall to show the different languages in which our diverse population of students would say the word Peace.  This year I would like to display on a map where our students come from.  Show them a visual of our “Global Community” here at Quest.  By doing this we would like to know what State or Country your student was born, or if your student would prefer, where their family originates from.  We will then put their name on a “sticky” arrow & place them on the map.  I think this will be a fun way to show how diverse our student population is here in West haven, Utah. 

For responding, your students name will also be entered into a drawing to win a small prize here in the library.  There will be one winner per class.

It really is fun to see where we all originate from & have the students start thinking a little more Globally.  Also possibly finding a kinship with students from the same areas of the world.   

Thank you for participating! 
Here is the link to fill out your information.

Mrs. Anderson

Q1 Librarian

Weekly Reminders

1- FRIDAY:  
   Homework due
$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- “Reindeer Run” this Saturday, December 1st. Register here: 
Reindeer Run Registration

3- Scholastic Book Order.  BOOKS make great CHRISTMAS presents! Orders due by this Friday, November 30th for delivery before our break. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQScholastic Book Club

Weekly Reminders

1- FRIDAY:  
   Homework due

**Dollar Dress Down for the Angel Tree tomorrow.  Your student may dress down for a donation of $1 or more tomorrow.  

 *Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).

2- “Reindeer Run” Register here: 
Reindeer Run Registration

3- Scholastic Book Order.  BOOKS make great CHRISTMAS presents! Orders due by Friday, November 30th for delivery before our Christmas break. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQScholastic Book Club


Upcoming: Thanksgiving Break
**No School: Monday-Friday, November 19-23**