Mad Scientist Art Club

We will be starting the second session (of two sessions) of our first-grade club in November.  This will be an after-school science and art club.  Club will meet every Tuesday from November 14th to December 12th. The club contract is posted below.

Club contracts will need to be turned in to the Q1 office beginning November 3rd.  The last day contracts payments will be accepted is November 8th.
Admission into the club is limited to 20 students and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  art-science

The first 20 contracts turned in to the office will be accepted.  We will contact you if your child has been accepted.  If your child is accepted, there will be a $5 fee, along with rules that must be followed for continuation of club involvement.  The $5 fee will be due by November 8th, otherwise your child will forfeit his/her place in the club.

Club will be every Tuesday from 3:00-3:45.  Pick up is at 3:45 sharp!  Students will participate in a variety of science experiments and art activities. 


For a printable version of the Club Application/Contract, click on the picture or link below: 
 
Mad Scientist Club Application
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Homework for Week October 30-November 3rd

This week we are simply asking that you read 20 minutes each night and have your child get on and play prodigy for at least 10 minutes. They should know their prodigy username and password. If not please let Mrs. Bischoff know and she can send it to you. We ask that you initial each day that your child read their 20 minutes and completed their 10 minutes on Prodigy and return the tracker on Friday. Homework folders and baggy books will not be going home this week. 

PRINT THIS Homework Tracker 

Halloween Parade, Party, & Weekly Reminders

happy halloweenHalloween Parade and Party (Tuesday, Oct. 31)

The Quest Academy Halloween Parade will begin at 9:00am. Parents are welcome to watch the parade as students walk through the Q2 gym.

We are having a Halloween Party at 11:30. If you didn’t sign up to help, but would still like to volunteer, please let us know.  Our classroom will host a Halloween treat and drink and it’s always nice to have extra hands :) 


We are requesting a $12 donation for the three holiday parties we will host this year (Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s).  These donations help pay for party costs such as; sugar cookies and supplies to decorate the cookies.  You may pay $4 for the Halloween party or you may pay the complete party donation of $12 now at the Q1 office


Costume Guidelines:
Please note that costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Though students may paint their faces, masks and weapons are not allowed. Anything that depicts violence is banned (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed.

Pg24c_color1– FRIDAY:  
  Homework due
 Bring 5 or more food cans for Dress Down Day Friday 
(Our class currently has 127 cans- we want to beat out Mrs. Hills/Teichert’s class- they have 238 so far).  ;o) 

2- Upcoming:  
Early Out- Tuesday, October 31st
No School- Wednesday, November 1st 

3- We are requesting a $4 donation to help pay for sugar cookies, supplies to decorate the cookies, and other party supplies.  You are welcome to donate $12 for all three holiday parties now (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s).  

4- Scholastic Book Order.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQScholastic Book Club

Halloween 1st Grade Party

Dear Parents, 

As part of our Halloween celebrations, we will be having our 1st grade party following the Halloween parade.  Our classroom will be providing the treat, drink, and game for all of the 1st graders.  

As of yesterday, only 8 of our students have had their $12 party donations made to the school.  We can’t make these fun events for our students without these much needed donations for parties and field trips (field trip donations are $15 for the year).  Please make your donations to the office if you haven’t already done so. 

Below is a list of items that you may donate for our cookie decorating activity for the Halloween Party.  The item need to be returned to the school no later than Monday, October 30th.  

Thank you so much for helping make a memorable, fun learning experience for our students!  We couldn’t do this without your continued support! Thank you!!!! 

Halloween Donation Sign Ups

Homework for Week 10/23-10/27

Homework this week is due on FRIDAY, October 27th:

PRINT THIS Homework Tracker 

1- Math Homework:  
  • Worksheets: Please look in your child’s green folder on Tuesday for worksheets with concepts that have been taught in class.  The purpose of this homework is for a quick review, some practice, and a chance for parents to see what their child is learning in math.  Please complete every other problem (alternate between evens and odds so your child gets practice doing story problems AND “Vocabulary Check”/ “Test Practice” problems each week).  If your child wants to do every problem they are certainly free to do so! :) Please help your child read the directions/example problems and allow them to talk about the problems as they figure out the answers. 
  • Math Fluency Timings: Click on the link to see where your child is at on math timings.Then print the page of timing they are working on. Addition and Subtraction Fluency Timings. Print the page they are working on and put it in a sheet protector in your child’s green folder. Time them for 1 minute and 15 seconds twice. Have them use an expo to write their answers that way you can reuse sheets. 

  • HARDER TIMINGS: Once your child passes off all the timings through Subtraction Mixed B. You will need to print the first page on this new math fact sheet 0-18 facts. Their goal is to pass off 3 lines in 1 minute and 15 seconds. Until the whole page is complete.  Once they pass off the whole sheet without missing any and getting 3 lines in a row at a time. (Yes there is one extra row on the page) They will go onto another set of timings. 

**LANGUAGE ARTS HOMEWORK** 

We are working on the -un, -ut, -ug word families this week.  We continue focusing on characters (who), setting (where), and events (what) when retelling their stories, as well as sequencing with first, next, then, and finally. Singular and plural nouns and beginning contractions are a focus this week as well.  

1- Daily Reading Fluency (available in the Green Homework folders). Please complete both sides of the Leveled Daily Reading Fluency assignment. 
A Reading for All Learners (Baggy Book) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least two-three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. These are meant to be easier than your students level to work on their sight word and fluency. 

2- Reading 20 minutes per day.  Track your daily reading minutes on the homework tracker sheet.  Make reading every single day a priority.  Ask your students questions using the retell rope visual below.  It’s also a good idea to time your child every single day for one minute on the same story every week in preparation for the benchmark Dibels testings throughout the year.  

3-New Activity. It is so very important to practice timed readings with our students.  We have added this additional component to the reading homework. 
This activity should be completed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  It is not necessary to fill out a Homework Form for this week’s homework – I trust that you will do it. These extra phonics fluency stories are for extra practice.  Please record the words per minute from the timings off of your students reading homework story sent home in their green homework folders. 

  1. Please record the fluency time of words per minute on the homework tracker from their reading homework stories sent home in their green homework folders.  
  2.  Complete a one-minute timed reading and record your score on the Homework Form. Feel free to use this online timer: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/timer/1minute/ Find your score by subtracting the number of incorrect words read from the total number of words read in one minute (for instance, if you read 98 words, but read 5 of the words incorrectly, your score would be 93).   
  3. Re-tell the story with as much detail as possible, and in your own words, to a parent, using the guidelines described below:

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














3- Phonics and High Frequency Words Homework. Practice using any method of your choice to prepare for the weekly spelling test. Click here for some practice ideas: Spelling Study Activities.

Phonics Spelling List:

run
fun
nut
cut
bug
rug
men
head
could
one

High Frequency Words:
 

live
then
three

**If your child is absent please have them complete a Waterford session and do a few activities on Wonders. The activities on Wonders are connected to our daily lessons. Thank you.  

Click here to access Waterford: 
Waterford
Click here to access Wonders: 
Wonders