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Blue Homework Folders

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Parents and students, 

We felt the need to remind our students that their blue plastic Homework folders need to be turned in every single morning.  We are asking for your help in this.  Every morning work will be placed in their homework folders and every Friday all homework is collected and graded.  If homework is not turned in by Friday it will receive a 0 in the gradebook, unless the student has been excused absent.  In that case the student will have as many days as they were absent to turn in the missing work.  Thank you so very much for all that you do for your students to be successful, we are a team to facilitate in their learning.  Please help your child to remember their blue homework folder every day.

Reminders

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water bottleHot Weather + Recess = Thirsty First Graders!  🙂

Please send your child with a water bottle EACH DAY to keep in their cubbies (preferably one that doesn’t spill easily).   One drinking fountain with an entire class of students takes a lot of time and we want to make sure they are getting enough water. 

Headphones

HeadphonesWe will begin using computers next week.  If your child has not brought headphones to school yet we encourage you to send them as soon as possible. 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.  

Zoo Field Trip will be September 6th from 9:00am-1:00pm in order for your child to participate they must have permission from the yearly permission slip below. I am missing a few students permission from parents. I will send emails out of who is missing theirs. 

 Please sign the yearly permission slip CLICK HERE This gives your child permission to participate in all the activities and learning experiences this year. I also can’t stress enough the importance of paying the office the donations for the field trip and parties. We rely on these donations in order for those activities to take place. It is $15 for the year for our field trips and $12 for our class parties. That amount will take care of ALL the activities for the year. 

Return blue homework folders daily.  This is an opportunity for your student to practice being responsible.  

Scholastic Book Orders

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i love reading_boy3b_Happy Doodle ClassWe are excited to utilize the Scholastic Reading Club program in our classroom this year.  Ordering books for your children through this program gives our class points towards free books that your child will utilize in the classroom throughout the year.

Our first book order will be due Wednesday, August 31st.   The Scholastic Book order link is located on the sidebar of our class blog (look for the red box) or simply click here: Scholastic Reading Club.  Ordering online is fast and easy, our class activation code is: N8TKQ.  Online ordering allows you to shop all the books, not just the select books in the current flyer.

At Quest Academy we use Guided Reading to determine the level of our students reading ability.  Scholastic provides an option to shop by Guided Reading Level (GRL).  This is a great way to help provide your students with books that are on their reading level.  

Homework Folders

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Homework folders went home with your child in their backpacks today.  We are working at our students developing good habits of taking care of them for the entire year and returning them every single morning.  We were able to level all of our students on our take home reading books and that will begin in 2 weeks.  Please make sure to remind your students to bring them back every day as part of our morning routine.  We also will begin computer work next week and your students must have their over the head headphones labeled and at school.  We thoroughly enjoy your students and look forward to seeing them grow in learning this year.

Headphones

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We will begin using computers this week.  If your child has not brought headphones to school yet we encourage you to send them as soon as possible. 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.  

Thank you very much! :) 

Homework and Lunch

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homeworkHere is a quick glimpse at our upcoming homework start dates:

August 22-26: No Homework 
August 29-September 2:  Reading Log
(20-30 minutes reading per day)
September 5-9: Reading Log (20-30 minutes reading per day)


September 12-16:  Sort work homework begins
(Reading Log, Math & High Frequency words)

The blue homework folder has a page about the daily sort work, more information will come.  This does not begin until September 12.  Also, in the blue homework folder is the list of high frequency words.  Week 1 will be practiced and tested September 5-9.  Students need to be able to read and spell these words.

lunch boxLUNCH 
For those students bringing home lunch; Please spend some time this weekend helping your student practice independent lunch preparation.  For example; 
How to open containers and packages (i.e. opening pudding cups, putting straws in juice boxes, etc.)
How to properly and safely use a microwave (i.e. paper towel under food, how long to cook it, how to remove the hot food, what NOT to put in a microwave, etc.) 
How to prepare microwaveable meals. A common problem that occurs is children neglect to add water to microwaveable meals, like easy mac.  This results in burnt lunch, a stinky school, and a very sad child.
What to keep and what to throw away (i.e. keep tupperware, please throw away opened juice box even if not finished, etc.)

**Please remind your student, that for health reasons, students are NOT to share their food or take food from other students.  Thank you.

Home lunch students are welcome to purchase milk or chocolate milk.  Click here to add money to your child’s lunch account for purchasing school lunch or just milk:Quest Academy Lunch Payments

What’s for school lunch?  Click here to view the monthly menus: Quest Academy Lunch

Picture Day

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Picture dayPicture Day is Monday, August 22nd
Wear school UNIFORMS (in the Spring there will be a dress down picture day)
Look for the picture day flyer in your child’s  backpack.

You can pay online at: Bell Photographers
Online password is: questacad2016
Print your receipt & enclose in payment envelope (attached to flyer)

See flyer for additional payment options.  The flyer link: 
Quest Picture Day Flyer 2016

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 Click above for the link to pictures of our silent signals that we use in class. If you can practice these with your child as well as the classroom rules (See Class Disclosure) so they don’t forget that would be great! Also ask your child about the following rules: 

1. What happens when Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Hill sing “S.L.A.N.T.”? 
2. What happens after Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Hill say “Hands and Eyes?” 
3. Show me how you lock your arms and walk in the hallway?
4. What do they listen for when closing their glue and markers?

It was a GREAT first week! It is going to be hard for the next couple of weeks as they transition into full days. Talk to your child about eating ALL their lunch so they aren’t hungry and we will do plenty of brain breaks to keep them going. 
PLEASE HAVE YOUR STUDENT BRING THEIR BLUE FOLDERS BACK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY  (once they start to come home)! They will include the login information to Class Dojo to monitor your child’s behavior throughout the day. 

Reminders: 
*  Don’t forget to sign up for our class blog
*  Sign the Hogle Zoo Permission Slip Form
* Watch for the Volunteer Opportunities Form and Sign up. 

Reminders

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happyWe were SO excited to see so many of you at back to school night. There are a couple of things that we forgot to mention that we wanted to make sure you are aware. 

The first day of school, you are more than welcome to walk your child to the playground out back and remain with them until we come and pick them up.  We encourage this spot to say your goodbyes for the morning and give your well wishes for the day as per school policy.  We will then bring them into our class to begin our very busy week.  We appreciate your help and support with this policy. 

1. PLEASE decide on a meeting spot outside for you to meet your child after school. Make sure they stay in that spot until you come and find them. The first two weeks we will walk them out and stay with them however, after that we have HOV parking lot responsibilities in the back and won’t be able to stay with them. It gets busy at the end of the day and we want to make sure everyone is safe. We will typically meet on the 3rd set of windows.

2. Subscribing to the blog We can’t stress enough. This is our MAIN source of communication and when we update the blog you will receive an email of any and all updates. 

3. Please sign the yearly permission slip CLICK HERE This gives your child permission to participate in all the activities and learning experiences this year. We welcome any and all volunteer chaperones to these events.  We also can’t stress enough the importance of paying the office the donations for the field trip and parties. We rely on these donations in order for those activities to take place. It is $15 for the year for our field trips and $12 for our class parties. That amount will take care of ALL the activities for the year. 

4. If you paid the office $40 for the school supplies don’t forget you still need to purchase a backpack, water bottle, and a set of headphones. We will take care of the rest! 

See you all on tomorrow! 
Love, 
Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Hill

Back to School Night and the Zoo

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Pg6b_colorBack to School Night
Monday, August 15
5:30-7:30pm
For information about School Supplies click here:

School Supplies 2016-2017



Zoo EntranceMark your calendars now for our  Hogle Zoo field trip on Tuesday, September 6th 
Click here to complete our online Zoo field trip permission form: 

Zoo Permission Form

To see what’s new at Hogle Zoo click on the Zoo Entrance clipart picture.

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