The Christmas Hula performed by the first grade girls and the 2 Songs performed by the boys will be in the Q1 Gym on Thursday, December 18th. We are in need of parents to set up the chairs and to stay and help with our class party. All parents/grandparents are invited to attend the program. We are asking anyone who can to help set up chairs from 8-8:30am. We plan on bringing our classes down for the program at 8:45am. Thanks for all you do!
Our school is participating in one hour of coding this week! We are hoping to get into the lab on Monday to start the kids coding. The kids can code any time they would like to at home by clicking on the link “Coding Games” on my blog. They will learn their secret picture tomorrow and be able to log in at home or anywhere else. This is a very exciting opportunity and the kids really love it.
** Library day is back to our normal schedule Tuesday, December 9th –please send your child’s library books with them so that they can check out a new book **
Our Christmas party will be combining with Mrs. Fisher’s class in the Q1 gym on Thursday, December 18th at 8:45 a.m. Please mark it on your calendars. The kids have been working hard on their Christmas program numbers. If you can volunteer we would thoroughly welcome and enjoy it! More information will be rolled out on my blog soon.
In our class you are responsible to print the homework organizer, the weekly sort and the math sheets on Monday’s. Please staple together and return on Friday mornings. (If you would rather record the math homework answers on the back of one of the organizer sheets I will accept that also)
High Frequency Words/Sight Words for this week are listed below (due to the holiday time off I have added extra words for the next few weeks): them other more will into your which do Review words from last week: would people High Frequency Words Fluency Practice. This daily one-minute timed fluency reading will help your student become a fluent reader. It will also count for reading minutes. Click here: HFW Fluency Timing 11-12 We are continuing our differentiating word study program, Words their Way!
Click on the shape of your child’s group. On the outside of your child’s blue homework folder I have put the shape he or she is in for your convenience right next to their name. (please look at that so that you know what sort to do each day). Also, make sure you are asking for your child to look at their homework folder each night. Several children have been placing them back in their desks instead of taking them home each night.
Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
Tuesday: Speed Sort. Time your child three different times sorting their words and record each of the times in the lines provided above the grid. (Then have your child write their sort (using the grid on page 2 of the Homework Form). High frequency words written three times on the bottom in the lines provided.
Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.) Rainbow write the high frequency words for the week on the lines provided.
Thursday: Sort and glue (sort the words and glue them to the back of the Homework Form).
Your child should know their “Doubles” facts automatically (which makes “Near Double” facts easy and fast to figure out). If they are counting to figure out the answers to their doubles, they aren’t memorized. Please continue to practice as needed: Adding Doubles Adding Near Doubles
Our book fair is now closed. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our fairs! All our earnings from Scholastic go directly to our school libraries!
Remember, though the school fair is closed, our online book fair is still available until Dec 2. We have a much larger selection online and books will ship to the school for free.
No homework this week and remind your kiddo’s they’ll get a Hoot Point if they tell me what Charlie Brown character they saw in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. We’ll see you back on December 1st.
The Book Fair is coming! Here are the days and times:
Monday, November 17th through Thursday, November 20th Mondays-Wednesday, 8:00 am until 3:30 pm Thursday, 8:00 am until 6:30 (Parent Teacher Conference’s until 5:30pm)
BASKETS!! START NOW!!! Let’s get our donations to the classrooms and start sorting out our WINNING baskets! See attachment for further information. Teachers have had a week to decide on a theme and should be informing you soon. REMEMBER, there will be a contest in both buildings to determine the “People’s Choice” basket! The grade with the most popular basket will receive 25% of proceeds!
We have just over ONE week to get our baskets together and ready for display! All items must be collected at the school by the 12th of November. VOTING will begin November 17th!
First grade is putting together a “Christmas” Themed Basket. We are grateful for any and all donations that you are able to bring. The items are being collected in Mrs. Fisher’s classroom and must be in by November 11th.
Here is the list of suggested items to donate: Christmas Blanket Christmas/holiday books Christmas Scented Candles or Scentsy Blocks Hot Cocoa Mix Christmas Mugs Bag of marshmallows Sugar Cookie Mix Holiday Cookie Cutters Gingerbread House Kit Christmas CD’s Christmas DVD’s (Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street, Elf…any kids classics-Frosty, Rudolph, etc.) Christmas Block letters or decorations to display Wreath Advent Calendars or countdown blocks Table top tree Holiday M & M’s or other Christmas Candies Table Runner Wrapping Paper Christmas Cards Candy Canes Christmas Decorative Towels Christmas Ornaments Board and Electronic Games Lotions, Soaps, Bodysprays, etc. Gift Cards Jewelry Christmas Ties Christmas Socks Scarfs Slippers Any other gift that go with our theme
For those students who did not get their pictures taken on picture day and have not gotten an identification badge, make up day for pictures is this Friday, October 3rd. Watch in your children’s homework folder for the ordering information packet. I will send it home with your child if they do not have an ID badge yet.
Changes to the Parent/Teacher conferences policy made here at Quest Academy will now be held differently than they have in the past. Those we feel we most need to meet with at this time will receive an invitation to schedule an appointment for the upcoming September 25th conference. If you do not receive an invitation to make an appointment, but would still like to meet with us please feel free to let us know via email. If there are openings, we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Thank you for sharing your child with us. We truly have a great class and know that together we can help these children be successful.
