Quest Families,

Happy Halloween! We are excited for our annual elementary Halloween Parade that will take place on Tuesday, October 31^st, which is also a short day. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes. For those who would like to watch the parade, please plan on bringing camping chairs or blankets to sit along the outside of either Q1 or Q2 (see attached map—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit). Please note that afternoon kindergarten families will receive information from their child’s teacher regarding their parade. Also, though Q2 students are welcome to dress up, their participation in the parade will be limited to watching the elementary students. 

Costume guidelines:

Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks, but masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). No one should enter the school wearing a mask. Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). If you have questions about costume accessories, please contact us. Just to reiterate, no blood or gore, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed.

Quest Administration

The fundraiser kicked off today. Watch the video below to see what’s in the packet and how to fill it out. The fundraiser will end Sept. 26.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• . Monday – Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kickoff
• Friday – Reading Test (Identify the Main idea & Key Details)
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 26 – Uniform Picture Day
• Oct. 11-13 : Fall Break – No School

Reading in Class: What happens when families work together?

STRATEGY: We will be asking and answering questions as we read, so we can identify the main idea and key details of a text.

PHONICS: short i and long i (i_e)

Math in Class: We tested on graphs this past Friday (look for tests to come home this week). This week we will be learning different strategies to add 2-digit numbers. We will most likely test on this standard on Friday, 09/22.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade. I have sent 2 weekly passages home this week with your students with the weekly dates on top as I will be out of the country until October 5th.

Today in science we learned about how animals communicate and especially dolphins. We were all so excited to learn about dolphins and wanted to know more! Click this link to go to Clearwater Aquarium to learn more: Clearwater Aquarium

• Friday – Reading Test (Describe the characters response to a problem)
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 18 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser kicks off
• Sept. 26 – Uniform Picture Day

Reading in Class: How do friends depend on each other?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing the characters and how the characters respond to challenges.

PHONICS: short a and long a (a_e)

High Frequency Words: another, done, into, move, now, show, too, water, year, your

Math in Class: We will be learning about bar graphs and picture graphs.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.