Upcoming Events:

• January 12– 2nd Term Ends- Report Cards available online in Aspire
• January 15– No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• January 16- Middle of Year Testing
• January 31-February 1- Parent Teacher Conferences and Early Out 1:10pm
• February 2– NO SCHOOL

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK…

Thanks for all who attended the rendezvous! It is SUPER fun to see the kids buying and selling their products. Over the holiday break encourage your child to read their classroom novel. The book is due back Jan 5. Merry Christmas and have a safe break 😉 See them back Jan 2nd.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the nice gifts! I have a great group of parents this year. You have filled in and helped every time I have needed anything. Your like little elves. I love all of your humans so much!

Quest families,

The time has come for us to select a yearbook cover for our 2023-24 elementary yearbook. We will be holding a Yearbook Cover Contest to select two students whose artwork will be featured on the front and back cover of the yearbook. This year, students can choose to do artwork that is created digitally or hand-drawn. Each entry must be brought in on a white 8 ½ X 11” paper, and include the school name along with the student’s first and last name in one corner. We will be looking for entries that represent this years theme which is “BE GREAT!” 

Entries are due by Friday, January 5, at 8:30 am.

List of digital art programs suitable for children: Adobe Fresco, Gimp, Krita, Artweaver Free, ArtRange, Sketchpad, Astropad Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Vectr, FireAlpaca, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Procreate, Tux Paint, Drawing for Children.

Feel free to call the school with any questions. 

Thank you, and happy drawing!

• December 12: Library DAY!
• December 12: Rendezvous projects are due. Please bring 30 items. Complete and sign Google permission slip.
• December 14: Quest Choir Performance-wear your hat and sweat shirt.
• December 14: School sing-a-long
• December 14: Wrapped gifts for our gift exchange are due ($5 or gently used item from home) Please send any extra ones you have for kids that don’t bring one in.
• December 14: 4th Grade Rendezvous 2:00-300pm (shopping will be as follows: students only from 2:00-2:30pm then families and friends from 2:30-3:00pm) Visitors will receive “complimentary” pelts to spend. Parents can watch the beginning half from the side lines.
• December 15:  4th grade Polar Express Party and class gift exchange 4th grade Free PJ day or School wide Dollar Dress Down Day! Our class will be watching the Polar Express. Send snacks and a drinks with your child. They will not share food. For the movie, they can bring a small blanket, stuffed animal, and pillow. These must be small enough to carry in a in a backpack.
• December 18-January 1: Winter Recess – see you back on Jan 2nd.

Rendezvous Kick-OFF activities starts tomorrow. To get the kids excited about participating in our rendezvous, we are going have a in-school field trip. This will be December 7 at 2:00. We will be having a mountain man come and teach us about what a rendezvous is. Additionally, he will explain more about mountain men and fur trading. This is part of our 4th grade Utah History study. This will be help at our school in the gym.

Upcoming Rendezvous-We will be having our annual fourth grade rendezvous (a.k.a. the economics fair) on Thursday, Dec 14th. It will be held in the Q1 Gym from 1:45-3:00. This is a fun activity for all who come! ALL are welcome including smaller siblings. THIS IS YOUR INVITE! Guests will receive complementary “pelts” at the door to spend too. Please fill out this form if you haven’t yet. Thanks

Upcoming Events:

• November 27-December 1: Mr Jeff Subbing
• December 2: Reindeer Run
• December 11: Rendezvous projects are due.
• December 13: Wrapped gifts due
• December 14: 4th Grade Rendezvous 1:45 – Choir performance at Quest Morning
• December 15: Dollar Dress Down-Polar Express Party
• December 18-January 1: Winter Recess

Math December 4-8: Equivalent Fractions Lesson #17. We have finished up Multi-Step Word Problems Lesson #10.

WE HAVE A SUB-November 27-Dec 1 Mr. Jeff will be subbing for me all week. I am heading out on an adventure to see the Great Pyramid of Giza. AND I get out of cooking Thanksgiving dinner-I dislike cooking. Please have a chat with your humans about the correct behavior to have during this week.

November 27-Dec 1: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON MORE WORD PROBLEMS (Multi-Step Word Problems Lesson #10). This is tricky math for some kids. We are spending two weeks on this standard.

ELA Unit #3, Weeks 3-4

Multi-Step Word Problems Lesson #10