"Only as a Warrior can one survive the path of knowledge!"

Here’s what’s happening in August!

*August 16 – Back to School Night 5:30 – 7:30 ( Come meet me and check out your new classroom. You can bring your personal supplies and put them in your desk, and also drop off the donations for the classroom. I will have a short power point to introduce our classroom and things to look forward to in the coming year!

*August 19 – First day of school (Short day) students will be out at 1:00 pm. This is a change from last year. So be sure to pick kiddos up at 1:00. 

*August 19 – 23  – All Short Day schedule. Please pick up at 1:00 pm.

* August will be the month of assessment and classroom procedures. Helping the students get back into routine is so important for the year’s success rate. It is important for me to see exactly where my students are coming in at and move from there. I do my best to teach and coach at an individual level. Our assessments that we use at Quest are all research based and highest effect of growth for our students. 
 
* I have a few volunteer hours for certain times. This will not begin until mid – September, but if you want to do volunteer hours at home, I will have A LOT of lamination that will need to be cut out or books that may need to be bound. If this is something you are interested in. Please email me, and I will get that stuff to you! Thanks again for the support you give to our classroom.

*September 2 – Labor Day – No School

See you soon… 5th grade…Here we go!

I am so excited to be your teacher next year! But until then… just so you know, I have my list for what you will need next year! I also want you to do one of the MANY reading challenges out there! I have the links on a previous post! 
READ READ READ~~~ xoxoxoxo

Dear Parents – There will be an email sent out from the administration about teacherease and accessing the students fourth quarter grades. The report cards will be sent home tomorrow, since some students won’t be returning the final three days of school. I will be sending home a report card that is from “Aspire” the old program. We have not been using this program until this final report card. On it will ONLY be their Mastery level for the ENTIRE year. Which is their mastery of each subject of Math, ELA (reading, writing, language), and Science. The PRIDE or citizenship grades are all Satisfactory on the report card. On teacherease you will see their end of level grade for citizenship. I had MANY students receive Honors and wanted their parents to see it on teacherease, but we didn’t do that on aspire. Sorry if there is any confusion.
I will also send home their final SEP form, this will show their progress through out the year. I am so proud of these students. They had a lot of new programs to face and testing strategies different from previous years. They did awesome and it shows. I will miss all of them. Thank you for letting me be apart of theirs and your lives. Have a fabulous summer and enjoy 6th grade!
Love,
Mrs. Young

PS – to put in simple terms – 
Sent home report cards – Aspire- ONLY final mastery grade- NO citizenship
On line report cards – teacherease – All grades, all quarters, combined for the year, citizenship

Field day will be Wednesday, May 29th. As part of the activities, we would like to provide the students with a cookie and a Capri Sun, as a treat. Please give permission below allowing your student to have one. The cookies will be a variety of Grandma’s Cookies. Please click on the link below to see the different types. If a different type is needed, please let me know.

Permission Slip
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Cookies-Variety-Pack-Count/dp/B076BYR9JP/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=cookies&qid=1558125017&s=gateway&sr=8-5&th=1https://www.amazon.com/Capri-Sun-Juice-Blend-Pouches/dp/B01BSKPMHQ/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=capri+suns&qid=1558125209&s=gateway&sr=8-7

Here are some links if you want to stay reading during the summer!
PLEASE, check them out to motivate your children to ALWAYS READ!
https://www.utahstatefair.com/readandwin
https://www.scholastic.com/summer/home/
https://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/childrens-summer-reading
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/summer-reading-lists?list=kidsbrages-0-7

Here is the low down: All work will be done in class except for the State Float. Students should have brought home a paper yesterday with full criteria for the float and the state they were assigned. The rest of the projects will be done in class and turned in. If they do not finish it during their schedule time, they will have Fun Friday time to work on it. The students will have plenty of scheduled time during the day for each project.
If students want to check out books from other libraries or do research at home for their state report they can, but please leave their note packet at school. I will have a link with all the pages they are researching here at school, but do not want them to take it home for fear of losing, the research notes are a big part of this standards grade.
Projects we are working on in class:
*State Reports:Research, Essay, Google Tour, and Float
*Poetry Unit Packet
*5th Grade Memory Book
*Math Mystery
State Research and Float Project 
PS – Date may be wrong on the link for due date. But these are the papers they are using in class.

(Most students have finished the RISE, Iready Diagnostic, and Dibels/Daze those who still need to finish may be called out of class during different times, but should not feel rushed. I am so proud of all my students. They have worked hard and it shows in their scores. I will miss this great group of kiddos. It has been an amazing year! I will miss you all! Happy Summer!!!

Final Important Dates:

• May 17 – Final Classroom Store / Board game party
• May 23 – State Floats are due and presented 1:30 – 2:30 parents can take their student and float home after the presentation.
• May 24 – Final “Master Up” awards and keychains —Also all school items must go home and lockers cleaned out, with locks turned in. If you do not have your lock you will have to pay for it.
• May 27 – Memorial Day (NO School)
• May 28 – 30 Short day schedules
• May 29 – Field Day
• May 30 – Last Day of School

Parents,

Due to recent changes in legislation and policy, Quest has opted to provide parents an opportunity to access maturation resources electronically. Feel free to take some time to watch the below video with your son or daughter and respond to any questions they may have. These videos are the same as those which have been used in past years. Please note that the first link will direct you to the boys maturation video and the second link to the girls video. We hope that providing these materials electronically will allow you to access them at your convenience and support positive communications about maturation between you and your child.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G57Suq7JpQE&t=161s

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1XJZ0xRSo&t=648s

 

 

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Always Changing and Growing Up | Boys Puberty Education Video

Always Changing and Growing Up | Boys Puberty Education Video

Preview YouTube video Always Changing and Growing Up | Girls Puberty Education Video

Always Changing and Growing Up | Girls Puberty Education Video

 

Monday – May 6
8:45 -9:45 Science

2:00 -3:00 Writing

Tuesday – May 7
8:45 – 9:45 Science

2:00 -3:00 Writing

Wednesday – May 8
8:45 -9:45 Math

2:00 -3:00 Reading

Thursday – May 9
8:45-9:45 Math

2:00 – 3:00 Reading

Friday – May 10
Finish up and Party!!!
WE MADE IT!!!

Hello – 
Here is a link to sign up and help to finish your volunteer hours up! WE need help for the carnival. It is fun and a great way to meet the fabulous families, administration, and staff at QUEST!
After all… we are the BEST!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EADA722A7FF2-quest