Mrs. Vella's 1st Grade Super Stars

1- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:00 pm
$1.00 Dress Down Day (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2- Do you need picture retakes? Picture Day is Tuesday, Oct 8th. 

3-  To help in your Halloween costume selections, here are a few Quest Costume Guidelines:
Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Though students may paint their faces, masks and weapons are not allowed. Anything that depicts violence is banned (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed.

4-  Scholastic Book Order due this Monday, September 30th.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is JBTR2: Scholastic Book Club

Dear Parents,
Today your students learned that the places we access on computers all have electronic addresses. They typed in the  address for RazKids, gained access to their student accounts using their student user name and password,  then explored for a little bit. The kids really liked Raz-Kids and are so excited to be able to use it at home as well as at school. Any time they spend reading on Raz-Kids at home counts toward reading minutes goals. While this isn’t homework, I strongly recommend that your student reads at least 20 each night whether it’s on RazKids or just a good old fashion paper book.

 I also sent a note home, with instructions for access to Raz-Kids at home. This is a reading program that has a ton of books students can read and or listen too, then take a quiz which checks for comprehension. Understanding/comprehending what has been read is a life skill that takes a lot of practice…AND…we all know that practice makes perfect LOL It also has a lot of other cool features like the ability for students to record themselves reading.
I have assigned each student a reading level based on what I have observed and what their DIBLES showed, with that in mind,  if you notice that it is either to easy or too hard let me know so I can make the necessary adjustments.
I will have students use RazKids during WIN time in an effort to encourage part of reading for fun.

WONDERS High Frequency Word Ring. Each student was given lists of the High Frequency words put on a ring. The words correspond to the unit and week being studied.  We will be using and working on these words all year so please practice these words with your student. As an incentive to learn them, I told the kids that once they MASTER the ringed words I’ll have a surprise for them.

***The weather is looking like it’s going to be on the cold side with the chance of rain tomorrow so PLEASE have your student come with a light jacket just in case along with their Quest uniform and a RED SHIRT …whew LOL.

1-First Grade is going on a Field Trip to Hogle Zoo on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.   If you DO NOT see your student’s name below, please fill out the yearly permission form which includes the Zoo Field trip using the link below or they may not be able to participate in all the planned activities and field trips:
Yearly Permission Form: Yearly Permission Slip

Below is a list of the student that will have lunch provided for them by the school. If you DO NOT see your student’s name, your child needs to bring a totally disposable LUNCH FROM HOME.
Annabel Wakefield  White


While I absolutely love field trips I realize that they are a little stressful for me as a teacher and as a parent. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

1-  Check your child’s blue folder nightly.

2– FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:00pm
Fundraiser Orders DUE 
*Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants).

3- Optional review Math: The “Family Letter ” will continue to be sent home on Mondays. It will not be necessary to send it back on Friday from now on however. Feel free to use it as an additional review to help you and your student have great math conversations while you work on the activities as a family.

4-Scholastic book orders are due Monday, September 30th. Our class code is JBTR2