Mrs. Shelton's Blog

Check out the story that Fox 13 did on our Mission to Mars experience!
http://fox13now.com/2017/04/25/5th-grade-mission-to-mars-creates-giant-city-of-bubble-like-tents/

The Deseret News did an article on it as well.  Deseret News

We not only had a blast but Quest Academy cleaned house at the Mission to Mars STEM event.  Thanks so much for all of your help and support.

Just a reminder that SAGE testing begins this week.  We begin science SAGE testing Monday afternoon at 12:45 and have our second science session on Wednesday at 10:40.  Next week we will complete the writing portion, followed by ELA and conclude with math.  Please make sure your child is at school for testing if at all possible.
Thanks so much for your help,
Kerri Shelton

Just a reminder that on Tuesday, May 25th we are blasting off for Mars, via Weber State University. We will leave Quest Academy at about 9:00 and return at approximately 2:15. Kids are required to wear a red uniform shirt and khaki uniform bottoms, skirts are discouraged due to the activities we will be doing. They also need to wear clean socks, as we will have our shoes off, and bring a sack lunch. If your child will need a school lunch for Friday please let me know by Monday. Remember, absolutely no electronic devices. Not only will this be a fun experience, it is also a competition between Quest and other schools in the area. We will be judged on our saga, life support system, habitat building, mission patch, and uniform. We are so excited for this opportunity to represent Quest Academy!

week 25- prefixes

1. rewrite
2. reappear
3. recall
4. recover
5. rebuild
6. dishonest
7. disagree
8. disappear
9. disappoint
10. disconnect
11. disapprove
12. misbehave
13. misfortune
14. misunderstand
15. misspell
16. misuse
17. illegal
18. illegible

Student Council
Posted on April 20, 2017
Thank you to all of the fifth graders that put themselves out there and ran for student council! The interviews went very well and the fifth graders did a wonderful job articulating their desire to help make Quest a better place. The students that will be moving on to the primary election are:

Trevor Carlton
Brody Clark
Winter Bambrough
Jetson Kelso
Macey Smedley
William Coles
Madison Wright
Maya Gonzales
Aydan Tuy

Your campaign will start Monday, April 24th thru April 28th. This will include the opportunity to introduce yourself and show your campaign video in class on Monday, April 24th. The digital campaign video will need to be at least one minute, but no longer than 3 minutes. You can also make 2 posters with your slogan on it. This is a clean campaign, there will be no passing out of items, no bribing voters, no unreasonable promises. You cannot refer to other candidates on posters or in speech and you will respect each other’s campaign.

This is your chance to make yourself stand out. Have fun with it! Your campaign video and posters will need to be approved by the Student Council Advisors and Administration on Monday morning. Please submit your video via Google, email or a USB. Please submit these to acashin@questac.org.

The election will be held on Friday, April 28th. Each grade (5th – 8th) will elect 4 officers for the upcoming school year. The 2017-2018 Student Council will be announced Friday night on Schoology (5th grade will be notified via email). Thank you for your interest in serving as a Student Council Class Officer for next year. We wish you the best of luck and look forward to a great 2017-18 school year.

Week 24 Spelling pattern: spell words with silent letters

1. wrestle
2. wrong
3. answer
4. dough
5. unknown
6. knapsack
7. honor
8. listen
9. climb
10. half
11. island
12. talking
13. design
14. scratch
15. tonight
16. limb
17. knot 
18. whistle

This week and the next couple of weeks we will be reviewing all of the math concepts for the year in preparation for SAGE testing.  

Tomorrow, April 13, is a dollar dress down day to raise money for the Sparks family whose house burned down over the past weekend.