Math Homework Change!

Parents and Students,
On Thursday night I have changed how many problems that need to be done.  Please only do the odd problems.  If your child has completed Thursday nights homework already, I will give them two stickers for their sticker chart.  Your child can complete all of the problems for the two extra stickers.
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After school help with Google Slides!

Parents and Students,
On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, of this week, I will be available after school to help students with their Google Slide presentations. (We are presenting them this week)  Students may stay and work on their slides from 3:00-3:30.  If you are interested in having your child stay, please let me know which days your child will be staying.  You must be here at 3:30 to pick them up.  If  you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me. 
Thanks,
Ms. Beckstead
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Homework for the Week of April 4th!

Announcements
  • I hope everyone had a fantastic spring break!!
  • We are working on elapsed time in math.
  • Google Slide Presentations will begin this week.  The students will have to stand in front of the class and give us the information they learned about their animal. 
  • The Pirates of Penzance is this Friday and Saturday at Ogden High School.  Scroll down to the previous posts for more information.
  • In May our class will be putting on a play about the different biomes.  We will start reading through the play this week.  Keep your eyes peeled for information.
Homework
Please remember to submit your homework online under the homework tab, or, print out the Sort and Reading Log (below) and send it in on Wednesday night.  I have many students who are not submitting their reading minutes or sorts.  Please make sure that these get handed in. 
Sort-and-Reading-Log


Reading
– 20 minutes every night
Students may use RAZ-KIDS for reading.  Username lbeckstead0 (0=zero, not the letter)

Math

Monday –
Elapsed Time
Tuesday –  Elapsed Time Story Problems
Wednesday – Elapsed Time Story Problems
Thursday – Find the Start TimeOdds Only

Sorts – Please print the words out and have them pick from the following categories to do nightly at home.  Your child only needs to do 1 a night.
1. Sort your words into categories -Always do this one on Monday night
and have your child explain the rule to you.  The rest of the week, your child may choose what he/she would like to do for the rest of the week.
2. Turn the word sorts face down. Time your child to see how long it takes them to sort them into the correct categories.  Do this 3x (You may only choose this sort to do once a week)
3. Write the words 3x each.
4. Write the words in ABC order
5. Give your child a practice spelling test.
6. Play ball – Have your child grab someone to play catch and let the fun begin.  The person helping your child will say the word to him/her and he/she will spell the work back to you. Every time your child throws the ball have them say one letter of the word.  Continue until your child has spelled the word.  If your child makes a mistake, correctly spell the word for them, and have them start over.
7. Glue Down Sort – Glue down your sorts and a piece of paper in the correct categories.
8.  Syllable Sort – Sorts your words according to how many syllable each word has
9. ABC Sort – Write your words in their correct categories in alphabetical order

Yellow Group
Kaydin, Abby C., Maggie, Abbi H., Mallorie, Jake, Karlos, Samantha O., Nikolas, Ty, Carrie, Sadie
Green Group
Grant, Cohen, Halle, Evan, Makeila, Christian, Samantha C., Tyler, Joe
Orange Group
Guillermo, Kenzie, Bethany
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Field Trip Change!!

The bus company that we scheduled double booked so we need to change the date of the aquarium field trip. In order to keep the price of the field trip to $3, we will now be going on April 21st. We are so sorry for the problems this may cause.
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Pirates of Penzance!

Pirates of Penzance
Pirates

Quest Academy Drama is proud to present Pirates of Penzance.  It will be performed on April 8th and April 9th at 7:00 (Doors open at 6:30)  Tickets are available on line or inside Q1 before and after school.  You may buy tickets from now until April 7th for the pre-sale price of $5 or $20 for a family of 5!  Tickets are also available right before the performance at Ogden High School for $6 or $24 for a family of 5.
*POQA will deliver the tickets to your student at school after tickets are purchased.
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Math Homework for Tuesday Night!

Parents and Students,
We did not get to number lines and elapsed time today in class, so there will not be any math homework for tonight.  If your child has already completed the number line assignment, please hang on to it.  Students will be doing that assignment tomorrow night for homework. 
Sorry for the short notice!
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Homework for the Week of March 21st!

Announcements
  • We are starting elapsed time in math.
  • We are still working on our google slides and, hopefully, the students will start give their presentations.
  • The Gala is Monday night.  You can still buy basket tickets on Monday and the winners will be announced at the Gala.  You do not need to be present at the Gala to win.
  • This is the last week for Dash and Dot and Chimes clubs.
  • Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday until 5:30.  If you would like to meet with me, please email me.  I will be emailing parents to attend, so please look for the email.
  • We have a short day and dollar dress down day on Friday and the following week is Spring Break – No School!
Homework
Please remember to submit your homework online under the homework tab, or, print out the Sort and Reading Log (below) and send it in on Wednesday night.  I have many students who are not submitting their reading minutes or sorts.  Please make sure that these get handed in. 
Sort-and-Reading-Log


Reading
– 20 minutes every night
Students may use RAZ-KIDS for reading.  Username lbeckstead0 (0=zero, not the letter)

Math

Monday – Telling Time

Tuesday –    Elapsed Time Line
Wednesday – Elapsed Time
Thursday – Elapsed Time

Sorts – Please print the words out and have them pick from the following categories to do nightly at home.  Your child only needs to do 1 a night.
1. Sort your words into categories -Always do this one on Monday night
and have your child explain the rule to you.  The rest of the week, your child may choose what he/she would like to do for the rest of the week.
2. Turn the word sorts face down. Time your child to see how long it takes them to sort them into the correct categories.  Do this 3x (You may only choose this sort to do once a week)
3. Write the words 3x each.
4. Write the words in ABC order
5. Give your child a practice spelling test.
6. Play ball – Have your child grab someone to play catch and let the fun begin.  The person helping your child will say the word to him/her and he/she will spell the work back to you. Every time your child throws the ball have them say one letter of the word.  Continue until your child has spelled the word.  If your child makes a mistake, correctly spell the word for them, and have them start over.
7. Glue Down Sort – Glue down your sorts and a piece of paper in the correct categories.
8.  Syllable Sort – Sorts your words according to how many syllable each word has
9. ABC Sort – Write your words in their correct categories in alphabetical order

Yellow Group
Kaydin, Abby C., Maggie, Abbi H., Mallorie, Jake, Karlos, Samantha O., Nikolas, Ty, Carrie, Sadie
Green Group
Grant, Cohen, Halle, Evan, Makeila, Christian, Samantha C., Tyler, Joe
Orange Group
Guillermo, Kenzie, Bethany
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Prodigy Group Discount

Prodigy is offering POQA the opportunity for any parents who are interested in upgrading their student’s free account to the paid version an annual rate of $12 per student account. The normal rate is approximately $9 per month or $60 per year so this is a significant (80%) discount! In order to receive this rate, a minimum of 30 parents must be willing to purchase the upgrade at the discounted rate. ($12 for 12 months!) If you are interested in participating in this optional parent discount program, here is what you need to do:
  • Have a parent account on https://www.prodigygame.com/ (This is free and simple to create. Go to this website and create a “Parent Account” under the “Get your free account” link.) 
  • Link your student’s account to your personal parent account. If they use it in class, they have an existing account that can be linked to both their teacher and parent’s accounts. (They will need their log­in and password from school for you to link them.) 
  • Fill out the enrollment form below and return it to the office with $12 (preferably cash to make the process as simple as possible or check made out to POQA). 
  • Submit the form and money to the office by Wednesday, March 23rd.​(In order to have the upgrade ready for Spring Break Math practice!) 
  • Existing upgraded members: This discounted annual membership would go into effect at the end of your current paid membership expiration.
  • Prodigy Parents Form
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Quest Family Skate Night!

This Friday is our Quest Family Skate Night.  Here is a filer with more information!

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No Sorts for the Week

Parents and Students,
We will not be doing sorts this week.  I was gone yesterday, so I did not have the sub do sorts.  If you have printed them out, keep them.  I will be assigning the same sorts next week. 
Thanks!
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