If you haven’t already, and are able, a donation to help with the cost of class parties this year would be greatly appreciated (Ice Cream Party, Pizza before Thanksgiving, Halloween, Winter, and Valentine’s).  Suggested donation is $10.  Donations may be paid in the Q1 office or online under “Other Donations and Fees” and enter “Ms. Lisa’s Class Parties”: Quest Online Payments 

Treasure Chest: If you have any small toys that are no longer being used and in good condition, instead of throwing them out, please consider donating them to our classroom treasure chest. Students work hard and love to earn a chance to pick out fun prizes. Thank you!

Thank you so much!

We are now beginning Unit 3 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will continue working on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and blending sounds to read words. We have learned most of our sound wall sounds and use our sound wall to help us spell and read words.

Happy Halloween! We are having our annual Halloween parade on Tuesday, October 31. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes.

For those who would like to watch the parade, please plan on bringing camping chairs or blankets. You are welcome to set them up along the outside of either building (see map below—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit).

Costume guidelines:

Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks; however, those masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). If you have questions about costume accessories, please contact us. Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed. Quest Administration

Upcoming Events:

• Oct 30-Nov 3: Positive Me Week
  • Monday: Pajama Day
  • Tuesday: Halloween Costume
  • Thursday: Hawaiian Theme
  • Friday: Cowboy theme
• Tuesday, October 31: Halloween Parade (9:00 am) & Party
  • Students come to school already dressed in their costumes
• Wednesday, November 1: NO SCHOOL
• Friday, Nov. 3: Ice Cream Party (Keep up the great work practicing letter naming and sounds!)
• Monday-Friday, November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL

Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy/skill: “Ask and Answer Questions” and “Rhyming”. We read a fantasy and informational texts to go along with our theme “What kinds of bugs do you know about?”

Review High Frequency Words: “like”, “see”, “we”, “I”, “can”, “the”, “a”

Phonics (Review): Sound, Spelling and blending words with the letters: Mm, Aa, Ss, Pp, Tt.

Vocabulary: observe, curious, process, slender, attached.

Math: Lesson 12 “Compare Within 10” and students are making headway in their individualized math lessons on Nearpod (“Math Pathways”).

It was wonderful meeting with everyone at Parent Teacher Conferences. This is such an amazing class of students and supportive parents. Thank you for all you do!

Upcoming Dates:

• October 23-27 Scholastic Book Fair
  • Monday and Tuesday: 8-8:30 am, 3-4 pm
  • Wednesday & Thursday: 8-8:30 am, 1-6 pm
  • Friday: 8-8:30 am, 1-2 pm
• Wednesday, October 25: Say Boo to the Flu immunization clinic 3:00-7:00 (Q1 library)
• Wednesday-Thursday, October 25-26: Parent Teacher Conferences
• Tuesday, October 31: Halloween Parade (9:00 am) & Party
• Wednesday, November 1: NO SCHOOL
• Friday, Nov. 3: Ice Cream Party (Keep up the great work practicing letter naming and sounds!)

Treasure Chest: If you have any small toys that are no longer being used and in good condition, instead of throwing them out, please consider donating them to our classroom treasure chest. Students work hard and love to earn a chance to pick out fun prizes. Thank you!

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Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:

Comprehension strategy & Skill: “Ask and Answer Questions” and “Topic and Details”. We read informational texts to go along with our theme “What shapes do you see around you?”

New High Frequency Word: “like” (please continue to practice) “see”, “we”, “I”, “can”, “the”, “a”)

Phonics: Sound and Spelling of Tt. Blending words with the letters: m, p, a, s, t.

Phonemic Awareness: rhyming words, syllables, first, middle and last sounds we hear in words, adding, taking away and replacing words in compound words (or prefixes and suffixes), blending sounds we hear to make a word, and breaking apart words into individual sounds.

Vocabulary: materials, nature, world, decoration, games.

Math: Lesson 11 “Count, Show, and Write Numbers 6 to 10”. We encourage students to use the lesson 11 worksheet packets that are sent home for extra practice!

Science: Pushes and Pulls. We learned that before we had machines, we had to do lots of work by hand. We talked about how machines are not magical; rather they just seem that way because there are often moving parts hidden inside. In our Read-Along lesson, a little girl watches a house being built and wonders why the builders need so many big machines. Students acted out the “work words” of their favorite machine and described what the machines were doing using those work words.

Please Click Here: Halloween and Ice Cream Party Permission Form

Practice: Decodables for this week are found on pages 18-23 and 26-31 of the Reading/Writing Companion.

Unit 2 Reading/Writing Companion Workbooks came home Friday with decodable stories for the next 4 weeks. Please KEEP and USE for the next 4 weeks. Attached are some pages that can be returned throughout this next month as an incentive for students to practice the decodables in the workbook, fluency, and power words. They can earn “super stars” when returned with a parent’s signature.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26.  We would like to meet with each of you. There are enough appointments available if a child needs more time slots to accommodate parent/guardian situations. Please sign up by clicking the following link: Conference Sign Up Form

We would love some volunteers to help with our Halloween Party on Tuesday, October 31: Halloween Volunteer Sign Up Form

Thank you!