Novel Premiere Night in 5th Grade
The red carpet opened at 6 p.m.! Students came in best dress and popcorn and refreshments were served. It was an awesome experience watching the Blockbuster Movie Trailers!
(made in our Mac Lab using iMovie)
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Dr. Dave Flipping for our Student Body
Way to go Dr. Dave!
Weber State Cheer and Athletes come to Quest to promote Reading!
We had a fabulous opportunity to have Weber State Cheer and Student Athletes come to our school for an assembly! They came to get our students pumped up to read and the importance of listening to their teacher and getting good grades! Our students had such a fabulous time! It was neat to have them speak on the importance of education and going to college!
Learning about the Water Cycle in 2nd Grade
It’s always better to learn Science with a Song!
In 2nd grade we learn about the weather and how it affects each of us. We discussed tornados, hurricanes, and other weather-related storms. We also learned about the different types of clouds and what kind of weather goes with them. Since clouds generate rain, it was a natural follow-up to learn that all the water that has ever been on the earth is still here. This fascinated our class and they had to know how that could happen. So, we learned about the Water Cycle. Just ask us what precipitation, condensation, and evaporation mean. My class loves singing so we found the Water Cycle Song and worked very hard to learn it. We love showing off what we know so we sang for Dr. Dave, Mr. Tippets, Mrs. Mindrum, Mrs. Painer, and several parents. We hope you have as much fun watching it as we did performing it! -Thanks Mrs. Blok
In 2nd grade we learn about the weather and how it affects each of us. We discussed tornados, hurricanes, and other weather-related storms. We also learned about the different types of clouds and what kind of weather goes with them. Since clouds generate rain, it was a natural follow-up to learn that all the water that has ever been on the earth is still here. This fascinated our class and they had to know how that could happen. So, we learned about the Water Cycle. Just ask us what precipitation, condensation, and evaporation mean. My class loves singing so we found the Water Cycle Song and worked very hard to learn it. We love showing off what we know so we sang for Dr. Dave, Mr. Tippets, Mrs. Mindrum, Mrs. Painer, and several parents. We hope you have as much fun watching it as we did performing it! -Thanks Mrs. Blok
Programming over at Q2
Mr. Moore’s Class,
“For our Maze projects we used a program called Scratch, which is a programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. We started by designing the maze layout, by drawing a maze-like background with single colored walls and a different single-colored end marker. We added a sprite that would navigate the maze. We kept it simple at first and had the sprite use the “up”, “down”, “left”, and “right” arrows to move. Eventually, we started adding much more complicated elements to our mazes. Many of my students had completely different ideas of what to include in their mazes. Some they kept simple, some added crazy colors, some had trap doors, moving pieces, and even slime. No two projects were the same, they combined, and built off of ideas they were able to see on another maze and made it into their own.”
I had the opportunity to go observe this class and was very impressed by the wealth of knowledge these students have and the enthusiasm that was displayed while I was in there. Our Administration joined in and tried to complete the mazes that the students created!
Such a great day!
This is an example of a CLASS that we offer that makes us different then the surrounding school! Another reason why Quest is the Best!
“For our Maze projects we used a program called Scratch, which is a programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. We started by designing the maze layout, by drawing a maze-like background with single colored walls and a different single-colored end marker. We added a sprite that would navigate the maze. We kept it simple at first and had the sprite use the “up”, “down”, “left”, and “right” arrows to move. Eventually, we started adding much more complicated elements to our mazes. Many of my students had completely different ideas of what to include in their mazes. Some they kept simple, some added crazy colors, some had trap doors, moving pieces, and even slime. No two projects were the same, they combined, and built off of ideas they were able to see on another maze and made it into their own.”
I had the opportunity to go observe this class and was very impressed by the wealth of knowledge these students have and the enthusiasm that was displayed while I was in there. Our Administration joined in and tried to complete the mazes that the students created!
Such a great day!
This is an example of a CLASS that we offer that makes us different then the surrounding school! Another reason why Quest is the Best!
The Gratitude Experiment
Our very own Mrs. Henry’s Class was mentioned on KSL’s Studio 5! Way to GO 5th Grade!
Not only will you see what they did, but you will learn some fun activities to do with your little ones this
Thanksgiving Break!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Humanities in 5th Grade
Class Spotlight! Here are a few of the neat Humanities Projects that have been going on in Mrs. Tucker’s 5th Grade Class! Let’s give them a round of applause! 
Kick of to Positive Me Week!
Great Assembly and Great Message today!
Congrats to all who participated!
Special Guest
Dane Allred is a local bee keeper in our community. This is a hobby of his that he loves! He came to Quest last week to share his knowledge about honey bees and their part in helping pollinate all of our yummy crops! Bees really are incredible insects!
FUN FACTS!!!!
On average, a worker bee in the summer lasts six to eight weeks.
The most common cause of death in bees is that they wear out their wings!
During the six to eight week period their average honey production is 1/12 teaspoon.
In that short lifetime, they fly the equivalent of 1 1/2 times the circumference of our Earth!
Thanks again Mr. Allred for coming to Quest and sharing new information to our students here at Quest!
Dr. Dave Visits our Classrooms!
Our very own Dr. Dave has been making his way around our school the past couple weeks!
Reading to them some of his favorite literature books!
He has been making quite the impression on our students, faculty and parents! We are grateful to have him here at Quest!
