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Picture Retakes

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                                         It’s time for PICTURE RETAKES!!
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If your child was absent on picture day, or you were not pleased with how their picture turned out we will be having picture retakes on October 5th. This will be our FINAL picture day so don’t forget. If you would like your child to have their picture taken or retaken on this day please have your child ask me for a picture retake paper to send home with them.

Math Homework

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I sent home 3 math pages to be completed on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The rest of the days please have your child get on Xtra math their pins are under homework and usernames and passwords. This will help them to practice their math addition facts. 

Also I had some parents talk to me about IXL. I apologize for the confusion I do not have access to this program, it is quite an expense. However, I will be using front row. I will have this up and running soon for your child to practice problems at home. 

Thanks! Have a great weekend!

Homework for the week September 28-October 2nd

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1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math


Each week, print out the Weekly Homework Tracker which is found here or under the “Homework Form” tab above. This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework. PLEASE right your child’s name at the top of this tracker. 

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Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 

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Detectives: Maddux, Kiyley, Cambrie, Corbin Click here red sort 8
Spies: Colton, Sarah, Cooper, Levi, Landon, Jaxton, Boston, John, Kayden 
             Click here red sort 15
Agents: Conner, Aubree, Alana, Sadie, Marley, Keira, Fallon, Kyler Click here red sort 20
Undercover group: Max, Makenna, Abby, Kayliegh Click here yellow sort 3

Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
  • Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
  • Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
  • Thursday: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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  • Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays. There are no review words this week. 
  • There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.   
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  • Complete the My Math homework pages and get on and do Xtra Math practice. Pins are now under homework- usernames and passwords
  • Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. 

-Mrs. Bischoff

October Parent Teacher Conference

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We had a great first round of conferences! Here is the sign up so far for the October 29th conference. Please sign up, if this day does not work for you please get with me and schedule on a day that works best for your family. I appreciate all of your help! 

Mrs. Bischoff

3:30-3:40 Corbin 
3:40-3:50 Keira
3:50-4:00 
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30
4:30-4:40
4:40-4:50 Fallon
4:50-5:00 Conner
5:00-5:10 Sarah
5:10-5:20 Boston
5:20-5:30 Jaxton 

Info About the Tower of Books Challenge

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Dear Parents,

     Welcome to the Tower of Books Challenge, an independent reading challenge for your child! Here’s how it works:

     The goal for your student is to read all of the books from the categories listed on the paper sent home, with the option of “stacking up” to other lists that will be available.  Each student will check off one of the boxes each time a book is read.  After checking off 5 boxes, it’s time for him/her to add on to… The Tower of Books, which will be displayedTower of Booksoutside the library for all to see.  When a student is ready to add to the Tower, he/she must complete the following steps:

  1. Bring in his/her list, signed by a parent, to the library

  2. Get a book template

  3. Fill in the information for one of the books read

  4. Fold the template & glue it into its 3-D shape

  5. Receive a prize (Prizes will only be given when the book has been filled out, folded, & brought back to the library.)

     Each class will be competing against the other classes in their grade to see which class will be the “master stackers”.  At the end of the year, the classes with the highest stacks will be awarded certificates & a small prize.

     Your children will hopefully get a “taste” of some different genres of books they may not have read before, all while having fun keeping track of their reading & watching the stacks grow.

  Thank you for your support with this!

Reminders

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1-  Check your child’s blue folder nightly. Return them with the fluency passages every Friday to get them a new reading passage. 

2– FRIDAY:  
   Homework due
   Spelling and sort test

3- Parent Teacher Conferences– Sept 24 and Oct 29 

I have two openings for the following times on September 24th: 

4:10-4:20
4:40-4:50

Fluency Recording: 
PLEASE record your child’s fluency passage every day. They should be reading the passage every day or AT LEAST 3 times a week. If you still need help with this I will be holding a “training” this coming Tuesday September 22nd at 3:15pm for those of you who still need help with this. You NEED to record the information under your child’s number on the bottom of the spreasheet. 

5- Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels

6- Our Scholastic Book Order is due September 28th.  Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is P4V4R: Scholastic Book Club

7- Help support STEM: Family Portrait Fundraiser

Ask your child to sing to you our SCHEMA song! We have been talking a lot this week about connecting with a text. While they read ask them if they made any meaningful connection! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! heart


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Here is homework for the week SEPTEMBER 21st-28th 

1. Reading (20 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math

Each week, print out the Weekly Homework Tracker which is found here or under the “Homework Form” tab above. This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework. 

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Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 

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Detectives: Maddux, Kiyley, Cambrie, Corbin Click here red sort 7
Spies: Colton, Sarah, Cooper, Levi, Landon, Jaxton, Boston, John, Kayden 
Click here red sort 14
Agents: Conner, Aubree, Alana, Sadie, Marley, Keira, Fallon, Kyler 
Click here red sort 19
Undercover group: Max, Makenna, Abby, Kayliegh Click here yellow sort 2

Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
  • Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
  • Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
  • Thursday: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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  • Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays. Follow the homework tracker to practice.
  • There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.  This is for additional practice. 
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  • Complete the My Math homework pages. Please do one every night starting Monday they are required to do all the ODD problems
  • Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis.  

-Mrs. Bischoff

Christmas Family Portrait Event and Fundraiser

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Christmas Family Portrait Event 
is back at Quest!
What is it? 
It is a fundraiser put on by the Technology Department to earn money for STEM Clubs this year! For example, we are going to participate in Lego Robotic Competitions, Cyberpatriot ones and more!  
How does it work? 
We have invited Toni J Studios back to our school!  She is an award winning photographer and has been a photographer for over 20 years.  Sitting Fees can cost anywhere from $50-$300 depending on where and who takes your picture right?  Well, Toni J is only going to only charge $25 for her sitting fee for us, and guess what???? She is going to donate the FULL $25 to Quest Academy!  She is willing to take all of our portraits for FREE those three nights and give us that money.  She is also going to donate a percentage of the portrait sales to us!!! This fundraiser is so AWESOMEbecause we do not have to put any money out.  It is straight profit for us!  
Step 1.  Please print the ticket (or check your child’s back pack, one should be coming home tonight) fill out the ticket and return it to the office with your child’s name and the $25 (you can put it in an envelope and your child’s teacher will give it to the office) – please write your checks out to Quest Academy.  Next, call the number on the ticket and book your appt.  (October 1,2 or 3) Please do this before Sept. 25th so we can get an idea on how many time slots we need those nights :). 
 
Step 2.  Come and get your Family Portrait taken on the date you booked.  They will be doing them in the Q1 gym. 
 
Step 3.  Toni J and staff will come back to Quest and you will come in to proof your portraits and order your prints.  These prints are HIGH quality and will be retouched.  The packages run from $89 -$259 and we promise you will be happy.  You can ask any of us that have used her in our past fundraisers. She has unique Christmas Cards for you to order and all of your portraits will be ready in time to deliver for Christmas gifts!!!
As easy as that right? 
Look at your family portrait at home and ask yourself if it is time to update it and help Quest be able to start some engaging clubs for your children ALL at the same time!  It’s the perfect time of year to do it and for a great cause. 
The Technology Department is going to provide a Pizza Party for the class that sells the most Sitting Fee’s.  Remember, to share this with your extended family as well, it is not only for Students at Quest. 
Thank you in advance!  We have a slideshow up in Q1 with some samples, we also have some samples in the Q1 Mac Lab and some images on FB if you haven’t checked them out yet!

Homework

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I apologize for all the confusion with homework. From now on every Friday I will post what needs to be done for the following weeks homework. For this week, there are 5 components required for weekly homework:

1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!)
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math
5. Animal Report

Each week, print out the Weekly Homework Tracker which is found here or under the “Homework Form” tab above. This form does NOT need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing only READING homework. 

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Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 

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Detectives: Maddux, Kiyley, Cambrie, Corbin Click here red sort 6
Spies: Colton, Sarah, Cooper, Levi, Landon, Jaxton, Boston, John, Kayden 
             Click here red sort 13
Agents: Conner, Aubree, Alana, Sadie, Marley, Keira, Fallon, Kyler Click here red sort 18
Undercover group: Max, Makenna, Abby, Kayliegh Click here yellow sort 1

Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:
  • Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel.
  • Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
  • Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
  • Thursday: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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  • Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays. There are no review words this week. 
  • There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.   
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  • Complete the My Math homework pages and staple them to the Homework Form. 
  • Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. 
Lastly, this week they have an animal report that they should fill out the paper I sent home and draw a picture on a black white sheet of paper and bring to school on Friday. They will be presenting these to the whole class. 

Hopefully this can help clear up any confusion. If you printed off the other homework tracker previously posted that is fine. This one posted above I simplified to use from now on. Thanks for all your patience with me as I am figuring this out too. 

-Mrs. Bischoff