Hello Parents! It is time for another great week! Just a reminder that Friday is dollar dress down day!
This week in math we will learn how to add fractions! They have been doing very well in math and I know they will grow in this topic as well! In ELA we will be working on visualizing and character perspectives. The theme of the stories this week is drama and I think it will be a very fun week! I can’t wait for you to see how much your students have grown in reading! The growth is amazing and I couldn’t be any more proud of this amazing class!
We will begin Diagnostic testing in iReady for Math and ELA on Tuesday since we are halfway into the school year! We will be doing this for the rest of the week. We will also have our middle-of-year testing for reading on Thursday 01/18. If your student will not be here that day please let me know!
Please fill out the permission slip for Valentine’s Day. I will need everyone to fill it out to receive valentines. Thank you so much! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Can you believe it’s that time again? Please click the link below to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns!
This is a friendly reminder that our Sibling Lottery will be pulled TOMORROW Tuesday 1/9 by 12:00 pm.
If you have an incoming sibling of a current student, they must be enrolled in the lottery to be eligible for acceptance. Please follow this LINK, or go to our website under ENROLLMENT to enroll.
When filling out the enrollment application, please verify that you have completed the Sibling Preference section in its entirety in order for your student to be eligible for the sibling lottery. (See snapshot).
You will be notified via email of your child’s acceptance into the school, the next steps in the registration process, and what timeline you will need to follow in order to secure your child’s position at Quest.
Families, welcome to another week! Hopefully, your family is enjoying the weekend snow fall! I have told my students they are welcome to wear snow boots and bring a change of shoes in case they don’t want to wear them all day; that way, they will have them for recess and after school as well. We certainly try to avoid wet socks and feet all day!
Reminder: there is no school on January 15 (Monday) for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and then beginning Tuesday, January 16, we will start middle-of-the-year testing. The students will complete their acadience test (reading) as well as IReady placement assessments. If you have any questions at all, please let me know.
Dates to note:
Jan 15 – No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Jan 16 to 19 – Middle of the Year Testing
Jan 26 – Dollar Dress Down
Jan 31 – Parent-Teacher conferences and Early-out (1:10)
Feb 1 – Parent-Teacher conferences and Early-out (1:10)
Families, I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season! I just can’t believe we are about halfway through the school year and already into 2024. I appreciate all the lovely gifts I received! I can safely say I’ve used each and every one of them already! I’m looking forward to starting school tomorrow and hearing about everyone’s time off!
Note that Middle of the Year (MOY) acadience testing will start on January 16th. They have been working so hard, and I can’t wait to see how much they have improved since the beginning of the year. As always, the best thing to strengthen their reading skills is to read at home daily.
We are off school Monday, January 1st, and will start fresh and ready to go Tuesday! In math, we are continuing to work with multiplying fractions. In ELA we will start a new unit (Unit 4) and will be discussing and reading about what people can do to bring about positive change.
We are on the countdown to Christmas break, with lots of learning and fun along the way! A few items to note: Friday is a PAJAMA day, and we will have our holiday party then, too! I’m still looking for parent volunteers to help that day; please let me know if you are available.
Please check the lost and found by Friday for any outerwear (box in the main foyer) and lost water bottles (in the lunchroom). Any items not claimed will be disposed of/donated over the break.
Lastly, your students are absolutely amazing and wonderful! I’m so grateful to be their teacher.
The time has come for us to select a yearbook cover for our 2023-24 elementary yearbook. We will be holding a Yearbook Cover Contest to select two students whose artwork will be featured on the front and back cover of the yearbook. This year, students can choose to do artwork that is created digitally or hand-drawn. Each entry must be brought in on a white 8 ½ X 11” paper, and include the school name along with the student’s first and last name in one corner. We will be looking for entries that represent this years theme which is “BE GREAT!”
Entries are due by Friday, January 5, at 8:30 am.
List of digital art programs suitable for children: Adobe Fresco, Gimp, Krita, Artweaver Free, ArtRange, Sketchpad, Astropad Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Vectr, FireAlpaca, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Procreate, Tux Paint, Drawing for Children.
Can you believe there are ONLY two more weeks of school this year? The time has flown by! We will be having a Winter Party on December 15th. Please find the signup link below if you can help!
This week in class we will be reviewing everything we have learned so far this year in math, including all decimal operations, powers of 10, and long division and multi-digit multiplication using the standard algorithm. We will also be taking our first Rise Benchmark test. This test is formative in nature and is in preparation for the summative testing we will complete at the end of the school year. In science, we are learning about properties of matter. In ELA, we will be practicing summarizing and determining the theme of a text while asking what we can learn from different cultures. Please let me know if you have any questions about the benchmark testing or any other class happenings.
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