Please remember that all COMPLETED Boxes of Hope need to be brought in tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18th.  This is so that I can check off that everyone will have one for Thursday!  🙂  We don’t want anyone left without a box on Thursday, so please make sure that you bring in the completed box.  If you know your student is going to be gone on Thursday, please bring in their box on Wednesday so that their person still has something to open and read Thursday.  

Polar Express:  I haven’t gotten back all the permission slips yet!  If I don’t have a permission slip, the students can’t partake in the hot cocoa or treats.  If you are donating hot chocolate, cider, or whipped cream and you want the left overs back, please write your name on the items.  🙂  If you would like to donate the donut holes–we need to be specific and they need to be purchased from Kents. This is due to allergies.   I have a hot cocoa maker that I’m going to bring in on Friday–if anyone else has one they’d like to let us borrow, that would be great!  

We will be starting the movie at 10 am.  If you have turned in your permission slip saying that you will volunteer, thank you!!  I have four volunteers already, which should be plenty!  Thanks for all the support!!

The Polar Express will be coming to Quest fourth grade classrooms on Friday, December 20th.  

Please read, sign, and return the permission slip as soon as possible! (There is also a hard copy being sent home today!)

First of all, THANK YOU so much to everyone who helped make our field trip to the Apple Store a HUGE success!!  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!!  🙂  

Second:  Quest does not send out paper grades anymore.  Your student’s grades are posted in SIS.  Please log on to see Term 1 grades.  As mentioned before, the grading/missing assignment guidelines will be different starting now.  Missing work reports will be handed out on Mondays and if the work is not in by Friday, it’s a permanent zero.  

Third:  This week…is CRAZY!!  🙂  We have the Earthquake Trailer (it was rescheduled), Halloween, Trick or Reading projects, and the class earned a Read-a-Thon.  🙂  

Halloween:
This will be a short day (1:00).  Students are allowed to wear costumes to school–no masks, blood, or gore.  We will be doing a costume parade starting at 9:00, then we will head back to class to do some Halloween activities.  It will then be time to clean up, send the kids to recess and lunch…and then they get to be with you!  🙂

Trick or Reading:
If you can’t get the info for the posters on the blog, PLEASE let me know ASAP, so that you can get full points for the project!  The pumpkins and posters are due on November 1st.  Students can bring them in on the 31st if they’d like, but please don’t send them any earlier.  We don’t have room in our classroom to store 27 pumpkins! (not to mention, I don’t want the smell of 27 pumpkins!)  Students will set up their posters, pumpkins, and books and wait for classes (and parents if you’d like to come!) to come through.  Students should be prepared to give a quick (I mean super quick) summary of their story.  We will do this until around 10:30/11:00.  

Class Read-a-Thon:
The class has earned a Read-a-Thon for their awesome behavior, and following directions!  We will be doing this in the afternoon on November 1st.  Students are allowed to bring in blankets and pillows to be comfy while they read!

We are getting close to Parent/Teacher Conferences–I personally can’t believe we are already to this point in the year!!  I don’t really like the name “Parent/Teacher” conferences, because I like the students to be there.  In fact, the students have their own portfolio of information they are going to explain and show you!  Please make sure the kids are here for the conference too.  I have a few spots still open–if none of those work for you, please let me know and we’ll schedule a different time.  🙂  Here are the times I still have available:

Wednesday-the 9th

5:00

5:45

6:30

6:45

Thursday the 10th

5:00

5:15

5:45

If you would like to schedule for one of those times, please let me know!  🙂

Next week (September 23-27th) will be the last chance for this month to bring in Box Tops, Labels for Education, and Coke Rewards.  The final count will be on Friday the 27th, and the winning class will be announced on September 30!