If anyone would like to donate some thin expo markers to the class…it would be GREATLY appreciated!  We do a lot on whiteboards for math…and we have run out of the supply brought in at the beginning of the year.  Thanks a million!!

Bright green Read-a-thon papers have been sent home!  

These sponsor sheets (without money)  need to be returned to our class by January 27th at the latest.  If you bring the sponsor sheet back in time, you will receive a coupon to collect a charm.  The coupon will be sent home, along with your sponsor sheet, on 1/31.  Students will need to collect money and return the sponsor sheet and money to the school on February 5th.

The student who collects the most money will win a Kindle Fire!  Our goal is to raise $7,000, which is only $10 of pledges per student.  

On Read-A-Thon Day, (We will be doing this on Thursday, January 30th) students will be reading for an hour during literacy. (We will have library on Thursday right before the Read A Thon, so it will work out perfectly!)  Students can bring in a blanket or a pillow to be comfortable while they read!  🙂

The Student Council is sponsoring Quest Academy’s “Souper Bowl” canned food drive!

It started on Thursday, and all students may bring in canned foods and place them under the team logo that they would like to win the “Super Bowl.”  

We will announce Quest’s “Souper Bowl” winner later in February.  The real winners will be the needy individuals that will benefit as a result of Quest Academy’s generous donation to the food bank! 

Please help by participating… and show some spirit for your favorite team!

Sons of the Utah Pioneers Essay Contest Assignment

Students should have taken home their STAR reading and math scores today.  This is a list of all the tests they have taken all year!

http://alohahsap.org/hsa/students/

ATTENTION ARTISTS:

It’s that time of year to create your entry for the Yearbook Cover Contest! We will have two yearbooks again this year: Grades K-5 and 6-9. Each book will have a front and a back cover chosen. Please be very aware of the following requirements. 

Entries need to include:

Quest Academy Charter School

2013-14

*No copyrighted materials

Formatting:

8.5″ x 11″ (Letter size)

Portrait orientation 

Artists may use any medium as long as it fits the perimeters listed above.

Turn entries into Mrs. Islas by December 20 at 1:00 PM to be considered for the yearbook. Entries turned in after that date will not qualify for the contest.

Good luck and Happy Drawing!

Today we talked about Personification: Giving human characteristics to non-living things (“My computer hates me!”)

For the homework tonight, students will need to come up with 5 sentences using Personification.  Write them down and turn them in tomorrow morning.

Don’t forget your Reader Response Journal and Reading for 20 minutes!

Whew–Mean Mrs. Schneider challenged the kids today both in writing and in Science/Computers today.  Wow, we have some kids who don’t want to have to think on their own, and are big whiners!  We are going to fix that! 😉

Today in class, we learned and practiced Alliteration.  

Tonight’s homework is to write 5 sentences that have alliteration in them.  They need to be turned in tomorrow morning.  

Don’t forget to read for 20 minutes and do your Reader Response Journal!  

Have a great night, and stay warm!!  🙂

Can you believe it’s already the end of November?!  I can’t!  

Just a couple of reminders:

1-Tomorrow (Friday) is EARLY OUT!!  It is also Dollar Dress Down Day!  So don’t forget your dollars!!

2-There is no school at all next week (as if you could forget that!)  🙂  Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break, be careful, and enjoy the break!

    -There is NO HOMEWORK over vacations…so students do not need to do their Reader Response Journals next week.  🙂