Because of Parent Teacher Conferences and a teacher work day on Friday, we will be reviewing this week and working on mastery. Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, with no school for the students on Friday. If you haven’t signed up for conferences, please see the signups on bloomz https://www.bloomz.com/. We have so much to talk about with your child. Also, please bring your child with you. Your child created a presentation during Computer Science that they would like to share with you during this time. If you need help signing up, please reach out to me by email ssnitker@questac.org and I would be happy to help.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tuesday: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Wednesday & Thursday: Early out at 1:00 – Parent Teacher conferences
• Friday – No School (Teacher Professional Development)
• Other Important Date
• Monday, Feb. 14 – Valentine Exchange, 27 students (see info below)
• Monday, Feb. 21 – Presidents Day – No School

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Your child should be bringing home 2 decodable story pages each week. These stories can be read and returned for class money with a parent signature. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your students comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Valentines Exchange: Students are welcome to exchange valentines on Monday, Feb. 14 . We have 27 students. Please remember Quest’s wellness policy, all food in the classroom must be pre-approved. Due to this policy—as in years past—student Valentines cannot contain edible items. Suggestions for nonfood Valentines include pencils, erasers, bubbles, stickers, etc. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required. **To save on time, please have your child write their name near the “from”, and leave the “to” blank. This will make it so much easier to pass the cards out.**

Valentine boxes: Students are welcome to make a valentine box at home (no bigger than a shoe/tissue box size). Please do not bring it until Feb. 14. I will provide bags to students who would rather not make a box at home.