• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Release @1:00.

Announcements: Thank you for coming to Parent Teacher Conferences last week. I enjoyed the opportunity I had to discuss your wonderful student with you.

Reading in Class

• We are still in unit 2 week 4 lessons.
• The essential question is: “How are offspring like their parents?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Reread to identify topic & main idea
• Phonics Skill – Words with Consonant Digraphs ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh. For example: chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while
• High Frequency words: seven, isn’t, early
• Our Vocabulary words are: adult, alive, covered, fur, giant, groom, mammal, offspring

Math in Class

We are learning how to add 3-digit numbers using different strategies. It is important that the students learn the different strategies, and not just the procedure to adding 3-digit numbers. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *Don’t forget to fill out the November reading log as you go.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!! Food Drive Dress Down
• Wed /Thur: Early Release 1:00. Parent Teacher Conferences
• Fri: Teacher Work Day – No School

Announcements: Thank you to our volunteers that helped with the Halloween party. The students and I greatly appreciate it! Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. If you haven’t already, please sign-up on bloomz.

Food Drive: It is that time of year for our annual BESST Realty Food Drive. We love participating in this event because it helps so many people in our community. We will be collecting canned food donations until Wednesday, November 3^rd. Quest students will also have an opportunity to bring 5 canned food items on Tuesday, November 2^nd to participate in a dress down day.

Reading in Class

• We will be stretching our unit 2 week 4 lessons for this week and next week.
• The essential question is: “How are offspring like their parents?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Reread to identify topic & main idea
• Phonics Skill – Words with Consonant Digraphs ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh. For example: chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while
• High Frequency words: seven, isn’t, early
• Our Vocabulary words are: adult, alive, covered, fur, giant, groom, mammal, offspring

Math in Class

We are comparing 3-digit numbers and using symbols to show greater than, less than, and equal to. We will test Tuesday or Wednesday this week. We will then start adding 3-digit numbers using different strategies. It is important that the students learn the different strategies, and not just the procedure to adding 3-digit numbers. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *Your student can return the October reading log on Monday for a prize.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Halloween Parade 9:00. Party 12:00. Early Release at 1:00
• Next week (Nov. 3-4): Wednesday & Thursday are early release at 1:00 for PTC. No school Friday, Nov. 5.

Announcements: Parent Teacher Conferences are Nov. 3 – 4. If you haven’t already, please sign-up on bloomz.

Halloween (Oct. 29): Please have your child wear their costume to school. Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks; however, those masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). If you have questions about costume accessories, please contact administration. Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What are features of different animal habitats?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Make & revise predictions. Identify topic & main idea
• Spelling Pattern: Phonics Skill – Spelling: Soft c and g; /j/ dge, ge, lge, nge, rge. For example: trace, place, badge, cage, space, ice, bulge, range, barge, mice
• High Frequency words: out, wash, saw
• Our Vocabulary words are: buried, escape, habitat, journey, nature, peeks, restless, spies

Math in Class

We are comparing 3-digit numbers and using symbols to show greater than, less than, and equal to. We will test Nov. 2nd or 3rd. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *Your student can return the October reading log this Friday or Monday for a prize.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day
• Fri: Spirit Shirt Day, Early Release at 1:00.

Announcements: I hope you all had a wonderful fall break. It was great to catch up on some things and spend time with my family. Parent Teacher Conferences are in two weeks. Please watch for sign-ups by this Tuesday afternoon. The sign-ups will be on Bloomz.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What can animals in stories teach us?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Make & revise predictions about problems and solutions.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with short u and long u (u_e). For example: mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun
• High Frequency words: look, yes, their
• Our Vocabulary words are: believe, delicious, feast, fond, lessons, remarkable, snatch, stories

Math in Class

We will be starting our Place Value lessons. We will test this Friday. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – I will begin after school tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 student has an October reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day
• Fri: Spirit Shirt Day, Early Release at 1:00.

Announcements: Fall Break is next week, Oct. 13-15.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do animals survive?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Make and revise predictions as we read.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with short o and long o (o_e). For example: box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope
• High Frequency words: have, off, took
• Our Vocabulary words are: adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh, sense, shadows, silence

Math in Class

We just finished our simple 2-step word problems and will be moving on 2-digit addition with regrouping. They will be learning strategies to add numbers up to 100. We do NOT teach the algorithm in 2nd grade. We want them to understand what each digit means and how to break apart numbers to make adding easier. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – I will begin after school tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student has an October reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: All Fundraiser Orders and Money Due
• Tue: Library Day
• Fri: Spirit Shirt Day, Early Release at 1:00.

A huge THANK YOU to all those that participated in our school fundraiser. All of the cookie dough and beef jerky money goes to fund school field trips and other school improvements, so THANK YOU. Below is some important information about the fundraiser.

• Money is due by Sept 27
• Checks payable to: Quest Academy
• All orders need to be entered into the Scoreboard app (code QUE699)

Watch this short, instructional video to get started on the Scoreboard app (there are also instructions in the student packet).  The code you’ll need to enter in the app for Quest is QUE699.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What happens when families work together?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask and answer questions to understand the key details in a story.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with short i and long i (i_e). For example: did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike
• High Frequency words: all, any, says
• Our Vocabulary words are: check, choose, chores, cost, customers, jobs, spend, tools

Math in Class

We are continuing with Two-step word problems. Students must be able to identify if they are adding or subtracting in the problem. We will test on Thursday or Friday, depending on student readiness. Please help your child by creating situations in their everyday life where they have to add or subtract to find the answer to your question.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student has a September reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day
• Thur: Food Truck Night 4pm-7:30pm
• Fri: $1 dress down, Early Release at 1:00.

Announcements:  Our cookie dough fundraiser has started. Packets went home last Friday. As all purchases for the fundraiser need to be entered into the Scoreboard app, we have provided a short instructional video–there are also instructions in the student packet. 🙂 Click here to watch the video. The code you’ll need to enter in the app for Quest is QUE699.

Please note that you can still use the paper form to sell, but eventually you will need to enter all the purchases into the app. You’ll need to collect the cash/checks if you use the paper form and turn the money in on Monday, September 27th. Checks should be made out to Quest Academy. Thanks!

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do we care for animals?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask and answer questions to understand the key details in a story.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with short a and long a (a_e). For example: bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake
• High Frequency words: your, done, into
• Our Vocabulary words are: allowed, care, excited, needs, roam, safe, wandered, wild

Math in Class

We are continuing with One-step word problems. Students must be able to identify if they are adding or subtracting in the problem. We will test on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to check for understanding. We will then start working on 2-step word problems, which is even harder. Please help your child by creating situations in their everyday life where they have to add or subtract to find the answer to your question.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student has a September reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day
• Fri: Spirit Shirts, Early Release at 1:00. Kick off for fundraiser

Announcements:  Our cookie dough fundraiser starts this Friday. Watch for information to come home next week.

We have also started our reading program. **Your student will be bringing home their yellow folders with 2 reading decodables each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read each story 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. Yellow folders need to be kept in their backpacks.*

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How can a pet be an important friend?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask and answer questions to understand the characters, setting, and plot in a story.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with two-letter blends. For example: grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap, plans, milk, belt
• High Frequency words: by, he, she
• Our Vocabulary words are: decide, different, friendship, glance, proper, relationship, stares, trade

Math in Class

We are learning how to use different strategies to solve simple 1-step word problems. We will test on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to check for understanding.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student has a September reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *