We are having way too much fun in kindergarten this month! We have so many fun holiday activities this month. We have a STEM activity where we will be using gumdrops, as well as treats for our gingerbread party on December 16th. Here is the link to fill out the food permission form for your kindergartener: https://forms.gle/VYYY9T6Nt2q9HctH9

If you would like to donate supplies for our class gingerbread party, here is the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4FABA62AA6F58-kindergarten2

Thank you for all your support, and for sharing your kindergartens with me! There is so much joy and happiness in our classroom, and I feel so blessed!

Upcoming Events:

• Friday, December 2- $1.00 (or more) dress down– donations will benefit Quest Angel Tree. (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).
• Saturday, December 3- Reindeer Run and Breakfast with the Grinch
• Monday, December 12: Discovery Gateway comes to Quest Kindergarten classes
• Friday, December 16: Class Winter Party
• December 17-January 1: Winter Break- No School

We are now beginning Unit 4 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. By the time we complete this unit, we will have been introduced to all our sound wall sounds. We are working on handwriting and continuing to blend sounds to read words.

In math, we are exploring teen numbers. We will also be mastering counting to 100 by 10’s. We are also making great progress on our individual math pathways (ask us about the standard we are working on).

In technology, we are recording ourselves reading using the SeeSaw app. We look forward to our science and STEM lessons. We are exploring forces and working to solve problems together in groups. We look forward to completing our forces unit with a visit from Discovery Gateway. They will have several fun forces activities for us. 

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Upcoming Events:

• Friday, November 18: Dollar Dress Down Day & Scholastic Book Order Due our class code is M8DTR: Scholastic Book Club
• Monday-Friday, November 21-25: Thanksgiving Break- No School
• Friday, December 2: Angel Tree Dress Down Day
• Saturday, December 3- Reindeer Run and Breakfast with the Grinch Click here to register: Online Registration
• Monday, December 12: Discovery Gateway comes to Quest Kindergarten classes
• Friday, December 16: Class Holiday Party
• December 17-January 1: Winter Break- No School

It was so wonderful meeting will you all during parent teacher conferences! We continue to have so much to celebrate about your kindergartener’s learning! Here are some reminders and news about what is happening this month:

1- Wednesdays: Send library books to school.

2- Scholastic Book Order. We have a book order going so that we can get a delivery before Christmas! Orders are due right before Thanksgiving break, 11/18/22. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is M8DTR: Scholastic Book Club

3- Monday-Friday, November 21-25: Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL

4- We are now beginning Unit 3 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will continue working on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and blending sounds to read words. We have learned most of our sound wall sounds and use our sound wall to help us spell and read words. In math, we are learning different ways to make 10 and comparing greater than and less than with numbers and objects. We are starting math pathways which will allow us to work on our math lessons at our own pace. And in science, we are exploring forces. We have discovered that there are pushes and pulls in any kind of work and that machines can help a job get done faster. We will apply what we are learning about forces as we work to control a “wrecking ball’s” push to solve a tricky problem.

5- We are excited for our upcoming Annual Reindeer Run. I hope to see all of you on Saturday, December 3. Sign up now to get early bird pricing. Click here to register: Quest 5K and Fun Run Registration

• October 24-28: Scholastic Book Fair
• Monday and Wednesday, October 24 & 26: Food Drive Dress Down Days– Bring 5 canned food items
• Wednesday, October 26: Say Boo to the Flu 4:00-7:00 pm in the Q1 library
• Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27: early out and Parent Teacher Conferences
• Friday, October 28: NO SCHOOL
• Monday, October 31: Halloween Parade and early out; more info below

Halloween parade on Monday, October 31. Please note that this is an early out day. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes.

For those who would like to watch the parade, please plan on bringing camping chairs or blankets. You are welcome to set them up along the outside of either building (see map below—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit).

Costume guidelines:

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 us. Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed. 

Hello Kindergarten Families! This week our class checked out books from the school library. Here are a few things to note about library:

Library books are due every Wednesday  Checking out books from our school library is a privilege. To check out books students are expected to:
1- Follow the library rules (be respectful, follow directions, use a library voice, etc.)
2- Return library books (no outstanding books)
3- Select a book during the allotted time

We encourage you to visit with your child about safe ways to store their library book in their backpack. Books can easily be damaged due to leaky water bottles.

Parent teacher conferences will be on October 26 & 27. Each meeting will be 15 minutes long, and you are welcome to bring your kindergartener. Here is the link to sign up for a time to meet: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4FABA62AA6F58-fall1

Upcoming Dates:

• Wednesday, October 5: Picture retakes
• Monday, October 10: Fire Station visits Kindergarten
• Tuesday, October 11: Safety and Abuse Prevention Presentation 11:40-12:10 pm
• Wednesday-Friday, October 12-14: NO SCHOOL Fall Break
• Monday, October 17: Cookie Dough and Beef Jerky pickup
• Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27: Early Out and Parent Teacher Conferences
• Friday, October 28: NO SCHOOL
• Monday, October 31: Early Out and Halloween Parade & Party

Here’s a quick overview of what we learned last week:

Comprehension strategy: “Ask and Answer Questions” . We read informational texts and a tale to go along with our theme “How do tools help us to explore?”

Review of High-Frequency Words: (please continue to practice) “see”, “we”, “I”, “can”, “the”, “a”)

Phonics: Sound and Spelling of Pp. Blending words with the letters: m, p, a, s, t.

Phonemic Awareness: How to produce the sounds: /th/ (as in feather), /k/, short /u/, and /d/. We look in the mirror to see how our mouth forms these sounds including what our tongue, teeth, and lips are all doing. We work all year on rhyming words, chunking words into syllables, first, middle and last sounds we hear in words, adding, taking away, and replacing words in compound words, and blending 2-4 sounds to make a word (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC words), and breaking apart words into individual sounds.

Vocabulary: discover, defeated, fetch, tools, rumble.

Math: Lesson 5 “Make 3, 4, and 5”. Numbers can be thought of as being made up of a combination of other numbers. Thinking of numbers this way will help prepare students for adding and subtracting numbers.

We are now beginning Unit 2 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will continue working on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and writing our names. In math we are writing our numbers 0-10, learning to add one more, and comparing greater than and less than with numbers and objects. And in science, we are completing our weather unit and will soon begin our unit on forces.

Only a few more days to sell cookie dough and beef jerky. Remember to add all orders to the app. Thank you for helping to support our school (and our class).

Upcoming Dates:

• Tuesday, September 27: Fundraiser money due
• Friday, September 30: Dollar Dress Down Day
• Wednesday, October 5: Picture retakes
• Wednesday-Friday, October 12-14: NO SCHOOL Fall Break
• Monday, October 17: Cookie Dough and Beef Jerky pickup

1. This week is APPLE WEEK!! We are going to be having so much fun with apples! Thank you to all the grown-ups to signed up to send in apples for our class!

2. Quest Academy Fundraiser

We are selling Cookie Dough & Beef Jerky to help fund student activities (ie field trips) and school improvements. 

Here are some things to know:

• The fundraiser sale begins NOW
• Money is due by Sept 27
• Checks payable to Quest Academy
• All orders need to be entered into the Scoreboard app (code QUE266)
• Teacher’s name is: Mrs. Brown (not Hill- that’s a junior high teacher)

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 QUE266.

Thank you for your support!

3- FRIDAY:  Early out 1:20
 *Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)

4- LABEL belongings. Please label sweaters, jackets, water bottles, etc. (especially Quest hoodies…they all look the same 😉 )