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First Grade Skit

Posted on May 25, 2018 by tracey.wagster

Thank you for sharing your students with us this year. Special thanks to Miss Ferrin for the creation of this video!

Learning fun that continues through the summer

Posted on May 23, 2018 by tracey.wagster

Your child has worked SO hard this year and deserves to maintain or even increase his/her skills over the summer! Here are some ideas for keeping your child learning over the summer:

#1: READ!

No other skill is more important to maintain over the summer months. Children who read regularly are shown to have higher intelligence and general knowledge, less stress, better fluency, improved analytical thinking, broader vocabulary, better memory and increased writing skills. Please use every opportunity (long car rides, waits at the dentist/doctor, before bedtime, etc.) to have your child read to you.

Your child’s Waterford and Imagine Learning accounts will still be available to you over the summer.
Visit the public library. Your public library has excellent resources for choosing appropriate books for your child. Or check out some great online resources, such as:

#2: Write!

Writing is “backwards reading” and not only improves your child’s writing skills, but also improves his/her reading skills as well. Encourage your child to use best penmanship and to sound out words phonetically, and assist your child in creating complete sentences that include proper use of upper and lower-case letters, and to include proper punctuation.

Encourage your child to keep a journal of happenings or discoveries over the summer months. You may even have your child continue to use the extra pages in his/her first grade journal, which is in a format familiar to your child. I strongly encourage students to write (with an actual paper and pencil!) over the summer – not just write electronically. This helps to maintain proper penmanship and puts a greater focus on sentence structure, rather than on hunting for letters on a keyboard.
Electronic writing is great, too, though! It is important that your child maintain familiarity with the keys on the keyboard!

#3: Math!

We learned SO many different math skills this year and it is important that your child remember these skills so that he/she can build on them in 2nd grade! Review addition, subtraction, place value, time, measurement, 2 and 3-dimensional shapes, graphing, skip-counting, etc. with your child!

Your child’s ixl (try some 2nd grade skills!),IXL and X-Tra Math account will be available over the summer. Feel free to email me if you need your username and password. See also: Math Facts Activities
Find great online games and resources for sharpening math skills, including:
Turtle Diary: http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-1-games.html
Math Magician: http://coolsciencelab.com/math_magic.html
Education.com: http://www.education.com/games/math/first-grade/

Here again are the math timing sheets I used to help with math fact fluency.

Math Addition and Subtraction Fluency

Posted on May 23, 2018 by tracey.wagster

One thing I noticed as I finished up grades and final assessments in math is that a lot of students are still struggling with adding and subtracting within 10 fluently. Students were given a math timed test and their goal was to do 20 in a minute. You can check your child’s grades to see what their mastery scores was out of 100. A score of 80 and above is considered mastered.

To help your child this summer here are the Addition and Subtraction Fluency Timings we used to practice as well as Harder Math Timings 10-20 they can do to help them be ready for 2nd grade! For these timings I gave them 1 minute and 15 seconds to complete 25 problems. You can also go to any store and find flash cards to help. But here are a few addition ones I found that Mrs. Teichert had made. Addition Flash Cards (1)

Thanks for sharing your children with us! We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each one of them.

Final Week Schedule

Posted on May 20, 2018 by tracey.wagster

No Homework this week.

MONDAY, MAY 21
   Patriotic Program for school in the morning- Wear RED

TUESDAY, MAY 22
Ogden Nature Center visits 1st Grade
Patriotic Program Presentation for Parents and family 5pm in the Q2 gym (Wear RED)

THURSDAY, MAY 24- Early Out 1:30pm
Indoor FIELD DAY
Free Dress Down Day
POQA is providing cotton candy. Please click here to indicate if your student has permission or not to eat cotton candy: Cotton Candy Permission Form

FRIDAY, MAY 25– Early Out 1:30pm
K-2nd Grade Talent Show 8:45-9:30am
Yearbook Signing
Free Dress Down Day
School lunch will be available. Home lunch students- NO microwaves will be available.

Field Day!

Posted on May 19, 2018 by tracey.wagster

We are in need of parent volunteers for our Field Day Thursday May 24th to come and help run a classroom activity inside. We will be rotating with the all other first grade classes. Field Day will be all day (early out) so please let me know if you can help even if it is just for a short time.

Email me at qbischoff@questac.org if you are able to help. Thanks!

Summer Reading Programs

Posted on May 19, 2018 by tracey.wagster

To encourage reading throughout the summer check out these fun summer reading programs:

Barnes and Noble-
Summer Reading Program
Fill out the reading journal, then bring your completed journal to a Barnes and Noble store to receive a FREE book. Click here for more information and to print your own reading journal: Barnes and Noble Summer Reading

Weber County Libraries-
Stampede to Read Program
Register today for the summer reading program. You can also download a summer reading packet and find monthly events here: Weber County Summer Reading

Davis County Libraries-
“Libraries Rock”
Come join the summer fun! There’s something for everyone. For more information click here: Davis County Summer Reading

Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge-
Help our school log the most summer reading minutes, beginning NOW: Scholastic Summer Reading For your student’s login click here: Student login

Utah State Fair Read & Win-
Read books and win a ticket to the Utah State Fair. Click here for details and to access the entry form: Utah State Fair Reading Program

First Grade Fun

Posted on May 18, 2018 by tracey.wagster

Hill Aerospace Museum Field Trip

Posted on May 17, 2018 by tracey.wagster

Tomorrow is the big day for our Hill Aerospace Museum field trip. Here are a few reminders to help your student have a successful, enjoyable day:

1- WHITE or BLUE uniform shirt and uniform pants.
2- Good shoes for walking.
3- Labeled HOME lunch (unless you ordered school lunch), include plastic utensils, paper towel, etc.
(NO microwaves will be available)
4- Arrive on time.  Buses will depart at 8:45am, expected return around 1:00pm.
5- Please have a good filling breakfast!

Parent Chaperones: Please bring a backpack or bag to carry the lunches of the students in your group. And a lunch for yourself.  Our class will attend the provided presentation and activity 10:00-10:30am.

1st Grade Patriotic Program

Posted on May 16, 2018 by tracey.wagster

Quest Academy first graders will be performing a Patriotic Concert on Tuesday, May 22nd 5:00-6:00pm in the Q2 gym. Please have your child in the gym by 4:45pm that evening, dressed in a RED SHIRT and uniform pants. Any patriotic accessories are encouraged!! (Please avoid any tall accessories, such as tall hats, that could potentially block the view of other children standing behind your child.)

We welcome any friends or family members to join us! To show our gratitude and to honor the service of our veterans we encourage you to extend a special invitation to your veteran family members and friends.

PLEASE PLAN TO BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS AND/OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING; CHAIR SEATING WILL BE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE GYM, BLANKETS UP FRONT.

The first grade will be performing this same concert Monday, May 21st, for students and faculty, please have your child wear a RED SHIRT to school.