September Spiel

Thank you to all of the parents who visited the QUEST classroom during our Open House. I enjoyed talking with all of you. Thank you, too, for the very generous response to my wish list. Your help makes our classroom activities much more meaningful for the students. I do have one more request. We will be doing "Sandbox Archaeology", a mini-dig activity, beginning the week of September 26. If a parent would like to donate a bag of play sand, I would very much appreciate the donation.

After a soggy Labor Day weekend, QUEST classes began on Tuesday, Sept 6. Still, because of the four day week, one class did not meet. Those 5th graders will meet starting Monday, Sept. 12. They will not be off track; however. The next two weeks, other QUEST classes will not meet due to inservice and workshops that I have to attend. By the week of Sept. 26, the schedule should be back to normal. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 13 and 14, gifted specialists from around South and Central Alabama will be attending the Alabama Dept. of Education Regional Inservice. The following week, gifted specialists and parents of gifted children will attend the annual Alabama Association of Gifted Children conference in Birminham. QUEST classes will not meet on Thursday, Sept. 22. If you are interested in information about the AAGC, please visit their website at this link.

/www.alabamagifted.org/

Please don't forget that each student will need a clay pot for one of our archaeology activities.  They may begin bringing those the week of Sept. 26.  Students will also be collecting "artifacts" about themselves.  They will bring home a brown lunch bag.  Students should gather at least 5 items that reveal something about them.  The bags will be labeled with a number and another student "archaeologist" will excavate the artifacts and try to deduce who the items belong to.  Please don't allow students to bring valuables for this activity.  Artifacts could be an action figure, a picture of a sport the student plays, a hair ribbon, etc...  This will be fun activity for students to use archaeologists skills and see how well they know their classmates. 
Continue to check in to see how "LIfestyles of the Old and Ancient" is progressing.  Remember, just like sands through the hourglass, so were the days of their lives.