Dear Families,
We made a great transition from vacation and lots of playing in the sunshine to working hard and staying inside on a rainy Tuesday!! It was good to be back. Thank you to those who went with us on our Field Trip last Thursday. It was great fun.
We are deep into the Rainforest curriculum and the children are enjoying it very much. Our Kapok tree is up and we will be adding animals to it very soon.
LANGUAGE ARTS – In READING, we will continue with our higher level comprehension questions that dig into the meanings in the story. We continue to work on our phonic skills as well, applying them in new text. They will encounter much of this in 2nd Grade. WRITING – We are learning how to do Key Word Outline which is also reviewed in 2nd grade.
MATH – We will finish with our Math Contract of Adding and Subtracting to 20. We will have a test on this chapter on April 14th. A chapter review came home on Wednesday, April 8th. After we have completed this chapter we will go ahead and finish our Contract on double digit addition and subtraction and take that chapter test on Tuesday, April 21st. The review for that chapter will be in the Work Envelopes on Monday, April 13th. It is due on the day of the test.Our last two chapters will be Geometry and Fractions and Measurement.We will have a chapter test on our Geometry and Fraction chapter, but not our Measurement chapter.
SCIENCE – We began a unit on the Rainforest and our room will be transformed into a rainforest with a Kapok tree and all!
SOCIAL SCIENCE– We are on the Marketplace which will take us through the end of the year.
BIBLE – We will be studying Stephen.
FIELD TRIP -Our annual trip to Hanford on the train will be on May 13th. We will leave at 9:15 AM and return by 1:00 PM. We will need drivers to take us to the train station and back from Hanford. Please check the sign up sheet outside our classroom door if you can help with transportation.
END OF YEAR CONVOCATION– As the year draws to a close we would like to gather as a family to celebrate all that God has done for us on Thursday, May 7th. All of you (parents, grandparents, family, and friends) are invited to join the teachers, students, administration, and staff as we gather together for this ending convocation held in the Peoples’ Church sanctuary. It is a time of celebration, worship, and prayer as we end our year with thanksgiving and praise.The service begins at 8:00 am and will end by 8:30. All students K-12 are to report directly to the sanctuary by 7:55 AM. Every class will be designated with a sign and balloons, making it easy to locate your child’s class.It is exactly the same as our opening convocation seating arrangement. You are welcome to sit with your student in their designated area or if you have more than one student attending Fresno Christian, choose where you would like to sit. I look forward to seeing all of you at this closing event as we end our year acknowledging God’s hand upon us through prayer, worship, and heartfelt celebration.
OPEN HOUSE – The Fine Arts Festival is coming up on May 5th. The children are doing a Diorama which will be due on the morning of May 5th. Please do not send it sooner, as there is no place to store them as we share space with the church. This is a very fun project. Be creative and have fun!!! A handout came home last week explaining this assignment which will be on a book or movie that the children have experienced. You can also google the word “diorama” and come up with lots of ideas.
SHOW AND TELL – This week will be Team B.
LIBRARY INFO – Parents please note: As we come to the end of our school year would you please encourage your students to return all items checked out from the Library. The final due date for all items checked out is Friday, May 1st. Reminders of items checked out will be sent to the students beginning the week of May 4th. There is a fine of $25.00 for each item that is not returned. Many wonderful titles are lost each year because they are not returned. We greatly appreciate your assistance in getting books back in and onto the shelves so the collection is ready to go again in August. Please contact me if you have any questions. Lin Brown, Librarian 299-1695 ext, 119
FRESNO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA
The Music Man – April 21, 22, and 23 – 7:00 pm
The People’s Church Auditorium 7172 N. Cedar Ave.
Tickets at the door: $10 General, $5 Students/Seniors
YEAR END SWIMMING PARTY – Our final celebration of the year will be Monday, May 18th, from 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM. at the DeGroot home. All are welcome to attend. You will meet at Jordyn’s house at 10:30 AM. You do not need to come to our campus first. If you will need a ride from school, please let me know, as we will not be organizing formal carpools. You will also need to pick up your child after the party is over, or make arrangements for them to get home. We will not be going back to People’s Campus. In May there will be a sign-up sheet outside our classroom door for the items needed for our party.
4-24 – Happy 8th Birthday Joshua Mirea
5 -5 – Spring Open House
5-5 – Happy 7th Birthday Kyleigh Bacca
5-7 – Year-End Convocation – 8:00 AM Peoples Sanctuary
5-13 – Hanford Field Trip – 9:15 Am – 1:00 PM
5-18 – End of Year Celebration – 10:30-1:30 at DeGroots
5-21 – Happy 7th Birthday Kennedy Schwab
5-21 – Early Dismissal at 12:00 PM
5-22 – Last day of school – Dismissal at 12:00 PM
6-4 – Happy 7th Birthday Brooklyn Medeiros
6-21 – Happy 7th Birthday Arlyn Rylander
8-1 – Happy 8th Birthday Lala Briggs
Spirit Day is every Friday. Please wear one of your favorite FCS shirts!
SPELLING – LESSON 32 – April 13-17
hurt
verse
fern
dirt
burn
first
turn
her
girl
great
again
who
bird
BIBLE VERSE – APRIL 13-17
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourself, it is a gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 24 pts.