Dear Families,
Kopi from KMPH is coming on Monday and will be filming with our Elementary students for Great Day. Please wear a FCS spirit wear shirt. It will be lots of fun!
Please send a photograph of your child to be used with one of our projects. It can be an informal picture or a formal portrait…..whatever picture your child chooses will be just fine. It shouldn’t be bigger than 4×6.
LANGUAGE ARTS – In READING, the children are enjoying the books from our Leveled Readers! We continue to talk about the main idea, setting, characters and the problem and resolution.. We continue to work on our phonic skills as well, applying them in new text. WRITING – In journal writing we are reading back what we have written and checking to see if we have the appropriate punctuation mark.
BOOK BAGS – I will NOT be sending home any more book bags on Fridays. There are so many books that have not been returned. So, we are going to take the next couple weeks locating any books that may be laying around the house. The children are good enough readers now, they can choose books of their choose to close out the school year.
MATH – Our last two chapters will be Geometry and Fractions and Measurement.We started our chapter on Geometry and Fractions last week. The children are enjoying this very much. The chapter review will come home on Mon and we will have the test on Thursday, April 30th. We will then do our Measurement chapter and spend a couple weeks reviewing all of our Math skills we have learned this year.
SCIENCE – We continue with our unit on the Rainforest.
BIBLE – We will be studying Peter.
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. – HELP!!!! As of now we only have transportation for 18 children. Please check your calendars and see if there is anyway you could help us with transportation. Many Thanks!
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.
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
YEAR END SWIMMING PARTY – There is a CHANGE in our final celebration of the year at the DeGroots. Because of the BMX show on Monday afternoon, it was necessary to reschedule.. It will now be will be Tuesday, May 19th, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. All are welcome to attend. You will meet at Jordyn’s house at 11:00 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 at the DeGroots 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.
BMX SHOW – One of our fundraiser awards is the BMX Show. It will be in the afternoon on May 18th at 2:00 PM. All are invited to attend.
SOCCER SIGN-UPS – The time to start signing up for FC’s elementary Fall 2015 soccer is almost here! Sign ups will take place by the pick up area on May 8th, 13th, and 15th. Flyers will be sent home with all the information on Monday, May 4th.
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 – BMX Show – 2:00 PM
5-19 – End of Year Celebration – 11:00-2:00 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 34 – April 27-May 1
played
worked
needed
hopped
wagged
stepped
liked
hoped
ruled
skated
their
than
there
BIBLE VERSE – April 20-24
Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Ephesians 6:1 14 pts.