We Are One: Growing in Christ

FCS Academic

KIDS’ CLUBS:

Attention Parents! Kids’ Clubs are fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the spring season. New this school year, sweet treats for the classroom with the most parent volunteers in Kids’ Clubs! Please contact PTF Kid’s Club coordinator, Jennifer Dansby, at 681-4605 or jenniferdansby@sbcglobal.net, if you have questions or would like to volunteer. Volunteer sign-ups are due by Friday, January 24th.

ORAL INTERPRETATION POEMS: 

By now all students should have their poems selected. Students should have their poems memorized by this Friday, January 17.  Begin to think about what voice expressions and hand gestures you would like to add to make your poem story come alive!  Sorry, no props are allowed per oral interpretation rules.

All students are expected to memorize a poem as part of their oral language grade for third quarter in language. Grades will be based on rubric scores and advancements made by outside judges based on presentations and scoring. The top three students will advance to our school oral presentation chapel at the end of January and, if chosen, will then represent our school at the Peach Blossom Festival in early spring.

Requirements include:

1 1/2 to 2 minutes in length

Choose selections that allow children to “bring to life” their pieces through their voice and and gestures

Poem of integrity and value

Humorous or serious

Appropriate selection for age

Identify the title and author at the beginning of the selection

Vocal variety in volume, rate, pitch

Expression of voice and face

Hand and/or Body Movements

Eye Contact

Creativity Utilized

Meaning and Emotion

Naturalness and Sincerity

WRITING:

Students will write fictional narratives during the third quarter, focusing on story elements such as characters, setting, villain, conflict, rising action, climax and resolution. We will continue reviewing and practicing writing dialogue this week.

READING:

The required reading for January will be a genre of the student’s choice. Students will write a Response to Literature which is due on Friday, January 31. Class time will be given every day for silent reading and students are expected to read a minimum  of 10 pages a day. If they are unable to complete this in class, then reading becomes homework.

MATH:

The 5th grade will continue Chapter 5: Measurement and Integers.  The 6th grade will continue Chapter 4: Operations with Fractions.

SCIENCE:

Last week we focused on nutrition and physical activity. There will be a test this Wednesday on the four food groups of a “healthy plate”: vegetables, fruits, healthy proteins and whole grains. The students have a handout from which to study. This week we will focus on the digestive system.

BIBLE: We continue Unit 4 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Birth and Early Ministry.

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE:

The memory verse for this week is John 15:10 and the test will be this Friday, January 17. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, grammar, punctuation and the scripture reference.

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

John 15:10

SPELLING: Lesson 17 test will be on Friday, January 17.

Lesson 17

Words with prefixes over-, under-, sub-

 All Students

  1. overbearing
  2. overcast
  3. overconfident
  4. overdevelop
  5. overdraft
  6. overhang
  7. overindulge
  8. overlay
  9. overpower
  10. undercarriage
  11. underdone
  12. underestimate
  13. underrate
  14. undertake
  15. submarine

 6th Grade Only

  1. submerge
  2. underachieve
  3. underling
  4. overburden
  5. subtitle

 Challenge Words for All

  1. overwhelm
  2. substandard
  3. subcommittee
  4. overindulge
  5. subsequent

DATES TO REMEMBER:

  • Half Day: Wednesday, January 15 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
  • Happy Birthday Angelique Camacho: January 20
  • No School: Martin Luther King Day – Monday, January 20
  • Happy Birthday Toryn Triplitt: January 22
  • Superintendent’s State of the School Address: January 27, 7:00-8:30 PM – G.L. Johnson Chapel
  • Chapel: Tuesday, January 28, 8-8:45
  • Parent Teacher Conferences: February 3-7 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
  • No School: Lincoln’s Birthday – Monday, February 10
  • Chapel: Tuesday, February 11, 8-8:45
  • No School: President’s Day – Monday, February 17
  • Happy Birthday Vijay Stephen: February 24
  • Chapel: Tuesday, February 25, 8-8:45
  • Half Day: Wednesday, February 26 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
  • Happy Birthday Mitchell Mar: March 1
  • Elementary Spring Pictures: Tuesday, March 4
  • End of 2nd Semester: Friday, March 14
  • FCS Auction: Saturday, March 15
  • Half Day: Wednesday, March 19 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon