PC Pierce, Author at Fresno Christian Schools

Mrs. R’s Super Stars September 9th, 2013

Hello All!

I don’t know about you, but I am amazed at how fast time is going by!

Please remember to continue to check your child’s take home folder each day for school work and information coming home.

Bible

This week we will finish up learning about Abraham and move into learning about Isaac. Our memory verse this week:

“All day long I’ll praise and honor you, O God, for all that you have done for me.” Psalm 71:8 (21pts)

Students will be required to recite verses to me on Friday.

Math

We will review addition concepts on Monday. Our first test will take place on Tuesday. We will then move on to subtraction concepts.

Social Studies

This week we will continue learning about rules and laws around us, why we have them, and why they are important.

Physical Science

We will focus on living and non living things. The class loved their adventure around our campus looking for living and non living things.

Language Arts

We will continue to work on reading and phonics. Students will read with me everyday as well as work on new phonics concepts and review ones we have already learned. We will start reviewing sight words everyday. This will help to build fluency in their reading. I encourage you whenever you are out to have your child read everything. Have them try and read the menu when you go out to dinner, read billboards as you are driving, etc. The more reading, the better! Be on the look out for books coming home this week.

During our library time we will not be checking out books just yet. You are more than welcome to take your child to the library and check out books with them!

Writing

We will begin working towards our writing benchmark in October. In first grade they will be tested on writing an expository text about a person. We will focus on Starting with an uppercase and ending with a period. The students will also work on using descriptive writing.

Conferences – If you have not sent your conference notice confirmation, please do so. This way we can make sure everyone is scheduled for a time. I look forward to speaking with all of you! School will be dismissed at 12 during conference week.

Grandparent’s Day – Friday, October 13th is Grandparent’s Day. This is always a very fun time for the children. If you do not have grandarents that can attend, please feel free to invite a senior friend. We will also share grandparents for those who have none when we do our special activities. No one will be left out. This year things will be a little different. Grandparents will visit our classroom from 9:50-11:40 am where we will engage in some fun activities! Grandparents will then join their child for lunch from 11:40-12:25. At 12:25 pm grandparents will say goodbye to their grandchild.

Spelling Words

up

bug

to

run

are

with

they

us

fun

mud

sun

cut

she

Field Trips –

Our first field trip will be to Lost Lake on Friday, Sept. 17th. We will be doing various activities all of which correlate with our Science Standards. Please be on the look out soon for parent help. The children love this field trip!! There is no charge for adults and the children have already paid. Everybody will bring a sack lunch and a drink. This field trip will be by bus and all are welcome to attend!

Box Tops for Education

This year we will again be participating in the Box Tops for Education fundraiser. Each Box Top collected is worth cash for our school. As an incentive we will be having a class contest. The class bringing in the most Box Tops at the end of this promotion will receive a “prize”. We will post class totals monthly in the Office window and on our Campus News located on our website: fresnochristian.com.

Please hand in your trimmed Box Tops in a Ziploc bag or envelope, labeled with your child’s/teacher’s name and the amount of Box Tops to your teacher or school office.

You can find a list of Box Tops online at: www.boxtops4education.com.

Thank you for your support.

ELEMENTARY CHEER CLINIC!!

As many of you know I am the high school cheer coach and advisor. Hope Villines is our Jr High and Elementary cheer coach and advisor. We are very excited this year for the elementary cheer clinic! The clinic will be held October 7th-10th on the North Field grass. They will then perform Friday October 11th at the home football game. The girls will get to cheer the first half of the game with the high school and jr high cheerleaders. Then they will finish up with a big half time show!!! The registration is $40 ($10 additional child in the same family). This will include a T-shirt and adorable performance! This year we are also very excited because we are opening up our cheer clinic to students outside Fresno Christian. Please help us spread the word! If you have any family members or neighbors grades K-6 who would be interested in attending our clinic please let me know and I will provide the liability form that needs to be filled out for them! This is a great way to spread the word about Fresno Christian and introduce new families to what our school is about!!!!!

Take Home Folders

Please remember to ask for you child’s take home folder everyday. This is how I communicate with you and send home any important information. Also please be sure to empty the “Take Home” side each night. This is work they are doing in class and you are able to see what we are learning. If the students do not finish their work in class I will put it in their take home folders. They must complete it and return it. If the forget their folders, they tend to say “my mom/dad forgot it”. I am trying to get them away from this and learn personal responsibility. I remind them that mom and dad are very busy and it is not their responsibility to remember your folder every night.

First Time Obedience

Our class is really working on first time obedience. We have had some struggles with talking during class and listening to authority during lunch and recess. We discussed how important it is to listen the first time. We talked about why we have rules and why they are important. We also talked about how our class will not function properly if everyone is not obeying the rules. Please follow up at home with the importance of first time obedience.

FCS Spirit Days

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Fridayafter, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride.

Go Eagles!!!

Kid’s Clubs

Attention Parents! Kid’s Clubs are a fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

Important Dates

September 9th: PTF Fundraiser ends

September 10th: School Pictures

September 10th: Chapel

September 17th: Lost Lake Field Trip

September 18th: Half day. School out @ 12 for teacher inservice

September 23rd-27th: Parent teacher conferences. School out at @ 12 everyday.

September 24th: Chapel

October 7th-11th: Elementary Cheer Clinic!!

October 16th: Half day. School out @ 12 for teacher inservice

DONT FORGET YOUR SPIRIT WEAR EVERY FRIDAY!!!!

Mrs. R’s Super Stars September 9th, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:16-08:00

Mrs. Fraser, September 9, 2013

CHARACTER TRAIT: Honesty

Reference: Ephesians 4:25

Verse: Therefore, each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

Definition: Truthful words and ways

Opposite: Misleading others through lying words or deceitful actions

SPELLING WORDS:

Lesson 5 Long i: i, ie, igh, i_e, uy, y

1. fright

2. shine

3. childhood

4. buying

5. tiny

6. tried

7. blind

8. reply

9. skyline

10. mighty

11. lies

12. apply

13. nearby

14. tired

15. bicycles

16. brighter

17. lives

18. pliers

High-Frequency Words

19. shoes

20. very

PARENT CORNER

PARENT CONFERENCES

Parent-teacher conferences from September 23-27 with minimum release days Monday through Friday at 12:00 PM. Please contact Kerry Roberts in the office to reschedule if the time allotted to you is inconvenient.

MATH

We will have a test over Chapter 1 Place Value on Thursday, September 12 covering Rounding Two-Digit Numbers, Rounding Three-Digit Numbers, Estimated or Exact Amounts, Place Value to Thousands, Comparing Numbers, Ordering Numbers, Rounding Four-Digit Numbers, Problem Solving Strategies for Finding Patterns, Place Value to Ten Thousands, Place Value to Hundred Thousands, and Reading Graphs. A Chapter 1 Pre-Test will be sent home as Math Homework this week as preparation for Thursday’s test.

READING

In reading groups we continue adventure short stories and literature studies of Charlotte’s Web. We will focus on vocabulary development, identifying story elements, sequencing, comparing characters, summarizing, drawing conclusions, phonics review, and identifying outcomes.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

This year we will again be participating in the Box Tops for Education fundraiser. Each Box Top collected is worth cash for our school. As an incentive we will be having a class contest. The class bringing in the most Box Tops at the end of this promotion will receive a “prize”. We will post class totals monthly in the Office window and on our Campus News located on our website: fresnochristian.com.

Please hand in your trimmed Box Tops in a Ziploc bag or envelope, labeled with your child’s/teacher’s name and the amount of Box Tops to your teacher or school office.

You can find a list of Box Tops online at: www.boxtops4education.com.

Thank you for your support.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

Grandparents’ Day is this Friday, September 13th. A shuttle service will be available from parking lots “A” and “F” to transport grandparents to the Peoples Courtyard. Student schedules may be picked up at the Courtyard from 9:30-9:50 and grandparents will visit classrooms from 9:50-11:40. Lunch will be provided for grandparents and students. For maps and further information, visit www.fresnochristian.com.

THE BIG FRESNO FAIR FIELD TRIP

As part our social studies of Fresno County of our local agriculture and economy, our class will attend The Big Fresno Fair on Thursday, October 3rd. I will be sending home a carpool permission slip the week before our trip that needs to be filled out and returned in order for your child to attend this field trip. Please look for this in your child’s homework packet. If you would like to chaperone this field trip and were not able to sign up, please let me know. Also, don’t forget to fill out the Car Insurance form I mentioned at Back to School night available in the elementary office which allows you to transport students. Entrance to the fair is free for all 3rd graders w but parents will need to pay a $5.00 entry fee at the gate. There will be 6 free passes for the first 6 parents who signed up to chaperone students at Back to School Night. So far the following parents signed up at Back to School Night:

1. Beverly Foshee

2. Patty Steele

3. Silva Emerian

4. Melissa Gleason

5. Emily Phillips

6. Jennifer Dansby

7. Dorothy Siqueiros

8. Andi Bull

Parents, please join us in our room at 8:15 AM for parent guideline packets, carpool arrangements, and instructions for the day. We will leave school at 8:30 AM and and return at 1:30 PM. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes. Please have your child wear their class t-shirt and bring their lunch. Transportation will be by car.

***Students, bring a sack lunch, clearly labeled with your first and last name, grade, teacher, and school. You may bring $5.00 for spending money. Remember, you are responsible for your own money.

IMPORTANT DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

If you have children at different grades with different dismissal times, please pick up your child that is dismissed first and then wait for your older child. Many children are lingering, waiting for their parent to pick them up when the older sibling is ready. This ends up being a 20-25 minute wait. If your child has permission to meet you in a different place other than the pirate ship or wait for a sibling, please send written permission with your signature and we will allow them to do this. Many thanks for your help in this matter. We just want to be sure our younger students are safe and secure.

SUSTAINED SILENT READING

As a way to wind down and cool off, we are having a Sustained Silent Reading time of 15 minutes after lunch recess. The children will need to bring a book from home to keep in their backpacks. Thanks!

COMING ATTRACTIONS

SEPTEMBER

Monday, September 9 – Fall Fundraiser Ends

Monday, September 9 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!

Tuesday, September 10 – Elementary Pictures

Friday, September 13 – Grandparents Day

Wednesday, September 18 – Minimum Day @ 12:00 PM – Teacher In-service

September 23-27 – Parent Teacher Conferences-Noon Dismissal

OCTOBER

Tuesday, October 1 – Scholastic Online Book Orders Due

Thursday, October 3 – The Big Fresno Fair Field Trip

Thursday, October 3 – Fancy Folder Fiction Book Reports Due

Sunday, October 13 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!

Mrs. Fraser, September 9, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:17-08:00

Mr. Matthew Weimer – September Newsletter

Dear Parents and Students,

Well, this week marks the beginning of our second month of school, not technically though. It’s only been three weeks. Does it seem like more or less to you? Change in schedules are hard for almost everyone; so if it seems longer, you’re not alone. Our mornings here in fourth grade are great; by the afternoon these 15 boys and 6 girls and their teacher are all ready for a break. GOD is at work already (In truth He has never stopped working in you, your children, and in me), and despite those P.M. blues good things are happening. I hope they are telling you about the things they are learning here at some point each afternoon or evening. We frequently pause to allow for reflection and for preparation in anticipation of your, “So, what did you do today?”. Do not accept “Nothing” or “The same things we always do” as an answer. Just today we worshipped, read Ch. 4 in The Story for Kids (The Israelites in Egypt and GOD’S calling of Moses to deliver them), began Lesson 4 in the Spelling workbooks, finished the Courage of Sarah Noble, then wrote a summary of this short book, corrected a couple of pages in our math review packet, began a practice chapter test, heard Ch. 17 of Little Pilgrim’s Progress, and continued the Chapter 1 History Review. The kids also had P.E. with Mrs. Whipple and then read silently after lunch. Their opportunities to learn were rich and plentiful. I truly hope they are taking advantage of them and are then accurately sharing their knowledge with you.

I am learning many things about them, and about teaching this group of kids. For, let’s be honest, it matters very little to most of you what GOD has done in me and my other classes in years past. This is the year that counts in your book.

PARENT CONFERENCES

Parent conference forms were sent home yesterday in your child’s work/announcement packet. Please sign and send your form in before Monday, September 16th. Early dismissal will begin on Monday, September 23rd at 12:00. Early dismissal will be each day of the week through Friday, Sept. 27th. Please assist each other by being on time to the scheduled conference as we have only 20 minutes per conference. At conference time we can focus on strengths and areas for future growth together. I am looking forward to seeing each of you who will come.

COACHES NEEDED

FCS still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

GRANDPARENT’S DAY

Grandparents Day is on Friday, September 13, 2013. It is a fun day for the children to spend with their grandparents. If their grandparent is unable to come, feel free to invite a close family friend. It is a long, hard morning for students who have no one to fill this role in their lives.

The schedule is as follows:

9:30-9:50 AM K-12 Pick up schedules

9:50-11:40 AM K-12 Visit classrooms

11:40-12:25 PM K-12 Lunch

12:25 PM K-12 Say Goodbye to grandchild

SEPTEMBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

I will be sending home a new book order during the month of September. If you would like to place an online order please do so by October 1st.

FALL FUNDRAISER

The fundraiser ends September 9th! Please put your order forms AND money inside the envelope provided and turn it in to your teacher.

FCS FRIDAY SPIRIT DAYS

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here. Starting this Friday and every Friday after, wear your FCS spirit wear.

READING

We finished our first book Tuesday. You will see their packet coming home next week with a grade on the inside cover. We completed the questions together as a class this time so they had the correct answers and they know what my expectations are. If their grade is lower than you expected it is because they did not answer in a complete sentence, they are not using proper punctuation or they didn’t complete the assignment. They know they are required to use complete sentences and proper punctuation.

Our next book will be Trouble River by Betsy Byars. We will read this together in class but they will be required to answer more of the questions on their own.

BOOK PROJECT for the FIRST QUARTER

Our first book report will be to read a fiction chapter book at their grade level and then complete a “BOOK JACKET’” book project attached to your newsletter. Your child will need to complete the book they selected before starting the actual book jacket. Try to have the book read within 2 weeks, so you will have plenty of time to complete the book jacket. Please take notice of the grading rubric expectations located on the back of the project directions. Students will be marked down one full grade for reports turned in late.

BOOK JACKET fiction book report projects are due THURSDAY, October 3.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We have begun our study of California’s history by looking at its geography. We have studied California’s different regions; Coastal, Central Valley, Mountain and Desert regions. We are also learning how to use lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location on a map. As an art and History project, each student will be making a California relief map next month to tie into our study of California.

CALIFORNIA RELIEF MAPS (Parent Help Needed)

We will need parent helpers to help the students make dough maps of California on Thursday, October 3rd from 1:15-2:45 p.m. (approximately). We will mix dough for the map, which we will then form into a relief map of California. We will allow them to dry and then paint them later. Your help is needed distributing materials, mixing dough and then forming the dough into the shape of our state. If you would like to help, please send me an e-mail. I will have sign-ups at parent conferences for some of the items needed. (Flour, salt, etc…) Thanks!

Each student will need to bring in a heavy 12X18 piece of cardboard. The maps are heavy and require a strong, unfolded piece of cardboard. Please measure because the map does take up that much space.

MATH

We are preparing for a test on Chapter 1 (Place value and working with money) later this week. Be sure to look at the practice chapter test that your student has been working on this week. We are working with numbers up to the hundred million’s place.

BIBLE VERSE LIST

Week of Sept. 3-6

Character Trait: Self-Control

Reference: Proverbs 16:32

Bible Verse: Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.”

Week of Sept. 9-13

Character Trait: Honesty

Reference: Ephesians 4:25

Bible Verse: “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.”

Week of Sept. 16-20

Character Trait: Fairness

Reference: Luke 6:31

Bible Verse: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Week of Sept. 23-27

Character Trait: Forgiveness

Reference: Colossians 3:13

Bible Verse: “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

SPELLING LIST

Week 4- Sept. 3-6

Pattern Words-Long e
1. idea
2. niece
3. belief
4. either
5. secret
6. money
7. reason
8. receive
9. chimney
10. breathe
11. enemies
12. beaches
13. seasonal
14. keyboard
High-Frequency Words
15. southern
16. northern
Vocabulary Words
17. decode
18. dehydrate
19. preseason
20. prearrange
Challenge Words
1. commandment
2. tributary
3. San Joaquin
4. Sacramento
5. agricultural

Week 5-Sept. 9-13

Pattern Words-

Short i
1. living
2. stitch
3. picnic
4. pillow
5. skillful
6. biscuit
7. comics
8. picture
9. sincere
10. difficult
11. hospitals
12. fifteenth
13. sandwich
14. whichever
High-Frequency Words
15. products
16. mountains
Vocabulary Words
17. immature
18. impossible
19. inland
20. invisible
Challenge Words
1. precipitation
2. drought
3. procedure
4. predicate
5. estimate

Week 6-Sept.16-20

Review Weeks 1-5

Multiple Choice Test (**No Pretest this week)

Week 7-Sept. 23-27

Pattern Words-

Long i
1. final
2. violin
3. deny
4. quite
5. quiet
6. guide
7. height
8. supply
9. politely
10. highest
11. pioneer
12. realizes
13. brightest
14. microwave
High-Frequency Words
15. answer
16 question
Vocabulary Words
17. bivalves
18. biannual
19. triangle
20. triathlon
Challenge Words
1. prediction
2. conservation
3. resource
4. comparison
5. weirs

Mr. Matthew Weimer – September NewsletterPC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:18-08:00

Mrs. Witters September 3, 2013

Dear Parents, September 3, 2013

This week we will be learning about safety. Our character trait is Obedience. We are learning to do things the first time we are asked with a happy spirit. Please write a note if your child is exhibiting any of the character traits we have studied.

Our memory verse this week is, “Call to me and I will answer you.” Jeremiah 33:3

Our sight word this week is “my”. So far we have learned “the” and “can”.

We are enjoying our weekly music lesson. I know you are hearing lots of “Joyful Noise!!”

Please remember to read the books sent home in the plastic bag and sign their Reading Log. These books and Reading Log are due back on THURSDAY with their homework folder. Please be careful with these books. There will be a fee to replace them if they get lost. Thank you for your help and cooperation!

Please remember to go to our website weekly and check out all the new activities for the week. Our weekly newsletter is posted and the past weeks too.

Nicole( Brooklyn’s mom), Andrea (McKenna’s mom), Renee (Austin’s mom) and Hannah (Chloe’s mom) are our room moms. They will be asking for help with lots of activities in the future!
FCS still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

FCS Spirit Days

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Friday after, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride.

Go Eagles!!!

Kid’s Clubs

Attention Parents! Kid’s Clubs are a fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

IMPORTANT DATES

September 10 Picture Day

September 13 Grandparents Day:

September 18 1/ 2 Day – Teacher Inservice

September 23-27 Parent Conferences ( ALL kids

Leave at 12:00)

October 16 1/2 Day –Teacher Inservice

October 18 Pumpkin Patch (morning)

October 25 DeGroot Farm (Jordyn’s farm) a.m.

Mrs. Witters and your Obedient Kindergartner

P.S. Remember homework is due on THURSDAY.

ALSO DO ALL WORK IN PENCIL.

Mrs. Witters September 3, 2013PC Pierce2013-09-03T07:00:03-07:00

Mrs. Fraser, September 3, 2013

CHARACTER TRAIT: Obedience

Reference: Ephesians 6:1

Verse: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Definition: Doing what I am told with a happy spirit

Opposite: Doing what I want to do

SPELLING WORDS

LESSON 4-Sept. 3-6

Pattern Words: Long e- e, ey, ie, y

1. brownie

2. monkey

3. secret

4. pieces

5. honey

6. equal

7. grief

8. yield

9. only

10. icy

11. keys

12. busy

13. chief

14. valley

15. sleepy

16. snowy

17. beyond

18. believes

High-Frequency Words

19. favorite

20. against

Challenge Words

* plateau

* landform

SPELLING CARDS AND ENVELOPE

At the beginning of each week your child will bring home an small envelope which has spelling words children have cut into small paper cards. Students may use these cards to study 5 a day on Mondays, 5 new words on Tuesday plus review the 5 from Monday, then study 5 new words on Wednesday plus review the previous words, and Thursday study the final 5 words and review all 20 words along with the Challenge Words. Students can practice putting their words in A-B-C order. Chunking the words into smaller groups over the week will bring a greater retention for long term study purposes.

PARENT CORNER

PARENT CONFERENCES

Parent conference forms will be coming home today with your child’s Homework Folder. Please sign and send your form in before Monday, September 16th. Early dismissal will begin on Monday, September 23rd at 12:00. Early dismissal will be each day of the week through Friday, Sept. 27th. Please assist each other by being on time to the scheduled conference as we have only 20 minutes per conference. At conference time we can focus on strengths and areas for future growth together. I am looking forward to seeing each of you!

HOMEWORK

As the workload increases, please check your child’s folder for any incomplete assignments not finished in class. Students should finish and return assignments for an improved score. Students may also take any daily unfinished assignments home to complete and return the next day. This is a developmental skill which needs to be encouraged and nourished on a weekly basis. It is part of learning to use time wisely in class. Thank you for helping our little ones grow in responsibility of assignments.

FALL FUNDRAISER

The last day to turn in cookie dough and magazine order forms is on Monday, September 9.

COACHES NEEDED

FCS still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

FCS FRIDAY SPIRIT DAYS

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Friday after, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride! Go Eagles!!

KID’S CLUBS

Attention Parents! Kid’s Clubs are a fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

Grandparents Day is on Friday, September 13, 2013. It is a fun day for the children to spend with their grandparents. Now would be a good time to start making plans to invite your grandparents and SAVE THE DATE. If your grandparent is unable to come, feel free to invite a close, senior family friend.

CHAPEL

The staff is organizing chapels for the year and I am looking for a Chapel Speaker for Tuesday, November 12 from 8:00-8:45 AM. If you or someone you know of is gifted in speaking to children in grades 1-6 and would be willing to come as a guest speaker, please let me know. Please notify me if you know of someone or have a youth pastor at your church that would be interested. THANK YOU!!

BIBLE

We have been studying about how God created the world, how God created Adam and Eve, how Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and the story of Cain and Abel. We begin the month of September with The Second Beginning, The Flood and God’s Promise, Noah’s sons, and the Tower of Babel.

BOOK REPORTS

Our class will begin an independent reading program. Students will be involved in reading books covering several genres of literature including, fiction, biography, science, poetry, Bible/Christian themes, folk tales, fables, historical fiction, sports, travel, and hobbies.

Students will be assigned a specific category of books to read for a book report. Students should choose a book from the school, home, class, or public library that is age and ability appropriate. After reading the book, students will participate in a variety of book report project styles as assigned by the teacher which may include: mobiles, diorama, puppetry, book jackets, written or oral book reports, book boxes, book posters, 3D book reports, etc. You will find attached to the newsletter specific directions for each project as assigned along with a due date. Students will be marked down a full grade for reports turned in late.

Our first book report will be to read a fiction chapter book and then complete the FANCY FOLDER book project attached to your newsletter. See attached grading rubric indicating expectations for total points possible. The book report project is to be completed outside of class.

FANCY FOLDER Display fiction book report projects are due Thursday, October 3th.

READING COUNTS PROGRAM

The Reading Counts Program is a school-wide incentive reading program to develop fluency and comprehension in reading. Students are inspired to read literature books from their recommended reading list. Participation in Reading Counts is part of the reading grade.

Each child will take the Scholastic Reading Inventory on the lab computers at school this week to determine their reading interests and comprehension reading level. From this a recommended reading list of books is generated which will help students select books that are a good fit for the Reading Counts program. Students are encouraged to read “Red Star” books and then take computer quizzes to measure growth in comprehension on a weekly basis. Points are accumulated for books read and quizzes passed at 70% or above. If a book is not in the computer system, students may complete a written book report form to receive points toward the Reading Counts program. Students can also count their books for class book reports and READING COUNTS at the same time.

Starting next week as part of their Reading grade, students are required to read a minimum of 1 book per week and take at least 1 quiz per week. They make take quizzes in class or online at home with adult supervision. They are not allowed to use their book to answer the questions. Go to Fresno Christian’s website and choose Grades K-6 on the home page then SRI & SRC and then click on Scholastic Reading Counts. They will need their username and password to access this from home. Scholastic Reading Inventories may not be taken at home.

READING COUNTS GOALS

Special Reading Certificates
BLUE – 25 POINTS
RED – 50 POINTS
BRONZE – 100 POINTS
SILVER – 250 POINTS
GOLD – 500 POINTS

Year-End Awards

100 points- Ice Cream Party

500 points- Pizza with the 3rd and 4th grade teachers

JUST RIGHT BOOKS

Students may use the 5-finger rule for finding a JUST RIGHT book. To determine a JUST RIGHT book the student reads the first two pages:

0-1 Missed Words Too Easy Reading

2-3 Missed Words Just Right

4-5 Missed Words Too Difficult Reading

SEPTEMBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

The opportunity to order books will be offered monthly. Scholastic publishes excellent books for children at a moderate price. Purchases will be made online only. I will be sending home the parent information letter for online ordering. I will not be accepting checks or cash. Your first book order was sent home today and orders will need to be placed by Oct. 1st. Thank you!

WRITING

Third graders are learning to write expository person paragraphs. We will write descriptions of people, places, or objects. We will learn to use concrete sensory details or descriptive words to present and support unified impressions of people, places, or objects. Students will learn to use a rubric to analyze their writing. Students will be tested on these writing skills through Benchmark Assessments at the end of the first quarter.

MATH

This week third graders will be finishing up Chapter 1 in Place Value. Next week a Pre-test will go home with your child to be completed at home and returned Thursday as well. Please look it over and help your child if there is any area they are struggling with before our test on Thursday, September 12.

ACADEMIC END OF THE YEAR MATH REWARDS

All students who reach the third grade level goal of mastering Form A and Form B of 100 facts in Addition and Subtraction Facts in 4 minutes will receive an ice cream party. All third graders who reach the goal of mastering Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and Mixed Facts of Form A and Form B in 4 minutes will become Lifetime Members and will be rewarded a pizza party off campus with the third and fourth grade teachers.

SCIENCE

We will be studying 6 different habitats in Science. The Savanna, Desert, Pond, Forest, Polar and Ocean Habitats will all be covered as we prepare for our first field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You will see a packet coming home after we study each habitat with the Ocean Habitat being the last one we study before our trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on November 7. Details for the trip will be sent out next month.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

SEPTEMBER

Monday, September 2 – NO SCHOOL-Labor Day

Monday, September 9 – Fall Fundraiser Ends

Monday, September 9 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!

Tuesday, September 10 – Elementary Pictures

Friday, September 13 – Grandparents Day

Wednesday, September 18 – Minimum Day @ 12:00 PM – Teacher In-service

September 23-27 Parent Teacher Conferences-Noon Dismissal

Mrs. Fraser, September 3, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:19-08:00

Mrs. Ferguson September Newsletter

september_is_here

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent conference forms will be coming home today with your child’s Communication folder. Please sign and send your form in before Monday, September 16th. Early dismissal will begin on Monday, September 23rd at 12:00. Early dismissal will be each day of the week through Friday, Sept. 27th. Please assist each other by being on time to the scheduled conference as we have only 20 minutes per conference. At conference time we can focus on strengths and areas for future growth together. I am looking forward to seeing each of you!!

GRANDPARENT’S DAY

Grandparents Day is on Friday, September 13, 2013. It is a fun day for the children to spend with their grandparents. If their grandparent is unable to come, feel free to invite a close, senior family friend. The schedule is as follows:

9:30-9:50 AM K-12 Pick up schedules

9:50-11:40 AM K-12 Visit classrooms

11:40-12:25 PM K-12 Lunch

12:25 PM K-12 Say Goodbye to grandchild

COACHES NEEDED

FCS still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

SEPTEMBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

I will be sending home a new book order during the month of September. If you would like to place an online order please do so by October 1st. Thanks!

BOOK BUDDIES

Now that we have all K-6 on one campus Mrs. Witters and I decided it would be fun to bring Book Buddies back to Kindergarten! We have paired up our students for a time of reading on Friday afternoons. The little ones loving being read to and the older ones love the responsibility of taking a kindergartener under their wing. I think it’s a great way for our 4^th graders to serve the little ones and model not only reading but positive behavior as well!

FALL FUNDRAISER

The fundraiser ends September 9th! Please put your order forms AND money inside the envelope provided and turn it in to your teacher.

FCS FRIDAY SPIRIT DAYS

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here? Starting this Friday and every Friday after, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride! Go Eagles!!

CHAPELS

Our class is in charge of two chapels this year and I am looking for Chapel Speakers. If you or someone you know of is gifted in speaking to children in grades 1-6 and would be willing to do one our chapels, please let me know. The dates are November 12 and April 8 from 8:00-8:45 am. Please notify me if you know of someone or have a youth pastor at your church that would be interested. THANK YOU!!

BIBLE

In our Bible unit we are continuing our study of the “Development of Writing” and it’s bearing on biblical history. Students examined and created their own pictographs last week and are moving on to hieroglyphics and the Hebrew style of writing. Next we will move into the studying the 4 divisions of the Old Testament.

SCIENCE

We have been studying 6 different habitats in Science. The Savanna, Desert, Pond, Forest, Polar and Ocean Habitats will all be covered as we prepare for our first field trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You will see a packet coming home after we study each habitat with the Ocean Habitat being the last one we study before our trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on November 7. Details for the trip will be sent out next month.

WRITING

We are continuing to use Summary Maps to help us as we learn to summarize a book for our first writing Benchmark. We have done a few practice stories together using familiar children’s stories. As we finish the novel Trouble River this week in class they will be asked to summarize a chapter and then the book using the same format we have been practicing for Benchmarks.

READING

We will be finishing our first novel, Trouble River, this week in class. You will see their packet coming home next week with a grade on the inside cover. We completed the questions together as a class this time so they had the correct answers and they know what my expectations are. If their grade is lower than you expected it is because they did not answer in a complete sentence, they are not using proper punctuation or they didn’t complete the assignment. They know they are being marked down for not having complete sentences and proper punctuation and I have been reminding them daily to watch for this as they write their answers. 🙂

Next week we will begin reading On the Banks of Plum Creek, a popular book from the Little House on the Prairie series. We will read this together in class but they will be required to answer more of the questions on their own.

MATH

We will be taking our first TEST on Chapter 1 this WEDNESDAY. A Pre-test went home today with your child to be completed at home and returned tomorrow, Wednesday. Please look it over and help your child if there is any area they are struggling with before our test on Thursday. They are welcome to bring their textbooks home at any time. We will be reviewing in class today in preparation for our test as well.

Next week we will begin Chapter 2 on Addition and Subtraction. We will focus on the properties of addition and subtraction with regrouping, as well as some algebra in 4th grade. I will be asking the students to not only show their work in subtraction, but to check their work using addition sometimes as well. Graph paper is helpful if you have some at home. I know it’s tedious, but I have seen fewer errors because of this & in the long run they will thank me….I hope! Haha! 🙂

READING- 1^STQUARTER BOOK PROJECT

Our first book report will be to read a fiction chapter book at their grade level and then complete a “BOOK JACKET’” book project attached to your newsletter. Your child will need to complete the book they selected before starting the actual book jacket. Try to have the book read within 2 weeks, so you will have plenty of time to complete the book jacket. Please take notice of the grading rubric expectations located on the back of the project directions. Typing the report is highly encouraged but not required. Students will be marked down one full grade for reports turned in late.

BOOK JACKET fiction book report projects are due THURSDAY, October 3.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are beginning our study of California’s history by looking at its geography. In the past few weeks we have studied the 4 different regions of California; Mountain, Coastal, Desert and Central Valley Regions We are also learning how to use lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location on a map. We will be making a California relief map next month to tie into our study of California.

CALIFORNIA RELIEF MAPS (Parent Help Needed)

We will need parent helpers to help the students make dough maps of California on Thursday, October 3rd from 1:15-2:45 p.m. (approximately). We will mix dough for the map, which we will then form into a relief map of California. We will allow them to dry and then paint them later. Your help is needed distributing materials, mixing dough and then forming the dough into the shape of our state. If you would like to help, please e-mail me to let me know. I will have sign-ups at parent conferences for some of the items needed. (Flour, salt, etc…) Thanks!

**4th grade students will need to bring in a heavy 12X18 piece of cardboard. The maps are heavy and require a strong, unfolded piece of cardboard. Please measure because the map does take up that much space.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

September 2 NO SCHOOL-Labor Day

September 10 Elementary Pictures

September 14 HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE!

September 18 School dismissed @ 12:00 PM – Teacher In-service

September 22 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWSON!

September 23-27 Parent Teacher Conferences-Noon Dismissal

September 25 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE & SKYLAR!!

BIBLE VERSE LIST

Week of Sept. 3-6

Character Trait: Self-Control

Reference: Proverbs 16:32

Bible Verse: Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.”

Week of Sept. 9-13

Character Trait: Honesty

Reference: Ephesians 4:25

Bible Verse: “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.”

Week of Sept. 16-20

Character Trait: Fairness

Reference: Luke 6:31

Bible Verse: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Week of Sept. 23-27

Character Trait: Forgiveness

Reference: Colossians 3:13

Bible Verse: “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

SPELLING LIST

Week 4- Sept. 3-6

Pattern Words-Long e

1. idea

2. niece

3. belief

4. either

5. secret

6. money

7. reason

8. receive

9. chimney

10. breathe

11. enemies

12. beaches

13. seasonal

14. keyboard

High-Frequency Words

15. southern

16. northern

Vocabulary Words

17. decode

18. dehydrate

19. preseason

20. prearrange

Challenge Words

1. commandment

2. tributary

3. San Joaquin

4. Sacramento

5. agricultural

Week 5-Sept. 9-13

Pattern Words-

Short i

1. living

2. stitch

3. picnic

4. pillow

5. skillful

6. biscuit

7. comics

8. picture

9. sincere

10. difficult

11. hospitals

12. fifteenth

13. sandwich

14. whichever

High-Frequency Words

15. products

16. mountains

Vocabulary Words

17. immature

18. impossible

19. inland

20. invisible

Challenge Words

1. precipitation

2. drought

3. procedure

4. predicate

5. estimate

Week 6-Sept.16-20

Review Weeks 1-5

Multiple Choice Test (**No Pretest this week)

Week 7-Sept. 23-27

Pattern Words-

Long i

1. final

2. violin

3. deny

4. quite

5. quiet

6. guide

7. height

8. supply

9. politely

10. highest

11. pioneer

12. realizes

13. brightest

14. microwave

High-Frequency Words

15. answer

16 question

Vocabulary Words

17. bivalves

18. biannual

19. triangle

20. triathlon

Challenge Words

1. prediction

2. conservation

3. resource

4. comparison

5. weirs

Mrs. Ferguson September NewsletterPC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:20-08:00

Mrs. Vander Kooi September 3, 2013

We Are One: Growing in Christ

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a relaxing long weekend with your families. Now it’s time to look ahead to parent conferences. Your child will bring home a conference sheet on Tuesday, September 3, listing the day and time of your conference with me. Please contact Kerry Roberts in the office to reschedule if the time allotted to you is inconvenient.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY:

Grandparents’ Day is on Friday, September 13th. A shuttle service will be available from parking lots “A” and “F” to transport grandparents to the Peoples Courtyard. Student schedules may be picked up at the Courtyard from 9:30-9:50 and grandparents will visit classroom from 9:50-11:40. Lunch will be provided for grandparents and students. For maps and further information, visit www.fresnochristian.com.

FCS SPIRIT DAYS:

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Friday after, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each moth, the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride. Go Eagles!!

KID’S CLUBS:

Attention parents! Kid’s 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 fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

COACHES NEEDED:

FCS is still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested, please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

HUME LAKE FOR 6TH GRADERS:

This year we will be going to Hume Lake for 6th grade camp October 14-18 to study Outdoor Education. Parents, you should be receiving an email from Hume Camp some time this week. Please respond to it as soon as possible.

WRITING:

This week students will continue to write opinion paragraphs about stories and books. This is in preparation for the 1st Quarter “Response to Literature” summative writing assessment.

READING:

We are just now practicing the opinion portion of the Response to Literature, so I’ve revised the requirements for the independently read August book. Students are to design a book cover listing the title and author on the front, illustrating the main character(s) and setting on the front, and printing a summary of the book on the back. The new due date is Friday, September 6th. Students will read a book from a different genre each month. 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. The genre for the month of September is mystery. Students should show their selected mystery book to me for approval.

MATH:

The 5th grade will study comparing, ordering and rounding decimals and whole numbers, and the 6th grade will study multiplying and dividing decimals and whole numbers. Students will utilize the online Khan Academy program to practice and reinforce concepts.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week we continue our study of ancient Mesopotamia by completing a web quest. Students will learn all about this ancient civilization by utilizing the ducksters.com website.

BIBLE:

This week we continue our study of the Bible, focusing on the Writings in the Pentateuch and Books of History.

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE:

The memory verse for this week is Romans 6:23 and the test will be this Friday, September 6. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, grammar and the scripture reference.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

SPELLING:

Lesson 4 words (words with -ed, -ing) will be tested this Friday, September 6.

All Students

decorating
applying
delaying
employed
studying
supposed
exciting
married
envied
studied
frightened
panicked
relayed
preparing
replied

6^th Grade Only

invited
multiplied
planning
lying
served

Challenge Words for All

paralyzed
memorizing
concentrating
preferred
quarreled

DATES TO REMEMBER:

NO SCHOOL Labor Day: September 2
Happy Birthday to Faith Monroy: September 5
Happy Birthday to Marin Sue: September 7
Happy Birthday to Harman Gill: September 11
Elementary Pictures: September 10
Grandparent’s Day: September 13
Half Day: September 18 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
Parent/Teacher Conferences: September 23-27 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
End of First Quarter: October 11
Hume Lake: October 14-18
Happy Birthday to Izabella Arballo: October 23
Happy Birthday to Anthony Ellis: October 23

Mrs. Vander Kooi September 3, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:21-08:00

Mrs. Tally September 3,2013

Dear Families,

Welcome September!!!! I trust you had a wonderful and relaxing Labor Day weekend spending time with those you love. Now we are ready to jump back in the saddle in Room 524!!! It has been quite a ride these first few weeks. It has challenging for some, but the children are doing a good job adjusting to a new grade and accelerated expectations as well. So much progress has already been made. Our everyday routines are becoming more automatic and familiar which begins to build confidence. Thank you to our parent helpers who have helped facilitate this growth. I am grateful for your investment in the lives of Tally’s Treasures.

Important Dismissal Info – If you have children at different grades with different dismissal times, please pick up your child that is dismissed first and then wait for your older child. Many children are lingering, waiting for their parent to pick them up when the older sibling is ready. This ends up being a 20-25 min wait. If your child has permission to meet you in a different place other than the pirate ship or wait for a sibling, please send written permission with your signature and we will allow them to do this. Many thanks for your help in this matter. We just want to be sure our younger students are safe and secure.

Language Arts – Reading groups are going great, as is Spelling and Writing. Journal writing is a free write, using inventive spelling, and the high frequency words. I am stressing the components of a proper sentence using capital letters and punctuation with legible handwriting……. imagine that !!!! These are all standards based skills. They are encouraged to incorporate descriptive words in their journal entries, as well as some of the new words we have been learning in vocabulary. They brought home the requirements for the first book report in their homework folder last Friday. It is due Sept. 27th. Hopefully, it will be a chapter book with 50-100 pgs., however, some can handle larger books than that. If you are uncertain what the appropriate requirement should be for your child, I will be happy to help with that.

Writing – We began working on our Benchmarks for Quarter One.We are are working on a Friendly Letter with all the proper components.

Math – We have completed Contract 1 and will take our first Math Test on Wed. Sept. 4th. The chapter review came home Last Wednesday and will be due on Wednesday, Sept. 4th. We will will start the next contract on Tues. which is Number Patterns to 100, which precedes regrouping. Some of the children are almost a member of the First or Second grade Math Club, which is so exciting. The requirements for the First Grade club are facts to 10 in addition and subtraction, completing 100 in four minutes. Requirements for the Second Grade club are facts to +18, 100 in four minutes. Please be faithful in doing a 4 minute drill at home each night. Your consistency will really help your child be successful in this skill. Let me know when you need more drills at home . My goal for them is to get to subtraction facts to 20 and for some multiplication and division.

Science – We will study living and non-living things with a focus on Apples. We will make a theme book learning how an apple develops and grows, as well as learning all the things you can do with an apple.We culminate our unit at the end of the month by making applesauce and enjoying other apple treats and activities. Such fun!

Bible – Please be faithful in practicing the Bible Verse. We say it many times at school as well. We will be studying Abraham and discussing what it means to walk by faith.

Social Science – We are studying Land Around Us .

Show and Tell – Show and Tell is for Team A this week. Your child can bring two times during the week. If they have incomplete work, they will forfeit their show and tell.

Homework – Please be sure when your child does work at home that you check it to make sure it is correct. I am getting many papers with wrong answers and skipped problems. Many are bringing home a good deal of work from our Reading and Math time last week.There is plenty of time to complete these tasks with many parent helpers, but some are just drifting and dreaming and not staying on task. So we say in the classroom, I am not giving this homework, but the child himself is doing it because of his/her lack of responsibility. This is a work ethic that needs to be developed sooner, rather than later. Any support from home that you can give will be appreciated. Thanks!!!

Grandparent’s Day –Grandparents’ Day is on Friday, September 13th. A shuttle service will be available from parking lots “A” and “F” to transport grandparents to the Peoples Courtyard. They will visit classroom from 9:50-11:40. Lunch will be provided for grandparents and students. For maps and further information, visit www.fresnochristian.com.

Fall Fundraiser – The fundraiser ends September 9th! Sell, sell, sell!!!! We are doing a great job.

Sustained Silent Reading – As a way to wind down and cool off, we are having a Sustained Silent Reading time of 15 minutes after lunch recess. The children will need to bring a book from home to keep in their backpacks. Thank you!!

Needed -FCS still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

Kid’s Club – Attention Parents! Kid’s Clubs are a fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

Standards Addressed This Week: Reading 1.1 – 1.2 – 1.3 – 1.4 – 1.8 – 1.9 – 1.11 – 1.16 – 2.1 – 2.2 – 2.3 – 3.1 – Writing – 1.1 – 1.2 – 1.3 – 2.2 Written and Oral Language – 1.1 – 1.4 – 1.5 – 1.6 – 1.7 – 1.8 – Math – NS 2.3 – 2.5 – MR 1.2 AF1.2 – 1.0 – 1.1 – 1.2 – 1.3 – Life Sciences 2.a – 2.b Social Science – HSS 1.1 – 1.2 –

HAVE A GREAT WEEK !!

9-2 – Labor Day – No school

9-10 – Elementary School Pictures

9-13 – Happy 8th Birthday Sanjay Stephen

9-13 – Grandparent’s Day – 9:40 AM – 11:40 PM

9-18 – School dismissed at 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice

9-23 – Happy 8th Birthday Kaleb Marquez

9-25 – Happy 7th Birthday Mallory Loeffler

9-27 – Happy 8th Birthday Paige Deffenbacher

9-23-27 -Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences- School dismissed at 12:00 PM

Spirit Day is every Friday. Please wear your favorite FCS shirt.

Bible Verse – Sept.3- 6

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. Psalm 136:1 13 pts.

Spelling – Lesson 3 – Sept. 3-6

hill

grass

cliff

bless

pizza

stuff

hammer

kitten

hidden

ribbon

two

Monday

September

Mrs. Tally September 3,2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:22-08:00

Mrs. Hancox Sept. 3, 2013

AS WE GROW IN CHRIST: WE LIFT UP OUR NATION IN PRAYER. 1 PETER 2:9

Dear Parents and Students,

STUDENT PICTURES:

Student pictures will be Tuesday, September 10th. The package order form will go home on Tuesday. Pictures are for the year book and an opportunity for you to purchase portraits. An envelope will be sent home before picture day offering you a picture package option.

STUDENT COUNCIL:

Janae Shew
Anjeli Macaranas
Caleigh Alday
Mark Pimentel
Natalie (Ferguson’s Class)
Dawson (Ferguson’s Class)
Blake Deffenbacher
Bryce Foshee
Cassie Ledet
Addison Shultz
Kaci Ferguson
Brynlee Schmidt

A special “Thank You” to all students in grades 4-6 who applied for Student Council 2013-2014. We had 23 applicants and only 12 positions available. The 12 who were elected where chosen by their individual responses on:

What characters should a leader have?

What ideas or projects do you have in mind to promote our school theme of :

We Are One, Growing In Christ.

The students who gave concrete answers to support these two positions, were the chosen 12 who will represent 4-6 council this year. They will do their best to provide a strong leadership for all students with service and school spirit. I encourage the students who were not chosen for this year’s council to serve right where they are planted! Ask your teachers if there is anything you can do to assist them in the classroom. May the Lord bless you as you seek to serve and grow in Christ.

KID’S CLUBS:

Attention parents! Kid’s 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 fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

COACHES NEEDED:

FCS is still looking for an elementary volleyball coach and an elementary flag football coach. If interested, please contact our Sports Department at 299-1695 ext. 123 or email: mregnerus@fresnochristian.com

HUME LAKE FOR 6TH GRADERS:

This year we will be going to Hume Lake for 6th grade camp October 14-18 to study Outdoor Education. Parents, you should be receiving an email from Hume Camp some time this week. Please respond to it as soon as possible.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE WEEK IS SEPT. 23-27. CONFERENCE FORMS TO GO HOME ON TUESDAY. SCHOOL WILL BE DISMISSED AT 12:00 each day of this week.

6th GRADE HUME LAKE: Oct. 14-18

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

Grandparents’ Day is on Friday, September 13th. A shuttle service will be available from parking lots “A” and “F” to transport grandparents to the Peoples Courtyard. Student schedules may be picked up at the Courtyard from 9:30-9:50 and grandparents will visit classroom from 9:50-11:40. Lunch will be provided for grandparents and students. For maps and further information, visit www.fresnochristian.com.

S.W.B.A.T. (students will be able to);

Bible: We will be studying the Psalms and applying them to our lives. This week’s verse is:

Psalms 8:5-6

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; You made everything under his feet.

Math: Students have started long division with double digit divisors and decimals. A new rubric for unit 2 will be handed out on Tuesday. The area of study will be long division and decimals.

Social Studies: This week we will begin group research on an assigned civilization. Students will prepare artifacts for their culture to be buried on Sept. 11th.

Language Arts:

1. We will begin a study on subject and predicates. Students have been given a rubric for seven daily assignments plus a higher order question.

2. Reading: Teacher read aloud: The Case That Time Forgot

3. Student reading: Independent choice of MYSTERY. Students need to choose a mystery book to read for the month of September. They are to write a formal Response to Literature along with Author’s Purpose. A rubric will go home on Tuesday showing details of the writing assignment and scoring

Spelling: Students will study with an understanding of root, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, homographs, high frequency words, and syllabication. The intermediate grade levels offer fantastic integration for grades 4-8 in these areas. The weekly spelling lessons will be designed to assist students with transfer of spelling knowledge to independent writing, reading comprehension, language arts, and speaking.

Week 4: e-, ex- (out, out of, outside)

eject
emit
erupt
exceed
exclude
expand
extinguish

VCCV patterns

pattern
associate
exhale
bulletin
collapse
complaint
instance
dessert
difficulty
franchise
emphasize
disturb

SPIRIT WEAR: SUPER 99% THIS PAST FRIDAY. LET’S GO FOR 100% THIS FRIDAY!

Thank you for your prayers and partnership during our 2013-2014 school year!

Current calendar:

September 2-No School, Labor Day
September 11-Archaeology Dig (on campus!)
September 13-Grandparents Day
Conferences September 23-27-12:00 dismissal all week
Elementary Pictures: September 10
Grandparent’s Day: September 13
Half Day: September 18 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
Parent/Teacher Conferences: September 23-27 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
End of First Quarter: October 11
Hume Lake: October 14-18

HAPPY SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

Kennedy 9/22

Tim 9/25

Mrs. Hancox Sept. 3, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:23-08:00

Mrs. R’s Super Stars September 3rd, 2013

Hello Families!

Wow! Can you believe September is already here? I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend spending time with family and friends. This week in 1st grade we will be starting some new things in our room!

Bible

This week we will be learning about Jacob, Esau, and Joseph. Our memory verse this week can be found in Psalm 136:1

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. (13 pts)

Please be sure to review this every night with your child, although we have a short week they will still be tested on Friday.

Math

This week in math we will be doing a lot of review with addition, but we will also be working on word problems. This can be a challenging area of math, but I believe we will accomplish it!

Social Studies

This week we will also begin our first Social Studies unit on rules and laws. Students will learn about our community and why its important that we have rules and laws.

Science

In science we will begin learning about living and non-living things

Language Arts

This week we will focus on the short vowel ‘e’ sound as in ‘pet’.

We will also be practicing our writing, focusing on starting with an uppercase and ending with a period.

We will continue to work hard on phonics and sight word recognition. This is so important for reading. Once the students begin to recognize more sight words and learn new letter sounds, their reading will become much easier for them and more fluent.

Last week we also started library time. We will be going to the library every Friday at 2:10. During this time the students will have a chance to become familiar with our library, how we act in a library, and read!! read!! read!!

As I get more comfortable with their reading groups I will start sending home some books to read each week along with their homework.

FIELD TRIP

Our first field trip will be to Lost Lake on Friday, Sept. 17th. We will be doing various stations of activities all of which correlate with our Science Standards. We will travel by bus and leave People’s campus at 8:45 AM and return by 1:30 PM. We will be needing parent volunteers for each station. The children love this field trip!! There is no charge for adults and the children have already paid. Everybody will bring a sack lunch and a drink.

Take Home Folders

Please remember to ask for you child’s take home folder everyday. This is how I communicate with you and send home any important information. Also please be sure to empty the “Take Home” side each night. This is work they are doing in class and you are able to see what we are learning. If the students do not finish their work in class I will put it in their take home folders. They must complete it and return it. If the forget their folders, they tend to say “my mom/dad forgot it”. I am trying to get them away from this and learn personal responsibility. I remind them that mom and dad are very busy and it is not their responsibility to remember your folder every night.

First Time Obedience

Our class is really working on first time obedience. We have had some struggles with talking during class and listening to authority during lunch and recess. We discussed how important it is to listen the first time. We talked about why we have rules and why they are important. We also talked about how our class will not function properly if everyone is not obeying the rules. Please follow up at home with the importance of first time obedience.

FCS Spirit Days

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Fridayafter, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride.

Go Eagles!!!

Kid’s Clubs

Attention Parents! Kid’s Clubs are a fun lunchtime activities led by parent volunteers. PTF is looking for volunteers to lead a club or help lead a club during the fall season. New this 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, September 6th.

Spelling Words

pet

let

get

come

apple

by

as

fed

bed

red

men

for

yes

Important Dates

9/2- Labor Day. No School

9/9- PTF fundraiser ends

9/10- Elementary school pictures

9/10- Elementary Chapel

9/13- Grandparents Day

9/17- Lost Lake Field Trip

9/18- Half day. School out @ 12 for teacher inservice

9/24- Elementary Chapel

9/23-9/27- Parent teacher conferences. School out at 12.

Once again I hope you all had a great 3 day weekend! I am looking forward to a new week ahead!!

Trust the Lord in all things!!!!

Mrs. Raymundo

Mrs. R’s Super Stars September 3rd, 2013PC Pierce2016-11-16T22:22:24-08:00

PC Pierce

About PC Pierce

CHARACTER TRAIT: Honesty

SPELLING WORDS:

PARENT CORNER

COMING ATTRACTIONS

PARENT CONFERENCES

COACHES NEEDED

GRANDPARENT’S DAY

SEPTEMBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

FALL FUNDRAISER

FCS FRIDAY SPIRIT DAYS

READING

SOCIAL STUDIES

CALIFORNIA RELIEF MAPS (Parent Help Needed)

MATH

BIBLE VERSE LIST

SPELLING LIST

CHARACTER TRAIT: Obedience

SPELLING WORDS

LESSON 4-Sept. 3-6

PARENT CORNER

COMING ATTRACTIONS

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

GRANDPARENT’S DAY

COACHES NEEDED

SEPTEMBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

BOOK BUDDIES

FALL FUNDRAISER

FCS FRIDAY SPIRIT DAYS

CHAPELS

BIBLE

SCIENCE

WRITING

READING

MATH

READING- 1ST QUARTER BOOK PROJECT

SOCIAL STUDIES

CALIFORNIA RELIEF MAPS (Parent Help Needed)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

BIBLE VERSE LIST

SPELLING LIST

We Are One: Growing in Christ

HAVE A GREAT WEEK !!

Bible Verse – Sept.3- 6

Spelling – Lesson 3 – Sept. 3-6

READING- 1^STQUARTER BOOK PROJECT