Miss Nolte

Dear Parents

We had a great week last week finishing up some work and learning new skills. 

This Week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Homework: Due to our achievement testing we will have no homework this week.

Spelling: Due to our achievement testing we will have no spelling words.

Bible: We will begin learning about the Easter story

Memory Verse:  For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourself, it is a gift from God.           Ephesians 2:8 (23pts)

Stanford Achievement Testing:

This week the students will be busy taking their achievement testing. It is extremely important that everyone shows up to school on time! We will begin promptly at 8:15 each morning. Please make sure your child goes to bed at a decent time each night. They will need plenty of rest. Feed them a healthy breakfast each morning. They will need healthy foods to help fuel their body and brain. We will be doing testing each morning and Rainforest work in the afternoons. We will also be doing Bible and worship in the afternoons as well. WE WILL HAVE NO PARENT HELPERS THIS WEEK!

Rain Forest:

Last week the kids started to learn all about the rainforest! I am so excited for you to see our room transformed for open house!!

IMPORTANT DATES

3-31 – 4-4 – SAT Testing

4-11 – 1st Grade Easter Celebration!! @ 1:00PM

4-14 – 4-21 – Easter Vacation – He Is Risen! Hallelujah for the Cross!!!

4-25 – PTF Talent Show (Tentative)

5-6 – Elementary Fine Arts Festival – 6:30-9:00 PM

5-7 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

Good Morning Parents! March is almost over and we are well underway into our 4th quarter! I hope some of you had the chance to attend one of the meetings with our future Superintendent on Saturday!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Bible: This week in Bible we will review for S.A.T.

Language Arts: This week we will continue using our reading strategies without being reminded. We will review all our strategies and how to use them. Along with that we will continue to work on fluency, retelling of a story, the main characters, and the setting. In writing we will being learning how to make an outline form a text. The kids will practice taking key words out of short paragraphs.

Math: Last week we started our unit on 2-digit addition. We will continue working through that this week.

Social Science: We have been learning all about our world.

Memory Verse: He is not here, for He is risen, just as He said. Matthew 28:6 (15pts)

Spelling words: This week in spelling kids will continue working on “r” blends. We will look at words with “er” “ir” and “ur”. They will spell and write high-frequency words and challenge words.

hurt

verse

fern

dirt

burn

first

turn

her

girl

great

again

who

bird

3-25 – EL Chapel

3-31 – 4-4 – SAT Testing

4-11 – 1st Grade Easter Celebration!!

4-14 – 4-21 – Easter Vacation – He Is Risen! Hallelujah for the Cross!!!

4-25 – PTF Talent Show (Tentative)

5-6 – Elementary Fine Arts Festival – 6:30-9:00 PM

5-7 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

Good Morning Parents! I can not believe that we are already into the 4th quarter, and there are only 44 days of school left!! Where has the time gone?? Last week we wrapped up our benchmark assessments, and I am very pleased with the progress of the kiddos!

Thank you to all of you who helped out with this years auction! It was a big success. We praise God for all He is doing for our school!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Bible: This week in Bible we will begin learning about Daniel

Language Arts: This week in reading we will focus on using our reading strategies without being reminded. We will review all our strategies and how to use them. Along with that we will continue to work on fluency, retelling of a story, the main characters, and the setting. In writing we will being learning how to make an outline form a text. The kids will practice taking key words out of short paragraphs.

Math: This week we will be taking our math test on money. Please be sure to review identifying coins at home and how much they are worth. We will then move into addition and subtraction to 20 and 2 digit addition.

Social Science: We have been learning all about our world.

Memory Verse: What ever you do, work with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.  Colossians 3:23 (19pts)

Spelling words: This week in spelling kids will accurately spell words with or and ar. They will spell and write high-frequency words and challenge words.

Lord

start

sort

horse

far

chore

more

hard

part

jar

an

were

his

3-19 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

3-31 – 4-4 – SAT Testing

4-14 – 4-21 – Easter Vacation – He Is Risen! Hallelujah for the Cross!!!

4-25 – PTF Talent Show (Tentative)

5-6 – Elementary Fine Arts Festival – 6:30-9:00 PM

5-7 – Teacher Inservice – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

Good Morning Parents! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend with your families! This week is our benchmark testing for the 3rd quarter. Most of our testing will be done in the morning. Please be sure your child gets to bed on time and eats a nice healthy breakfast each morning!

Memory Verse: 

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

Isaiah 40:31a

Language Arts: This week in language arts I will be assessing students on their reading levels as well as their writing. In writing they must write an expository text about themselves.

Math: We will be taking our math benchmark this week to asses everything we have learned this quarter. We will also be finishing up our unit on money. We will be taking our test next week.

Please work at home with identifying coins and their values. Throw some change on the table and have them sort the coins by what they are, then ask them how much each coin is worth. The kids know how to count by 5’s and 10’s but if they don’t know what each coin is, this skill will not be helpful.

Physical Fitness:  We will continue our P.E testing this week

Bible: We will continue learning about David

Spelling Words:

that

what

this

with

which

then

when

white

where

path

put

each

down

Auction: We are still in need of some auction items for donation!! Each class is competing to earn the most class points!! Lets see how many points these superstars can get!! Contact central office for ideas on items to donate.

IMPORTANT DATES

The month of March is already here, spring is fast approaching! We have been blessed with some beautiful weather! But Lord willing we get more rain!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Memory Verse: Jesus answered, “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” John 14:6 (23)

Language Arts: This week in spelling we will be doing a review of the “oo” sounds, consonant blends with L, R, and S, and the digraphs sh and ch. Spelling words are below.

good

soon

took

play

black

glad

pray

brown

smile

snack

child

she

shape

We have been working hard on perfecting our narrative writing.  We are focusing on staying on topic while we are writing and learning how to organize our writing. In reading we are practicing fluency. We are also looking at main characters of the story and the setting.

Math: This week we will be practicing counting coins. Learning equal amounts, and problem solving with money.

Bible: We will learn about David

.

Physical Fitness: Our physical fitness testing will begin this week

Book Orders: Please be sure to check when book orders come home. Books make a wonderful gift for passover baskets!! be sure to use our class code when ordering online.

FCS Auction: We are still looking for donations and silent auction items for our dinner! The dinner will be March 15th. This is a wonderful findraiser for our school! Please be sure to speak with friends, family, or business owners in regards to donating items for our auction!

Hello families!! We are nearing the end of February. Last week the kids were busy learning new spelling rules, counting money, and learning all about teeth!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Last week we enjoyed a wonderful field trip to the Air Force base! The kids had so much fun and learned a lot! Thank you Mr. Gamber for helping us out!!

Language Arts: This week in spelling we will be reviewing our blends we have learned. The students have worked on these sounds for a few weeks now. Please be sure to practice these words at home. In reading we are continuing to focus on fluency, characters, and setting of a story. We are also practicing retelling the story for comprehension practice. In writing we are writing a narrative about our selves.

Math: Last week the kids  finished up their chapter 5 math unit with a test on Tuesday. I am pleased with the outcome of the test. Areas I feel still need to be worked on are learning how to find 10 more or 10 less than a number as well as learning how to recognize a number pattern (i.e. skip counting). We are now working on money. Although the students know how to count by 5’s and 10’s it is difficult to make that connection to counting money. Please work at home with coin identification. We will be spending some time on this in the beginning of our unit. Throw a pile of coins on the table and have your child sort them by the type of coin they are. Then have them tell you what each coin type is worth. Once they master the basic identification of the coins the material will become much easier for them.

Science: Learning all about teeth

Physical Fitness: Our physical fitness test is fast approaching in March. The kiddos have been busy stretching running and building their muscles. Please practice sit-ups at home with your child. This is a tougher skill to master and the students will be tested on this.

FCS AUCTION: As February is coming to an end the FCS auction is coming closer! The auction will take place March 15th.  If you have any friends, family, or neighbors who are business owners and are willing to donate items to our auction, please be sure to speak with them. Every time someone from our class brings in an auction item it earns points for our class. The students are working towards getting a special treat!!

Memory Verse:

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes on Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (29pts)

Spelling Words:

wish

child

she

push

shape

check

shell

much

fish

chips

been

now

March

Sight Words:

balloon

heard

rabbit

window

snow

hurry

broken

shall

picture

wagon

Good Morning Parents! I hope you enjoyed these last two weeks of 3 day weekends. It’s always nice to have some extra time with our families. Thank you to those of you who were able to donate food and your time for our Valentine party last week. The kids had a wonderful time passing out their Valentine’s and eating candy to their hearts delight!!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Field Trip: We will be taking a class field trip on Friday February 21st, 2014 to the Fresno Air Force Base. One of our own parents, John Gamber, is on the Air Force and will be giving the children a tour. The students will be traveling by bus. The bus will leave People’s church around 8:30am and return around 1:30pm. On this field trip the students are going to be able to experience various parts of  the base such as the maintenance group, where all the air crafts are parked. They will learn how different areas of the maintenance group contribute to making the air craft work. We will also be taking a trip to the Fire Department. It is just like a city fire department. They will have the opportunity to tour the vehicles and other areas that contribute to how the fire department works. Aden’s dad has graciously offered to provided a lunch from 12:00pm-1:00pm on the base. They will be served hot dogs, chips, snack, and a drink (juice/water). There will be no additional cost for this. In the beginning there will more than likely be some security checks prior to entering. At this point we believe it is ok for parents to bring their our car. For those who wish to follow the bus, you will enter though the West Gate which is on McKinley Ave just west of Peach Ave. You cannot miss it. There is a display of all the Wing’s past aircraft and a huge concrete structure. I will continue to communicate as more details arise! This is going to be such an exciting field trip for our little ones!! I can’t wait!!

Bible: We will be learning about Saul

Language Arts: This week the students will continue working in our reading groups. We are really focusing on fluency and reading faster through our books. We are also learning the main characters and setting of a story. In spelling we are working on consonant blends with ‘S’. In writing we are learning to write a narrative about our self.

Math: We will finish up our chapter 5 unit with a test on Tuesday. We will then begin our unit on counting and learning about money. A great practice at home is to throw some coins out on the table and have your child identify the value of the coin and even try counting nickel, dimes, and pennies. Its also very important to continue practicing skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We will continue doing our 5-a-day math practice everyday. This is review questions for students that they work on independently and we will go over together as a class.

Science: We will do dental health month in February.

HELP – This is a request  to all who have taken pictures of our class this year.I would appreciate it if you could put them on a CD and send it to school. This would include all our field trips, as well as the Thanksgiving and Christmas programs and parties. We are in need of pictures for our Yearbook, which is prepared online. Please send by Friday. Many thanks!

Fitness Testing: We have also begun training for our fitness testing. Please be sure to practice sit ups at home. This exercise can be a challenge for many.

Memory Verse:

Never forget to be truthful and kind. Proverbs 3:3 (10pts)

Spelling Words:

star

scat

sleep

skate

space

spell

smile

snack

swim

stop

could

its

were

Sight Words:

brown

tail

ready

wind

garden

farm

must

basket

head

airplane

IMPORTANT DATES:

2-21- Air Force Field Trip

Good Morning Parents!

I hope you all had a restful 3 day weekend! This week is a short week but full with learning! Along with our normal schedule we will be celebrating Valentines day on Friday February 14th.

Thank you for all the wonderful conferences we had last week, and I look forward to continuing to work together to help your child!

This week in Mrs. R’s Super Stars:

Bible: This week we will continue to learn about Samuel

Language Arts: This week we will be learning about consonant blends with ‘r’. The students will be working through their spelling books and other activities to practice recognizing and saying words with the ‘r’ blend. Be sure to continue practicing sight words and spelling words each night at home. This will not only aide in expanding their vocabulary as well as assisting them to recognize words during reading. Be sure to continue to read each night with your child. Have them read to you, and challenge them by asking them what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Ask them who the characters were? where did the story take place? was their a problem? If so, how was it solved? Last week I sent home a Scholastic book order form. If you have time, please go online and order books with our class code. Not only will you get books for your child at home, but this earns points for our class and we are able to get free books for our room! In writing we are continuing to write an expository text about our self.

Math: This week we  will be finishing up on chapter 5 and begin to prepare for our test for next week. I will be sending home a chapter review. Our math test will take place on Monday.

Science: February is Dental health month. We will start to learn about the care of our teeth.

Social Science: We will be learning about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

Valentine Day Party: Our class will be celebrating our Valentine’s day party on Friday February 14th. The party will begin at 11:30 with lunch and continue until after lunch. After lunch the kids will be exchanging valentines and participating in crafts and games.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

 We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion. There are 3 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops. The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14. 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”.

PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING – The students have begun preparing in earnest for Physical Fitness Testing which is in March. The requirements for this assessment  will be handed out at conferences. The requirement for each is different, depending on gender and age.

Field Trip: We will be taking a class field trip on Friday February 21st, 2014 to the Fresno Air Force Base. One of our own parents, John Gamber, is on the Air Force and will be giving the children a tour. The students will be traveling by bus. The bus will leave People’s church around 8:30am and return around 1:30pm. On this field trip the students are going to be able to experience various parts of  the base such as the maintenance group, where all the air crafts are parked. They will learn how different areas of the maintenance group contribute to making the air craft work. We will also be taking a trip to the Fire Department. It is just like a city fire department. They will have the opportunity to tour the vehicles and other areas that contribute to how the fire department works. Aden’s dad has graciously offered to provided a lunch from 12:00pm-1:00pm on the base. They will be served hot dogs, chips, snack, and a drink (juice/water). There will be no additional cost for this. In the beginning there will more than likely be some security checks prior to entering. At this point we believe it is ok for parents to bring their our car. For those who wish to follow the bus, you will enter though the West Gate which is on McKinley Ave just west of Peach Ave. You cannot miss it. There is a display of all the Wing’s past aircraft and a huge concrete structure. I will continue to communicate as more details arise! This is going to be such an exciting field trip for our little ones!! I can’t wait!!

Spelling Words:

frame

green

brown

dry

prize

trust

dress

crops

trees

pray

from

two

what

Bible Verse:

“For the Lord is my fort where I can enter and be safe.” Psalm 18:2

Sight Words:

build

afraid

horse

pink

gray

color

near

guess

water

rock

Happy Monday families! February is here! I hope you all had a restful weekend. We had an exciting week last week with the State of the School Address on Monday evening, and our student finalist poem readings on Tuesday morning. I want to give a big congratulations to Jacob Pimentel for being one of the 10 students chosen to represent Fresno Christian at the Peach Blossom Festival!! We are so excited!!! All the kids did such a wonderful job getting up in front of their peers and parents. That shows such confidence and bravery! This week will be a quick week due to parent conference week. 

  conferences: This week will be an early release day everyday due to parent teacher conferences. I look forward to speaking with everyone!

Language Arts:  After re-assessing the class I really want to focus on reading comprehension this week during our guided reading groups. Please be sure to continue practicing the sight words that come home every week. The faster they can recognize these words the easier reading will become. In writing we will also begin focusing on writing about oneself.

Math: This week we will continue our work through Chapter 5 of Number Patterns. We will also be doing little review with telling time. I will start having students look at the clock more often to monitor their schedule throughout the day.

Bible/Memory Verse: Help me to love your every wish. Psalm 119:80 (10pts.)

Spelling Words:

Play

close

blue

glad

flag

plate

class

black

fly

bless

some

these

valentine

Sight Words:

 Valentine Party: We will be celebrating our class valentine party on Friday February 14th. The party will begin at 11:30am with lunch and continue when we return from lunch recess! I will be sending home a class list of names if you wish to purchase valentine cards. Also there will be a sign up e-mail for items to bring to the party. If you are able to do so please take the time to sign up. We will have a fun afternoon reading valentine cards and playing games!

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

 We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion. There are 3 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops. The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14. 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”.

PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING – The students have begun preparing in earnest for Physical Fitness Testing which is in March. The requirements for this assessment  will be handed out at conferences. The requirement for each is different, depending on gender and age.

Field Trip: We will be taking a class field trip on Friday February 21st, 2014 to the Fresno Air Force Base. One of our own parents, John Gamber, is on the Air Force and will be giving the children a tour. The students will be traveling by bus. The bus will leave People’s church around 8:30am and return around 1:30pm. On this field trip the students are going to be able to experience various parts of  the base such as the maintenance group, where all the air crafts are parked. They will learn how different areas of the maintenance group contribute to making the air craft work. We will also be taking a trip to the Fire Department. It is just like a city fire department. They will have the opportunity to tour the vehicles and other areas that contribute to how the fire department works. Aden’s dad has graciously offered to provided a lunch from 12:00pm-1:00pm on the base. They will be served hot dogs, chips, snack, and a drink (juice/water). There will be no additional cost for this. In the beginning there will more than likely be some security checks prior to entering. At this point we believe it is ok for parents to bring their our car. For those who wish to follow the bus, you will enter though the West Gate which is on McKinley Ave just west of Peach Ave. You cannot miss it. There is a display of all the Wing’s past aircraft and a huge concrete structure. I will continue to communicate as more details arise! This is going to be such an exciting field trip for our little ones!! I can’t wait!!

Dress Up Day:

This Friday the elementary student council has made it a red, white, and blue day in honor of the upcoming olympics. Students from the upper grades will be coming by our room to ask the kiddos questions in regards to the olympics. Show our support for the USA olympic athletes by wearing American colors!

Good Morning Families!

Although last week was a short week, it was a busy one. The kids worked very hard at practicing their poems and did such a wonderful job at reading them to the class on Friday. I was very impressed with everyone! We also had a wonderful time celebrating 100 days of school!!

A BIG congratulations for our 1st grade finalist who were chosen to read their Peach Blossom Poems at the assembly on Monday January 27th @ 12:30 in the North Lobby Chapel!!! The students who were chosen from our class were:

Mallory Friesen

Lyla Hinton

Joshua Kubota

Jacob Pimentel

Language Arts: We are continuing to work on sight words everyday. We will continue to work on setting, main characters, fluency, and comprehension. For writing the kids are working on making their own outline to help them organize their writing and add detail sentences to support their topic.

Math: We will continue working on Chapter 5. A unit on place value. At home please review counting by 10’s and 5’s all the way to 100. We will soon learn counting by 2’s.

Bible: This week we will finish up Samson and learn about Ruth

Health: We will continue to look at health and the various food groups.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES –  Elementary conferences are scheduled for the week of  Feb. 3-7. School is dismissed at 12:00 PM each day during that week. Your scheduled appointment time will be sent home on Monday, Jan. 27th. Please sign and return by Friday, Jan. 31st.  If you need to change your time, please call Mrs. Roberts at 299 1695, ext. 103.

PEACH BLOSSOM ASSEMBLY–

A BIG congratulations for our 1st grade finalist who were chosen to read their Peach Blossom Poems at the assembly on Monday January 27th @ 12:30 in the North Lobby Chapel!!! The students who were chosen from our class were:

Mallory Friesen

Lyla Hinton

Joshua Kubota

Jacob Pimentel

 Parents are invited to the Oral Interpretation Assembly

Fundraiser: Do not forget to check out boxes of some delicious chocolate bars.  Please put the money in the envelope provided in the box. Be sure to include the child’s and teachers name on it. You can turn your money into the front office with Mrs. Roberts. Teachers will not be collecting money.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

 We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion. There are 3 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops. The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14. 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”. Below are the totals collected per class so far:

Mr. Broersma…738                                                Mrs. Tally…1393

Mrs. Ferguson…1144                                             Mrs. VanderKooi…484

Mrs. Fraser…1523                                                   Mr. Weimer…755

Mrs. Hancox…508                                                  Mrs. Witters…426

Mrs. Raymundo…872                                            Total…7843

Thank you for supporting Fresno Christian Schools

STATE OF THE SCHOOL ADDRESS  – Superintendent Debbie Siebert will hold the fifth annual State of the School Address on January 27th at 7:00 PM in the G.L. Johnson Chapel.  As a school community it is beneficial for everyone involved to have a clear understanding of how well we are meeting the mission of Fresno Christian Schools. Along with reporting on  the school programs Mrs. Siebert will present information regarding the financial picture of our school. As we work together to strengthen Fresno Christian the more information we have about all aspects of the program the more effective our unified efforts will be.

Spelling Words:

soon

good

look

took

food

book

zoo

foot

cool

noon

many

he

family

Memory Verse:

The Lord’s blessing is our greatest wealth. Proverbs 10:22

Sight Words:

them

wet

use

thank

your

rain

please

there

work

side