Mr. Miranda

This week, students will begin to assemble their project boards. Be sure your child has brought to school their project board and any desired border. The completed research project is due the last week in April and will be displayed during Open House on May 6th.

MATH:  We will continue our studies in coordinates and graphing and incorporate it into our studies of Science: Water, Weather, Solar System

SOCIAL STUDIES: This Tuesday, the remaining 2 polis groups will perform their Greek play!

BIBLE: We continue Unit 6 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Death, Resurrection and Ascension.

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 11:1  

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

SPELLING and VOCABULARY: Science Terms (students need to be able to spell and define the 10 words)

1.  evaporation-the process by which liquid changes to vapor

2.  condensation-the process by which water vapor is changed to liquid

3.  precipitation-the process by which water from clouds falls back to earth

4.  saturated-full of moisture

5.  reservoirs-a man made structure to hold wate

6.  aqueducts-man made structures to carry or transport water

7.  recycle-to process waste in order to regain materials for use

8.  matter-something that occupies space, has mass, and can exist

ordinarily as a solid, liquid, or gas

9.  temperature-the relative hotness or coldness of a body or an environment

10. pesticide-a poison used to kill pests

 

DATES TO REMEMBER:

 

HE HAS RISEN!

This Friday we will celebrate Easter! Yes, at FCS we can celebrate the risen Christ! Praise God. Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Webb will be hosting a brunch and Christian Trivia game for the kids. Also, students will prepare a friendly letter of encouragement to a soldier. We will write the final copy during our Language Arts as part of our Christ like examples of love to our servicemen.

SAT 10 TESTING: OUR CLASS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH APPLYING MUCH EFFORT TO ALL COMPONENTS OF TESTING!  THANK YOU.

Page 2, the typed copy, (Ancient History or Family History) is due Monday. On Tuesday, students will read and research their country’s current history (see rubric for details). This is page 3 and the typed copy is due Friday.  After Easter Vacation, students will assemble their project boards. The completed research project is due the last week in April.

MATH:  We will continue our studies in coordinates and graphing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This Monday, the polis groups will perform their Greek play!

BIBLE: We continue Unit 6 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Death, Resurrection and Ascension.

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE: Students were introduced to the verse below last week. This Friday, students will need to write out the verse as their assessment.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.  1 Peter 3:15

SPELLING: synonyms and antonyms

1. adequate
2. admitted
3. approval
4. backward
5. conceal
6. conclusion
7. confessed
8. criticism
9. disguise
10. exceptional
11. foe
12. forward
13. generous
14. introduction
15. permanent
16. rival
17. stingy
18. sufficient
19. temporary
20. typical

Vocabulary-roots:  mob, mot, mov=move

1. automobile
2. demote
3. locomotion
4. mobile
5. mobility
6. mobilize
7. motion
8. motivate
9. promote
10. removal

 DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Chapel: Tuesday, April 8, 8-8:45 A.M.
• Easter Vacation – No School: Monday, April 14 through Monday, April 21
• Happy Birthday Sydney!
• End of Year Convocation: Monday, May 1 at 8:00 A.M.
• Half Day: Wednesday, May 7 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• Chapel: Tuesday, May 13, 8-8:45 A.M.
• Grades 1-4 Awards Assembly: Wednesday, May 21 at 12:30 P.M.
• Grades 5-6 Awards Assembly: Thursday, May 22, 10:30 A.M. – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• High School Graduation: Thursday, May 22, 7:00 P.M.
• Last Day of School: Friday, May 23 (9AM-12PM) -HANCOX CLASS SWIM PARTY COPPER RIVER COUNTRY CLUB

SAT 10 TESTING:

We will work on our country research rubric outline page 2 this week.

MATH:  We will continue our studies in coordinates and graphing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week we will continue our Theater Phase with each polis group performing a Greek play.

BIBLE: We continue Unit 6 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Death, Resurrection and Ascension.

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE: We will study this verse and take our test next Friday due to SAT 10 testing.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.  1 Peter 3:15

SPELLING: No spelling words this week due to SAT 10 testing. We will review the Vocabulary words from last week and take the quiz this Friday.

 DATES TO REMEMBER:

• SAT 10 Testing: Monday, March 31 through Friday, April 4
• Cal Poly Choir Trip: Friday, April 4
• Chapel: Tuesday, April 8, 8-8:45 A.M.
• Easter Vacation – No School: Monday, April 14 through Monday, April 21
• Happy Birthday Sydney!
• End of Year Convocation: Monday, May 1 at 8:00 A.M.
• Half Day: Wednesday, May 7 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• Chapel: Tuesday, May 13, 8-8:45 A.M.
• Grades 1-4 Awards Assembly: Wednesday, May 21 at 12:30 P.M.
• Grades 5-6 Awards Assembly: Thursday, May 22, 10:30 A.M. – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• High School Graduation: Thursday, May 22, 7:00 P.M.
• Last Day of School: Friday, May 23 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon

 

READING:

Students are choosing a country to study to tie current history to ancient history. A rubric will be sent home Monday advising how to create a research project board. The project will be given a six week outline. Students will complete different components of the project both inside and outside of class. STUDENTS SHOULD BRING THEIR PROJECT BOARD TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK! Students will take notes an complete rough drafts on their project information. The final copies will need to be typed and printed at home. Projects are the last week in April!

We will begin Literature Circles after Easter Vacation!

MATH:

The new unit will be 5/6 combined teachings on coordinate graphing. A rubric with assignment overview will go home on Monday.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

On Monday, students will present their group Polis capitals.

BIBLE: We continue Unit 5 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Ministry. Jesus feeds the five thousand.

Matthew 14:19-And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.

SPELLING:  words from Latin and Greek

1. television
2. transportation
3. apartment
4. telegram
5. automatic
6. report
7. portable
8. compartment
9. telescope
10. telegraph
11. import
12. partial
13. autograph
14. apart
15. televise
16. automotive
17. export
18. autobiography
19. departure
20. automobile

VOCABULARY:  -ion, action, process, state, or condition

1. affection
2. cancellation
3. complication
4. donation
5. excavation
6. exception
7. permission
8. translation

 

• DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Chapel: Tuesday, March 25, 8-8:45
• SAT 10 Testing: Monday, March 31 through Friday, April 4
• Cal Poly Choir Trip: Friday, April 4
• Chapel: Tuesday, April 8, 8-8:45
• Easter Vacation – No School: Monday, April 14 through Monday, April 21

WRITING: YOUNG AUTHORS CELEBRATION! On Monday, we will celebrate ALL students and their narrative stories. Students may bring a snack for all to celebrate after their sharing of stories.

All students did a fantastic job with creating a narrative fictional story. Six stories were chosen by outside educators as the finalists to be submitted to High School for 1st, 2nd, 3rd placement. All stories are submitted without names. Class young author writing grades are developed by use of a teacher rubric. Each students story will be published and we will celebrate our Young Authors as a class this Friday!

Congratulations to our Young Author finalists: 6th graders:  Will Henderson, Brittany McCann, Sydney Saville  5th graders: Isaac Hwang, Kennedy Robles, Mark Pimentel.

WEDNESDAY IS A HALF-DAY DUE TO TEACHER INSERVICE. DISMISSAL IS AT 12:00.

READING:

Students are choosing a country to study to tie current history to ancient history. A rubric will be sent home Monday advising how to create a research project board. The project will be given a six week outline. Students will complete different components of the project both inside and outside of class.

We will begin Literature Circles soon when our history projects are nearing completion. I estimate the time to be approximately four weeks before assignment is made in our last novel study.

MATH:

As we moved ahead, we will revisit and review concepts in fractions. This new unit will be 5/6 combined teachings on coordinate graphing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

This week we begin a study of Greek architecture and art. Students will enjoy Greek art.

BIBLE: We continue Unit 5 which focuses on Gospel Writings: Jesus’ Ministry.

Students did a fantastic job learning the names of the 12 disciples. This week our verse is:

11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

SPELLING: more syllable patterns

• balance
• salute
• marine
• govern
• talent
• pretend
• mature
• patent
• melon
• spirit
• career
• severe
• merit
• tenor
• perish
• famine
• maroon
• plateau
• weapon
• topic

VOCABULARY-   suffix  -ful

1. blissful
2. bountiful
3. cheerful
4. doubtful
5. forgetful
6. harmful
7. meaningful
8. successful

• DATES TO REMEMBER:

• End of 2nd Semester: Friday, March 14
• FCS Auction: Saturday, March 15
• Half Day: Wednesday, March 19 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• Chapel: Tuesday, March 25, 8-8:45
• SAT 10 Testing: Monday, March 31 through Friday, April 4
• Cal Poly Choir Trip: Friday, April 4
• Chapel: Tuesday, April 8, 8-8:45
• Easter Vacation – No School: Monday, April 14 through Monday, April 21
• Happy Birthday Andrea!  Happy Birthday Sydney!

Dear Students,

Your diorama’s where fantastic! Each individual scene and description has inspired others to read your chosen story. Our goal was met. Well done. I am proud of each of you.

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN SAN JOSE, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, :  Where: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA.School Tours: www.egyptianmuseum.orgMeet in the front parking lot of Peoples Church at 7:40. We will load the bus promptly at 7:45 and depart quickly. Be sure to be on time!Our estimated return is 5:30 pm. Please plan on picking up your child at the Peoples Church front parking lot.  Museum Rules: Students must not touch any exhibits and stay at least one foot away from objects. Students must speak quietly in the museum. No flash photography. No backpacks, food, or drinks are allowed in the museum. What to wear and bring:  FCS shirt (jacket if cold), morning/afternoon snack, sack lunch in a disposal bag, water bottles, money for the gift shop (personal choice). What not to bring:  cameras, technology devices, gum, candy, soda  Chaperones:  Mrs. McCann, Mrs. Alday

Monday-March 3  Mile Run

Thursday-March 6, Partial Curl-ups

Monday-March 10, Sit and Reach

Thursday, March 13, Pull-Ups

Monday, March 17, Shuttle Run

The time has finally come to show your school spirit! Learn stunts, jumps, and tumbling!

Jr High cheer tryouts will be held on Saturday March 29th @ 9am!

All 6th grade girls interested in trying out for Jr High Cheer must attend the parent meeting held on Friday March 14th @ 3:30 in room 521.

For any questions please contact Courtney Raymundo

Dear Parents,

Upcoming! March 7th, 2014 Our 5/6 classes will travel back in time to Ancient Egypt at the Egyptian Museum in San Jose. We will leave Friday, March 7th, at 7:30 AM and return around 5:30 PM.  Our expedition will include a sack lunch in the garden at the museum along with a 1 1/2 docent tour. The parents who signed up for the field trip were placed in a lottery due to the number who desired to chaperone. Here are the first two names drawn:  Mrs. Alday, Mrs. McCann. The first two on the waiting list:  Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Sanchez. Please be sure to let me know if you are unable to chaperone both on the bus, to and from, and during the tour.  I am enclosing details of our trip in Monday’s to go home items. Please preview and review both the rules and online tour experience. I am asking students to sign an agreement that they will follow the rules of the museum.

HANCOX CLASS AUCTION BASKET: PLEASE SUBMIT ITEMS THIS WEEK!

Thank you to those who have begun submitting your class auction basket donations. As we discussed during conferences, our class is assembling a spa package basket.  If you would like to donate an item, please bring it to the classroom by  February 28th. Your child will get credit for any donation you bring. If you have any questions, please call Tara Luginbill at (559)213-8491. So far we have a wrapped set of towels, bath salts, cash contribution, Bath and Body.

If you have a special item that you would like to donate separately from our class basket, please send your donations to our FCS office with our class name listed on the donation. You may purchase tickets or a table for a fantastic evening at our FCS Auction on March 15th. Desserts are always needed and welcomed! Thank you for supporting our school.

 

BIBLE: We continue our focus on Jesus’ Ministry.

 

Matthew 7:7-8  “Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” 

Writing-Young Author’s final publishing copies were due last Friday. Be sure to bring your typed copy to school on Monday if you did not submit it. It is late on Monday.

Reading-

1.  Teacher read aloud:  Timothy of the Cay.  Students will be assigned a Reading Counts quiz on this story. The date of quiz is February 26.

2.  Independent Reading: FICTIONAL NARRATIVE WITH SHOE BOX DIORAMA, due Feb. 28

Math: 

Unit of Study:

5th-Multiplying and Dividing Fractions-utilize 5th grade text

6th-Rates and Proportions-utilize 6th grade text

Social Studies 3rd Quarter:  Students will begin a unit of study on Ancient Greece. They will utilize outlining and note taking skills and complete notes from the expository text readings. We will compare and contrast the cultures of Ancient Egypt and Greece as we prepare for our journey to the Egyptian Museum.

Spelling and Vocabulary: 

Spelling Unit 27-Mathematics Words

1. angle
2. average
3. capacity
4. compute
5. decimal
6. denominator
7. diameter
8. dividend
9. fraction
10. measurement
11. multiple
12. negative
13. numeral
14. numerator
15. percent
16. positive
17. radius
18. ratio
19. product
20. sum

Vocabulary-suffiex  -ness

1. boldness
2. cleverness
3. dampness
4. fondness
5. foolishness
6. sadness
7. sickness
8. wilderness

 

 

DEAR STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR SHOWERING ME WITH LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY! I AM BLESSED TO BE FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION!

A special thank you to Mrs. Henderson and our room mothers who put together a special day filled with love this past Friday, February 14th.

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, IN HONOR OF PRESIDENTS DAY.

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN SAN JOSE, CA:  Our 5/6 classes will travel back in time to Ancient Egypt at the Egyptian Museum in San Jose. We will leave Friday, March 7th, at 7:30 AM and return around 5:30 PM.  Our expedition will include a sack lunch in the garden at the museum along with a 1 1/2 docent tour. The parents who signed up for the field trip were placed in a lottery due to the number who desired to chaperone. Here are the first two names drawn:  Mrs. Alday, Mrs. McCann. The first two on the waiting list:  Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Sanchez. Please be sure to let me know if you are unable to chaperone both on the bus, to and from, and during the tour.  Details of the field trip will follow next Monday.

HANCOX CLASS AUCTION BASKET:

Thank you to those who have begun submitting your class auction basket donations. As we discussed during conferences, our class is assembling a spa package basket.  If you would like to donate an item, please bring it to the classroom by  February 28th. Your child will get credit for any donation you bring. If you have any questions, please call Tara Luginbill at (559)213-8491. So far we have a wrapped set of towels, bath salts, and cash contribution. 

If you have a special item that you would like to donate separately from our class basket, please send your donations to our FCS office with our class name listed on the donation. You may purchase tickets or a table for a fantastic evening at our FCS Auction on March 15th. Desserts are always needed and welcomed! Thank you for supporting our school.

2014 WINTER OLYMPICS: PLEASE BRING IN YOUR USA MEDAL NEWS THIS WEEK! WE WILL BUILD A CLASS COLLAGE! 

BIBLE: We continue our focus on Jesus’ Ministry.

Do Not Worry (due to the short week, students will not be required to write out this memory verse but will be assessed on understanding based on a fill in the blank response.

Matthew 6:25-27  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life

 January Standards Overview-

 DATES TO REMEMBER:

• No School: Lincoln’s Birthday – Monday, February 10
• Chapel: Tuesday, February 11, 8-8:45
• No School: President’s Day – Monday, February 17
• Chapel: Tuesday, February 25, 8-8:45
• Half Day: Wednesday, February 26 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
• Elementary Spring Pictures: Tuesday, March 4
• March 7, Field trip to San Jose Egyptian Museum. Information to follow at conferences
• End of 2nd Semester: Friday, March 14
• FCS Auction: Saturday, March 15
• Half Day: Wednesday, March 19 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon