Mrs. Fraser

BIBLE

Easter:  Christ’s Resurrection

Reference:  John 11:25

Bible Verse:  Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the life.  He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.”

SPELLING WORDS:  Lesson 29

Pattern Words:  Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness, -y

1.  wavy

2.  shaky

3.  windy

4.  lazily

5.  quickly

6.  mostly

7.  friendly

8.  suddenly

9.  spotless

10.  careless

11.  penniless

12.  beautiful

13.  graceful

14.  peaceful

15.  forgetful

16.  darkness

17.  happiness

18.  fearlessness

High-Frequency Words

19.  away

20.  soldiers

Challenge Words

* chateau

*  M. Theo Kearney

PARENT CORNER

EASTER CELEBRATION

Please note that due to a FCS Track and Field sporting event on Friday, April 11 involving several  3rd grade students, our class Easter Celebration has been changed to Thursday, April 10 from 1:20-2:30 PM.  Celebration activities will take place on the athletic field.

Thank you for all the wonderful help in planning and preparing for this special experience for our third graders.  We appreciate your thoughtful kindness to our class and an opportunity to fellowship together as we enter the Easter season and celebrate Christ’s Resurrection and our Hope of Glory with Him!!!!

KOPI ON CAMPUS THIS THURSDAY!

This Thursday, April 10, 2014  elementary students have an opportunity to promote FCS for free!  Kopi Sotiropulos from KMPH News Channel 26 will be coming to FCS to film the TEN DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND GREAT DAY FACES!!!  Students are encouraged to wear FCS spirit wear!

Grades 1-6 will meet Kopi on the athletic field bleachers at 11:00 AM. Kopi will do the TEN DAY WEATHER FORECAST first.  Students will sit by class.  It is recommended that classes arrive early at 10:50 AM.   After the forecast, Kopi would like each class to gather on the grass in their own group and he will film the GREAT DAY FACES in class order.  This event will last 30 minutes from start to finish and students will be released back to class at 11:30 AM.

At 11:30 AM Kopi will then do a 30 minute weather presentation for the 2nd & 3rd graders in Mrs. Fraser’s classroom.

LOST AND FOUND 

Before you go home for Easter vacation, be sure and check the Lost and Found up in the hallway of Building 5.  We have a LOT of unclaimed clothes, umbrellas, lunch boxes, backpacks, etc.  Any items left on Friday, April 11th will be donated to charity.

MATH

There will be a math test on Wednesday, April 9 over Chapter 7 Geometry and Measurement.  A pre-test will be sent home as homework to review concepts covered.

We will begin Chapter 8 and learn more about division of whole numbers.  You can expect to see work that provides practice with dividing 2-digit numbers by 2, 5, 3, and 4 and with finding unit cost.

Math Vocabulary Words:

Dividend – The number that is divided in a division problem

Divisor – The number by which a number is divided in a division problem

Unit Cost – The price of one item

During this chapter, students should continue to memorize basic multiplication and division facts.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

I am writing to remind you that Fresno Christian families are NOT allowed to use the Kid’s Inc drop-off area.  FCS families are NOT to enter the campus from Fir Ave.  FCS families must enter from Alluvial or Cedar Ave., by the FCS tennis courts.  The busses for Kid’s Inc. must be able to come and go without interference from FCS families.  We share this campus with Kid’s Inc., Peoples Church Pre-School, as well as a variety of other Peoples Church programs.  It is critical that we ALL use the facility as directed.  Please see the attached map and make sure that you follow the correct procedures.

Sincerely,

Todd Bennett, Principal

ELEMENTARY TALENT SHOW NIGHT AND DESSERT

The PTF and Mr. Bennett are looking for children to participate in the talent show on Friday, April 25, 2014 from 7:00-9:00 PM in the Student Activity Center, formerly known as Ground Zero.  We are expecting to enjoy a wonderful evening of talent:  singers, dancers, poets, instrumentalists, and actors!  Be creative and have fun.  Throughout the evening we will partake of the rich variety of special desserts provided by FCS families.

Admission for the evening will be a donation of your family’s favorite cookies  (Only cookies please.)  We ask that you guide your child as they plan their presentation.  Children need to be sure that their selections are suitable for an audience of Christian parents and children.

A PTF Talent Show sign-up form was sent home on Thursday, April 3 and is due by Tuesday, April 22.

FINE ARTS FESTIVAL AND CLASSROOM OPEN HOUSE

Come and join us for a fabulous evening of Fine Arts, Music, and Open House on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 P.M. We will begin in our classroom and then head out to the Chapel of People’s Church for the Fine Arts Festival.

As part of “Fresno History Day” third graders will dress up as Fresno pioneers for the square dancing performance planned by Mrs. Ainley, our music teacher that evening.  Students may come dressed in any of the following ways:  Yokut Native American Indian, fur trapper, gold miner Fresno pioneer, cowboy, or cowgirl.

END OF THE YEAR LIBRARY SCHEDULE

Parents please note: As we come to the end of our school year would you please encourage your students to return all items checked out from the Library. The final due date for all items checked out is Friday, May 2.  Reminders of items checked out will be sent to the students beginning the week of May 5. There is a fine of $25.00 for each item that is not returned.

Many wonderful titles are lost each year because they are not returned. We greatly appreciate your assistance in getting books back in and onto the shelves so the collection is ready to go again in August. Please contact me if you have any questions.

 Lin Brown, Librarian 299-1695 ext, 119

YEAR END CLASS REWARDS:

At Back to School night I addressed our class Math & Reading Counts Goals. They were as follows:

ICE CREAM PARTY– Student must earn 100 points for Reading Counts OR master their Grade Level 4×4 Math facts.

 PIZZA PARTY- Students must earn 500 points for Reading Counts OR become a Lifetime Member in our 4x 4 Math Club

 Students have until Friday, May 9th to complete these goals.

END OF THE YEAR CONVOCATION

As the year draws to a close, we would like to gather as a family to celebrate all that God has done for us.  Thursday, May 1st is the National Day of Prayer and our School Community Council believes that would be the perfect day to come together as an entire school.  All of you (parents, grandparents, family, and friends) are invited to join the teachers, students, administration, and staff as we gather together for this ending convocation held in the Peoples’s Church sanctuary.  It is a time of celebration, worship, and prayer as we end our year with thanksgiving and praise.

The service begins at 8:00 AM and will end by 8:30 AM.  All students K-12 are to report directly to the sanctuary by 7:55 AM.  Every class will be designated with a sign and balloons, making it easy to locate your child’s class.  It is exactly the same as our opening convocation seating arrangement.  You are welcome to sit with your child in their designated area or if you have more than one student attending Fresno Christian, choose where you would like to sit.  I look forward to seeing all of you at this closing event as we end our year acknowledging God’s hand upon us through prayer, worship, and heartfelt celebration.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

APRIL

Tuesday, April 8 – Easter Chapel

Thursday, April 10 – KOPI’S TEN DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND GREAT DAY FACES!

Thursday, April 10 – Easter Celebration – 1:20 PM

April 14-21 – Easter Vacation – His is Risen!

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUBREY GRAHAM!

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY MAGULAS!

Tuesday, April 22 – Resume School

Friday, April 25 – PTF Talent Show

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB NIDEVER!

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WILLIAMS!

MAY

Thursday, May 1 – Year End Convocation 8:00 AM

Tuesday, May 6 – Open House at People’s Campus & Fine Arts Festival 6:30-9:00 PM

Wednesday, May 7 – Teacher In-Service – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 10 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SACARI BROOKS!

SATURDAY, MAY 17 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANE PHILLIPS!

Wednesday, May 21 – Grades 1-4 Awards Chapel 12:30-2:00 PM

Thursday, May 22 – Class Swim Party @ Micah Friesen’s House 10:00-1:00 PM

FRIDAY, MAY 23 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! / HALF DAY RELEASE @ 12:00 PM

SUMMER VACATION BEGINS!!!!!!!

BIBLE 

Easter:  Christ’s Resurrection

Reference:  John 11:25

Bible Verse:  Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the life.  He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.”

SPELLING

There will be no spelling words this week due to Stanford Achievement Testing.  There will also be no new weekly homework assignment in math unless you have re-do or make-up work to turn in.  There will  also be no new weekly homework assignment in math unless you have re-do or make-up work to turn in.

PARENT CORNER

STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTING

This week we begin  SAT 10 Testing.  We will test during the mornings daily.  Please be sure your child is well rested and has a nutritious breakfast.  We will begin promptly at 8:00 AM, so it is important to be on time during this week.  We will have worship in the afternoon along with our normal subjects.  OTHER THAN MONDAY, THERE WILL BE NO PARENT HELPERS THIS WEEK.   Thank you!

YOUNG AUTHOR STORIES

Writing with your children has been such a  joy this year!  They are becoming wonderful wordsmiths of descriptive, detailed sensory language in their story writing.  I am proud that they are writing competently, viewing reflectively, and visually expressing their ideas as well.

Third grade students wrote creative fictional narratives for their Young Author Story Contest this year.  They all expressed such imagination and did a wonderful job!  Three students’ stories were selected and judged by a panel of A.P. English High School students.  Congratulations to the students with special recognition:

1st Place – Summer Foshee

2nd Place – Macie Gleason

3rd Place – Olivia Dansby

The first, second, and third places winners will receive a published copy of their story.  Our school library and class library will also receive a published copy.  The first place winner will have  copies of their story available for purchase at an “Autograph Signing” Table during Open House Night.  You will also see all of our third grade stories on students’ desks at Open House Night.  Congratulations to everyone for an excellent effort!

LANGUAGE ARTS

The fourth quarter of third grade we will focus on learning to write friendly, personal letters.  Along with a continuing study grammar skills in nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs, students will study about including all 5 parts of a letter:  heading, greeting,  body , closing, and signature.  As they learn to write personal letters, they will be graded on maintaining their focus, organizing ideas, writing complete sentences, using correct grammar, indentation, capitalization, and punctuation.

 FINE ARTS FESTIVAL AND CLASSROOM OPEN HOUSE

Come and join us for a fabulous evening of Fine Arts, Music, and Open House on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 P.M. We will begin in our classroom and then head out to the Chapel of People’s Church for the Fine Arts Festival.

YEAR END CLASS REWARDS

At Back to School night I addressed our class Math & Reading Counts Goals. They were as follows:

ICE CREAM PARTY– Student must earn 100 points for Reading Counts OR master their Grade Level 4×4 Math facts.

 PIZZA PARTY– Students must earn 500 points for Reading Counts OR become a Lifetime Member in our 4x 4 Math Club

 Students have until Friday, May 9th to complete these goals.

 SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS

Partners have been assigned to work on our Fresno History Presentation Boards for Open House.  Students have chosen the color of their presentation board from the selection provided at school.  Students may plan together what type of border trim they would like to purchase. GW School Supply House on Blackstone and Barstow or Belmont and Clovis have excellent choices of bright and colorful choices.  Please bring your borders in by Friday, April 4.  Thank you for your help in coordinating with your project partner.

As part of “Fresno History Day” third graders will dress up as Fresno pioneers for the square dancing performance planned by Mrs. Ainley, our music teacher OPEN HOUSE EVENING.  Students may come dressed in any of the following ways:  Yokut Native American Indian, fur trapper, gold miner, Fresno pioneer, cowboy, or cowgirl.  Students may want to start planning their attire for the May 6th ev

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

Just a reminder that on-line book orders are due on Monday, March 31.  I will be placing the order at 5:00 PM and your orders should be here before Easter vacation.  We will have one more Scholastic Book Club order in April before the end of school.

EASTER CELEBRATION

We will have a celebration on Friday, April 11th at 1:20 PM.   Many of you signed up to help with the Easter party at Back To School Night.  Please feel free to contact Patty Steele and Emily Phillips, our Head Room Mothers, if you would like to assist with a party for our class next month. 

TALENT SHOW

We are once again looking forward to an outstanding Talent Show on Friday, April 25.  Please be on the look out for the Talent Show Sign-Up for if you are interested.  We would love to see many of our third grade Fraser’s Praisers participate in this popular evening event where students showcase the talents God has given our students.

END OF THE YEAR CONVOCATION

As the year draws to a close, we would like to gather as a family to celebrate all that God has done for us.  Thursday, May 1st is the National Day of Prayer and our School Community Council believes that would be the perfect day to come together as an entire school.  All of you (parents, grandparents, family, and friends) are invited to join the teachers, students, administration, and staff as we gather together for this ending convocation held in the Peoples’s Church sanctuary.  It is a time of celebration, worship, and prayer as we end our year with thanksgiving and praise.

The service begins at 8:00 AM and will end by 8:30 AM.  All students K-12 are to report directly to the sanctuary by 7:55 AM.  Every class will be designated with a sign and balloons, making it easy to locate your child’s class.  It is exactly the same as our opening convocation seating arrangement.  You are welcome to sit with your child in their designated area or if you have more than one student attending Fresno Christian, choose where you would like to sit.  I look forward to seeing all of you at this closing event as we end our year acknowledging God’s hand upon us through prayer, worship, and heartfelt celebration.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

APRIL

March 31-April 4 – SAT Testing

Friday, April 11 – Easter Celebration – 1:20 PM

April 14-21 – Easter Vacation – His is Risen!

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUBREY GRAHAM!

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY MAGULAS!

Tuesday, April 22 – Resume School

Friday, April 25 – PTF Talent Show

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB NIDEVER!

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WILLIAMS!

MAY

Thursday, May 1 – Year End Convocation 8:00 AM

Tuesday, May 6 – Open House at People’s Campus & Fine Arts Festival 6:30-9:00 PM

Wednesday, May 7 – Teacher In-Service – School dismissed at 12:00 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 10 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SACARI BROOKS!

SATURDAY, MAY 17 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANE PHILLIPS!

Wednesday, May 21 – Grades 1-4 Awards Chapel 12:30-2:00 PM

Thursday, May 22 – Class Swim Party @ Micah Friesen’s House 10:00-1:00 PM

FRIDAY, MAY 23 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! / HALF DAY RELEASE @ 12:00 PM

SUMMER VACATION BEGINS!!!!!!!

BIBLE

Easter:  Christ’s Death and Resurrection

Reference:   I Corinthians 15:3-4

Bible Verse:   For what I received I passed on to you as first importance:  that Christ died for our sins      according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

SPELLING:  Lesson 28

Pattern Words-Suffixes: -ed, -er, –est,-ing

1.  bigger

2.  biggest

3.  glided

4.  gliding

5.  grabbed

6.  grabbing

7.  happier

8.  happiest

9.  hoped

10.  hoping

11.  hopped

12.  hopping

13.  larger

14.  largest

15.  stopped

16.  stopping

17.  tinier

18.  tiniest

High-Frequency Words

19.  great

20.  underneath

Challenge Words

*  erosion

*  weathering

PARENT CORNER

SAT 10 TESTING
The SAT achievement test is scheduled for next week March 31-April 4.  Testing will take  place in the morning.  It is important that your child BE PROMPT to school.   PLEASE AVOID BEING ABSENT if possible during testing week.  If you have appointments that could be rescheduled, that would be very helpful. The following are five suggestions to help your child prepare for testing:

1.  HAVE YOUR CHILD GO TO SLEEP EARLY.
It’s very important that he/she is well rested and alert when the test is given.  Try to have him/her in bed by at least 8:30 PM on the night before the test is administered.

2.  YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE AT SCHOOL ON TIME.
The test is administered first thing in the morning while the children are alert.  If your child comes to school late, there is a chance he/she will not be able to take the test with the rest of the students.  The test will have to be made up at a later date.

3.  A GOOD BREAKFAST IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Make sure that your child has a nutritious breakfast before he/she takes a test.

4.  DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP YOUR CHILD BE IN A GOOD MOOD.
If your child is in a good  mood, it will show up on the test!  It has been proven that the mood your child is in helps determine how well he/she does on a test.

5.  EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TEST.
The teachers have already spoken to the children about the importance of doing well on this test.  Help him/her by doing the same.  If your child knows why he/she is being tested and why it is important to do well on this test, he/she will pay closer attention to the directions when the test is given.  Tell him/her that this test will help determine what he/she has learned this year.

PLEASE NOTE THAT OTHER THAN MONDAY, THERE WILL NO PARENT HELPERS DURING SAT TESTING WEEK.

 FINE ARTS FESTIVAL AND CLASSROOM OPEN HOUSE

Come and join us for a fabulous evening of Fine Arts, Music, and Open House on Tuesday, May 6  6:30-9:00 P.M. We will begin in our classroom where students will give their parents a tour of our Fresno history themed classroom and share their work.  Then we will all head out to the Chapel of People’s Church for third grade square dancing and the Fine Arts Festival.

As part of “Fresno History Day” third graders will dress up as Fresno pioneers for the square dancing performance planned by Mrs. Ainley, our music teacher OPEN HOUSE EVENING.  Students may come dressed in any of the following ways:  Yokut Native American Indian, fur trapper, gold miner, Fresno pioneer, cowboy, or cowgirl.  Students may want to start planning their attire for the May 6th event.

YEAR END CLASS REWARDS

As a reminder at Back to School night I addressed our class Math & Reading Counts goals. They were as follows:

ICE CREAM PARTY- Student must earn 100 points for Reading Counts OR master their Third Grade Level 4×4 Math facts in addition and subtraction.

 PIZZA PARTY- Students must earn 500 points for Reading Counts OR become a Lifetime Member in our 4 x 4 Math Club.

 Students have until Friday, May 9th to complete these goals.

 SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS

All 3rd grade students will be completing a Fresno History Board  Project during class time to display at Open House.  Students will be assigned a partner this week to “share a board” with.  The information will be done separately and they will be graded on their work only.

Freestanding tri-fold boards (size 36” x 48”) have been ordered for the class to do their projects.  The cost of the board was included in tuition.  Once students have been assigned partners and know the color of their presentation board, they will need to plan to purchase a bright, colorful border to trim the border for the project. These can be purchased at GW School Supply House where there are many wonderful choices or at an office supply store.  I will let you know when the boards come in and when you need to bring your presentation board trim.

 MATH

This week we continue our study of geometry and measurement in  Chapter 7 covering lines of symmetry, perimeter, finding areas, estimating areas, problem solving by finding patterns.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

Just a reminder that on-line book orders are due on Monday, March 31.

EASTER CELEBRATION

We will have a celebration on Friday, April 11th at 1:20 PM.   Many of you signed up to help with the Easter party at Back To School Night.  Please feel free to contact Patty Steele and Emily Phillips, our Head Room Mothers, if you would like to assist with a party for our class next month. 

COMING ATTRACTIONS

APRIL

March 31-April 4 — SAT Testing

Friday, April 11  – Easter Celebration – 1:20 PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUBREY GRAHAM!

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY MAGULAS!

TUESDAY, APRIL 22 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB NIDEVER!

MONDAY, APRIL 28 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WILLIAMS!

April 14 -21 – Easter Vacation – He Is Risen! 

Friday, April 25 – PTF Talent Show (Tentative)

MAY

Tuesday, May 6 – Elementary Fine Arts Festival – 6:30-9:00 PM

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Patience

Reference:  Proverbs 15:18

Bible Verse:  A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

Definition:  Waiting with calmness

Opposite: Unwillingness to wait with a happy spirit

SPELLING:  Lesson 27

Pattern Words-Prefixes

1.  aloft

2.  aglow

3.  inactive

4.  invisible

5.  incorrect

6.  incomplete

7.  prepay

8.  preview

9.  prewrite

10.  preschool

11.  return

12.  rebuilt

13.  rewrote

14.  removed

15.  unfair

16.  unable

17.  unspoken

18.  unthinkable

High-Frequency Words

19.  tied

20.  earth

Challenge Words

*  immigrant

*  transcontinental

PARENT CORNER

FCS AUCTION DINNER NIGHT

Thank you for your tremendous support Saturday evening at the FCS Auction Dinner!  Many hands working together with a great servant’s heart made this event wonderful for all who were able to attend.  The FCS  family raised over $100,000 for our school!!  Your generosity will make it possible for  FCS to continue to offer an excellent Christian education for our children in the city of Fresno.  The body of Christ is strong and alive!!  Thank you!  Thank you!!

THIRD QUARTER GRADES

The third quarter ended on Friday, March 14th and all assignments were due last Friday.  Grades will be finalized Monday, March 17.  You may print a copy of your child’s report card online at Power School on Tuesday, March 18.

MINIMUM DAY

Just a reminder that Wednesday, March 19 is a minimum day with early release at 12:00 noon due to staff in-service.

SPRING PICTURES

Spring Portrait orders are due back to your teacher by Thursday, March 20.  Simply fill out the form and enclose the exact amount.

YOUNG AUTHOR STORIES

Last week we completed our fictional narratives for the Young Author Writing Contest.  Student stories will be on display for Open House in May.  High School Judges will select a first, second, and third place winning story from each class to be published.  The first place winners will have their story published as a book and it will go on sale at Open House.  Winning authors will be available to autograph their Young Author Story.

PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING

This week we continue Physical Fitness Testing.   Testing will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during our regular P.E. times from 12:30-1:15 PM.  If possible, please try not to schedule appointments for that week.  If it is unavoidable, there  will be make-ups.  Also, please have your child wear appropriate clothing and footwear (tennis shoes) for these activities.

Here is the Physical Fitness Testing schedule for Third Graders:

Tuesday, March 18  –  Shuttle Run

As the warmer weather arrives, please send a water bottle with your child each day. We will take drinks many times throughout the day in order to stay hydrated. Thanks!

MATH

Our class will be learning about geometry and measurement in Chapter 7.  You can expect to see work that provides practice with identifying and classifying plane figures and solid figures and solid figures as well as with finding area, perimeter, and volume.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will continue our Unit 3 study of Community History in Chapter 6 Building Communities.  We will study Lesson 1 Communities Grow, Skills:  Reading  Population Map, Lessons 2 The Story of a Community and Lesson 3 Discover Your Community’s History, which will include our Fresno Flag, Fresno County Seal, The Influence of Yokut Native American Indians, The Fresno Water Tower, and Our City Hall.

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

This week you will find inside your RED HOMEWORK folder an assignment called Lesson 8:  Label Language page 27.  Students will have a family activity to study nutrition facts on food labels to make healthier decisions about the foods we might choose for a snack or dessert.  The Label Language page 27 assignment is due Thursday, March 20 along with the weekly math homework in the RED HOMEWORK folder.

 EASTER CELEBRATION

We will have a celebration on Friday, April 11th at 1:20 PM.   Many of you signed up to help with the Easter party at Back To School Night.  Please feel free to contact Patty Steele and Emily Phillips, our Head Room Mothers, if you would like to assist with a party for our class next month. 

  COMING ATTRACTIONS

 MARCH

TUESDAY, MARCH 11 —  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN TOZLIAN!

Friday, March 14 — End of 3rd Quarter

MONDAY, MARCH 17 — ST. PATRICK’S DAY & HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BENNETT

Wednesday, March 19– Teacher In-service/Noon Dismissal

Tuesday, March 25 —  Chapel 8:00-8:45 AM

March 31-April 4 —  SAT Testing

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Salvation 

Reference:   John 3:16,17

Bible Verse:  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

SPELLING:  LESSON 26

Pattern Words-Hardl and Soft G

1.  giant

2.  edge

3.  angle

4.  guide

5.  judge

6.  guest

7.  guess

8.  cages

9.  village

10.  guard

11.  badge

12. dodge

13.  gather

14.  hangar

15.  danger

16.  garage

17.  gasoline

18.  courage

High-Frequency Words

19.  listen

20.  scared

Challenge Words

*  artifact

*  San Joaquin River

PARENT CORNER

MEUX TRIP

A very special thank you to all of you who so kindly helped chaperone, carpool, and feed our class on the Meux Museum Trip and the the Historic Walking Tour of Fresno.  What a great turn-out!!  It was wonderful to spend time together outside the classroom with all of you.  I appreciated your shepherding of children down the busy streets of Fresno.  Boy, were you just a little tired and sore Friday night?  ME TOO!!!!!

BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT WEEK

This is benchmark assessment week. The children will have assessments in Math and Writing.  We will also conduct benchmark assessments in  Reading with Scholastic Reading Inventories on Wednesday and Friday of this week during Computer Lab in the afternoons.

DINING TO DONATE AT APPLEBEE’S

Join us for a Fun-Raiser at Applebee’s and raise money for Fresno Christian Schools.  Applebee’s will donate 20% of your bill to FCS.  Purchase a meal, feed your family and support the School.

Date:  Monday, March 10, 2014

Time:  4:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Location:  7007 N. Cedar Ave. – corner of Herndon and Cedar

Print the attached flyer or pick up a flyer in any FCS office. Must present flyer for FCS to receive credit.

HEALTH AND SCIENCE HOMEWORK

This week third grade students have a Family and Student Homework assignment from Lesson 7:  Get Ready, Get Set, Get Moving!  It  is  a physical activity chart logging assignment on page 23.  You will find a Homework Stamp on it in your Red Homework Folder.  It is due on Thursday, March 13 along with your math homework.

AUCTION ITEMS

Don’t forget this upcoming weekend is our annual school auction!  You still have time to donate items and purchase tickets for this wonderful event!  Another great way for everyone to help FCS at the auction is to donate a dessert.  They are not served with dinner so we count on desserts!  Serving dishes make desserts even more valuable.  These desserts are a popular item and a wonderful way to share with those at your table!!

Bring your desserts to the FCS gym on Saturday, March 15 , between 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.  We will even wrap them for you!  Cookies, cakes, pies, brownies, candies, dipped items, tarts, cupcakes…every dessert will be sold!  Students will receive points for each dessert item donated.  Be sure to fill out a form for your student’s class to get credit.  Thank you for your support!!  Questions?

GET A WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER & A FRIEND

Be sure to bid on the  “GET-A-WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER AND A FRIEND” at the FCS Auction Dinner Night!  It will be listed in the Silent Auction section and will go to the highest bidder!!

PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING

This week we continue Physical Fitness Testing.   Testing will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during our regular P.E. times from 12:30-1:15 PM.  If possible, please try not to schedule appointments for that week.  If it is unavoidable, there  will be make-ups.  Also, please have your child wear appropriate clothing and footwear (tennis shoes) for these activities.

Here is the Physical Fitness Testing schedule for Third Graders:

Tuesday, March 11  –  Sit & Reach

Thursday, March 13  –  Pull Ups, Push Ups,  or Arm Hang

Tuesday, March 18  –  Shuttle Run

As the warmer weather arrives, please send a water bottle with your child each day. We will take drinks many times throughout the day in order to stay hydrated. Thanks!

MATH

We will have a test over Chapter 6 MULTIPLICATION FACTS on Tuesday, March 11.  A study guide pre-test was sent home last week to review.  Be sure to study your factor families of 8s and 9s this week in your Red Folder for math homework.

After Benchmark Assessments this week, we will begin Chapter 7. Our class will be learning about geometry and measurement.  You can expect to see work that provides practice with identifying and classifying plane figures and solid figures and solid figures as well as with finding area, perimeter, and volume.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will continue our Unit 3 study of Community History in Chapter 6 Building Communities.  We will study Lesson 1 Communities Grow, Skills:  Reading  Population Map, Lessons 2 The Story of a Community and Lesson 3 Discover Your Community’s History, which will include our Fresno Flag, Fresno County Seal, The Influence of Yokut Native American Indians, The Fresno Water Tower, and Our City Hall.

END OF THE THIRD QUARTER

Just a reminder that 3rd quarter ends this Friday, March 14.  Please send all corrections and make-up work returned to me no later than Thursday.  Thank you!  The 3rd Quarter Grades will be posted online and available next week  Wednesday, March12.

 EASTER CELEBRATION

We will have a celebration on Friday, April 11th at 1:20 PM.   Many of you signed up to help with the Easter party at Back To School Night.  Please feel free to contact Patty Steele and Emily Phillips, our Head Room Mothers, if you would like to assist with a party for our class next month. 

 COMING ATTRACTIONS

MARCH

Monday, March 10 — PTF Fundraiser at Applebee’s

TUESDAY, MARCH 11 —  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN TOZLIAN!

Tuesday, March 11 —  Chapel 8:00-8:45 AM

Friday, March 14 — End of 3rd Quarter

Friday, March 15 — FCS Auction Dinner Night

MONDAY, MARCH 17 — ST. PATRICK’S DAY & HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BENNETT

Wednesday, March 19– Teacher In-service/Noon Dismissal

Tuesday, March 25 —  Chapel 8:00-8:45 AM

March 31-April 4 —  SAT Testing

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Courtesy                                                  

Reference:  Colossians 4:6

Bible Verse:  Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Definition:  Respectful words and ways

Opposite:  Rudeness

SPELLING:  Lesson 25

Pattern Words-Hard and Soft C

1.  icicle

2.  cycle

3.  cities

4.  close

5.  scale

6.  cabin

7.  place

8.  circle

9.  pencil

10.  score

11.  notice

12.  advice

13.  clothes

14.  service

15.  ascend

16.  colorful

17.  balance

18.  descend

High-Frequency Words

19.  airplane

20.  modern

Challenge Words

*  Meux

*  museum

Due to the field trip on Friday to the Meux Home Museum, we will take our Spelling Test and Bible Verse Test on Thursday of this week.

PARENT CORNER

THANK YOU!

Thank you for your prayers during my recovery from a recent injury at school.  I hope to be back soon this week.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION FINAL RESULTS

Thank you for participating in this years Box Top for Education Fundraiser. We are excited to announce that our school has collected 15,341 box tops. We will be receiving a check from General Mills for $1,534.10! A special thanks goes to Mrs. Fraser’s class who brought in the most box tops. Mrs. Fraser’s students will receive a special prize for their outstanding performance. Here are the final results:

Mr. Broersma…1083                                                Mrs. Tally…1851

Mrs. Ferguson…1753                                               Mrs. VanderKooi…889

Mrs. Fraser…2259                                                     Mr. Weimer…755

Extras…2794

Total…15,341

WAY TO GO DEAR THIRD GRADERS!  YOU HAVE SUCH  GREAT SERVANT’S HEART!!  AWESOME!!!

Please continue to collect Box Tops now and throughout the year. This fundraiser will begin again in the new school year. Thank you for supporting Fresno Christian Schools!

K-12 FREE TUTORING

Take advantage of free tutoring supervised by a high school teacher and led by veteran CSF members.

When: Every Wednesday, except half days

Where: Room 624, Building 6 (Journalism Lab)

Time: 3:05-4:00 P.M.

Contact Mrs. Michelle Warkentin with questions: mwarkentin@fresnochristian.com

SPRING PICTURE DAY

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 all students will be photographed with an exciting spring background.  No money is needed on Spring Picture Day.  A proof picture and order instructions will be sent home for purchase if desired.  Sorry, a “Retake Day” will not be scheduled.

END OF THIRD QUARTER

Just a reminder that the end of the third quarter is Friday, March 14.  All re-do assignments must be turned in by this Friday, March 7.   Thank you!

MATH

Please note that we will have a chapter test over Chapter 6 Multiplication Facts next week Tuesday, March 11.  A pre-test will be sent home this week as review for math homework.  Be sure to study your multiplication factor families of  7, 8, and 9 .

FACTOR FAMILY OF  7

7 x 0 = 0

7 x 1 = 7

7 x 2 = 14

7 x 3 = 21

7 x 4 = 28

7 x 5 = 35

7 x 6 = 42

7 x 7 = 49

7 x 8 = 56

7 x 9 = 63

FACTOR FAMILY OF 8

8 x 0 = 0

8 x 1 = 8

8 x 2 = 16

8 x 3 = 24

8 x 4 = 32

8 x 5 = 40

8 x 6 = 48

8 x 7 = 56

8 x 8 = 64

8 x 9 = 72

FACTOR FAMILY OF 9

9 x 0 = 0

9 x 1 = 9

9 x 2 = 18

9 x 3 = 27

9 x 4 = 36

9 x 5 = 45

9 x 6 = 54

9 x 7 = 63

9 x 8 = 72

9 x 9 = 81

PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING

This week we begin Physical Fitness Testing and continue next week..  You will find the President’s Challenge Qualifying Standards for Presidential and National award scores attached to your newsletter on Monday with graded work.  These are listed for boys and girls with and age requirements.  Testing will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during our regular P.E. times from 12:30-1:15 PM.  If possible, please try not to schedule appointments for that week.  If it is unavoidable, there certainly will be make-ups.  Also, please have your child wear appropriate clothing and footwear (tennis shoes for these activities.

Here is the Physical Fitness Testing schedule for Third Graders:

Tuesday, March 4  –  1/2 Mile Run or Mile Run

Thursday, March 6  –  Partial Curl-Ups

Tuesday, March 11  –  Sit & Reach

Thursday, March 13  –  Pull Ups, Push Ups,  or Arm Hang

Tuesday, March 18  –  Shuttle Run

BEFORE SCHOOL

Just a friendly reminder that all students need to have a pass from the yard duty teacher to be in Building 5 before school.  Students should report directly to the playground between 7:30-7:55 AM unless accompanied by an adult.

FCS AUCTION DINNER NIGHT

The FCS auction is underway!  The dinner/silent and live auction will take place on Saturday, March 15th  from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym.  Our class project is a sizzling summer “BEACH BASKET” theme!  We have received  a few items for the basket, so we are in need of many more. You can check  the ” Thermometer” in the hallway in Building 5 to see how we are doing with donations and tickets. We are doing great, but we sure could use some more contributions from our class. Thank you so very much!!

 GET A WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER & A FRIEND

Be sure to look for a “GET-A-WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER AND A FRIEND” at the FCS Auction Dinner Night!  This is for a current third grader and friend at FCS.  It will be listed in the Silent Auction section and will go to the highest bidder!

MEUX HOME MUSEUM/HISTORIC WALKING TOUR

We are preparing for our trip to the Meux Home Museum and Historic Walking Tour this Friday, March 8th.  Thank you to the following parents have volunteered to serve as carpooling chaperones for the morning:

Jennifer Dansby

Silva Emerian

Beverly Foshee

Jeanette Garcia

Stephanie Garcia

Melissa Gleason

Sylvia Heinz (Dylan’s Grandmother)

Demetria Magulas

Angela Mosesian

Emily Phillips

Julia Retamoza-Vasquez (Emma Calderon’s mom)

Laquisha Ruiz

Dorothy Siqueiros

Patty Steele

**Chaperones need to pre-pay $5.00  admission fee in Central Office to our Third Grade Account by  Monday, March 3.  Central Office will handle all money transactions.  All third graders’ admission  fees are prepaid through tuition fees.  We will need you there in our room at 8:00 AM on Friday, March 7.   We will  return around 12:15 PM for lunch on campus.

Please return the field trip carpool permission slip if you haven’t already done so by tomorrow, Tuesday, March 4.  Those of you who are driving will need to make sure your insurance information is current with Central Office.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

February On-Line book orders were finalized and confirmed on February 28.  They should now arrive in about 1 week.  The month of March features all kinds of exciting books in science and math for Grades 2-6.  Remember On-Line orders only at scholastic.com/readingclub.  Use our one-time Class Activation Code when you register:  L9NJ4  Orders are due Monday, March 31.

 COMING ATTRACTIONS

MARCH

Tuesday, March 4 —  Elementary Spring Portrait Day

TUESDAY, MARCH 4 — HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISABELLA GARCIA!

Friday, March 7 –  Meux Home Museum & Historic Walking Tour of Fresno 8:00 AM-12:15 PM

TUESDAY, MARCH 11 —  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN TOZLIAN!

Friday, March 14 — End of 3rd Quarter

Friday, March 15 — FCS Auction Dinner Night

Wednesday, March 19– Teacher In-service/Noon Dismissal

March 31-April 4 —  SAT Testing

 CHARACTER TRAIT:  Fairness

Reference:  Leviticus 19:11

Bible Verse:  Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.

Definition:  Being honest and just in my relationships with others.

Opposite:  Treating others unequally, either through favoritism or dishonesty.

SPELLING:  Lesson 24

This week is a review week.  Please review all words from Lessons 19-23.  There will be a multiple choice test this Friday.  Please see the attached list of all the words in your newsletter this week.

Lesson 19 R-Controlled Vowels:  ar, are, or, ore, our

1.  yours

2.  share

3. warm

4.  worry

5.  fourth

6.  course

7.  report

8.  corner

9.  before

10.  depart

11.  storms

12.  careful

13.  worker

14.  market

15.  warning

16.  shortest

17.  seashore

18.  forgotten

Lesson 20 R-Controlled Vowels:  air, ear, er, ir

1.  stir

2.  first

3.  silver

4.  chair

5.  learn

6.  early

7.  stairs

8.  skirts

9.  heard

10.  nearly

11.  fearful

12.  airport

13.  answer

14.  upstairs

15.  thirteen

16.  covered

17.  together

18.  shepherd

Lesson 21 R-Controlled Vowels:  eer, err, ur, ure

1.  deer

2.  steer

3.  turns

4.  error

5.  purse

6.  hurry

7.  nurse

8.  curve

9.  merry

10.  nature

11.  picture

12.  errand

13.  pasture

14.  purpose

15.  cheerful

16.  fracture

17. surprised

18.  adventure

Lesson 22 Contractions

1.  it’s

2.  I’m

3.  let’s

4.  we’ll

5.  you’d

6.  that’s

7.  they’ll

8.  we’re

9.  you’re

10.  aren’t

11.  they’d

12.  they’ve

13.  there’s

14.  couldn’t

15.  weren’t

16.  might’ve

17.  wouldn’t

18.  shouldn’t

Lesson 23 Compound Words

1.  cannot

2.  himself

3.  herself

4.  without

5.  suitcase

6.  anybody

7.  everyone

8.  landmark

9.  afternoon

10.  roadblock

11.  something

12.  anywhere

13.  northwest

14.  proofread

15.  downstairs

16.  throughout

17.  watercolors

18.  underground

High-Frequency Words

1.  noisy

2.  mountain

3.  engine

4.  symbol

5.  bottom

6.  straight

7.  direct

8.  captain

9.  electric

10.  business

PARENT CORNER

HALF DAY/IN-SERVICE

Just a reminder that Wednesday, February 26 is a Half Day with early release due to Staff In-Service.

SPRING PORTRAIT DAY

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 all students will be photographed with an exciting spring background.  No money is needed on the Picture Day.  A proof picture and order instructions will be sent home for purchase if desired.  Sorry, a “Retake Day” will not be scheduled.

MEUX HOME MUSEUM/HISTORIC WALKING TOUR

As part of our Unit 3 Community History study in Social Studies, our 3^rd graders will take a private tour of the Meux Home Museum on Friday, March 7^th.  We will also take a “Historic Walking Tour of Fresno” as we relive Fresno’s early pioneer beginnings by visiting such sites as St. John’s Cathedral, Sheriff Collin’s home and stables, Santa Fe Railroad Station, Fresno Water Tower, and Brix Mansion.  Student admission has been prepaid through tuition fees.

Chaperones need to pre-pay $5.00 admission fee by Monday, March 3rd   in the Central Office to our Third Grade Account.  No siblings are allowed on this particular field trip.  We will meet in our classroom at 8:00 AM on Friday, March 7^th and return around 12:15 PM for lunch on campus.  The following parents have signed up to serve as carpooling chaperones:

Jennifer Dansby

Silva Emerian

Beverly Foshee

Jeanette Garcia

Melissa Gleason

Sylvia Heinz (Dylan’s Grandmother)

Demetria Magulas

Emily Phillips

Julia Retamoza-Vasquez (Emma Calderon’s mom)

Laquisha Ruiz

Dorothy Siqueiros

Patty Steele

A carpool permission form  will be sent home on Monday listing the drivers.  Please sign and return by Friday, February 28.  If you are driving, please email me to let me know how many students you are able to transport in your car on the field trip.

FCS AUCTION

The FCS auction is underway!  This is our largest fundraising event each year.  We are excited about setting our goals even higher than last year.  The auction is a great way to donate to our school.  Your donations will bless the lives of others.

You received the information about our class basket which is a “Beach” theme.  Please start thinking about your gift or donation.  We are asking each child’s family to contact family, friends, neighbors, and merchants to make a donation to our auction.  Students will be given a ticket for every 10 points they earn in donations.  I am hoping that each family will find that special something to donate to the auction.

I would like to encourage you to support this event by giving or getting donations of services, trips, items, desserts, and/or dinner tickets.  The dinner/silent and live auction will take place  on Saturday, March 15th, from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym.

GET-A-WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER & A FRIEND

 I will once again be donating  a “GET-A-WAY LUNCH WITH MRS. FRASER AND A FRIEND” at the FCS Auction Dinner Night!  One third grade child will be allowed to bring a friend with them as we all enjoy lunch together!  This item will be listed in the Silent Auction section and will go to the highest bidder.  If you are interested in this item and aren’t able to attend, have someone bid for you!

BIBLE

As we begin Unit 4 The Exodus, we will study how God prepares Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.  We will learn about how the 10 plagues displayed God’s power and might to the Israelites and the Egyptians.  We will also observe how God fulfilled His promise to Abraham and his descendants by making the people of Israel into a great nation during their years in Egypt.  We will learn how the Passover supper was instituted to remind the people of how God had delivered them as they left Egypt.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

Our Scholastic On-Line Book order is due Friday, February 28.  Use our one-time Class Activation Code when you register:  L9NJ4.  Submit your online order to Mrs. Fraser’s class.  Secure checkout–pay with a credit or debit card.  Books are delivered to our classroom.  Thank you!

MATH

During the next few weeks, our class will be learning about the multiplication of whole numbers.  You can expect to see work that provides practice in multiplying 6, 7, 8, and 9.

LANGUAGE ARTS

This week we continue our study of writing fictional narratives and are busy on our rough drafts, revising and crafting words with descriptive details.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we continue our study of Unit 3 Community History with Chapter 5  How Communities Began and reading time lines.  We will learn in Lesson 3 How Communities Change and discover our own community’s history of Fresno as we prepare for our field trip to the Meux Home Museum.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

FEBRUARY

Wednesday, February 26 –  Half Day/Inservice Release at 12:00 PM

MARCH

Tuesday, March 4 —  Elementary Spring Portrait Day

Friday, March 7 —  Meux Home Museum & Historic Walking Tour of Fresno 8:00 AM-12:15 PM

Friday, March 14 — End of 3rd Quarter

Friday, March 15 — FCS Auction Dinner Night

Wednesday, March 19– Teacher In-service/Noon Dismissal

March 31-April 4 —  SAT Testing

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Friendliness

Reference:  Proverbs 17:17

Bible Verse:  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Definition:  Knowing, liking, and accepting another person the way God made him or her

Opposite:  Excluding others

SPELLING WORDS:  Lesson  23

Pattern Words- Compound Words

1.  cannot

2.  himself

3.  herself

4.  without

5.  suitcase

6.  anybody

7.  everyone

8.  landmark

9.  afternoon

10.  roadblock

11.  something

12.  anywhere

13.  northwest

14.  proofread

15.  downstairs

16.  throughout

17.  watercolors

18. underground

High-Frequency Words

19.  electric

20.  business

Challenge Words

*  product

*  multiplication

PARENT CORNER

A VALENTINE THANK YOU!

Thank you for all of the beautiful thoughtful gifts, chocolates, cards, and other goodies showered  upon me this Valentine’s Day.  I feel truly blessed by your outpouring of kindness.  Our Valentine’s Day class party was wonderful!  Thank you to all who were able to join us and to all those who generously provided delightful crafts and goodies.  The children could hardly wait for their party to begin and enjoyed it so much because of you!!

AUCTION

The FCS auction is underway!  This is our largest fundraising event each year.  We are excited about setting our goals even higher than last year.  The auction is a great way to donate to our school.  Your donations will bless the lives of others.

You received the information about our class basket which is a “Beach” theme.  Please start thinking about your gift or donation.  We are asking each child’s family to contact family, friends, neighbors, and merchants to make a donation to our auction.  Students will be given a ticket for every 10 points they earn in donations.  I am hoping that each family will find that special something to donate to the auction.

I would like to encourage you to support this event by giving or getting donations of services, trips, items, desserts, and/or dinner tickets.  The dinner/silent and live auction will take place  on Saturday, March 15th, from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym.

 SPIRIT DAYS

Just a a reminder that every Friday is SPIRIT DAY at Fresno Christian.  Wear your school pride and let’s give  the Spirit Trophy  along with Baldwin, our school mascot Eagle a proud home in our classroom for a WHOLE MONTH!  We need 4 weeks in a row of 100% to win!!  WE ARE ONE AND WE CAN DO IT!!!

MATH

This week will have a math test over  Chapter 5 Multiplication Concepts on Friday, February 21.  A pre-test will be sent home as weekly math homework to review skills for Friday’s test.  Please send your completed pre-test back in your Red Homework Folder on Thursday.

PHOTOS NEEDED FOR MEMORY BOOK

Several of you have taken some lovely photographs at our field trips or various events during this school year.  We would be greatly blessed to have a CD  of these photos to download for the memory book.   If you can help with this, please send no later than this Friday.

MEUX HOME MUSEUM/WALKING TOUR OF FRESNO

As part of our Unit 3 Community History study in Social Studies, our 3^rd graders will take a private tour of the Meux Home Museum on Friday, March 7^th.  We will also take a “Historic Walking Tour of Fresno” as we relive Fresno’s early pioneer beginnings by visiting such sites as St. John’s Cathedral, Sheriff Collin’s home and stables, Santa Fe Railroad Station, Fresno Water Tower, and Brix Mansion.  Student admission has been prepaid through tuition fees.

Chaperones need to pre-pay $5.00 admission fee by Monday, March 3rd   in the Central Office to our Third Grade Account.  No siblings are allowed on this particular field trip.  We will meet in our classroom at 8:00 AM on Friday, March 7^th and return around 12:15 PM for lunch on campus.  The following parents have signed up to serve as carpooling chaperones:

Jennifer Dansby

Silva Emerian

Beverly Foshee

Jeanette Garcia

Melissa Gleason

Sylvia Heinz (Dylan’s Grandmother)

Emily Phillips

Julia Retamoza-Vasquez (Emma Calderon’s mom)

Laquisha Ruiz

Dorothy Siqueiros

Patty Steele

COMING ATTRACTIONS

FEBRUARY

Tuesday, February 18 — PTF Mountain Mike’s Pizza Night Fundraiser at Shepherd and Cedar Avenues

Wednesday, February 26 — Half Day/Staff In-Service 12:00 Dismissal

MARCH

Tuesday, March 4 — Elementary Spring Pictures 

Friday, March 7–  Meux Home Museum & Historic Walking Tour of Fresno

Friday, March 14 — End of 3rd Quarter

Friday, March 15 — FCS Auction Dinner Night

Wednesday, March 19– Teacher In-service/Noon Dismissal

March 31-April 4 —  SAT Testing

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Loyalty

Reference:  John 15:3-4

Bible Verse:  Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command.

Definition:  Supporting someone even when the going gets tough

Opposite:  Unfaithfulness or double-mindedness

SPELLING:  Lesson 22

Lesson 22 Phonics:  Contractions

1.  it’s

2.  I’m

3.  let’s

4.  we’ll

5.  you’d

6.  that’s

7.  they’ll

8.  we’re

9.  you’re

10.  aren’t

11.  they’d

12.  they’ve

13.  there’s

14.  couldn’t

15.  weren’t

16.  might’ve

17.  wouldn’t

18.  shouldn’t

High-frequency Words

19.  direct

20.  captain

Challenge Words

*  president

*  Washington

PARENT CORNER

PARENT CONFERENCES

Thank you for the time spent together during Parent/Teacher Conference Week.  It was very helpful to connect, listen to you share your thoughts and insights, learn more about your family, celebrate progress, and set new goals together.  I appreciate your support, prayers,  and encouragement in this journey of education together with your child.

  VALENTINE’S DAY

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!  The third graders are learning about the greatest command Jesus gave us: to love the Lord with all your heart, mind, and strength and to love your neighbor (your study buddy sitting beside you) as much as you love yourself.  Our devotions this week will focus around what it means to be a loyal friend and  love at  all times by knowing, liking, and accepting another person the way God made them.

MEMORY BOOK

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,  Christmas program, and parties.  We are in need of pictures for our Yearbook, which is prepared online. Many thanks!

SCIENCE

This week we have a science homework assignment to do as a family.  You will find it in your Red Folder along with your weekly math homework.  It is called “Lesson 5:  Breakfast Blast!”  There is a student activity along with a family activity.  Please return the assignment on Thursday along with your other work in your Red Homework Folder.

With preparation for Physical Fitness Testing we will focus on Lesson 7 this week entitled:  “Get Ready, Get Set, Get Moving!” along with Lesson 8 “Label Language” and food labels.

WRITING

In writing we are learning to write fictional narratives using sample prompts,  cluster charts to brainstorm characters and settings, story maps to plan the beginning, middle, and ending, color code our descriptive words, dialogue, similes, and peer conference in pairs to revise and improve our rough drafts.

READING

This week we will focus on the comprehension skill of story structure with elements of main characters, setting, plot, problem, what happens, and ending.  We will also study the comprehension skill of making judgements and decisions.

READING COUNTS

For students who have read non-RED STAR books, you are able to get credit for reading those books toward your Blue, Red, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Certificates.  Here are the requirements:

1)  You must complete the STORY ELEMENTS CHART book report.

2)  Record the number of pages in the length of the book.

3)  Also record the lexile level if given inside the cover of the book.

4)  Return the book report along with the book to school for credit.

I have included a copy of the “STORY ELEMENTS CHART” in your newsletter this week.  You may obtain future copies at school in a basket for students.

MATH

We continue our study of our multiplication fact families.  Check to see where your child is.  This week we will introduce the factor family of 6:

6 x 0 = 0

6 x 1 = 6

6 x 2 = 12

6 x 3 = 18

6 x 4 = 24

6 x 5 = 30

6 x 6 = 36

6 x 7 = 42

6 x 8 = 48

6 x 9 = 54

6 x 10 = 60

BOX TOP COLLECTIONS

Our final Box Top Drawing is this  Friday, February 14.   Your class participation has been  FANTASTIC!!!  The class with the most box tops at each campus will win a prize so let’s give our very best this week and remember to turn in those  BOX TOPS as a fundraising effort to help FCS!!!!!

FCS AUCTION

The FCS auction is underway!  This is our largest fundraising event each year.  We are excited about setting our goals even higher than last year.  The auction is a great way to donate to our school.  Your donations will bless the lives of others.

You received the information about our class basket which is a “Beach” theme.  Please start thinking about your gift or donation.  We are asking each child’s family to contact family, friends, neighbors, and merchants to make a donation to our auction.  Students will be given a ticket for every 10 points they earn in donations.  I am hoping that each family will find that special something to donate to the auction.

I would like to encourage you to support this event by giving or getting donations of services, trips, items, desserts, and/or dinner tickets.  The dinner/silent and live auction will take place  on Saturday, March 15th, from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym.

 SPIRIT DAYS

Just a a reminder that every Friday is SPIRIT DAY at Fresno Christian.  Wear your school pride and let’s give  the Spirit Trophy  along with Baldwin, our school mascot Eagle a proud home in our classroom for a WHOLE MONTH!  We need 4 weeks in a row of 100% to win!!  WE ARE ONE AND WE CAN DO IT!!!

COMING ATTRACTIONS

FEBRUARY

Friday, February 14 —  Spirit Day

Friday, February 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day! / Party 1:20-2:40 PM

Monday, February 17 – No School / Washington’s Birthday

Wednesday, February 26 – Staff In-Service / 12:00 PM Dismissal

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Love

Reference:  I Corinthians 13:4

Bible Verse:  Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Definition:  Meeting another’s needs unselfishly

Opposite:  Putting my own needs first

SPELLING WORDS:  Lesson 21

Pattern Words-R-Controlled Vowels: (eer, err, ur, ure)

1.  deer

2.  steer

3.  turns

4.  error

5.  purse

6.  hurry

7.  nurse

8.  curve

9.  merry

10.  nature

11.  picture

12.  errand

13. pasture

14.  purpose

15.  cheerful

16.  fracture

17.  surprised

18.  adventure

High-Frequency Words

19.  bottom

20. straight

Challenge Words

*  Lincoln

*  valentine

PARENT CORNER

PARENT CONFERENCES

This week we begin  parent conferences from February 3-7 for grades 1-6.   Monday through Friday are minimum release days with dismissal at 12:00 PM.   I look forward to meeting together with each of you as we share together about the progress your child is making in third grade.

WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE

Thank your for your tremendous support and cooperation during The World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser!  Our class did a fantastic job!

PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

Congratulations to SHIRLEY RYLANDER  and BILLY MAGULAS!!  They were selected last Monday, January 27 at the Oral Interpretation Assembly as representatives along with 8 other elementary FCS students to California State University, Fresno in spring for the Peach Blossom Festival!

MATH

We now begin Chapter 5 Multiplication Concepts in math and we will learn about multiplication of whole numbers.  You can expect to see work that provides practice in multiplying  with 2, 5, 10, 3, and 4.  We will also be learning about the special multiplication properties of 0 and 1.  We will learn how to represent multiplication sentences using arrays.

MULTIPLICATION FACTS

We continue our study of multiplication facts.  Check to see what level your child is on.  This week we will focus on the factor family of 5:

5 x 0 = 0

5 x 1 = 5

5 x 2 = 10

5 x 3 = 15

5 x 4 = 20

5 x 5 = 25

5 x 6 = 30

5 x 7 = 35

5 x 8 = 40

5 x 9 = 45

5 x 10 = 50

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion.  There are 2 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops.  The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14.  Keep up the fabulous job!!

PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING

Mrs. Whipple has begun preparing our third graders for the Physical Fitness Testing which is in March.  Please remember to wear tennis shoes each Tuesday and Thursday to avoid any injuries.  Thanks!

VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY

Friday, February 14, our class will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a party from 1:20-2:40 PM.  Students may choose to participate in exchanging valentines.  A class list was provided so that all students can be included in the valentine exchange.   Please bring your valentines on the DAY of the party, not any earlier.  Thank you!

FCS AUCTION

The FCS auction is underway!  This is our largest fundraising event each year.  We are excited about setting our goals even higher than last year.  The auction is a great way to donate to our school.  Your donations will bless the lives of others.

Please start thinking about your gift or donation. We are asking each child’s family to contact family, friends, neighbors, and merchants to make a donation to our auction.  Students will earn a minimum of 10 points for each donation.  Our class is working as “ONE” team to reach goals of class rewards including juice bars,  a private recess with treats,  lunch party and more as we climb the FCS Auction thermometer chart in the hallway with our donations.

I am hoping that each family will find that special something to donate to the auction.  I would like to encourage you to support this event by giving or getting donations of services, trips, items, desserts, and/or dinner tickets.  The dinner/silent and live auction will take place Saturday, March 16, from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. in the FCS Gym.

SPIRIT DAYS

Just a a reminder that every Friday is SPIRIT DAY at Fresno Christian.  Wear your school pride and let’s bring the Spirit Trophy back to Peoples Campus along with Baldwin, our school mascot Eagle!  We need 4 weeks in a row of 100% to win!!  WE ARE ONE AND WE CAN DO IT!!!

COMING ATTRACTIONS

FEBRUARY

February 3-7 – Parent Teacher Conferences / Early Dismissal at 12:00 PM

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH RADKE!

Monday, February 10 – No School / Lincoln’s Birthday

Friday, February 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day! / Party 1:20-2:40 PM

Monday, February 17 – No School / Washington’s Birthday

Wednesday, February 26 – Staff In-Service / 12:00 PM Dismissal