CHARACTER TRAIT: Orderliness

                

Reference:  I Corinthians 14:40

Bible Verse:  But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

Definition:  Everything in its place

Opposite:  Disorder, confusion, or lack of restraint

SPELLING:  Lesson 6

This week will be a review of Lessons 1-5.  There will be a multiple choice test on Friday along with 5 Dictation Sentences.
Lesson 1:  Consonants and Short Vowels
1.   led
2.   legs
3.   skill
4.   sniff
5.   stilts
6.   stick
7.   crush
8.   never
9.   block
10.  jacket
11.  tennis
12.  gutter
13.  yellow
14.  pocket
15.  matter
16.  wobble
17.  address
18.  hundred
High-Frequency Words
19.  eye
20.  during
Lesson 2:  Long a:  a, a_e, ai, ay, ea, eigh, ey
  1. lady
  2. delay
  3. steak
  4. eighty
  5. weigh
  6. break
  7. acorn
  8. afraid
  9. safety
  10. maybe
  11. playing
  12. explain
  13. mistake
  14. training
  15. forgave
  16. neighbor
  17. skateboard
  18. they
  19. High Frequency Words

19.  months

20.  because

LESSON 3:  Long e:  ea, ee, ei
1.   leaf
2.   beat
3.   easy
4.   jeans
5.   steep
6.   really
7.   mean
8.   eager
9.   reach
10.  queen
11.  speed
12.  street
13.  please
14.  breeze
15.  receive
16.  deceive
17.  cleaned
18.  between
High Frequency Words
19.  said
20.  says
Lesson 4:  Long e:  ea, ee, ei
1.  brownie
2.  monkey
3.  secret
4.  pieces
5.  honey
6.  equal
7.  grief
8.  yield
9.  only
10.  icy
11.  keys
12.  busy
13.  chief
14.  valley
15.  sleepy
16.  snowy
17.  beyond
18.  believes
High Frequency Words
19.  favorite
20.  against
Lesson 5  Long i:  i, ie, igh, i_e, uy, y
1.  fright
2.  shine
3.  childhood
4.  buying
5.  tiny
6.  tried
7.  blind
8.  reply
9.  skyline
10.  mighty
11.  lies
12.  apply
13.  nearby
14.  tired
15.  bicycles
16.  brighter
17.  lives
18.  pliers
High-Frequency Words
19.  shoes
20.  very

PARENT CORNER

EVERY TUESDAY IS LIBRARY DAY

Just a friendly reminder that every Tuesday is Library Day with Ms. Brown in our newly renovated Media Resource Center.  Library Time is from 2:00-2:45 PM.  Library books may be checked out for two weeks.  Be sure to return your books each week if you finish reading them.  Students need to choose a Red Star Book to read and a take a READING COUNTS quiz each week as part of their Reading grade.  DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS BACK TOMORROW.

FRENCH CLASSES 
For adults and children with the Alliance of Francaise of Fresno
Fall Session: September 21 – November 23
Contact Camilla Colby at camillacolby@gmail.com or call 227-9850 for more info.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
This year we will again be participating in the Box Tops for Education fundraiser. Each Box Top collected is worth cash for our school. As an incentive, we will be having a class contest. The class bringing in the most Box Tops at the end of this promotion will receive a “prize.” We will post class totals monthly in the Office window and on our Campus News located on our website: fresnochristian.com. Please hand in your trimmed Box Tops in a Ziploc bag or envelope, labeled with your child’s/teacher’s name and the amount of Box Tops, to your teacher or school office. You can find a list of Box Tops online at: www.boxtops4education.com. Thank you for your support.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
September 23-27 FCS will conduct elementary parent conferences.   Monday through Friday of that week will be minimum release days at 12:00 noon.  I look forward to meeting each of you at individual conferences.   It is important for you to arrive on time.  Your help is greatly appreciated.  At conference time we can focus on strengths and areas for future growth together.  Thanks for your insights.  I am looking forward to meeting with each of you!
FRESNO FAIR FIELD TRIP
We are looking forward to the Big Fresno Fair field trip on Thursday, October 3.  I will be sending out a carpool permission form next week for parents to sign to ride in carpools.  Here is a list of the chaperoning carpoolers who have volunteered so far.  If you have volunteered, please email me this week at cfraser@fresnochristian.com and let me know the number of students you can transport in your vehicle.  Remember, students are not allowed to ride in the front passenger seat.  Thank you so very much for your assistance.

MINIMUM RELEASE DAY

Just a reminder that Wednesday, September 18 is a minimum day with release time at 12:00 PM due to Staff In-Service.

BIBLE

Third graders will soon be bringing home their Creation Pop-Up Books as soon as they are all glued together.  Ask your share to share their books with you and retell the stories and lessons they learned.

This week we begin Unit 2 Abraham and Isaac.  In Genesis 12 God’s plan to save and restore the rebellious world begins to take shape when God calls one family–Abram’s family–for a purpose.  It is from this one family , which would gradually grow into a nation, that God brings forth his Son, Jesus.  We will study the covenant that God made with Abram, Abram and Sarai moving to Egypt, Lot’s Choice, The Visitors/Sodom and Gomorrah, Isaac, Child of Promise, Abraham’s Testing, Isaac Marries Rebekah, and the story of Isaac and Abimelech.

SCIENCE

This week we will study about desert habitats and different types of deserts including sand, rocky cliffs, hills, flat, dry plains along with plants and animals which can survive under these conditions.  We learn learn about challa cactus, barrel cactus, and ocotillo cactus and how they store water. We will complete a lab investigation with sponges to model water storage and evaporation. 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER

Just a reminder that we will be placing monthly book orders online only this year. You may place your order online by October 5.  Use our One-Time Class Activation Code:  L9Nj4.

MATH

This week we will begin Chapter 2 and we will be learning about money and time.  You can expect to see work that provides practice counting and comparing collections of coins and bills as well as with reading analog and digital clocks.  During this chapter students should continue to MEMORIZE BASIC ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FACTS.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will learn to use grid maps.  As we begin Chapter 2 People and Their Environment, we will study about natural resources, the importance of water, our changing environment, and caring for our resources.
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are busy writing expository paragraphs about special people in our lives and using a rubric to help us evaluate our descriptive writing with focus.  We are  reading short stories centered around celebrating traditions and exploring a literature study in Charlotte’s Web  during our reading group times.  Skills covered include vocabulary development, author’s viewpoint, identifying story elements, comparing characters, identifying outcomes cause and effect, stating the main idea, and drawing conclusions.  In phonics we reviewed decoding of initial, medial, and final consonants in multiple syllable words. We will review  patterns for long and short vowels. We are also at work on developing our cursive handwriting.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

SEPTEMBER

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

September 23-27 – Parent Teacher Conferences-Noon Dismissal

OCTOBER

Tuesday, October 1 – Scholastic Online Book Orders Due

Thursday, October 3 – The Big Fresno Fair Field Trip

Thursday, October 3 – Fancy Folder Fiction Book Reports Due

Sunday, October 13 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!