Mrs. Hancox Feb. 11th, 2014

Dear Parents and Students,

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY!

VALENTINE’S DAY CLASS CELEBRATION: This Friday, our room mothers will be putting together a class Valentine’s Day celebration. The students will be meeting a school ESLR’s by making cards for the residents at Sunrise Senior Living Center. Also, the students will be served Me-N-Eds pizza. If your child would like to make Valentines for the class, please be sure to have the make one for each student. A class list of names will go home on Tuesday. Thank you!

CANDY GRAMS: The California Junior Scholarship Federation (an organization promoting scholarship for service) at Fresno Christian Junior High is conducting its annual Candy Gram fund raiser.  The money collected will be used for books for an orphanage on the China-North Korean border. We will be selling the candy grams for $1 beginning Monday, February 3 and ending at  3 P.M. on Thursday, February 13, 2014.  The candy grams will be distributed on Friday, February 14, 2014.  If you or your child wish to purchase any candy grams, you may ask your child’s teacher for forms, or call the high school office (299-1695 ext. 4), and Mrs. Belmont will see that you get the forms you need.

Communication folder (blue)-Student will continue to place daily work and assignments in their communication folders. Graded work will continue to go home on Mondays. All students will need to utilize a planner to record weekly assignments. This will allow you the opportunity to check in on the work assigned. 

Bible: Students studied the Sermon on the Mount this past weekend. We will continue to look at the life of Jesus according to Matthew. This week’d memory verse is:  Matthew 7:1  Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

Writing-Young Author’s final copy is due this Friday. Grading will be based on the rubric that was sent home last Monday. Standards: L05W1.1 – Multiple-paragraph narrative compositions, L05W1.1.a – Establish and develop a situation or plot, L05W1.1.b – Describe the setting, L05W1.1.c – Present an ending

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:  Geometry and Measurements:  Circles and complex figures. Students are using their text book due to the different standards in grades 5/6. A rubric will go home on Tuesday listing the skills for circles.

Science 3rd Quarter:  The Heart! A quiz will be given on Friday covering circulation system. Students should be able to describe the functions of the following terms:

• heart-an organ whose job is to pump blood to lungs and body tissues
• blood-made up of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
• vessels-carry blood along paths; arteries, veins, capillaries

Students will trace a diagram and complete note cards on the functions of these terms. They may use these items to study for Friday’s quiz.

Spelling and Vocabulary: 

Spelling Unit 24

1. solution
2. navigation
3. location
4. instrument
5. activity
6. curiosity
7. gravity
8. astonishment
9. operation
10. celebration
11. electricity
12. development
13. appointment
14. charity
15. security
16. arrangement
17. decoration
18. equality
19. graduation
20. ability

Vocabulary mega-

1. megabyte
2. megalith
3. megalomania
4. megalopolis
5. megaphone
6. megalosaur
7. megastar
8. megavitamin