But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
Dear Parents,
This week will be a week filled with joy for all God’s people:
WEDNESDAY IS A HALF DAY OF SCHOOL. TEACHER INSERVICE DAY!
Welcome Mr. B’s students! You will join 5th grade in rooms 527 and 529 this week (Mrs. Hancox and Mrs. Vanderkooi’s rooms). We will enjoy an academic school week together!
Our 6th grade students will gather together to experience outdoor education and the spirit of Jesus at Hume Lake this week. Please be sure to bring only the list of items as stated on the student hand-out. Pray for safety from injuries, for good health, and that they would come to know God in a new and deeper way this week.
MONDAY FUNDRAISER:
Join us for a FUN-RASIER at The Habit Burger Grill in the Fig Garden Village and help raise money for Fresno Christian Schools. The Habit will donate 20% of sales generated by your participation. Purchase a meal, feed your family and support FCS!
Date: Monday, October 14
Time: 4:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Fig Garden Village – 702 Shaw, Fresno, CA 93704
Print the flyer from your FCS email or pick up a flyer in any FCS office.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD:
Operation Christmas Child brought smiles to the faces of 7.7 million poor, sick and suffering children in more than 100 countries last year through shoeboxes filled with school supplies, hygiene items, toys, candy and other small gifts. But these boys and girls received something even more important than a Christmas present. They also leaned about the greatest gift of all—God’s son, Jesus Christ.
Each year, Operation Christmas Child delivers millions of shoebox gifts to children in desperate circumstances around the world. In addition to bringing happiness to boys and girls who other wise wouldn’t receive any presents, this exciting project of Samaritan’s Purse also opens doors for presenting the Good News of Jesus Christ. Through children’s literature and evangelistic programs, many lives are changed for eternity.
We would like to invite you to join us this year as we again reach out to boys and girls in the Name of Jesus Christ. Our goal is to collect 250 shoeboxes at Fresno Christian Elementary by November 7 for children who face a daily struggle against war, persecution, disease, natural disaster, poverty, illness, or neglect. Pray that God will meet their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
SHOE BOXES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP IN THE ELEMENTARY OFFICE OR YOU CAN PURCHASE A STURDY PLASTIC CONTAINER, WITH A LID. THE FAMILIES WHO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF BOX RESUSE THEM.
COME PRAY WITH MOMS IN PRAYER:
Moms in Prayer International gathers women together to pray specifically and scripturally for our children and schools.
Who: Fresno Christian K-12 Moms
Day/Time: Fridays, 8-9 am
Where: People’s Church, Room 204, behind the church office.
Contact: Janet Moore @ 448-0947/349-1643 or rjdamoore@att.net
FCS FALL FESTIVAL:
Come join the fun and treat your entire family to a free BBQ! Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 19th.
Time: 4:00 PM till 7:00 PM
Place: FCS Football Field
There will be face painting, bounce houses, slides and an obstacle course plus free cotton candy and sweet treats. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets, footballs and frisbees and plan for a great time.
FRESNO CHRISTIAN MUSIC DEPARTMENT PRESENTS:
“A Candlelight Christmas”
Kindergarten through Fourth Grades
Elementary Choir
Junior High Choir
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
5:30 pm
Fresno Christian Gym
WRITING:
This week students will practice writing conventions and grammar skills. We will continue our study of sentence structure with subject and predicates. A lesson will be taught daily. Unfinished assignments become homework.
READING:
Please be sure your child bring a book to school everyday. The goal is to read 10 pages a day within a 30 minute quiet reading block. My class has been assigned a Historical Fiction book of choice to read. Students need to design a rough draft and create a newspaper bulletin that gives an overview of their story in a creative format. The rubric for this project went home two weeks ago. Projects are due Oct. 30th.
TAKE READING COUNTS QUIZZES!
MATH:
The 5th grade will begin Chapter 3: Multiplication.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week we will study ancient Israel. We will take a look at the geographical features, current history, and biblical history to get a background before diving into the ancient civilizations of Israel.
BIBLE:
Foreshadowing as seen in Isaiah of the coming of Christ! No memory verse this week.
Spelling: 20 words /ou/ and /oi/
- poise
- porpoise,
- devour,
- disloyal,
- vow,
- flounder
- surround
- chowder
- grouchy
- soybean
- employer
- cower
- rejoice
- stout
- poisonous
- appoint
- bound
- fowl
- coil
- tortoise
Vocabulary: retro-, an-, anti- (backward, back, against, opposite)
- antacid
- antibacterial
- antidote
- antihistamine
- antonym
- retroactive
- retrofit
- retrospective
Calendar:
Wednesday: 1/2 day of school