Happy Monday families! February is here! I hope you all had a restful weekend. We had an exciting week last week with the State of the School Address on Monday evening, and our student finalist poem readings on Tuesday morning. I want to give a big congratulations to Jacob Pimentel for being one of the 10 students chosen to represent Fresno Christian at the Peach Blossom Festival!! We are so excited!!! All the kids did such a wonderful job getting up in front of their peers and parents. That shows such confidence and bravery! This week will be a quick week due to parent conference week.
conferences: This week will be an early release day everyday due to parent teacher conferences. I look forward to speaking with everyone!
Language Arts: After re-assessing the class I really want to focus on reading comprehension this week during our guided reading groups. Please be sure to continue practicing the sight words that come home every week. The faster they can recognize these words the easier reading will become. In writing we will also begin focusing on writing about oneself.
Math: This week we will continue our work through Chapter 5 of Number Patterns. We will also be doing little review with telling time. I will start having students look at the clock more often to monitor their schedule throughout the day.
Bible/Memory Verse: Help me to love your every wish. Psalm 119:80 (10pts.)
Spelling Words:
Play
close
blue
glad
flag
plate
class
black
fly
bless
some
these
valentine
Sight Words:
Valentine Party: We will be celebrating our class valentine party on Friday February 14th. The party will begin at 11:30am with lunch and continue when we return from lunch recess! I will be sending home a class list of names if you wish to purchase valentine cards. Also there will be a sign up e-mail for items to bring to the party. If you are able to do so please take the time to sign up. We will have a fun afternoon reading valentine cards and playing games!
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
We are nearing the end of our 2013/14 Box Tops for Education promotion. There are 3 more Fridays left to turn in Box Tops. The last day to hand in Box Tops is Friday, February 14. 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”.
PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING – The students have begun preparing in earnest for Physical Fitness Testing which is in March. The requirements for this assessment will be handed out at conferences. The requirement for each is different, depending on gender and age.
Field Trip: We will be taking a class field trip on Friday February 21st, 2014 to the Fresno Air Force Base. One of our own parents, John Gamber, is on the Air Force and will be giving the children a tour. The students will be traveling by bus. The bus will leave People’s church around 8:30am and return around 1:30pm. On this field trip the students are going to be able to experience various parts of the base such as the maintenance group, where all the air crafts are parked. They will learn how different areas of the maintenance group contribute to making the air craft work. We will also be taking a trip to the Fire Department. It is just like a city fire department. They will have the opportunity to tour the vehicles and other areas that contribute to how the fire department works. Aden’s dad has graciously offered to provided a lunch from 12:00pm-1:00pm on the base. They will be served hot dogs, chips, snack, and a drink (juice/water). There will be no additional cost for this. In the beginning there will more than likely be some security checks prior to entering. At this point we believe it is ok for parents to bring their our car. For those who wish to follow the bus, you will enter though the West Gate which is on McKinley Ave just west of Peach Ave. You cannot miss it. There is a display of all the Wing’s past aircraft and a huge concrete structure. I will continue to communicate as more details arise! This is going to be such an exciting field trip for our little ones!! I can’t wait!!
Dress Up Day:
This Friday the elementary student council has made it a red, white, and blue day in honor of the upcoming olympics. Students from the upper grades will be coming by our room to ask the kiddos questions in regards to the olympics. Show our support for the USA olympic athletes by wearing American colors!
