Hello All!
I don’t know about you, but I am amazed at how fast time is going by!
Please remember to continue to check your child’s take home folder each day for school work and information coming home.
Bible
This week we will finish up learning about Abraham and move into learning about Isaac. Our memory verse this week:
“All day long I’ll praise and honor you, O God, for all that you have done for me.” Psalm 71:8 (21pts)
Students will be required to recite verses to me on Friday.
Math
We will review addition concepts on Monday. Our first test will take place on Tuesday. We will then move on to subtraction concepts.
Social Studies
This week we will continue learning about rules and laws around us, why we have them, and why they are important.
Physical Science
We will focus on living and non living things. The class loved their adventure around our campus looking for living and non living things.
Language Arts
We will continue to work on reading and phonics. Students will read with me everyday as well as work on new phonics concepts and review ones we have already learned. We will start reviewing sight words everyday. This will help to build fluency in their reading. I encourage you whenever you are out to have your child read everything. Have them try and read the menu when you go out to dinner, read billboards as you are driving, etc. The more reading, the better! Be on the look out for books coming home this week.
During our library time we will not be checking out books just yet. You are more than welcome to take your child to the library and check out books with them!
Writing
We will begin working towards our writing benchmark in October. In first grade they will be tested on writing an expository text about a person. We will focus on Starting with an uppercase and ending with a period. The students will also work on using descriptive writing.
Conferences – If you have not sent your conference notice confirmation, please do so. This way we can make sure everyone is scheduled for a time. I look forward to speaking with all of you! School will be dismissed at 12 during conference week.
Grandparent’s Day – Friday, October 13th is Grandparent’s Day. This is always a very fun time for the children. If you do not have grandarents that can attend, please feel free to invite a senior friend. We will also share grandparents for those who have none when we do our special activities. No one will be left out. This year things will be a little different. Grandparents will visit our classroom from 9:50-11:40 am where we will engage in some fun activities! Grandparents will then join their child for lunch from 11:40-12:25. At 12:25 pm grandparents will say goodbye to their grandchild.
Spelling Words
up
bug
to
run
are
with
they
us
fun
mud
sun
cut
she
Field Trips –
Our first field trip will be to Lost Lake on Friday, Sept. 17th. We will be doing various activities all of which correlate with our Science Standards. Please be on the look out soon for parent help. The children love this field trip!! There is no charge for adults and the children have already paid. Everybody will bring a sack lunch and a drink. This field trip will be by bus and all are welcome to attend!
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.
ELEMENTARY CHEER CLINIC!!
As many of you know I am the high school cheer coach and advisor. Hope Villines is our Jr High and Elementary cheer coach and advisor. We are very excited this year for the elementary cheer clinic! The clinic will be held October 7th-10th on the North Field grass. They will then perform Friday October 11th at the home football game. The girls will get to cheer the first half of the game with the high school and jr high cheerleaders. Then they will finish up with a big half time show!!! The registration is $40 ($10 additional child in the same family). This will include a T-shirt and adorable performance! This year we are also very excited because we are opening up our cheer clinic to students outside Fresno Christian. Please help us spread the word! If you have any family members or neighbors grades K-6 who would be interested in attending our clinic please let me know and I will provide the liability form that needs to be filled out for them! This is a great way to spread the word about Fresno Christian and introduce new families to what our school is about!!!!!
Take Home Folders
Please remember to ask for you child’s take home folder everyday. This is how I communicate with you and send home any important information. Also please be sure to empty the “Take Home” side each night. This is work they are doing in class and you are able to see what we are learning. If the students do not finish their work in class I will put it in their take home folders. They must complete it and return it. If the forget their folders, they tend to say “my mom/dad forgot it”. I am trying to get them away from this and learn personal responsibility. I remind them that mom and dad are very busy and it is not their responsibility to remember your folder every night.
First Time Obedience
Our class is really working on first time obedience. We have had some struggles with talking during class and listening to authority during lunch and recess. We discussed how important it is to listen the first time. We talked about why we have rules and why they are important. We also talked about how our class will not function properly if everyone is not obeying the rules. Please follow up at home with the importance of first time obedience.
FCS Spirit Days
Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Fridayafter, wear your FCS Spirit Wear. At the end of each month the K-6 class with the highest percentage of Spirit Wear worn will be the keeper of the FCS Eagle Trophy for a month! So wear your Fresno Christian Spirit Wear with pride.
Go Eagles!!!
Important Dates
September 9th: PTF Fundraiser ends
September 10th: School Pictures
September 10th: Chapel
September 17th: Lost Lake Field Trip
September 18th: Half day. School out @ 12 for teacher inservice
September 23rd-27th: Parent teacher conferences. School out at @ 12 everyday.
September 24th: Chapel
October 7th-11th: Elementary Cheer Clinic!!
October 16th: Half day. School out @ 12 for teacher inservice
DONT FORGET YOUR SPIRIT WEAR EVERY FRIDAY!!!!