We Are One: Growing in Christ
Dear Parents,
Parent-teacher conferences are next week, September 23-27. Please contact Kerry Roberts in the office to reschedule if the time allotted to you is inconvenient.
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.
WRITING:
Students will an author’s purpose paragraph about stories and books. This is in preparation for the 1st Quarter “Response to Literature” summative writing assessment.
READING:
Students will read a book from a different genre each month. Class time will be given every day for silent reading and students are expected to read a minimum of 10 pages a day. If they are unable to complete this in class, then reading becomes homework. The genre for the month of September is mystery. Students should show their selected mystery book to me for approval. Students will write a complete “Response to Literature” for this book, due at the end of September.
MATH:
The 5th grade will begin Chapter 2: Addition, Subtraction and Equations. The 6th grade will finish their study of whole numbers and decimals have a Chapter 1 test on Friday, September 20.
SCIENCE:
This week we begin our Plant Science unit. Students will gain a greater understanding of plants and how they are uniquely designed by God. Students are asked to bring shoeboxes to class as we need them for one of our experiments. Thank you!
BIBLE:
This week we continue our study of the Bible, focusing on the Books of Poetry:
BIBLE MEMORY VERSE:
The memory verse for this week is John 3:16 and the test will be this Friday, September 20. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, grammar and the scripture reference.
Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12
SPELLING:
Lesson 6 words (words with VCCV and VCCCV) will be tested this Friday, September 20.
All Students
- pattern
- associate
- exhale
- bulletin
- collapse
- complaint
- instance
- dessert
- difficulty
- franchise
- emphasize
- disturb
- mammoth
- necessary
- impact
6th Grade Only
- splendid
- stampede
- brilliant
- irritate
- apostrophe
Challenge Words for All
- xylem
- phloem
- chlorophyll
- vascular
- oxygen
DATES TO REMEMBER:
- Half Day: September 18 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- Parent/Teacher Conferences: September 23-27 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- Elementary Cheer Clinic: October 7-11
- Elementary Picture Re-takes: October 8
- End of First Quarter: October 11
- 6th Grade at Hume Camp: October 14-18
- Half Day: October 16 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- Hume Lake: October 14-18
- Happy Birthday to Izabella Arballo: October 23
- Happy Birthday to Anthony Ellis: October 23
- Half Day: November 6 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- Veteran’s Day: November 11 – No school
- Thanksgiving Break: November 27-29 – No school
- Happy Birthday to Hannah Villines: November 19
- Happy Birthday to Hunter Raynes: November 26
- Happy Birthday to Shauna Howard: December 4
- Half Day: December 11 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- End of 1st Semester: December 13
- Half Day: December 13 – Dismissal at 12:00 noon
- Christmas Break: December 16 – January 3
- School Resumes: January 6, 2014