BIBLE
Character Trait: Generosity
Reference: Psalms 11:5
Verse: Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
Definition: Freely sharing with others from what God has allowed me to have
Opposite: Selfishness or holding on to things instead of sharing
SPELLING WORDS: LESSON 18
This week is a review week. Please review all words from Lessons 13-17. You will find a study list of words attached to your newsletter on Monday. There will be a multiple choice test this Friday. Next week in Lesson 19 we will continue to write 5 more words in cursive as we study our weekly 20 words and 2 challenge words. This will make 10 words to practice writing in cursive.
PARENT CORNER
WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE IS HERE!
Our World’s Finest Chocolate candy bar FUNdraiser began this Friday, January 9th and will run through Friday, January 30th.
LAST FRIDAY we began checking out cases of candy (containing 60 bars each) next to the pick up point, (PC Pirate Ship), from 2:30 until about 3:30. You may pick up chocolate boxes to sell every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, (same times) until the FUNdraiser ends.
Parents must sign the chocolate out for the students to sell. Students will be responsible for selling all 60 bars. Once candy is issued, no returns will be accepted. You do not pay up front for the chocolate boxes.
Please use the small envelope provided in each case to turn in your money once each case is sold. Any checks should be made to Fresno Christian PST. A prize sheet will be posted in the elementary office window, and on the checkout table.
APPLEBEE’S DINING TO DONATE
Please mark your calendars to come fellowship and support FCS at our FUNdinner coming up on January 15th at Applebee’s on Herndon and Cedar! Bring the attached flyer so FCS will receive 15% of the proceeds.
Thank you for supporting our school through these successful FUNdraisers!
Fresno Christian PST Board
PEACH BLOSSOM POEMS
All poems should be selected by this Wednesday, January 14th. Students will have an opportunity to recite their poems in class daily for next Friday’s class speech meet on January 23rd. Begin to think about what facial expressions and hand gestures you would like to add to make your poem story come alive! Sorry, no props are allowed per oral interpretation rules.
READING COUNTS
On Monday, January 13 Mr. Robert Hyatt, our computer technologist, will be visiting our classroom to orientate third graders with the Scholastic Reading Inventory and Reading Counts program on our new i-pads and traveling computer lab cart shared with elementary classes.
Once third graders have taken their Scholastic Reading Inventory to determine their reading comprehension lexile level, a recommended reading list can be generated to help students select books at their individual reading level. Students will then be required to read a minimum of 1 Red Star Book a week and take at least 1Reading Counts quiz WEEKLY with a passing score of 70% or above for credit as part of the reading grade. Students are given daily Sustained Silent Reading Time to read their books.
Please note that every THURSDAY is Library Day from 12:30-1:15 PM for our third grade class. Students should be returning their books two weeks or sooner. They are required to check out 3 Red Star Books from the recommended reading list in the library each week. They may keep their library books up to TWO weeks before they are overdue.
Please keep library books stored in student backpacks while at home so that their Red Star Books go back and forth to school every day. Children have a routine to pull Red Star Books out of their backpacks after lunch for daily Sustained Silent Reading. Much reading time is wasted when children do not have their reading books to complete their independent reading assignments to be prepared for READING COUNTS. Students are required to read a minimum of 1 Red Star Book per week and take a quiz with a passing score of 70% or above.
READING COUNTS GOALS
As students read RED STAR BOOKs and take quizzes on the computer, each book is assigned a point value. Students will earn points toward award certificate levels:
Special Reading Certificates
BLUE – 25 POINTS
RED – 50 POINTS
BRONZE – 100 POINTS
SILVER – 250 POINTS
GOLD – 500 POINTS
Year-End Awards
100 points- Ice Cream Party
500 points- Pizza Party Lunch
ACADEMIC END OF THE YEAR MATH REWARDS
All students who reach the third grade level goal of mastering Form A and Form B of 100 facts in Addition and Subtraction Facts in 4 minutes will receive an ice cream party. All third graders who reach the goal of mastering Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and Mixed Facts of Form A and Form B in 4 minutes will become Lifetime Members and will be rewarded a pizza party.
SPIRIT DAY
Remember that every Friday is Spirit Day! So be sure to wear your favorite FCS spirit wear on Fridays!!
COMING ATTRACTIONS
JANUARY
Tuesday, January 13 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITLYNNE HOOD!!
Wednesday, January 14 – Peach Blossom Poem Due
Thursday, January 15 – Applebee’s Fellowship and Fundraiser Night/Cedar and Herndon
Monday, January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No School
Friday, January 23 – Classroom Peach Blossom Presentations
Monday, January 26 – Finalist Round Peach Blossom Assembly – 12:30 PM – North Lobby Chapel (All Invited)
