Mrs. Fraser, October 27, 2014

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:  Lesson 12  Review Lessons 7-11

We will have a Multiple Choice Test over Lessons 7-11 this coming Friday.  We will not be writing all 100 Spelling words but will be detectives hunting down misspelled words on a multiple choice Spelling Test. We will have 5 Dictation Sentences.

Lesson 7 Long o:  o, oa, oe, o_e, ow

1.  post

2.  coast

3.  toe

4.  cove

5.  below

6.  mold

7.  motor

8.  coach

9.  rope

10.  alone

11.  slowly

12.  throw

13.  chosen

14.  follow

15.  stroke

16.  rowboat

17.  tomorrow

18.  opening

High Frequency Words

19.  minutes

20.  pumpkin

Lesson 8 Long u:  ew, oo, u, ue, u_e, ui

1.  huge

2.  knew

3.  clue

4.  crew

5.  loose

6.  choose

7.  root

8.  fewer

9.  uniform

10.  usual

11.  cruise

12.  suit

13.  overdue

14.  tube

15.  foolish

16.  fruit

17.  useful

18.  truthful

High Frequency Words

19.  Mr.

20.  Mrs.

Lesson 9  Consonant Blend

1.  kept

2.  clasp

3.  craft

4.  asks

5. behind

6.  drifted

7.  risk

8.  interesting

9.  subtract

10.  gifts

11.  facts

12.  actor

13.  meant

14.  except

15.  speech

16. skipper

17.  present

18.  understand

High-Frequency Words

19.  toward

20.  finally

Lesson 10 Consonant Blends and Silent Letter

1.  calf

2.  silky

3.  built

4.  palm

5.  lamb

6.  fields

7.  world

8.  helper

9.  gulped

10.  crumb

11.  melted

12.  Psalms

13.  building

14.  climber

15.  calmed

16.  halftime

17.  yourself

18.  cornstalk

High-Frequency Words

19.  nothing

20.  machine

4. spray

5. shrink

6. school

7. throat

8. strong

9. shrimp

10. thread

11. squeak

12. splinter

13. sprinkle

14. scratch

15. struggle

16. splashed

17. Christian

18. Christmas

High-Frequency Words

19. laugh

20. special

PARENT CORNER

CREATING A CLASS ROSTER

Jen Alberta is working on creating a class roster.  If you would like your contact information to be included, you may fill our the form attached to this week’s newsletter and leave it with Mrs. Fraser or email Jen Alberta at jenalberta@yahoo.com.  If you have any questions, you may reach Jen at (559) 273-6045.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Mrs. Ainley, our music teacher, is preparing all elementary classes for the beautiful Christmas program in December.  Our class will participate in two Christmas songs entitled Carol of the Bagpipers and Sing Halleluia.  Mrs. Ainley has provided a home copy of the lyrics to memorize as the holidays approach.  You will find  a copy in your Red Homework Folder this week.  Please help your child memorize the words in the weeks to come.  Thank you so very much!

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

You will find a flyer today with information about Operation Christmas Child.  The deadline for turning in shoeboxes is November 10.

MATH TEST

This week we will study elapsed time, using calendars, and problem solving using schedules.  Next week we will have a math test over Chapter 2 Money and Time.

BOX TOP DRAWING

COMING ATTRACTIONS