Our theme for this year is WE ARE ONE: Growing in Christ….Ephesians 4:15-16
Dear Families,
Welcome Monday!!! I trust you had a wonderful weekend enjoying family and friends. We had a great first week of school!!!! I have finished all of my initial assessments in Reading, Math, Writing and Spelling. HALLELUJAH FROM THE HEAVENS!!! We are now ready to begin meeting and exceeding our second grade standards, and delving into curriculum. Also, as a reminder, please send a water bottle with your child each day during this hot weather. They are roasting when they come in from each recess!!
Monday Morning Worship -Grades 1-6 will begin each Monday morning worshiping together in the North Lobby Chapel from 8:00-8:30 AM. Parents, you are welcome to come and join us as well!
Vocabulary& Reading – Monday, some children will be bringing home vocabulary words used in some of our initial reading experiences. Although some of these are decodable, (you can sound them out) the goal right now is to recognize them visually and know them quickly. Please work on them in the order in which they are presented. You can make flash cards with them as well. If you want more than one set, so you can cut them apart and make sentences with them, let me know and I will be happy to send home another copy. Also, your child is bringing home his/her red, blue or brown reading book. This book goes with the vocabulary words. Reading becomes more fluent when vocabulary is connected to text. It is an excellent way to build confidence and excitement quickly. In the beginning, I will use the Anthology book along side our Houghton Mifflin leveled readers, which at this point are more phonetic. However, all of my assessments will be with Houghton Mifflin. You may keep this book at home until I send a note that says to return it, which will not be for many weeks. We will have weekly vocabulary and reading assignments in these Anthology books.
Work Envelopes – Coming home on Monday will be a work envelope with your child’s work from the previous week. Please sign the envelope and return it by Friday. You do not need to return the work, unless a paper says to finish and return.If you see quite a few finish and return papers, you will know your child is not using his time wisely, as there is PLENTY of time to complete work. We have several who like to drift and dream, thus, not completing tasks. Math Drills will be included in this week’s envelope. You do not need to return them. Your child should do a 4 minute drill each night. If you are faithful, he/she will learn the facts much quicker, which makes work in the contract much easier. Let me know when you need more at home.
Homework– Homework folders will come home each Friday and will be due the following Friday. The first one came home on August 16th. This will give a weekend for those who have a very busy work week. There will be skill sheets of some kind and a Reading Log which will be filled out and returned every week. The requirement will be 100 minutes a week. Book reports will start in September and there will be one “Book Project” a month. You will hear more about this at “Back To School Night”
Math Review & Tests– These will come home periodically as we complete a unit. It will have a due date on it and a test date, which is always the same day as the due date for the chapter review. Your child can return the review any time, however, it is helpful to use it as a study guide. It will mirror the test perfectly.
Spelling– We will begin Lesson 1. The words for August came home on the first day of school. If you misplace them, you can go online and find them in our classroom newsletters. Our spelling words for each week will always be online. We will have a practice test on Wednesday and the final test on Friday .Our first test will be August 23rd. Dictation sentences will be included for each test. These are sentences I give using our spelling words and high frequency words. The children do not know the sentences before the test so it is not something they will study.
Bible– We will finish our unit on Creation this week. Most of the kids did a great job writing their Bible Verse on Friday. It would be helpful if your child could practice writing it at least once at home before the test each week.
Writing – We will begin learning how to write a Friendly Letter this week. This is the category to be assessed in our first writing benchmarks in October.
Back To School Night: Please save Tuesday, August 20th for our Curriculum Night at school. It will begin at 7:00 PM. This is not a night for the kids…..they would be bored to death!!! I look forward to seeing you. Please meet in the FCS gym at 7:00 PM and after introductions and greetings from administration we will head over to our classroom.
Book Orders – Book and software orders will be in the Monday work envelope.The final day to order online is Friday, August 23rd. However, I will not finalize the order until Monday, August 26th. Scholastic publishes excellent books and software for children at a moderate price. Please do not feel obligated to purchase. All of the book orders will be online each month and you are not limited to the 2nd gr books. Feel free to browse the other brochures as well. Our classroom code will be with the book order. In case you misplace it, the code is JAZNG. Ordering online is very easy and payment is secure.
Parent Helpers – We will begin this week with our parent helpers. We look forward to you helping in our classroom. If this week doesn’t work for you, next week is fine also.
Milk and Juice Cards – Milk and Juice will be offered for K-6 students. Milk and juice are 40¢ each. You may purchase a milk and juice card for $8.00 each. Each card is good for 20 drinks. These are available in the elementary office. You will be notified when it is time to purchase a new one. This is offered as a convenience to you and is not mandatory.
Show and Tell – This week will be team A. Your child can bring two times during the week.
Fall Fundraiser – Our fall fundraiser kicked off on August 15th and will conclude on September 9th. There are variety of items for sale and there are some great prizes so sell, sell, sell. All the profit will benefit your children and programs at FCS. Our goal is that each child would sell $75 worth of items. I think Tally’s Treasures can achieve that goal!!!!! Also, the class who sells the most VIP cards will earn a reward for their teacher……a gift card to Tahoe Joe’s or Olive Garden!!!! That would be awesome! We can do this!!!!
WELCOME BACK MOVIE NIGHT
Under the stars
• Date: August 23
• Time: movie starts at 8:20pm
• Location: FCS football field
• Popcorn and drinks will be provided
Come and enjoy our Fresno Christian family movie night
and don’t forget to bring your blanket and enjoy “EPIC” the movie.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK !!
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT ON TUESDAY AT 7:00 P.M.
8-20 – Back to School Night – 7:00 PM
8-21 – School dismissed at 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice
8-26 – Happy 8th Birthday Colby Poplin
9-2 – Labor Day – No school
9-10 – Elementary School Pictures
9-13 – Happy 8th Birthday Sanjay Stephen
9-18 – School dismissed at 12:00 PM – Teacher Inservice
9-23 – Happy 8th Birthday Kaleb Marquez
9-25 – Happy 7th Birthday Mallory Loeffler
9-27 – Happy 8th Birthday Paige Deffenbacher
9-23-27 -Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences- School dismissed at 12:00 PM
Spirit Day is every Friday. Please wear your favorite FCS shirt
Bible Verse- August 19-23
God saw all that He had made and it was very good. Genesis 1:31a. 15 pts.
Spelling – Aug 19-23 – Lesson 1
ask
ten
best
stamp
clap
next
band
past
went
sent
funny
sister
school