Mrs. Vander Kooi September 2, 2014

Your fundraising money AND order forms must be turned in on September 11th. Packets must be given to your teacher ASAP that morning. The PST Board will be counting as soon as the packets have been collected from each class. Delivery for items will be Thursday, October 9th behind Building 5.

SPIRIT WEAR:

Fresno Christian Schools Spirit Days are here! Starting this Friday and every Friday after, 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!!!

MOMS IN PRAYER:

Any woman desiring to pray for our children and Fresno Christian Schools is invited to join us for a powerful time of prayer!

Fridays from 8:00 – 9:00 A.M.

Peoples Church, Room 204

Contact: Janet Moore 448-0947 or rjdamoore@att.net

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES:

 Grades K-6 will be dismissed at 12 noon, Monday-Friday, September 15 – 19, 2014.

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 Elementary Office window.

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. Every Friday, the student bringing in the most for the week from each class will get to choose something from the Treasure Box in the Elementary Office.

You can find a list of Box Tops online at: www.boxtops4education.com.

ELEMENTARY CHOIR INFORMATION FROM MRS. AINLEY:

Dear Parents-

The Elementary choir is already sounding fantastic. What a great group of children; I can tell we are going to have a great time learning to sing. I am sending this document through your classroom teacher’s newsletter, but I am also posting it on Schoology.com. This is the format  for information I will use for all my groups this year. If you don’t know, I am teaching the HS Concert Choir and Ladies Ensemble this year, as well as elementary and JH choirs. So, if you are using schoology for your child’s class, here is the code to join my course: 83DK9-J3W9W

When you log on, you will see this document, plus links to songs we are learning. The children may listen to the songs at home if they like, to help them learn the words and melody. On the right hand side of the course page you will see concert dates. I will continue to add information as the year moves along. Of course, you may email me at sainley@fresnochristian.com or you can call/text me at 999-7064 anytime.

FALL CONCERT: Monday, October 6, 7:00 pm in the GL Johnson Chapel. The entire choral department will sing in a short (less than an hour) concert. All the students from elementary through high school choir will join together and sing two songs, plus their own selections. I look forward to seeing you there.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT: still being planned, but tentatively schedued for Tuesday, December 9. Will let you know ASAP.

CHORAL FESTIVAL: each year we participate in the Vocal Arts Choral Festival in the beautiful performing arts  center at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. I am sending in our registration form this week, asking for March 27. We are gone all day, singing in the morning, and playing at the beach in the afternoon.

CONCERT ATTIRE: we have (loaned)vests and bow ties for boys. They need black pants, shoes and socks, and a white long-sleeved shirt. This will be their concert attire for the whole year. The girls will be loaned a skirt. I usually ask each girl to provide a white blouse of their choice, but we are currently looking to purchase a uniform blouse that will be loaned out. (I’ll let you know if you need to get one or not).The girls need black, flat, closed toe shoes, no socks (flesh colored tights are ok, and so are bare legs) and a black headband, any style, to keep their hair out of their face.

Please do let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Mrs. Ainley

SEPTEMBER READING: 

Students will independently 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 “Response to Literature” for this book, due at the end of September. Students should wait to write the “Response to Literature” until after I have finished teaching it in class. At that time, a grading rubric will be sent home and students may begin to work on the response.

WRITING:

This week students will continue to practice writing summaries and personal opinions of stories in preparation for the 1st Quarter writing assessment, Response to Literature.

MATH:

This week students will learn how to read and write decimals, compare and order decimals less than one, round decimals and compare and order decimals and whole numbers. There will be a test on these concepts next week.

SCIENCE: 

This week we begin our study of weather.

BIBLE:

This week we continue our study of the Pentateuch.

SCRIPTURE MEMORY VERSE:

Students will memorize scripture weekly and take a written test each Friday. The memory verse for this week is Romans 6:23 and the test will be this Friday, September 5. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, punctuation, grammar and scripture reference.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

SPELLING:

Lesson 4 words will be tested this Friday, September 5.

Lesson 4

1. decorate
2. apply
3. delay
4. employ
5. sturdy
6. suppose
7. exciting
8. married
9. envy
10. study
11. frighten
12. panic
13. relay
14. prepare
15. reply

Challenge Words

1. paralyzing
2. memorizing
3. concentrating
4. preferred
5. quarreled

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• NO SCHOOL Labor Day: September 1
• Happy Birthday to Joseph Veselsky
• Elementary Pictures: September 9
• Parent/Teacher Conferences: September 15-19 (DISMISSAL at 12 NOON)
• Choir Fall Concert: October 6, 7:00 P.M.
• Elementary Picture Retakes: October 7
• NO SCHOOL Veterans’s Day: November 11