October 7, 2014

UPCOMING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:

Oct. 7 6 p.m. Basketball home game vs. Trinity Catholic Oct. 13 NO SCHOOL COLUMBUS DAY Oct. 14-17 Prairie Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament Oct. 20 8:30 a.m. GRANDPARENTS DAY !!!! Oct. 21 5 p.m. Boys Basketball home game—8th grade Oct. 6 p.m. Boys Basketball home game—B team Oct. 23 6 p.m. Boys Basketball home game—A & B teams Oct. 24 NOON DISMISSAL—Teacher In-Service Oct. 24 End of 1st 9 weeks

PCA Eagle’s Nest Weekly News

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We have a very special event coming up here at PCA. Grandparents Day. Grandparents Day is Mon-

day, Oct. 20th. This is a time where you can invite your grandparents or if they don’t live around here,

you can adopt a grandparent. The grandparents will be served breakfast and they will get to enjoy a

program. Then they will be able to visit the students in their classrooms. Invitations will be coming

home today. Thank you to those who have all ready signed up to help.

Kitchen Servers: LeAndra Harris & Karen Henrikson

Making Muffins: Karen Henrikson, Tiffany McKenney, & Katie Tibbitts

Making Egg casseroles: Laura Atkinson & LeAndra Harris

If you are able to bring muffins, fresh fruit, or an egg casserole, please call the office.

Thank you to the sixth graders for putting on a bake sale last week! Thank you to all the

bakers and for the ones who purchased the yummy treats! You have all helped in raising

enough money to purchase a bed for our sponsored child, Maria! This is so

exciting to be a part of this special project! Thank you!

Fall is here! Parents, please make sure your child has the proper attire as students will be going out-

side for recess. Many students do not have the jackets they need.

Maria’s bed

CHEERLEADING

Cheer practice will begin

this Thursday after school

until 4:30.

CHANGE IN THE MENU FOR THIS WEEK!

The menu has changed for this Thursday and Friday. Thursday the lunch will be a sub sandwich, corn,

and mixed fruit. Friday will be Pizza Hut pizza with fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.

There will be NO bus service this Friday. PCA will NOT have school on Monday. Enjoy your

extra long weekend!

1st Grade ~ Mr. Clausen

Bible Lesson: Moses

Memory Verse: Psalm 50:15

Arithmetic: Counting, number formation, patterns, addition and subtraction families 1-10 Phonics: Chart 6, 7, 8

Poetry : Keep a Poem in Your Pocket

Kindergarten ~ Mrs. Ackerman

Here is a look at what we will be doing this week:

Phonics: New consonants and blends: Ss and Cc. Blends are a consonant and vowel sounded to-gether. We will be adding a consonant to the end of a blend to make words.

Math: Review: 0 - 14, pennies, counting to 20, right/left, “number families,” and writing 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. New concepts: 15 and 16, writing 6, and making teen numbers with number cards.

Social Studies – Community Helpers: In this unit we will talk about some of the people who work in our communities. The students will be reminded that a community is a place where people live, work, and play. We will study these community helpers: pastor, teacher, policeman, salesperson, farmer, veterinarian, doctor, nurse dentist, server, postal employee, baker, firefighter, and a mayor. This week we will learn about a veterinarian and a sales person. The students will be reminded that God has a plan for each of their lives. Next week we will begin a new unit, America, Our Great Country.

Bible – Moses: The students will know that Moses fulfills God’s plan to deliver his people out of Egypt. We will take a day for each of these parts of the Bible truth: Moses is Born, The Burning Bush, God Sends 10 Plagues, and Crossing the Red Sea. We will praise God because He has a plan for our lives. Please practice Romans 8:28a. Other Notes:

Are you a community helper? Would you like to share with us how you help our community? If so, please contact me. We would love to meet some community helpers!

Buster will go home with Marek for the weekend.

Spelling:

be my

he go

me so

by no

cry one

try two

2nd Grade ~ Miss Luft

The Book It program has officially started. Students need to keep track of the

amount of minutes they read at home in order to earn a Pizza Hut certificate for a free personal

pizza . Forms to keep track of this will be in your child’s travel folder.

Our Bible verse this week is Joshua 1:8: “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your

mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Then you will be prosperous and successful. “ We will recite this verse on Friday. We will be fo-

cusing on Joshua during our Bible classes this week.

We have started phonics chart 9 and are learning about root words and suffixes. We will

continue to divide words into syllables and review charts 6,7, & 8. In English class we are continu-

ing to learn about verbs. On Friday we will have spelling test 7, phonics test 7, and math test 6.

In math class we will continue to measure to the nearest inch. We will learn how to carry

to the tens place when adding 2 digit numbers. Students are continuing to work hard on memoriz-

ing their addition and subtraction facts.

Parents, thank you for remembering to sign your child’s behavior chart and homework

sheet. As of Monday we have earned 15 popcorn pieces towards our popcorn party. Only 9 more

pieces to go!

4th Grade ~ Mrs. Odell

Our Bible passage this week is Psalm 139:1-4.

We are learning about the settling of the New World by the English in history. We are still learning about plants in science. We will soon begin studying birds. We’re writing friendly letters in English. Math practice of facts is always appropriate because we are averaging, converting measure-ments, multiplying 3-digit factors, and beginning fractions. We’ll test on List 7 in spelling next week on Wednesday. Then we’ll move on to list 8.

Enjoy another beautiful week!

3rd Grade ~ Mrs. Finley

There are many exciting things going on in third grade. In science, we have planted some po-tato pieces and a lima bean and are waiting for the plants to grow. A plant “cutting” is growing roots! We have seen a print pattern of spores from a mushroom and observed some mold on bread. This week we are beginning the chapter about vertebrates, which means that in about three weeks we will be starting our animal notebooks! We will see that God’s creation is beautiful and so detailed!

Last week we finished writing our game instructions in English. This week we are learning all about nouns.

In Bible, we will learn about how “Jesus Teaches Us.” Our memory verse is Matthew 5:16, which says, “ In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” We will have a test over this verse on Friday.

Our Spelling List 6 test will be this Friday. We are learning in math to divide 2-digit dividends, check addition and subtraction problems,

multiply by 5, and have 2-digit quotients. Please continue to send in Box Tops for Education. We are having a contest. The winning class gets a prize! Have a great week!

5th Grade Language Arts ~ Mrs. Van Den Bussche

The students, as a whole, did well on the Unit 1 Literature test. Most worked to their potential using the

gifts the Lord has given them. We are now in the midst of Sounder, our first novel. Students should have

nightly reading. The first vocabulary quiz was today. Friday they will be quizzed over words from chap-

ters 4-6. We discussed again yesterday developing good study habits to become excellent students. As of

Monday, the day before the quiz, only 1 student had made flash cards, and during our review game no

student could answer a question. This all the day before a vocabulary quiz. The point of studying isn't

just to pass or earn an A, it is to actually learn. Many students develop the habit of cramming the night

before a quiz or test. That information is then gone...lost. My desire is for them to actually learn the ma-

terial for life and to be able to use it again- to retain it. Would you partner with me and encourage good

study habits?

They will be typing, revising and finishing their compare and contrast essays this week. They have done

an excellent job working on these.

Parents, check out the Quizlet Flashcards and Study Tools App for reviewing all kinds of things. Type

in everything from “Sounder-vocabulary quiz” to “Abeka math, Grade 5, C2” to “Abeka Science, Grade

5, chapter 3. There are all kinds of online flash cards, quizzes, and study helps. Sometimes one needs to

be creative when entering the search.

Thank you to the Henrikson family for the wonderful,

generous donation of Veggie Tale books. Sarah(4),

Benjamin (5), Katherine (7), and Jonathon (8), we

really appreciate it!

Please let me know if you would like to donate

in honor of your children's birthdays.

From the Library

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer

and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made

know to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all un-

derstanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ

Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7

7/8th Grade Jr. High Math & Spanish - Mrs. Bermudez

8th Algebra I- We are reviewing integers as well as working on making equations and solving story

problems.

7TH Math- We are working on percents now. Students should have a calculator to use during story

problems.

6th Math- We are working with fractions.

5th Math- We are learning how to cast out by 9’s to check our work. We are working with fractions.

7th/8th Spanish- We are filling up our vocabulary books and learning many words. We are putting

these words into sentences. Students are to be studying their vocabulary words. We quiz almost daily

over different pages. We are learning our verbs and will begin to conjugate them.

6th Spanish- We are learning many words. We are working on making sentences using these words.

Be studying and be prepared for quizzes! We will have quizzes over the classroom and family this

week.

6th Grade, Jr. High Science and History ~ Mrs. Cook Science 5th/6th Grade Science classes are studying light waves.

6th grade is learning about the human eye. They will be comparing it to animal eyes. We will quiz on

Thursday and begin our review. Our 9 weeks test will be next week over chapters 1-3.

5th graders will also test next week but it won’t be until later in the week closer to the 17th. They

should expect a quiz on Friday over 3.1-3.5.

7th/8th grades have been conducting an experiment in which we observe osmosis. We should com-

plete this section over our skin, bones, endocrine, and nervous systems by Thursday. Our quiz will be

on Friday.

History

5th grade is just beginning our studies of the Modern Middle East.

6th grade has finished it. We will have a short test on Wednesday. Then we will study the wonders of

Asia!

7/8th grades will be testing over chapters 4-6 on Friday. Study the maps of Greece and the Modern

Middle East.

6th Grade Language Art ~ Mrs. Kiser

A huge thank you to you moms who helped your 6th graders bake their items for our bake sale

last week! We made the $162 we needed to buy a bed for Maria! We will take a photo and

write a letter to her to accompany our check this week. We are very excited to be able to help

our sponsored child. Thank you for your part in this, as well as to all who purchased our

treats!

This week we have begun the novel, RASCAL. So far, we love it! Tomorrow we will have a quiz

over Chapter 2 entitled, “June.”

Our spelling test over List #5 will be on Friday.

Our next composition assignment will be an historical fiction piece loosely based on the immi-

gration of one of our ancestors in approximately 1892. The piece must be between 600 and

1000 words. The title of the essay is “A Child’s Journey through Ellis Island,” and it is due on

October 29. The best pieces will be entered in the DAR American History Essay Contest.

7th and 8th Grade Language Arts:

We completed the short story unit today, and our 100-point unit test will be this Thursday.

Again, this test will cover the literary terms and story quizzes. Make sure your student STUD-

IES!

The List #5 Vocabulary test will be on Friday. Again, STUDY!

In grammar we are studying pronouns. That chapter will be finished sometime next week.

Our next composition assignment will be an historical fiction piece loosely based on the immi-

gration of one of our ancestors in approximately 1892. The piece must be between 600 and

1000 words. The title of the essay is “A Child’s Journey through Ellis Island,” and it is due on

October 29. The best pieces will be entered in the DAR American History Essay Contest.