1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
December 17, 2012
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework – See back!
Phonics
Volunteer Opportunities
We will learn about the letter Bb and the sound it
makes. We will continue working on counting how
many words are in a sentence, producing words
containing a certain sound, compound words, and 10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
identify the beginning, middle, and ending sounds help keeping our voices down, staying on task,
in a word. and writing the sounds we hear.
Reading 11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess
We will read a poem titled “The Wind.” We will and would love to have a guest reader!
work on the comprehension skill of visualization. 12:15-1pm (M-Th) – Work Station – We could use
Writing help keeping our noise level down, staying on
We will learn that our stories can have different task, and even someone to lead a station or two.
voices depending on our purpose for writing. We 1-1:30pm on (MWF) – Handwriting – We could
will examine works by other authors to see what use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
kinds of voices they use. are taking our time and making letters correctly.
Math It is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
We will work on graphing a lot this week to make groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
sure we know where to start graphing and how to 2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
place things on a graph. are more than welcome to join us during this time
Science/Social Studies too! Join us for our Christmas Party on Friday!
We will learn about the four seasons and what is
characteristic about each one.
Upcoming Events
Special Notes
Dec. 17-21 – Candy Cane Sale at Lunch 25-50¢
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Dec. 19 – Christmas in the Library! Reserve
your ticket now!
I hope the holidays are cheerful for all of
your families and that you enjoy your Dec. 21 – Christmas Party 2-3pm
holiday break! I plan to spend mine with Awards Assembly 12:30pm
family and friends, which is what I enjoy
most! Dec. 24 – Jan. 4 – Christmas Break!
2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
* I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
Practice writing
Play Boss & Secretary sentences you make up.
using letters, numbers Bubble gum out your
(0-20), and 3-4 letter words (stretch out to
Number Go Fish
words (bat, stop, etc.). hear all the sounds).
(see attached sheet)
The boss tells the Make sure to use a
secretary what to capital at the front,
write. spaces, and punctuation
at the end.
Read a story and talk Using the letters l, o, g,
Practice counting as about it at the end, h, t, p, n, m, i, s, f, r, k,
high as they can go. retelling what happened and b, make simple
Also, practice counting in the beginning, middle, three letter words and
backwards from 10, by and end. Also, discuss practice sounding them
10’s to 100, and by 2’s the characters, setting out and reading them.
to 30. (where the story takes Make four letter words
place), problem, and for a challenge!
solution.
Practice counting
pennies (1-20¢) and
Practice counting groups
dimes (10-90¢)
of objects from 10-30
Practice identifying, separately and writing
using one-to-one
ordering, and writing the money amount. Also,
correspondence and
numbers 0-20. you can practice trading
writing the number
pennies out for dimes
amount counted.
and then counting the
amount and writing it.
