1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
January 14, 2013
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework – See back!
Phonics
We will be learning about the letter Zz and the
sound it makes. Also, we will continue working on
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identifying the vowel sound heard in words,  10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
producing words containing a specific sound, help keeping our voices down, staying on task,
counting how many words are in a sentence, and
and writing the sounds we hear.
listening for specific sounds in word.
 11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess
Reading
We will start a new unit called Stick To It. Our and would love to have a guest reader!
opening read-aloud is titled Bunny Cakes and our  12:15-1pm (M-Th) – Work Station – We could use
weekly story is titled The Great Big Enormous help keeping our noise level down, staying on
Turnip. This unit focuses on perseverance. We will task, and even someone to lead a station or two.
work on the comprehension skills of monitoring and  1-1:30pm on (MWF) – Handwriting – We could
clarifying our understanding, predicting, and use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
sequencing of events. are taking our time and making letters correctly.
Writing It is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
We will get our own personal word wall packets to groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
help us improve our spelling and learn about  2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
“sparkle” words. For example, change happy to are more than welcome to join us during this time
ecstatic to make it sparkle!
too!
Math
We will start working with our numbers 11-20 more
in able to identify them, order them, and find them
on a number line.
Science/Social Studies
We will learn dangerous weather, natural disasters,
and temperature.
Upcoming Events
Special Notes
 Jan. 18 – Book Orders Due
Winter Clothing Reminder
Please make sure you are sending your child  Jan. 21 – No School!
with a winter coat, snow pants, boots, a hat,
and gloves. I have a few extra hats and pairs  Jan. 25 – Friday Treat 50¢ (Popcorn)
of gloves but the recess ladies will not allow
them to be outside without those important
 Jan. 28-31 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
items!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
Write a story and
bubble gum out your
Practice identifying Practice telling time to
words (stretch out to
name and worth and the half hour and
hear all the sounds).
counting of coins writing it. Use clock
Make sure to use a
(pennies, dimes, and template attached to
capital at the front,
nickels). make your own!
spaces, and punctuation
at the end of sentences.
Read a story and talk
about it at the end,
Practice counting as retelling what happened
Practice identifying, high as they can go. in the beginning, middle,
ordering, and writing Also, practice counting and end. Also, discuss
numbers 0-20. by 2’s to 30. the characters, setting
(where the story takes
place), problem, and
solution.
Using the letters l, o, g,
h, t, p, n, m, i, s, f, r, k,
Practice saying the Practice counting
b, u, and z, make simple
sounds that make up a groups of objects from
three letter words and
word. For example, 10-30 using one-to-one
practice sounding them
forth would be /f/ /or/ correspondence and
out and reading them.
/th/. Stick to 3-4 sound writing the number
Make four letter words
words. amount counted.
for a challenge!

3. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

4. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

5. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

6. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!