1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
May 2, 2011
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework
Phonics
We will learn about the digraph (how two letters  Monday – Practice counting by 2’s to 30 and
come together to make one sound) sh. We will completing simple number patterns like 1, 2, __,
continue to manipulate sounds in words, review 4, 5 or 10, 20, 30, 40, __.
vowels and rhyming words, and identifying
 Tuesday – Using objects or a small snack act out
sounds in words.
addition and subtraction problems. Have your
Reading child write the number sentence for the problem.
We will read and work with a poem called “There
(Ex. 4 + 2 = 6 or 5 – 3 = 2).
Once Was a Puffin.” The kids always like to act
out the poem like a penguin!  Wednesday –Practice counting to 130 or higher
and writing name with only first letter capitalized
Writing
and the rest lowercase.
We will learn about How-To books and get
started on writing our own! Also, we will learn
 Thursday – Write a How-To story, writing the
that you have to act out (or pretend to act out) sounds heard in each word. Examples would be
your book to check for clarity. how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,
etc.
Math
We will continue to practice using and counting
 Friday – No School!
coins, using tangrams, and working with the
- If you notice your child having difficulty with
concepts large/small and half of a whole.
any of these activities, please keep practicing
Science/Social Studies them at home. It will help them greatly in
We will learn about maps and see the difference mastering that skill quicker.
between a map of our country, a map of our
world, and a globe representing Earth.
Special Notes Upcoming Events
Reminders!  May 3 – Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7pm
- A.C.E.S. is Wednesday at 10am. We will
be going down to the track to walk/run  May 4 – ACES 10am
for a half hour. Join us if you can!
- Lunch on the Lawn is Thursday at 11am.  May 5 – Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7pm
We will be walking over to Mitchell Creek Lunch on the Lawn 11am
Park for our picnic. Please make sure you
bring you and your child a lunch and a  May 9 – Talent Show Rehearsal 3:30pm
blanket. If there is not a special woman
coming for your child, please pack them a  May 13 – Talent Show 6pm
cold lunch. Out-of-Uniform Day $1