1. LEARNING
Crossroads Charter
Academy
IS FUN!
Big Rapids, MI
September 27, 2010
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework
Phonics Here are some activities that you and your child
We will learn about the letter Gg and the can do at home that will give them practice with
sound it makes and continue to work with what we are learning at school. Feel free to move
rhyming words. the activities around to different days if you
Reading wish.
We will read the poem “I Brought a Worm.”
 Monday – Practice counting to 10 or as high
Using this poem as inspiration, we will make
as they can go and counting objects to 10.
a class book. Stop in to see it!
Also, practice identifying a circle, square,
Writing
rectangle, and triangle.
We will learn more about what we do during
 Tuesday – Practice writing the letters G and
Writer’s Workshop like managing our noise
level and sharing the teacher.
g, while saying their sound as in goat.
Discuss difference between uppercase and
Math
lowercase.
We will learn about pattern block designs
 Wednesday – Practice sorting objects by
sorting, and graphing.
attributes and graphing them.
Science/Social Studies  Thursday – Have your child practice writing
We will review why we need rules at school
their name and tying shoes.
and go over what we do for a tornado drill.
 Friday – Read a story and practice retelling
the story with your child, recalling the
characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Special Notes
Count Day
Wednesday, September 29th is count day.
Upcoming Events
Please help us out by making sure your child
comes to school that day! There is usually a  Sept. 29 – Count Day! Please be here!!
treat for those who do make it. 
 Oct. 1 – Friday Treat 25¢ (Chocolate Covered Pretzels)
Field Trip Awards Assembly 12:30pm
Forgot to let you know that if you need help
with covering the expense of the field trip, let  Oct. 11 – Field Trip to Klackle Orchards
me know! I will figure something out for you.
 Oct. 19 – PTO Meeting 3:30pm
Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-7pm