Mrs. Nawrot's classroom newsletter provides updates on academics, upcoming events, and special notes. This week, students focused on spelling suffixes and took a division test in math. They will begin writing rough drafts for their Michigan projects and take the first of three MAP tests next week. Upcoming events include a book order due date, community clean-up week, and awards assembly. The midterm for the fourth marking period is May 4th.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
April 20, 2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
Class Info
This Week’s Academics
Spelling -  AR Reading – Students should be at 25% of
This week we focused on adding suffixes to their new AR goals.
words.
 April Character Trait- Our trait is
Gentleness and Humility.
Reading-
This week we progress monitored using Dibels.
 Scholastic Book Order- Last week we sent
Next week we will meet in Guided Reading
home a book order. It will be due on
groups, and begin reading Bridge to Terabithia
Tuesday, April 24. You can order online if
as a class.
you prefer using the Scholastic link on my
blog.
Writing-
Students will begin writing their Michigan
 Community Clean-Up- We will participate in
project rough drafts next week.
a Community Clean-Up effort during the
week of April 23-27. We will go out to the
Math-
school yard, the track, and the entry of our
Division test on Monday! Then we will begin a
building and do our part to freshen up our
unit on Measurement.
community. We will provide gloves and
trash bags for the students.
Social Studies-
This week we looked at WWII. We also looked
 Midterm for this Marking Period- Midterm
at how Michigan helped the war effort.
for this marking period is May 4th. Students
*We are walking in a Diabetes Walk next
are working hard to accomplish all that
week at 1:30 on Thursday. Students have
needs to be done by the end of the year!
envelopes to collect donations to raise
awareness.
 Awards Assembly- Next week we will have
our Awards assembly on Thursday at 2:15.
Special Notes Upcoming Events
MAP Test April 23 – Our first MAP test in the Com. Lab
Next week we will take our first of 3 MAP April 24 – Book Orders Due
tests. Students will test in Math, Reading, April 23-27 – Community Clean-Up Week
and Language Usage. This test shows us April 26 – Awards Assembly at 2:15
student growth during the school year. May 4 – Midterm of 4th Marking Period
Students will be given their personal goals May 7-10 – Parent & Teacher Conference Week
for this year on Monday. My hope is that May 11 – No School
May 16 – Field trip to Ludington State Park
students will see just how much they learned
this year!