This classroom newsletter provides updates on recent and upcoming academic activities and events: - Students have been working on spelling plural nouns, reading independently, and writing final drafts of legends. In math, they are learning about fractions. - Tonight is the school's Christmas musical that students have been rehearsing for. The newsletter provides details on student arrival time and pickup after the show. - Upcoming events include a class Christmas party, craft and bake sale follow up, and other December dates like midterms and a PTO cookie sale. - The teacher announces she is beginning maternity leave but is excited to spend time with her family, though she will miss her students. A substitute will take

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
Dec. 7, 2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
Class News
This Week’s Academics
Spelling  AR – Students should be at 50% of their AR
This week we focused on plural nouns and the rules reading goals.
on how we make words plural.
 Christmas Musical- Tonight is the BIG night!
Reading We look forward to seeing you and your
We read an Open Court story this week, and we have
family tonight at our performance of It’s
continued our independent reading time as well. The
students have done a nice job growing in their Christmas, Carol! The students have worked
independent reading time. hard and it should be a lot of fun! Please
Writing have your student meet me in my classroom
This week we took our legends, revised them, and at 6:30. We will be getting on costumes,
now we are writing our final published pieces. getting in our places, and enjoying each
Students are making an illustrated picture book of others company up until performance time.
their legends. The show will start at 7. Please pick up your
Math child at my classroom, room 30, at the end of
We are plugging away on fractions still. Students the show.
have been working to make equivalent fractions,
identifying mixed numbers, and next week they will  Class Christmas Party- Our class will have a
continue working with both. small Christmas Party on Dec. 21. I have
Science included a note home requesting help with
Our class is currently with Mrs. Benson in Science the food items. I appreciated your kindness
class. Students will wrap up their second unit next with our Harvest Party. I will probably not
week Friday.
be here for the Christmas Party, but our
substitute, Mrs. Strohkirch, will be here.
Special Notes  It is with excitement and sadness that I begin
2nd Annual Craft and Bake Sale- my maternity leave. I am excited to take care
Thank you so much for helping to make our of my family at home, but I will miss my
Craft and Bake Sale a huge success. Without family here at school. 
your time, effort, and resources, the students IMPORTANT DATES
would not have been able to make so many
• Dec. 7 – Midterm of Marking Period
wonderful products! We were able to raise
• Dec. 7 – 4th Grade Christmas Program at
over $600 during our two-hour sale! The
students learned lessons on Economics that 7pm. Students report at 6:30pm.
never could have been taught in the • Dec. 10-Feb. 18 – Mrs. Strohkirch takes over
classroom using a textbook, and I thank you • Dec. 14 – PTO Sugar Cookie Sale – 50 cents
for all you did to make this possible! • Dec. 14 – Out-of-Uniform Day Hat/Shirt $1
each
• Dec. 19- Polar Express reading in the
Library