Ms. Sinicropi's kindergarten class newsletter outlines the week's lessons and highlights. The class will be learning about the short o sound, rhyming words, and reading comprehension skills through the story "Boomer Goes to School." Writing lessons will focus on proper letter formation and sentence structure. Math concepts of sorting, graphing, and patterns will also be covered. The newsletter provides volunteer opportunities and announces upcoming field trips and events. It includes a homework BINGO sheet to reinforce letter practice and other skills.

1. LEARNING
Crossroads Charter
Academy
IS FUN!
Big Rapids, MI
September 17, 2012
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework
Phonics I am trying something new this year! Check out
We will learn about the vowel Oo and the short sound
the back of our newsletter for Homework BINGO!
it makes as in log. We will work on the concept of
rhyming words, identifying vowels and consonants,
and learning how words make up sentences.
Reading Volunteer Opportunities
We will read the story Boomer Goes to School. It’s
 10-10:45am (T-Th) – Writing Time – We could use
about a dog that goes to school! We will work on the
comprehension skills of predicting and monitoring help keeping our voices down, staying on task, and
and clarifying our comprehension. writing the sounds we hear.
 11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess and
Writing
would love to have a guest reader!
We will learn that writing goes from top to bottom and
left to right and that we put letters together to make
 12:15-1pm (M-F) – Work Station – We could use
words. help keeping our noise level down, staying on task,
and even someone to lead a station or two.
Math
 1-1:30pm on (MWF) – Handwriting – We could use
We will continue to work on the concept of sorting
a couple volunteers to help us make sure we are
and graphing shapes and learn about AB patterns.
taking our time and making letters correctly. It is
Science/Social Studies nice to be able to break the kids up into small
We will finish working on our All About Me packets groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
and learn about how we grow and change over time.
 2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
are more than welcome to join us during this time
too!
Upcoming Events
Special Notes
Remember, please get your field trip permission  Sept. 26 – Schwallier’s County Basket Field
slip, additional info page, and money back to me Trip
as soon as you can! If you need help with this
cost, please let me know!  Oct. 3 – Count Day! Please be here!
I have been posting the songs we have been  Oct. 10 – Vision Screenings
singing to help us learn on our classroom blog.
Check them out at www.ksinicropi.blogspot.com!
The kids love them!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing
activities on the board.
Practice writing the
letters O and o, while Short, Longer Counting Cars
saying the sound they (see attached sheet) (see attached sheet)
make as in log.
Practice counting as
One of These Things Is
high as you can go. Also, Shapes Go Fish
Not Like the Others
practice counting (see attached cheet)
(see attached sheet)
backwards from 10.
Finding Shapes in the Newspaper Searches
What Is This Color?
Neighborhood (see attached sheet)
(see attached sheet)
(see attached sheet) Look for letters l and o!