This document is a newsletter from Ms. Sinicropi's kindergarten classroom at Crossroads Charter Academy in Big Rapids, Michigan dated October 1, 2012. It highlights the upcoming week's lessons in phonics, reading, writing, math, and science/social studies. It also lists volunteer opportunities in the classroom and upcoming events including a fire safety assembly, fire truck visit, vision screenings, and parent/teacher conferences. Homework assignments include a BINGO board with activities to practice letter sounds, writing, counting, identifying fact from fantasy, and retelling stories.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
October 1, 2012
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework – See backside!
Phonics
We will learn about the letter Hh and the sound it Volunteer Opportunities
makes. Also, we will continue to learn about
compound words, identifying beginning sounds in  10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
words, rhyming words, and listening for specific help keeping our voices down, staying on task, and
sounds.
writing the sounds we hear.
Reading  11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess and
We will end our unit called School with a story would love to have a guest reader!
titled Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener. We will
 12:15-1pm (M-F) – Work Station – We could use
work on the comprehension skills of asking
questions for clarity and predicting.
help keeping our noise level down, staying on task,
and even someone to lead a station or two.
Writing
 1-1:30pm on (M,W,F) – Handwriting – We could
We will learn how to find writing ideas in treasures
use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
we own, things we love, things we have done,
places we have seen, and things we know.
are taking our time and making letters correctly. It
is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
Math groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
We will learn more about patterns using linking
 2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
cubes, use our bugs to practice counting, use
geoboards to help us with the concept of shapes, are more than welcome to join us during this time
and learn how to make tally marks. too!
Science/Social Studies
We will learn about homes and how they are
different around the world. We will also start Upcoming Events
Special Notes
learning about what a neighborhood and a
community are.
 Oct. 2 – Fire Safety Assembly & Fire Trucks
 Oct. 3 – Count Day! Please be here!
Fire Safety!
Fire safety week is Oct. 7-11th. The Big Rapids
Fire Department will be bringing a fire truck for  Oct. 10 – Vision Screenings
us to explore, as well as showing us how to be
safe when there is a fire. This will be taking place  Oct. 15 – Book Orders Due!
on Tuesday, October 2nd.
 Oct. 15-18 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
 Oct. 19 – No School!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the
board.
Practice writing the
ABC Collection Bags Reading Coupons
letters H and h, while
(see attached sheet) (see attached sheet)
saying their sound.
Fact or Fantasy?
(see attached sheet)
Stretching the Words
Practice tying shoes!
(see attached sheet)
* We say real (reality)
or fantasy.
Practice identifying and
counting pennies from
1-10¢. Show them
different amounts and Practice counting as
have them write the high as they can go. Retellings
total, ex. 5¢. Also, practice counting (see attached sheet)
backwards from 10.
*If they can work with
amounts higher than
10¢, go for it!