The document is a newsletter from Ms. Sinicropi's kindergarten classroom providing information about the week's lessons and activities, as well as volunteer opportunities for parents. It includes details about teaching phonics, reading, writing, math, and science/social studies. It also lists upcoming events and provides a homework bingo sheet for students to practice literacy and math skills.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
November 5, 2012
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework – See back!
Phonics
Volunteer Opportunities
We will learn about the letter Mm and the sound it
makes. We will continue to work on recognizing
specific letter sounds, identifying first and last
sounds heard in a word, determining how many  10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
sounds are heard in a word by unblending it, and help keeping our voices down, staying on task,
rhyming words. and writing the sounds we hear.
Reading  11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess
We will read a story titled Ginger about a cat that is and would love to have a guest reader!
apprehensive to make friends with a new kitten but  12:15-1pm (M,T,W,F) – Work Station – We could
eventually gives in. We will work on the use help keeping our noise level down, staying on
comprehension skill of compare and contrast. 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 fix and fancy up our writing so use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
we can have our first author’s celebration on Friday. are taking our time and making letters correctly.
Math It is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
We will learn how to count two sets of objects and groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
compare them, identifying which set if larger or  2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
smaller. Also, we will work on the concepts of are more than welcome to join us during this time
shorter, longer, and same length. too!
Science/Social Studies
We will learn about world maps, globes, our
country, and the state we live in.
Upcoming Events
 Nov. 8 – Ms. Sinicropi will have a sub!
Special Notes
 Nov. 9 – Friday Treat 50¢
Warm Clothing Reminder
Please make sure you are sending your child  Nov. 10 – PTO Craft Show @ HS 10am
to school with the appropriate outdoor attire.
The temperature is starting to drop and our  Nov. 12 – Veteran’s Day Program 6:30pm
recess time is getting chillier each day! (K-6)
 Nov. 13 – Ms. Sinicropi will have a sub!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing
activities on the board.
Practice writing a
Practice producing
sentence, making sure
rhyming words! Also,
you bubble gum your
give them words and
Practice writing name words (stretch out
have them tell you the
with only the first slowly to hear each
first sound they hear
letter capitalized. sound). Also, use capital
(ex. goat…./g/). If good
letter at beginning,
at that, have them tell
spaces between words,
you last sound!
and punctuation.
Read a story and talk
about it at the end, Practice counting as
retelling what happened high as they can go.
Practice writing the
in the beginning, middle, Also, practice counting
letters M and m, while
and end. Also, discuss backwards from 10 and
saying their sound.
the characters and forwards by 10’s to 100.
setting (where the
story takes place).
Using the letters l, o, g,
h, t, p, n and m, make
simple three letter
words and practice Practice reading any
Clapping the Word
decoding (sounding out little books your child
(see attached sheet)
each letter and then has brought home.
blending them
together) them to read.