This document contains Ms. Sinicropi's classroom news from Crossroads Charter Academy in Big Rapids, MI. It provides a summary of the upcoming week's lessons, homework assignments, and volunteer opportunities. The weekly highlights include learning about the letter U, completing a story about wind, and using speech bubbles in pictures. Homework BINGO involves completing various literacy and math activities. Upcoming events include a rescheduled Christmas party and parent-teacher conferences later in January.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
January 7, 2013
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework
Phonics
We will be learning about the letter Uu and the short
sound it makes as in bug. Also, we will continue
Volunteer Opportunities
working on producing words that contain specific  10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
sounds, identifying whether a letter is a vowel or a help keeping our voices down, staying on task,
consonant, syllables, and listening for specific
and writing the sounds we hear.
sounds and telling whether it is at the beginning,
middle, or end of a word.  11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess
Reading and would love to have a guest reader!
We will wrap up our wind unit with a story titled  12:15-1pm (M-Th) – Work Station – We could use
Wind Says Good Night. It’s about the wind and how help keeping our noise level down, staying on
it can have a domino effect on other things. We will task, and even someone to lead a station or two.
work on the comprehension skills of monitoring and  1-1:30pm on (MWF) – Handwriting – We could
clarifying our understanding, story elements, and use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
text type (reality vs. fantasy). are taking our time and making letters correctly.
Writing It is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
We will learn how we can use speech bubbles in our groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
pictures and how the word wall can be a valuable  2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
tool. are more than welcome to join us during this time
Math too! Join us for our Christmas party on Friday
We will learn that a half is two equal parts, a fourth during this time!
is four equal parts, and about ordinal position.
Science/Social Studies
We will finish up learning about the four seasons
and start learning about the different kinds of
weather we have.
Upcoming Events
Special Notes
 Jan. 11 – Christmas Party 2-3pm
Christmas Party
We will re-schedule the Christmas Party for  Jan. 21 – No School!
Friday, January 11th from 2-3pm. I am going
to leave all of the supply assignments the  Jan. 28-31 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
same. If you are unable to bring what you
were assigned due to the date change, let me
know!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
Practice counting Practice saying the
Practice counting as
groups of objects from sounds that make up a
high as they can go.
10-30 using one-to-one word. For example,
Also, practice counting
correspondence and forth would be /f/ /or/
by 2’s to 30.
writing the number /th/. Stick to 3-4 sound
amount counted. words.
Using the letters l, o, g, Practice counting out
h, t, p, n, m, i, s, f, r, k, pennies from 10-40¢,
b, and u, make simple then practice trading
three letter words and pennies out for dimes
Follow Me
practice sounding them and counting the amount
(see attached sheet)
out and reading them. (remind them to switch
Make four letter words as they count from 10’s
for a challenge! to 1’s) and write the
amount.
Read a story and talk Practice writing
about it at the end, sentences you make up.
retelling what happened Bubble gum out your
in the beginning, middle, words (stretch out to Practice identifying,
and end. Also, discuss hear all the sounds). ordering, and writing
the characters, setting Make sure to use a numbers 0-20.
(where the story takes capital at the front,
place), problem, and spaces, and punctuation
solution. at the end.

3. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

4. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

5. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

6. * I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!