This classroom newsletter from Ms. Sinicropi provides information about the upcoming week's lessons and activities for her students. The newsletter also lists various volunteer opportunities in the classroom from 10 AM to 2:40 PM each day, including helping with writing time, reading to students, assisting at work stations, and more. It notes some upcoming events like a Valentine's party and a Me and My Guy dance. Homework involves completing a BINGO board of repetitive skills like phonics and math.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
February 4, 2013
Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News
This Week’s Highlights Homework – See back!
Phonics Volunteer Opportunities
We will be learning about the letter Ee and the short
sound it makes as in bed. Also, we will continue to
work on separating the sounds heard in a word,  10-10:45am (T-F) – Writing Time – We could use
consonant blends, counting the words in sentences, help keeping our voices down, staying on task,
and listening for specific sounds.
and writing the sounds we hear.
Reading
 11:35am (M-F) – We come in from lunch recess
We will end our unit Stick To It with a story titled
Wanda’s Roses. It’s about a little girl who never and would love to have a guest reader!
gives up in trying to make a rosebush bloom. We  12:15-1pm (M-F) – Work Station – We could use
will work on the comprehension skills of retelling, help keeping our noise level down, staying on
making connections, and sequencing of events. task, and even someone to lead a station or two.
Writing  1-1:30pm on (MWF) – Handwriting – We could
We will learn how to make the ending of our stories use a couple volunteers to help us make sure we
better and start fixing and fancying up the piece we are taking our time and making letters correctly.
would like to share at our author’s celebration. It is nice to be able to break the kids up into small
Math groups and spread them amongst a few adults.
We will continue to work with counting the coins  2-2:40pm (M-F) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – You
penny, nickel, and dime. are more than welcome to join us during this time
Science/Social Studies too!
We will learn about how we can take care of the
Earth by reducing, reusing, and recycling. Also, we
will start learning about living and non-living things
and what living things need to live.
Special Notes
Upcoming Events
 Feb. 5 – Mobil Dentist
Valentine’s Party 5th Grade Craft & Bake Sale
Our Valentine’s party is sneaking up on us
fast! You should be receiving our party  Feb. 8 – Awards Assembly 12:30pm
information/sign-up sheet with this Out-of-Uniform $1 Shirt/Hat
newsletter. I will be sending home a name list Friday Treat 50¢
so you know who to have your child make
Valentine’s for sometime this week.  Feb. 9 – Me & My Guy Dance 6-9pm
 Feb. 15 & 18 – No School!

2. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
* I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

3. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
* I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

4. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
* I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!

5. Homework BINGO
See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board.
* I know these activities are starting to seem repetitive but they are still skills we
are trying to master!