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- 1. Crossroads Charter Academy Big Rapids, MI November 19, 2012 Ms. Sinicropi’s Classroom News This Week’s Highlights Homework – See back! Phonics Volunteer Opportunities We will learn about the letter Ss and the sound it makes. We will start learning how to identify the last sound in words and continue working on recognizing specific letter sounds and un-blending 10-10:45am (T) – Writing Time – We could use two sounds heard. help keeping our voices down, staying on task, Reading and writing the sounds we hear. We will read a poem titled “Making Friends.” We 11:35am (M & T) – We come in from lunch recess will work on the comprehension skill of and would love to have a guest reader! visualization. 12:15-1pm (M & T) – Work Station – We could use Writing help keeping our noise level down, staying on We will be assigned partners to work with at writing task, and even someone to lead a station or two. time and learn how we can stretch one small 1-1:30pm on (M) – Handwriting – We could use a moment (topic) over several pages. couple volunteers to help us make sure we are Math taking our time and making letters correctly. It is We will learn how to make pattern block puzzles by nice to be able to break the kids up into small putting together different patterns blocks to fill a groups and spread them amongst a few adults. certain puzzle shape. 2-2:40pm (M & T) – Snack/Show & Tell/Play – Science/Social Studies You are more than welcome to join us during this We will learn how we live on a street and how time too! streets are labeled with street signs. Upcoming Events Nov. 21 – ½ Day & Start of Thanksgiving Special Notes Break! I hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving Nov. 22 & 23 – Thanksgiving Break Continued break! Nov. 26-Dec. 3 – Book Fair! 7:30am-4pm. Gobble…Gobble…Gobble! Nov. 28 – Picture Re-takes! Nov. 30 – Friday Treat 50¢
- 2. Homework BINGO See if you can get 3 BINGO’s this week by completing activities on the board. Practice counting as Ordering Numbers high as they can go. (see attached sheet) Also, practice counting Hexagons and Triangles backwards from 10 and (see attached sheet) Practice writing 0-20 forwards by 10’s to 100. too! Using the letters l, o, g, Read a story and talk h, t, p, n, m, i and s, about it at the end, make simple three retelling what happened letter words and Practice counting groups in the beginning, middle, practice decoding of objects from 0-20 and end. Also, discuss (sounding out each using one-to-one the characters, setting letter and then blending correspondence. (where the story takes them together) them to place), problem, and read. solution. Practice writing a Practice producing sentence, making sure rhyming words! Also, you bubble gum your Practice counting the give them words and words (stretch out syllables in words (parts have them tell you the slowly to hear each in a word). For ex. first sound they hear sound). Also, use capital giraffe would have 2 – (ex. goat…./g/). If good letter at beginning, gir-affe. at that, have them tell spaces between words, you last sound! and punctuation.