1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
April 15, 2013
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
Class News
This
Spelling Week’s Academics  AR Goal – Students should be at 25% this
No 2-5-8 this week because we have a short week. Try
one of the Spelling game sites on my blog, like
week.
www.spellingcity.com  Whitecaps Baseball Game- We will be
Reading attending the Whitecaps game on May 20th.
Today we read another great Leo Lionni book. Ask We have several chaperones and are looking
what we learned in Tico and the Golden Wings today. forward to our exciting trip. Please be on the
We are wrapping up an informational book on Hermit lookout for more information as we approach
Crabs this week. May.
Writing  4th Marking Period – We have officially
We are starting a small poetry unit, and we are also begun our final marking period. I hope
reviewing the many parts of speech. This week we are
students will strive to do their best as we
learning prepositions. They are a tricky part of speech
for many students. We will end the week by writing a finish out the year!
poem that involves several prepositions.  Scholastic Book Orders- All book orders due
Math on Tuesday, April 16.
We are going to try and fit in a division test on  Conference Schedule- I look forward to
Thursday. Today we worked on dividing by 10, and meeting with you over the next few days!
tomorrow we begin dividing by 20, 30, 40, etc. Thank you for taking time out to meet with
me! Please encourage your child to come
Social Studies
We are taking our focus into the Midwest Region. along as well.
Students will continue to look at the parts of the  MAP Test is coming up! We will start
Midwest Region, its resources, and the people who testing April 22. This is a great way to see
have lived here. We will also be having a guest what kind of growth our students are making
teacher, Ms. Shank, in our room on Tuesday.
this year.
IMPORTANT DATES
Special Notes
Last month our school collected over $480 in
Boxtops. We are so excited to see what PTO
• Tues. and Thurs. – Girls on the Run 3:30-5:00
will be able to do with the money that we
are collecting! • April 16 – Book Orders Due
-Boxtops will be collected from each • April 15-18- Parent Teacher Conferences
classroom on April 30. • April 19- No School
-Ms. Hanks’ class brought in more than $100 • May 20- Whitecaps Game
last month, and won a free PTO treat day. • May 21- Ludington Fieldtrip
--We brought in more than $50. Thank you, • May 24- Field Day
and keep collecting!