Mrs. Nawrot's 4th grade class at Crossroads Charter Academy has several upcoming events. Students will have spelling tests on contractions and fraction tests involving fractions of groups. The class will also participate in the annual Christmas musical on December 7th and a craft and bake sale on December 4th to raise money for field trips. Important dates noted are November 26th for the start of the scholastic book fair, November 29th for the awards assembly, and December 7th for the midterm of the marking period and the 4th grade Christmas program.

1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
Nov. 21, 2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
Class News
This Week’s Academics
Spelling  AR – Students should be at 40% of their AR
We will be back to our usual Spelling requirements reading goals next Monday, Nov. 26.
next week. We will be looking into contractions.
 Students should be prepared for the middle
Reading of the marking period on Dec. 7th.
We will be meeting in our Guided Reading groups
 Christmas Musical- 4th grade is honored to
and reading our independent books.
put on the annual Christmas program.
Writing
Students have received their information on
Next week we will continue drafting and revising a
legend. The ideas have been great so far! parts, costume requirements, and their
scripts. The program will be on Dec. 7th at 7
Math
Our first fraction unit test will be next week on Wed. pm in our auditorium. Students must meet
Students have found fractions of a group to be in their classroom at 6:30 to get costumes on
difficult. We have been using pasta pieces to solve and get settled for our show. Invite your
fractions, such as 2/3 of 27. The other difficult area is friends and family and save the date!
comparing fractions, like 2/3 to 5/7.
 Scholastic Book Fair – The library will be
Social Studies
having the book fair from Nov. 26 – Dec. 3. It
Economics will wrap up on Monday. Students have a
copy of their study guide, so that they will be will be open each school day from 7:30am -4
prepared. Students will then begin meeting with Mrs. pm. We will be visiting the Book Fair as a
Benson for their new Science Unit on Tuesday. class on Mon. Nov. 26 and Wed. Nov. 28.
 November Awards Assembly- Next
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thursday, Nov. 29, will be our Awards
Assembly. Please join us at 2:15 in the
Special Notes auditorium.
2nd Annual Craft and Bake Sale-
As part of our Economics unit and to raise $
for our upcoming field trips, all students are IMPORTANT DATES
asked to prepare a craft, a baked good, or • Nov. 22-23 – No School
both. We will be having a sale that is open to • Nov. 26-Dec. 3 – Book Fair
the whole school on Dec. 4th from 1-3 pm. • Nov. 29 – Awards Assembly at 2:15 pm
• Nov. 30 – PTO Treat day – 50 cents
• Nov. 30- Out-of-Uniform $1 each
*Feel free to attend our sale on Dec. 4th. You
• Dec. 4 – Craft and Bake Sale from 1-3 pm
will find that the students do a nice job and
• Dec. 7 – Midterm of Marking Period
learn a lot!!
• Dec. 7 – 4th Grade Christmas Program at
7pm. Students report at 6:30pm.