1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
September 28,
2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
This Week’s Academics Class News
Spelling
This week we focused in on digraphs – where two  September Character Awards- Congrats to
letters come together to make a new sound: sh, wh,
our Respect and Responsibility Winners:
th, ch, ph. Next week we will look at the many
spelling patterns of the /s/ sound. Shawn, Deshawn, Jacy, Lily, Diahvyone, and
Nicholas! Let’s all work on Honesty and
Reading
Next week we will be reading a story, Escape. This is a Justice during October!
section from Charlotte’s Web. We are reading aloud
from the chapter book, The Mouse and the Motorcycle.  Schedule Change- We will be having Parent
Writing /Teacher Conferences the week of Oct. 15-18.
This week we have finished up our final copies of our There will be no school on Oct. 19. Mark
autobiographies. We will be typing this as well. We your calendars with our schedule change. 
are also looking at venn diagrams and how we can
compare and contrast different topics. Next week we
will look into writing when given a prompt.  Parent/Teacher Conferences- I will send
Math home a sign-up on Monday for
This week we have been talking about place value and Parent/Teacher Conferences. If you would
how to write numbers using words. We are also note the 3 best times for you, I will try to
looking at numbers on a number line. accommodate your schedule. Please return
Social Studies this form by Wed. Oct. 3.
We wrapped up our Government Unit. We are now
Special Notes
studying Science with Mrs. Benson.  October’s Character Trait- Honesty and
Justice
* 4th Annual 3rd Floor Food Drive- Our class
is organizing the fall food drive. We are
collecting canned, boxed, and packaged
food. We will be having a competition
Upcoming Events
between the classes from Oct. 1 – Nov. 2. • Sept. 29 – Sawyer’s Birthday 
The 3rd floor class who collects the most • Oct. 1 – Nov. 2 – 3rd Floor Food Drive
items will receive a free out-of-uniform day • Oct. 5 – Midterm of the Marking Period
and a movie reward. Last year the 3rd floor • Oct. 9 – MEAP Testing Begins
collected 2,042 items for our local food • Oct. 15-18 – Parent Teacher Conferences
pantries. • Oct. 19 – No School
• Oct. 25 - Picture Day