1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
September 14,
2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
This Week’s Academics Class News
Spelling First Book Order- Our class participates in
We have had our Unit 1 test and students will be the Scholastic Book Order program. If you
receiving their tests on Monday. Students will be would like to order books, please return the
assigned their own list of words to practice and they book order form and payment by Sept. 21. If
will be assigned activities for all of next week. you are interested in ordering online you can
Reading access it through my blog. All orders earn
Next week we will be reading a story, Toto. We our classroom FREE books.
finished reading Stone Fox as a class and students
were permitted to take an AR quiz on the book.
Character Traits- We are focused in on
Writing
Next week we will continue to look at the steps of the
Respect and Responsibility this month!
writing process and what makes a paragraph. We
will write the 2nd paragraph of our autobiography. Planners – Please sign planners each night so
Math you are aware of your child’s assignments
Next week will already be time for our first math unit and announcements. Planners are $3.50.
test. Students in my math class will be taking the test
on Friday.
Tuba Bach Assembly- We enjoyed an
Social Studies assembly of music performed by the Harlem
Next week we will begin wrapping up our 1st Social String Quartet today. They will be
Studies unit. Students will be practicing the
vocabulary terms in class and looking at government
performing a free concert at BR High School
on a state level. on Sunday at 4 pm.
Special Notes
MAP Testing – Next week we will continue
Enjoy this lovely fall weather!
the MAP test. This will be a beginning of Upcoming Events
the year measurement, which will help us • Sept. 17 – Diahvyone’s Birthday
monitor student growth. • Sept. 18 - Cougar Cross Country Club
begins (permission slip in the Cougar
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• Sept. 20 – MAP Testing at 12:40
• Sept. 21 – Scholastic Book Order Due
• Sept. 21 – CCA Homecoming football
game
• Sept. 27 – MAP Testing at 12:40