1. Crossroads Charter
Academy
Big Rapids, MI
October 12, 2012
Mrs. Nawrot’s Classroom News
Class News
This Week’s Academics
Parent/Teacher Conferences- Next week is
Spelling conference week already! I look forward to
Next week we are going to look into adding suffixes to seeing you!
words and how to do that correctly. Our test will be
 October’s Character Trait- Honesty and
Thursday, and students will need to complete 10
points of activities for their 2-5-8 Menu. Justice
Reading  MEAP – We will continue the MEAP test
Next week we will continue reading from the chapter next week with Math and Writing. The
book, Little House in the Big Woods. students have been working hard!
Writing  Planners- Students should be writing down
We will be doing fun writing activities as time allows their start page and end page for their nightly
next week due to the MEAP test. reading in their planners.
Math  Picture Day is Coming- Oct. 25th will be our
Next week we will begin working with estimation. fall picture day. Students are permitted to be
Our test will be Thursday. out of uniform for free on this day. Order
Social Studies forms are in the folders today.
We will wrap up Science with Mrs. Benson on  Help Needed- If you would be willing to
Monday. Next our class will be Creative Writing with
drop off food items to the Manna Food
Mrs. Atwood.
pantry here in town, I could use next week. I
Special Notes am hoping to take a load in one day next
• Please send your child with week, and I just need help getting it
appropriate clothing for recess time. delivered. Please let me know. 
It has been pretty chilly!  AR – Students who are at 85% of their AR
• 4th Annual 3rd Floor Food Drive- Our goal at the end of October will earn their
class is organizing the fall food drive. Book-It pizza slip! Students should be at 65%
We are collecting canned, boxed, and of their AR goals as of today.
packaged food. The 3rd floor has
brought in 888 items so far.
• Ms. Hanks class has brought in 361 • Oct. 1 – Nov. 2 – 3rd Floor Food Drive
items and they are in the lead. Mrs. • Oct. 9 – MEAP Testing Begins
Atwood’s class has 247 items. We • Oct. 15-18 – Parent Teacher Conferences
have 120 items. Let’s see what we can • Oct. 18 – Book Orders Due
do this week! • Oct. 19 – No School
• Oct. 25 - Picture Day
• Oct. 31 – Be at 85% of AR goal