November 9-13th 2026

 Hello Families!

It was so fun to see so many of you at the cultural fair last week! What a special event...I look forward to it every year.💖

Don't forget to sign up for conferences if you haven't already:)

A huge thank you to the Jacobson family for supplying our November playdough- it got a lot of use last week!

• This coming week:
  • Sunday- Scholastic Book Orders are due  https://orders.scholastic.com/H939Y (let me know if you want me to set them aside for holiday gifts). I will order around 6:00pm
  • Wednesday- No School
  • Thursday- picture retake 
  • Friday- Shaker Lane Spirit Day: wear red/white and blue
  • Friday- End of Wit and Wisdom Module one celebration! We will have a popcorn party and use all 5 of our senses. I will use my hot air popcorn popper to make the popcorn so the children can hear and see it pop. I will melt a little butter to put on top. Please let me know if you prefer your child to not have popcorn on Friday.

  
  

  In Language Arts, students will:

  • learn a new sight word: play
  • practice ABC order
  • match upper/lower case
  • identify beginning sounds in words (and the letter of that sound if learned formally)
  • listen for and try to identify the ending sound in a word
  • retell a story 
  • complete our end of module task in Wit and Wisdom (look for all our module 1 work to come home at the end of this week)
  • learn letters h, k, and l

  
  

      

  This is how we pronounce and write our new letters

  using our Fundations pictures and lines

  
  

  
  

  
  

  In Math, students will:

  • review module 6 and take unit 1 assessment
  • use mental images to show adding to 5
  • use mental images to show subtraction through 5
  • solve word problems to 5
  • count and compare numbers to 10
  • sequencing numbers

  
  

  Science

  • continue to practice coding skills
  • complete our unit on the 5 senses

  
  

  Social Studies

  • learn a little bit about Veterans Day

  
  

   SEL:

  • Second Step:#10- accidents -did not get to this last week
  • Social Thinking Lesson #6- the zones of regulation

  
  

  Here are some pictures from last week's fun and learning:

A HUGE thank you to Mrs. George for being our Mystery Reader!
We loved the book she read💕

our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
bulletin board

our pumpkin writing bulletin board

The students got "book buddies" last week and here they are reading to their buddies:)

Pumpkin Project

Coding Mouse!

Making number sentences with "presents"

Pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch and if it starts with the /p/ sound, put it on the scarecrow!

November 2-6th 2026: Conference Sign up, Cultural Fair

                                           

Hello Families!

I cannot believe we are in November...This month is going to be quite fractured, which is tough for consistency in the classroom. We have been working really hard on listening to teacher directions and following those directions. The students are also working on not talking out of turn. Overall, the children are understanding what "independent work time" looks like and sounds like. They are getting so good at the routines and I love seeing the friendships forming! I have a lot to talk to you about at our November conference...(hint to sign up😂).

The Conference Sign up will be open on Monday 11/2. I am actually going to open it before school starts around 8:30am. There is an option for in person or virtual. I feel it is easier to see samples of work, etc in person, however there are only day time slots so I understand if you can't come in. Please sign up before 11/19 so that I can properly prepare for your conference!💖

OUR WEEK AHEAD:

Monday- Conference sign up will open at 8:30 am. THIS is the sign up form The link will be at the top of this blog as well. You can view but not edit until Monday am.

Tuesday- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Wednesday- Shaker Lane and Russell Street Schools CULTURAL FAIR! At Shaker Lane from 5-7:00 pm.  This is a fantastic family event that showcases cultures in our community. It is super fun for all! I will be passing out "passports" to students!  There will be foods to sample, lots of games and demonstrations as well!

Thursday- Bus Evacuation Drill (for bus riders only)

Sunday 11/8- Scholastic Book Orders are due  https://orders.scholastic.com/H939Y (let me know if you want me to set them aside for holiday gifts)

This week the children will:

• Language Arts-
                                                                   
• trick word:is
• name and produce the sounds of letters p, j 
• identify the beginning sound in a word and listen if a word ends in the /p/  sound 
• put letters in ABC order
• match lower to upper case letters
• label their pictures 
• practice writing the letters learned to date with a multi-sensory approach 
• arrange word card to make simple sentences to practice sight words and 1:1 correspondence when reading
• 
  begin a new book in Wit and Wisdom:

This is how we write the letters j and p:

Math-

• counting forward to and backwards from 10
• drawing to represent an add/sub problem
• using objects to represent add/sub story
• using mental images to solve an add/sub problem
• matching numbers to quantity
• comparing numbers 0-10
• counting with 1:1 correspondence

Science-

• continue our 5 senses unit
• practice and develop simple coding skills (only a few children had the chance last week) 

Social Emotional-

• second step lesson #10- accidents
• Social Thinking Lesson #5 (did not get to this last week!)

Here are some pictures from last week!

Making number sentences (adding and subtracting) using fun Halloween items:

Do you hear the /r/ sound at the beginning of the word or the end?

5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate....

DAILY 5 ACTIVITIES!

Making our own "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" Trees

Halloween STEM challenge: make a monster that can stand on 3 legs and is at least 3 cubes tall

(I LOVE how proud they made themselves!)

Halloween Party!

(A huge thank you to all who donated and to our Room Moms who did the shopping!)