April 27-May 1 2026

 Hello Families!

I hope you had a great April break. I spent a lot of time with Ellie, saw some dear friends, spent time with my parents and rode my "new friend" Tristian:

Hold on to your hats because the rest of the school year FLIES by so quickly! Please remember to check the Important K Events for dates and fun days!

it is going to go SO fast :(

We will wrap up our theme on the rainforest this week. The children will be completing an activity that shows the layers of the rainforest and which animals live where. When you are at Shaker Lane, check out our bulletin board! Although we are focusing on the Amazon rainforest, our bulletin board represents animals from rainforests around the world. 

If you get the chance on Sunday or Monday morning, please review one thing that your child did over the vacation to share with their classmates. This will make it easier for your child to remember and write about their activity. It does not have to be anything grand! 

This week the children will:

Language Arts-

• write about their vacation week
• continue to learn about Australia and South America during Wit and Wisdom and write about our favorite animals with supporting details
• begin our arc on North America
• use digraphs to spell words and read and write simple sentences
• see and hear fluency when reading
• sequence a story
• review all the trick words learned to date
• listen to and discuss a non fiction book about the rainforest

Math-

• review modules 17 and 18 (writing and making numbers 10-20)
• practice adding/subtracting within 10
• practice skip counting by 10s
• practice counting to 100

Science-

• Learn about the layers of the rainforest and the animals that live there
• learn a little about Jane Goodall and other scientists who advocated for the wildlife in rainforests

Social Studies-

• learn about the children who live in the Amazon rainforest and compare/contrast their life to that of the children of Littleton
• use a globe and maps of the world to see where the rainforests are located
• learn about the people and culture of Australia and South America and where they are located on a map

This week 

• Monday- LPS STEM challenge begins! 
• Friday-  is a half day

Here are a few pictures from the week before vacation!

layers of the rainforest, time to play day, using number lines, making and reading sentences with sight words and scenes from the BMX bike show!

April 13-17th 2026

 Hello!

We have been having fun adding to our Kapok tree all week. We have been learning about the animals of the Amazon Rainforest. 

This week, we will make a project that shows the layers of the rainforest and the students will learn which animals live in which layer.

FYI:

• Monday- BMX bike show! I honestly do not know what to expect but it sounds cool!
• THURSDAY- is a Shaker Lane Spirit Day: Time to Play Day! Students are invited to bring in a toy/game from home to play with during choice time- it should not be electronic.
• We filled our heart ❤ jar! The students voted for a PJ & Stuffy Day (with movie and popcorn😆). This will be on Friday.
• I still need THIS form filled out for our field trip info. If you haven't, please do! The kitchen will need to plan well in advance for what lunches to order/prepare. THX!😄
• HERE is the link of important end of the year events!

This week, the children will be...

Language Arts-

• practicing sight words, especially: look , was
• reading "rainforest sentences"
• spelling/reading words with digraphs (sh, th, ch, ck and wh) and short vowels
• sequencing the beautifully illustrated
  story The Umbrella by Jan Brett
  
• Begin the next art in Wit and Wisdom: Australia & South America
• continue to learn how to expand a sentence

Math-

• practicing composing/decomposing teen numbers
• writing teen numbers and matching the written number to a quantity 
• counting with 1:1 correspondence 
• sequencing numbers to 100 (challenge!)
• skip counting by 10s

Science-

• learning about the importance of the Amazon rainforest and all the resources it provides

Social Studies-

• learning about some customs and the geography of Australia and South America.

Here are some pictures from this past week:)

Our Bulletin Board

Thank you to Mrs. Alla for being
our Mystery Reader!

Making our own Kapok Tree

Our Amazing Mrs. DiNoia!

Choice Time

April 6-10th Rainforests Week 2!

 

Hello Families!

We had a busy week with our intro to rainforest theme and learning about Africa and Antarctica. We had a trip to the Imagatorium and an amazing whole school assembly (thank you PTA!) that kept the students actively engaged for almost an hour! They heard traditional music from Africa played by a very talented group called Crocodile River.

Some things to remember:

• HERE is the link to our EOY important K events
• HERE is the ZOO FIELD TRIP GOOGLE FORM to fill out for ME (different from permission)
• Room 103 could still use some tissues! 💖
• Mrs. Kane will be reading at the town library this Wednesday at 6:30🕮
• Scholastic Book Orders will be due April 8th (this will be our last order of the school year!). If you need another form, I do have some extras- just email and let me know:)

The next few weeks the children will:

Language Arts-

• practice the trick words: or, for and look
• continue reading and spelling words with digraphs
  

• read this book in Wit and Wisdom: 
  
  
  
• practice syllable sorting
• practice ABC order
• listening to a short reading and then answering comprehension questions about what they heard
• Read "rainforest" sentences that practice trick words and digraphs (and short vowels)
• contribute to a discussion about the book The Great Kapok Tree

• write an opinion on what they would do if they were the boy in the story
• learn a song about the layers of the rainforest
• label parts of the rainforest

In Math-

• begin the next unit on teen numbers
• compose/decompose numbers 10-20
• practice skip counting by 10
• practice adding to 10
• use a 0-20 number line 
• practice counting strategies
• review shapes

We did not get the chance to go outside for science last week so I am hoping to do so this week! 

Here are a few pictures from last week!

Imagatorium

Using shapes to make jungle animals (trace, cut and glue!)

Using shapes to make pictures

Our AMAZING assembly: Crocodile River

Practicing those digraphs and other word work!

Observing our guppies and tadpoles and rainforest play