November 17-21st

 

Hello,

It was SO nice to meet with you during our conference! I love having the chance to tell parents how amazing their child is during our kindergarten day- I see SO much magic happen each and every day with your son/daughter!💖

One of the reaccuring topics during conferences seemed to be how you as a parent can help your child determine if a problem is small/big and how to react appropriately (and change the channel in their brain after!). I found this poster which is an easy, concrete way to explain size of problem to a child:

Here is a list of books to read with your child to help differentiate big/small problems (or you can do a read aloud video with many of these on you tube)

Book titles

• Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal by Jeanie Franz Ransom
• Big Problems Little Problems by Ben Feller
• Solutions For Cold Feet And Other Little Problems by Carey Sookocheff
• Bumps, Hills and Mountains: A Book About Identifying the Size of a Problem
• The Problem-Reaction Meter: Choosing the Size of Your Reactions
• Gloria's Big Problem
• Barnie's Little Big Problem
• A Very Big Problem
• What Do You Do With a Problem?
• My Day is Ruined! 

I hope this helps!!💖

The children have been practicing sequencing a story as well as how to think deeper about a text. We are doing  A LOT of "noticing" and "wondering" during our Wit and Wisdom block! The children are using text evidence to answer prompts. They will be learning how to include finger spaces in their writing-It is so exciting to see them begin to write with so many letters/sounds!

This is the text with which we are working for the week!

We will be learning letters v, w this week. 

This is how to write these letters with the Fundations lines:

Here is a video of how we pronounce the letters and the pictures associated with the letters/sounds

v van /v/

In math, we will be counting and writing numbers 6-10. The children will also be counting on from a number to 10. They are practicing matching quantity to numbers and using a 10 frame to have that concrete visual. They are also practicing counting with 1:1 correspondence!

In science, we are learning about the changing seasons and how people and animals have to adapt. 

Our second step lesson will be about how we feel feelings in our bodies; sometimes they are comfortable and sometimes uncomfortable feelings. HERE is the home link if you want to discuss the topic with your child!

Here are some pictures from our very short week!

We earned our "digital citizenship" award by completing
all the necessary lessons on appropriate use of devices

Kindergarten Kings!

A second step lesson with Mrs. Mondal!

Choice Time Creations

FARM PLAY!

Reading Sentences (and practicing trick words)!

A BIG thank you to Mrs. Rustan for being 
our Mystery Reader!

Nov. 10-14 2025: CONFERENCE WEEK!

 

Hello!

We will begin a new module in Wit and Wisdom and our "essential question" will be "What Makes a Good Story?" and we will be answering this using a FARM theme.

This week we will review letters l, h, k and learn a new trick word: is. We will continue to distinguish the beginning sound in words and sequencing a story. The children will be learning how to add more sounds in their writing.

    

This is how we pronounce and write our new letters

using our Fundations pictures and lines

In math, we will be practicing matching numbers 6-10 with quantities, writing those numbers and will be working with 10 frames a lot! 

In Social Studies, the children will learn a little about Veteran's Day and the farm community. The children will participate in a Second Step lesson about caring and helping. Here is a link to a home link about our lesson if you want to practice at home!

This Week:

• Monday- A Shaker Lane spirit day: AMERICA DAY! Students are invited to wear red, white and blue
• Tuesday- NO SCHOOL
• Thursday is picture retake day 
• Friday is parent/teacher conferences. I am looking forward to seeing you! If you haven't signed up by Thursday morning, I will assume you do not want to conference at this time, which is fine (I don't hunt people down-😂). If you need to change your time, please try to do so by Thursday. Because of the busy schedule, I have everything organized in order of the conferences and I do not have time to check the sign up on Friday. If you can't make your conference time, please call the office so that they can let me know as soon as possible. If you are requesting a virtual conference, please log on right at your time so that it does not interrupt a potential conference before you. Please note that the conferences are for caretakers/teachers only. If you need to bring your child, I can set up a table in the hall with some activities for him/her. We only have 15 minutes and it goes by quickly so, as much as I would love to visit with my student, it is your time!😊

       HERE is the virtual link for conferences (it is also on the sign up)

Here are some pictures of last week:

We celebrated the end of our W&W module on the 5 senses with a popcorn party! The children were amazed when the kernels "popped" into popcorn-We used all 5 of our senses😁

making number sentences with horses

Novel Engineering at the Imagatorium!

Language Arts- reading sight word books, identifying beginning sounds 

Coding Mouse

creation station fun!

A HUGE thank you to Locke's
grandparents for being Mystery Readers!

A HUGE thank you to Levi's sister for being 
our Mystery Reader!

Making a leaf character to compliment the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert- be sure to check out our hall bulletin board when you come in for conferences!

Wit and Wisdom End of Module Task