This Coming Week:)

 Hello Families,

I enjoyed seeing you at the Parent Orientation! I know there was a lot of information...please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

It has been wonderful getting to know your children. They really are a sweet group of students. As we begin "academics" this week, the children will be practicing how to work independently. This is a process for sure! Any practice at home with having your child do a few more things "on his/her own" would benefit this process. For example, asking your child to pick up some toys or give him/her a challenge to build something independently with blocks/Legos and tell them you will check back in a few minutes to see their progress (but do not do it for them:). 

HERE is a short article with some realistic suggestions on how to build independence in your child.

This week, the students will:

LANGUAGE ARTS-

• focus on the letters t, b, f 
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here are short videos to show you how we teach the children the proper formation and how to pronounce the letters

  

              

• learn a new "trick word"= like
• practice writing routines this week and complete directed drawings and representational drawings.
• differentiate between the 3 letter (t, b, f) sounds while playing games and completing activities
• begin Module 0 in our Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum (the theme is Wild About Books)
  
  
  

MATH-

• represent numbers 0-5 with objects and or pictures
• sequence numbers 0-5
• name numbers 0-5
• count to 10 in a variety of ways (orally as well as dot to dot counting)
• name shapes and recognize shapes in our environment

Social Emotional-

• complete Second Step lesson #3: following directions (look for a home link to come home mid week!)

here are a few videos to watch with your child:

•                                          how to listen: 
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  following directions:
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• learn more about the components of H.E.A.R.T
• continue to build our classroom community, review classroom rules and learn each others' names
• explore the "take a break" space
• participate in yoga exercises!

This Week-

Wednesday- is a 12:20 dismissal

Thursday- SCHOOL PICTURES!

Here are a few pictures from last week:

we opened the block corner!

Does the toy start with the /t/ sound or not?

Tic Tac Toe!

designing t shirts

directed drawing of a turtle

sharing our All About Me bags

tissue paper ts

/t/ sound or not!

making friends!

recess fun!

tracing numbers

practicing fine motor skills with puppet making

matching number to quantity

showing those fine motor skills!

Our First Few Days Together and What To Expect This Week:)

   

Hello!

THANK you all so much for sending in the supplies for our classroom- you are amazing! Students will need their 1 inch binder by Monday 9/14 and headphones by the end of next week.

I am really enjoying getting to know your children! We have been busy learning routines and a little about each other. This will continue to be our theme moving into the next few weeks. We read this book and it has been our "motto" the first week! Here it is in video form if you want to listen with your child!

We will discuss classroom rules and the importance of taking care of our classroom and each other while we learn procedures. The children will be learning about "Whole Body Listening".

• Please help your child find 5 objects that tell a little about him/her for the "All About Me Bag" that was sent home on Thursday. I am excited to learn more about my students!

• We will be working with shapes and colors as well as participating in rhyming activities.

• We will learn our first "trick word" (sight words) this week: I. We will also begin our Fundations program (phonics) this week and will start with the letter Tt on Thursday! I like the letters to be a surprise, so please do not tell your child which ones we will be learning about that week until I introduce it! We have a "Mystery Box" with each letter and there is a surprise puppet/prop that helps us to learn about that letter sound.

Here is a short video to help you know how we pronounce and write the letter... we do not say "tuh"!

• If you did not send in a picture of your child for our bulletin board, please try to do so this coming week. Thanks so much!

• Please make every effort to attend our Parent Orientation on Wednesday September 9th at 7:00-7:45 in our classroom. I will cover some really important information that will answer future questions! I will be passing out a few things to take home and I have a short slide show of our first few days together to show you. Reminder: This is for adults only...

• If there is going to be a change in your child's transportation home, please update the "Pick Up Patrol".

• Please send a snack that is easy for your child to open and a water bottle each day. THANK YOU for sending in the quick note in the pouch letting me know that your child wants to order lunch. It literally can just say: "pizza", or "hot lunch", etc... Please make sure the pouch is attached to the outside of the backpack as we do not have time to search each backpack in the morning. If you have things for us in the backpack, just put a short note in the pouch telling us to "check backpack"- THANKS!

We will go over all these procedures on our Parent Orientation night😊.

I regularly post pictures of the children in action. This week, however, I will save the pictures from our first few days/week for the slideshow Wednesday 9/9. Remember, if you do not see your child on the blog, it is probably because I did not get permission from you to post. The permission was on the questionnaire sent in the welcome letter I sent in August. HERE is the link if you need it!
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions! I know this is A LOT of info, etc...!!! It will get easier, I promise!

How Are You Feeling About the Start of School?

 Hello!

Just a quick note about the "sneak peak" in room 103 on Monday Aug. 31st. It will be at 2:30-3:00. When you come, please remember to pick up 2 things to take with you.

1. car rider card

2. Student ID BEE card (please attach it to the backpack and children need to wear it back and forth, just for the first week of school)

HERE IS A CHALLENGE FOR MY NEW STUDENTS:

Sometimes the "hype" of starting school can cause some anxiety in children. This is very common, even if they do not express it in words! Sometimes, a parent might see their child act cranky or teary leading up to that first day. Please reassure your child that I will be looking for them on that first day and am super excited to see them! HERE is a link to a list of books about starting school if you are looking for something to read to your child in the next few days. HERE are some books for those children who might be anxious about starting school.

How are YOU feeling about your child starting kindergarten? HERE is something for YOU to read. 😀

Here is a cute video sure to make you smile:) 

Our First Blog Post 2026-27

Hello Families of Room 103!

Welcome to THE BUZZ BLOG! You will find lots of important information here each week. This is where you will find out what we are learning about, upcoming special days and see pictures of your children in action! Speaking of pictures, please send in a picture of your child for our classroom bulletin board. The picture should not be more than a 4"x6" and if you bring it to the open house, I will have it up for the students' first day!

If you have not completed the Parent Questionnaire  for our classroom, HERE is the link. Also, if you haven't responded to my welcome email (just with a quick "got it" and your child's name), I would appreciate it so that I know I am reaching everyone! Thanks a bunch😄

As we quickly approach the new school year, there are a few dates to mark on your calendar. 

• August 31st at 2:30-3:00 OPEN HOUSE/MEET & GREET in room 103 (bring school supplies at this time)
• September 1st-first day of school for all students
• NO SCHOOL 9/4th & 9/7
• Wednesday Sept. 9th  Parent Orientation (for parents only and this will be at Shaker Lane)

Shaker Lane School Hours are: 8:55-3:20

• I am SO excited to meet you all!
• Check back each week for information!

don't forget to send in a picture of your child for our bulletin board!