September 22-25th 2026

 

(officially 😆)

Hello!

We had a great week learning about the letters t, b, f and their sounds. We are continuing to practice those school routines and expectations for how to learn and listen in a classroom. The children are beginning to remember each others' names better! We have discussed using our number one rule in room 103 "Be KINDergarteners" and showing HEART with each other. 

I am encouraging a second snack time in the afternoon during our choice time. I am hoping that this will give the students who are not eating much lunch the opportunity to put something in their bellies! If you'd like, send in an extra snack in your child's snack bag for the afternoon. It might be worth a conversation with your child about which food is for which snack so they do not eat it all in the am- up to you!

The first Scholastic Book Club orders are due on 9/25. I will put the order in at the end of the school day on Friday.

REMINDERS:

• TUESDAY- return library books!
• FRIDAY- Shaker Lane Spirit Day! Students are encouraged to wear anything with Shaker Lane or blue and yellow!
• Friday- book orders are due by 3:30

This Week:

The children will...

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• practice the trick word: like
  
  
• learn letters m, n and their sounds

• practice writing and drawing routines
• learn how to use Lexia on the iPad 
• match upper/lowercase letters
• practice writing our names (with more lower case letters)
• differentiate between the sounds we have learned so far

In Wit and Wisdom- 

We will be completing module 0 (Wild About Books) this week. We will have a "Wild About Books Jungle Jam" on Friday to celebrate! I will be sure to take pictures💕. I will be sending home all the journal pages from this module as well on Friday.

MATH:

• learn and practice counting and writing numbers 0-5
• match quantities to numbers 0-10
• count backwards from 5 (5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed activities!)
• navigate Waggle (Into Math app) independently  (or at least try to😆)

SCIENCE:

• explore magnets to celebrate the letter Mm! 

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• we will discuss the word neighborhood (letter n:)

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL: the children will complete the following lessons...

• Second Step lesson #6- being assertive
• Social Thinking lesson #1- whole body listening

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

Choice Time: Pretend Play and Block Corner

Freddie the Frog only likes things that start with the /f/ sound!

Daily 5 Choices:

toys that start with /b/ go in the
bear box!

looking for flies to feed Freddie
that have pictures of things 
that starts with /f/

does the button have a picture that 
starts with a /b/ sound? 

Spot a letter, Dot that letter!

We went to the Imagatorium!

"Cleaning" a tooth!

MATH: learning about numbers 0-5 and showing the amounts

making frog puppets

learning about our choices at choice time

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!