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!)

October 26th- 30th 2026 HALLOWEEN INFO!

 

and...

Hello Families!

We had a busy week! The students filled their heart jar (yup...AGAIN!) and voted on Movie Day (yup...AGAIN!). I am thinking we will do this on Thursday afternoon. Trader Joe's only had one bag of movie theatre popcorn left when I went yesterday- I need to go back once they restock😆

CONFERENCES: The conference sign up will be linked on 11/2 after 12:00. I will post ours during my prep period around 1:00.

I will be sending home Nov/Dec. Scholastic Book order forms (look for them at the end of this week). If you would like to order books and would like it to be a surprise for your child for the holidays (or whatever), just let me know and I will set them aside when they come in and you can pick them up at our conference on 11/20. This is why I want to put the order in on the earlier side to make sure you get them:)  Otherwise, I will send them home in your child's backpack. The Scholastic Book Club is a great way to get amazing books at a fair price. Our classroom gets points for every dollar spent and I collect those points and get things for the classroom (like books, the little couch, academic games, supplies, etc). So, make sure to add our class code (it will be on the form coming home) if you choose to order! The orders will be due by 11/8. There won't be another order until after January.

This Week:

Wednesday- is an early release day

Thursday- movie and popcorn 

Friday- Halloween Parade (1:50) and party (for students only) immediately following. HERE is the information for room 103. I will keep you updated if there are any changes due to weather!

This week the children will:

Language Arts-

• learn a new "trick word" - see
• learn proper formation, produce the sounds of and recognize letters e, r
• match upper and lower case letters
• listen for beginning sounds and discriminate if the r sound comes at the beginning or ending in a words
• discriminate between words that begin with an /e/ sound and those that do not
• complete the mid unit Fundations assessment and the mClass assessment
• practice concepts of print
• practice producing rhyming words
• determine the essential meaning of a book
• label a picture with first sounds (and some last sounds!)

Math-

• review add/sub concepts through 5
• practice number writing 0-10
• sequence numbers 0-10
• counting to 20
• match numbers to quantity
• practice positional words
• draw to represent a number story

Social Emotional-

• second step lesson #9 (Same or Different)
• Social Thinking Lesson #5 (expected and unexpected behaviors)

Science-

• continue to discuss the characteristics of autumn
• continue to discuss how we learn from our 5 senses
• learn and practice basic coding skills by using a "robot"!

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

A huge thank you to Mr. Pereira for being 
out Mystery Reader!!

Acting out how the earth and moon orbit the sun

IMAGATORIUM: STEM stations

Making letters in sand and using "snakes" to show if the word begins with the /s/ sound or not

Practicing ABC order with a snake puzzle and putting the letters in order on Ollie the Octopus and Ms. Hannah (our intern from LHS!)

What a cool creation made at 
Creation Station! Thank you to all
who have sent in recycled materials.
The students are making good use of them!