Feb 9-13th 2026- A VERY Exciting Week Ahead!

 

Hello Families,

We have lots of fun planned for this week before our Feb. vacation! I told the students that they can wear PJs on Wednesday for our Global Play Day. Also, if the temperature cooperates, we will have snow play! Please send in snow clothes for 2/11 (Global Play Day).

Be on the lookout for a March conference sign up on the Monday we get back from vacation

This week, we will continue our Kindness theme and the children will be given a kindness challenge throughout the week, including participating in a community kindness project! 

The students will:

Language Arts-

• practice new trick words: with
• read,spell and write CVC words 
• practice adding the silent and magical e to a cvc word to make the vowel say it's name (for example, pin/pine)
• write full sentences about who/what they love and how to show kindness in our classroom, family and community
• read from decodable books! (I am seeing the magic of kindergarten come to fruition!💖)
• write an informational paragraph with a topic sentence, details and conclusion (WOW!- that's hard stuff!)
• practice ABC order
• practice discriminating between vowel sounds
• HERE is a link to what we are learning about in Wit & Wisdom!
  

Math-

• demonstrate different ways to make numbers 6-10
• practice add/sub through 10 
• practice number writing
• count to 100 while playing games
• adding on to a number (instead of recounting)

Social Emotional-

As I stated last week, we are going to focus on past second step lessons that I feel our class needs to review and we will participate in several activities that practice kindness. 

Social Studies-

We are learning about how America has changed; specifically how homes and schools have changed. 

Science-

We will continue to learn about the characteristics of winter and, hopefully, we will have time to do a chemistry activity!

OUR WEEK:

Monday- The 100th day of school: Feb. 9th is the 100th day of school and we will be celebrating with lots of fun activities that day.  The children are encouraged to bring in 100 of something to share with the class (like a show and tell).  This could be a collection (buttons, rocks, beads, Legos, ANYTHING!) or they could wear 100 on them (100 cheerios on a necklace, 100 smiley faces on a t- shirt, or just the number 100 on a hat etc).  This should not be a stressful thing! I will read a book as we get closer about the 100th day of school coming up, which has lots of ideas and we will discuss some ideas together. I have begun to talk about it with the class so they may be aware of the expectation.  We will also have a special snack at the end of the day! HERE is more information.

Wednesday- GLOBAL PLAY DAY!  HERE is a lot of information on what this day is exactly! The students are encouraged to bring in collaborative toys, games etc to share and play with their friends. I am asking that there be NO electronic/noisy games or toys. I appreciate it! Some fun things to bring in could be a large sheet/blanket to make a fort, craft materials, board games, card games, etc.. The whole school will be participating in this day of play! HERE is something for your fridge to remind you!

Friday-Valentine's Day: Our Valentine's Day class list is at the top of the blog. Each child brings in a card for each classmate. I encourage your child to at least sign his/her name on the cards they are giving and it might be too much for them to do at once so pacing will be important! Please note that we are NOT allowed to attach any candy to the Valentine. Please have Valentine's in by 8:55 am on 2/13.

Shaker Lane School Spirit Day- HEART Day: is on Feb. 13th and students are invited to wear anything with hearts on it, bring in something with hearts on it, create something with hearts on it...etc! This is to celebrate our HEART program as well as Valentine's Day!

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

Feb. 2-6th 2026

 

Hello Families!

We will begin a 2 week theme of kindness and Valentine's Day. Please note that Wednesday will be a half day of school.

This week and next,  the children will:

Language Arts-

• learn a new trick word- what
• practice CVC words (reading, writing and making real and nonsense words)
• write about things they love
• labeling a "Kind Kid"
• writing an informational sentence with key details
• practice ABC order
• practice discriminating between those tricky vowels!
• learn about the "magic e" and long vowels
• write about kindness and show with pictures what it looks like

Math-

• count to 100 a LOT!
• skip count by 10s
• solve word problems (both add/sub) through 10 in many different ways
• sequence numbers 0-20
• show number quantities using 10 frames and Valentine jewels

Second Step-

We will take a break from the formal lessons of Second Step for the next 2 weeks and focus on a few past lessons that I feel the students need to hear again. We will also be doing a lesson on what kindness looks like and does not look like. We will also discuss respect and what that looks and feels like in school, especially. 

The 100th day of school: Feb. 9th is the 100th day of school and we will be celebrating with lots of fun activities that day.  The children are encouraged to bring in 100 of something to share with the class (like a show and tell).  This could be a collection (buttons, rocks, beads, Legos, ANYTHING!) or they could wear 100 on them (100 cheerios on a necklace, 100 smiley faces on a t- shirt, or just the number 100 on a hat etc).  This should not be a stressful thing! I will read a book as we get closer about the 100th day of school coming up, which has lots of ideas and we will discuss some ideas together. I have begun to talk about it with the class so they may be aware of the expectation.  We will also have a special snack on this day! HERE is more information.

Global Play Day: Is on Feb 11th for Shaker Lane. HERE is a lot of information on what this day is exactly! The students are encouraged to bring in collaborative toys, games etc to share and play with their friends. I am asking that there be NO electronic/noisy games or toys. I appreciate it! Some fun things to bring in could be a large sheet/blanket to make a fort, craft materials, board games, card games, etc.. The whole school will be participating in this day of play! HERE is something for your fridge to remind you!

Valentine's Day: Our Valentine's Day class list is at the top of the blog. Each child brings in a card for each classmate. I encourage your child to at least sign his/her name on the cards they are giving and it might be too much for them to do at once so pacing will be important! Please note that we are NOT allowed to attach any candy to the Valentine. Please have Valentine's in by 8:55 am on 2/13.

Shaker Lane School Spirit Day- HEART Day: is on Feb. 13th and students are invited to wear anything with hearts on it, bring in something with hearts on it, create something with hearts on it...etc! This is to celebrate our HEART program as well as Valentine's Day!

Between the snow day and 1/2 and not feeling well, I did not get many photos this week- I apologize!

A huge thank you to Mrs. Greene for being
our Mystery Reader!

It was too cold to go outside all week...so we brought "the outside in" and played in the snow a little differently!

Thank you to Mrs. DiNoia who got some pictures of Fort/ Glow party Day and thank you to Ayla's family for sending in glow sticks! The children also did a little Groundhog Day activity.

Jan.26-30th 2026 - LOTS of Upcoming Events!

 

Hello Families!

Our school year is officially half over and we have a lot to look forward to in the next few weeks. Please read the important events carefully so that your child is prepared! Thank you to all who sent in boxes of tissues-We are going through them quickly😷!

The class filled their heart jar and voted to have another Fort Day (they LOVE this!). We will have Fort Day on Friday 1/30. 

If you are at Shaker Lane, be sure to check out our new bulletin board! The children have been working hard on fine motor skills and sentence writing and this is displayed in the K wing.

We will also discuss respect this week and what that looks and feels like in school, especially. Here are a few read aloud stories if you are interested in watching with your child. 

                                                Respectful Ninja

This week, the children will...

In Language Arts:

• learn a new trick word- have
• practice CVC words (reading, writing and making real and nonsense words)
• continue to learn vocabulary words from our new W&W books
• write about their own past 
• practice ABC order
• practice discriminating between those tricky vowels!
• complete unit 2 Fundations assessment

Math:

• solve word problems (both add/sub) through 10 in many different ways
• sequence numbers 0-20
• show number quantities using 10 frames 
• practice graphing skills

Second Step:

• participate in lesson 18- handling being knocked down

Science:

• continue to learn about temperature changes and how salt affects ice
• discuss physical changes (freezing, melting, etc.)
• learn some characteristics of evergreen trees

Coming up: IMPORTANT- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

Report Cards: will be available after school on Monday 2/2. Please remember that our K report card is a standards based report and reflects end of the year standards/benchmarks. We have a lot of learning to do before the expected benchmarks are met! 

The 100th day of school: Feb. 6th (unless we have a snow day...then it will be 2/9) is the 100th day of school and we will be celebrating with lots of fun activities that day.  The children are encouraged to bring in 100 of something to share with the class (like a show and tell).  This could be a collection (buttons, rocks, beads, Legos, ANYTHING!) or they could wear 100 on them (100 cheerios on a necklace, 100 smiley faces on a t- shirt, or just the number 100 on a hat etc).  This should not be a stressful thing! I will read a book as we get closer about the 100th day of school coming up, which has lots of ideas and we will discuss some ideas together. I will begin to talk about it with the class so they will be aware of the expectation.  We will also have a special snack on this day! HERE is more information. **Our amazing ROOM AMBASSADORS are helping to organize a fun, special snack for the children. They are in need of donations and you can venmo: Ashley-Reardon-3 or send in a check/cash in an envelope marked BRYNN and we will get it to Ashley. 

Global Play Day: Is on Feb 11th for Shaker Lane.The students are encouraged to bring in collaborative toys, games etc to share and play with their friends. I am asking that there be NO electronic/noisy games or toys. I appreciate it! Some fun things to bring in could be a large sheet/blanket to make a fort, craft materials, board games, card games, etc.. The whole school will be participating in this day of play! HERE is something for your fridge to remind you- please read this!

Valentine's Day: Our Valentine's Day class list is at the top of the blog for anyone who likes to get things done early:). Each child brings in a card for each classmate. I encourage your child to at least sign his/her name on the cards they are giving and it might be too much for them to do at once. Please note that we are NOT allowed to attach any candy to the Valentine card. Please have Valentines in by 8:55 am on 2/13.

Shaker Lane School Spirit Day- HEART Day: is on Feb. 13th and students are invited to wear anything with hearts on it, bring in something with hearts on it, create something with hearts on it...etc! This is to celebrate our HEART program as well as Valentine's Day!

Here are a few pictures from last week:

Thank you to Mr. Verdery for being
our Mystery Reader! We loved the 
book you picked out for us💖

using thermometers to measure and compare temperature of snow and hot water

sequencing a snowman to melting

playing UNO with a friend at choice time

reading CVC words and matching them to a picture

making math sentences to 5

we used evergreens to paint our evergreen for our bulletin board

Thank you so much for being our
Mystery Reader, Mrs. Bolles! We enjoyed
the funny book😁