October 19-23rd 2026

 

Hello Families!

The students were ADORABLE at the Fun Run and we all had a great time...they were quite tired by the end of the day😆.

The students were greeted by police and Shakey Friday am and started their day with a high five.

This coming week:

Monday- students are participating in mClass assessments (which looks at letter naming and sounds). The results of this assessment will be shared with you the week before conferences.

Tuesday- 

• don't forget your library book:)
• Will be our ALICE drill- a practice emergency exit and shelter in place drill. 

Friday- we are going to the Imagatorium!

FYI!

Halloween is fast approaching! 

• HERE is our class info regarding Halloween.

This week the students will:

Language Arts-

• Begin a new arc in Wit and Wisdom with the book:
• 
• Learn a new "trick word"- my
• write and learn the sounds of letters d, s
• use multi sensory activities (such as writing letters in sand) to demonstrate knowledge of skills
• distinguish the beginning sounds of words, especially words that begin with d and s, and some ending sounds!
• continue to add labels to pictures with appropriate letters
• produce rhyming words
• practice ABC order
• demonstrate understanding of concepts of print (how to hold a book, where is the title and title page, track words from left to right, etc:)

a quick video for proper pronunciation:)

the sound is NOT /duh/!

Math-

• write equations to show a subtraction/addition problem
• draw pictures to represent a subtraction/addition problem
• sequence numbers 0-10
• using dice and dominoes a lot (great d words)!
• counting and using 1:1 correspondence
• recognizing which number/amount is more/less

Science-

• discuss the characteristics of Autumn with a Let's Find Out
• continue learning about our 5 senses

Social Emotional-

• participate in Second Step lesson #8- identifying anger

this is the Second Step song we listen to...

• We will have our Social Thinking Lesson #4- being part of a group

Here are some pictures from last week:

THANK YOU Mr. Hergert for being
our Mystery Reader!

FUN RUN!

Making Alligator Puppets that say "AHHHH"

Our Shaker Lane Community Meeting
was focused on the "t" in HEART-
Taking Responsibility!

Exploring our 5 senses at the science
center

The class filled their heart jar and
voted to have movie and popcorn
day- They were so cute at their
"movie theatre"!

Language Arts:

only apples that have pictures of
things that begin with /a/ go in the 
apron

finding things that begin with the /g/ 
sound

Spot it, Dot it!

Apple Tree Letters
matching lower/uppercase letters 
with a partner

Adding Details to our pictures to make our writing more interesting

                                                                                 

Oct. 13-16th 2026

        
                                             

   

Hello Families!

We had a great, full week last week. The students enjoyed the "touch a truck" event and we had our first Mystery Reader! 

Thank you to Mr. Jacobson for 
being our Mystery Reader!

   

                                        

We filled our heart jar!! The students voted to have a "movie and popcorn" celebration. I will show a Wild Kratts episode about foxes and how they use their senses. I will supply popcorn (pre-packaged movie popcorn from Trader Joe's- it is gluten and nut free). If you prefer your child not to have the popcorn, please email and let me know:)

FUN RUN UPDATE:

Use this code to register your child and they will get a free t shirt!

The Fun Run on October 15th will be replacing the Springfest event, which is Shaker Lane's biggest fund raiser. The money raised will go toward buses for field trips, all school programs (such as Kindkids Music, Pumpernickle Puppets, and other enrichment programs) and SO much more. It will be "run" 😆 during the school day so no need to add to your already busy calendars. It will be a super fun movement break during our day👏!

This week:

• Tuesday- don't forget library books!

• Thursday- FUN RUN! Our class will be running at 11:00 (remember to wear sneakers!)

• Friday- High Five Friday! Children greet Shakey our mascot and some police officers with a high 5 when arriving at school!
• movie and popcorn celebration!

This week, the students will:

Language Arts-

• review all the trick words: the, can, I, like
• learn how to write and identify the letters (and sounds) of a, g (we specifically practice the "hard" g sound)
• practice identifying rhyming words
• practice ABC order
• discriminate between the vowel (learned to date) sounds
• identify the beginning sounds in words
• "write" a story about an apple
• add more letters while labeling their stories/pictures
• retell a story
• continue to learn comprehension skills while gaining background knowledge that will be essential for successful reading during Wit and Wisdom- our new book will be:                                   
  
  
  

Math-

• act out and use manipulatives to show a number story with numbers 0-5 (both addition and subtraction)
• practice number writing
• sequence numbers 0-10
• practice more/less, bigger/smaller

Social Emotional-

• participate in Second Step lesson #7 about feelings and being able to recognize how others are feeling. This unit is about empathy and feelings. 

Science-

• continue to understand how we use our 5 senses to learn about our world!

Here are some pictures from last week!

Social Thinking lesson with Ms. Grebb

Cookie Monster only likes cookies
with pictures of things that
begin with /c/.

putting the letters in ABC order on 
the octopus

 

practicing trick words
from the Cat and the Hat hat!

spin and record the trick words

working in our W&W journal
and recording examples 
of our 5 senses

exploring a math center

CREATION STATION!

check out this "Cool Cat"! Our new song of the week
is called "Cool Cat"

making Cool Cat crowns!

playdough fun!

cutting some crazy hair and 
practicing our scissor skills