September 28-October 2 2026

Friday!

Hello Families!

I can't believe we will be entering October at the end of the week😲. Our class filled our heart jar! The students voted to have a PJ Day. We will have our PJ Day on Friday 10/2. Please do not send in slippers, however. The students need to be in sneakers/shoes at all times- thanks so much!

Just a heads up that starting Oct. 5th the students will have to enter their lunch "pin" if they are ordering a school lunch. This number is on the practice keypad I sent home at our parent orientation. Please practice with them so that the process runs smoothly and all students get plenty of time to eat their lunch. THANKS! 

Every Monday, we talk about what we did over the weekend and then the children "write" about it in their journals. At this stage they are drawing a representational picture. We are just starting to talk about labels and adding a letter to the picture if they know the first sound of something. It would be helpful if you could reflect upon your weekend with your child on Sunday evening or even Monday morning to help them formulate their answer. Believe me, it doesn't have to be anything super exciting! A simple "I played with my brother outside" or I went to a birthday party" is awesome!  Young children are still learning about the meanings of "yesterday, today and tomorrow" and this can help with that lesson.  

This week's reminders:

• Tuesday- don't forget to send in library books!
• Wednesday- is a 1/2 day for all students
• Friday- PJ DAY

This coming week, the children will...

Language Arts-

• learn to write, name and differentiate between the vowel sound of i, u, (both short and long sounds)- vowels are very tricky!
• continue to practice t, b, f, m, n
• learn a new trick word: the
• practice trick words: I, like
• In Wit and Wisdom- We are beginning Module 1 this week and we will read this book by Margaret Miller
  
  The children will be diving deep into the 5 senses and learning new vocabulary. They will also be writing journal responses that will practice comprehension skills. These pages will come home at the end of our module.

here are the letters on which we will focus this week:

*please note the word association for the letter i is: itch (not my choice, believe me!😆)

These are not the best videos but it gives you the idea of how we teach the sounds and write the letters:)

Math-

• differentiate which group has less/more 
• practice writing numbers 0-5
• match numbers to quantities 
• sequence numbers 0-10
• draw or represent numbers 0-5

Social Emotional-

• learn how to notice carefully how someone is feeling (Second Step lesson #6)
• learn about voice levels (Social Thinking lesson #2)
• review and practice what the H (honesty) in H.E.A.R.T looks like in a classroom and on the playground
• continue to review how to be a good friend and what it looks like at school
• practice independence and problem solving during work time
• keep building that classroom community!

Science-

• continue to explore magnets and build marble runs 
• begin to learn about our 5 Senses and how we learn about our world using them

Here are some pictures from last week's fun!

Science Center!

Language Arts!

Magic m's !

Making Mouse Puppets

Math Centers

collaborating in the block corner!

Our First Community Meeting!

JUNGLE JAM! 

End of Wit and Wisdom Module 0 Celebration!

our first Social Thinking lesson with
Mrs. Grebb- whole body listening

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