The Buzz in Room 103: Nov. 3-7th 2025: Cultural Fair, Food Drive and MORE!

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😂).

Starting on Monday, we will have Mrs. Mondal in our classroom. Mrs. Mondal is studying to be a teacher! She will be doing some of her student teaching in our room for the month of November. I am super excited to have her and I told her we have THE BEST class from which to learn!💖 I KNOW she will fall in love with kindergarten- it's where the magic happens!

Also starting on Monday- our food drive begins! In 2 of the recent Wit and Wisdom books, there has been an emphasis on soup kitchens and bringing joy to those in need. We have been discussing soup kitchens and what they do for a community. Room 103 had decided we would do a can drive and then we found out that Shaker Lane is beginning a food drive on Monday, too! So, it is perfect timing to teach the children to give to their community in need. It is our small way of bringing some joy to those in need, which is what the characters in our books were doing. We are collecting food items in cans/boxes until Dec. 1.

This coming week:

Monday- FOOD DRIVE BEGINS!
Tuesday- no school for students
Wednesday- Scholastic Book Orders are due https://orders.scholastic.com/H939Y (let me know if you want me to set them aside for holiday gifts)
Wednesday- Family Cultural Night 5:00-7:00 at SL (this a super fun family event where students are exposed to lots of different cultures!)

In Language Arts, students will:

learn a new sight word: my
practice ABC order
match upper/lower case
identify beginning sounds in words (and the letter of that sound if learned formally)
listen for and try to identify the ending sound in a word
retell a story (about Mama and Baby Echo)
complete our end of module task in Wit and Wisdom (look for all our module 1 work to come home at the end of this week)
learn letters h, k, and l

This is how we pronounce and write our new letters

using our Fundations pictures and lines

In Math, students will:

review module 6 and take unit 1 assessment
use mental images to show adding to 5
use mental images to show subtraction through 5
solve word problems to 5
count and compare numbers to 10
sequencing numbers

Science

continue to practice coding skills
complete our unit on the 5 senses

Social Studies

complete our digital citizenship lessons
begin our food drive for our community!

Second Step (SEL):

#10- accidents

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

Language Arts with a Halloween and pumpkin theme: putting pictures of things that start with /p/ on the scarecrow in the pumpkin patch, clapping syllables, reading sentences with our trick words, reading a book to our book buddies and matching beginning sounds to letters