Saturday, October 17, 2026

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! 

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