Mrs. Ali's Preschool Class

Dearborn Public Schools

Welcome to McCollough Preschool Class

Welcome to our preschool class, at McCollough-Unis School.  We are so excited to have your child in our class, and look forward to a year of learning and fun.

McCollough -Unis School

7801 Maple

Dearborn, Michigan 48126

Telephone:  313-827-7217

Teacher:  Mrs. Ali

Teacher Assistant:  Mrs. Ramadan

Email:  alim@dearbornschools.org

Blog: iblog.dearbornschools.org/alim

Preschool days: Monday – Thursday.  No Preschool on Fridays.

New Times:  8:15 am – 3:10 pm

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Tuesday, May 12

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION NEWS:

Our preschoolers do not need to complete all the papers for kindergarten registration. They are already registered for kindergarten. If you have moved, you need to complete a new application, and provide new address documentation. If you have not moved, then your child only has to have a new physical and updated immunizations. These two are a must for attending kindergarten. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORMS, BECAUSE YOUR CHILD IS ALREADY REGISTERED.

Preschoolers that will be attending McCollough for kindergarten, will have to check the McCollough School Home page, for details on kindergarten. McCollough will probably be doing a virtual kindergarten round-up in August. If your preschooler is attending another school, please check that schools website for information on kindergarten.

Today is going to start out as a nice warm day, and I would like you to go outside this morning, at around 11:30 -12:25. The Blue Angels Air Force Planes are going to flyover Dearborn. You can look up into the sky and see an AMAZING and FAST FLYOVER IN THE SKY.

Activities for Today:

-Draw a picture of what you saw in the sky today and have your family write a story. Remember to write your name on your paper and email a picture to me.

-Use your sidewalk chalk and write your first name on your driveway or sidewalk

-Write some numbers and shapes on the sidewalk

-Be sure to go on Starfall.com and practice the ABC’s

-Read a story to your family and tell them your favorite part of the story

-Remember to make your plan of work for work play time and tell your family your favorite part of your day.

-Be sure to clean up.

-Help with making lunch or dinner or setting the table for your family

-Be sure to get your exercise today, maybe outside in your backyard or watch a Youtube music and movement video and have fun!

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Thursday, May 7

It is going to be another beautiful day today, so let’s get outside and go on a neighborhood scavenger hunt, together with your family. This is great exercise, and will help you look and observe everything around you. This activity will also help you learn and build new vocabulary words, and build your understanding and comprehension. You know what the best part is? You will have so much fun together!

Activities For Today: Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt with your family

This is a list of things to look for:

-A house with a white door

-A house with a black railing

-A house with chairs on the porch

-A red car, a blue car, a white car and a black car

-A truck

-A garbage can and a recycle bin

-A fire hydrant

-A stop sign

-A bicycle

-A house with an address that has the numbers 2, 4 or 6

-A front porch with a light on

-Flowers growing

-A basketball net

-A basketball or ball

-A decoration on the front door

-A car license plate that starts with the letter of your first name

-An open garage door

-A red bird and a blue bird

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-Be sure to take some pictures and email them to me.

-Write a story about your scavenger hunt adventure with your family and send me a picture of it.

-Watch a story on YouTube and share your favorite part of the story with you family.

Remember, to give your Mom the special card you made for her on Sunday, May 10 for MOTHER’S DAY. Make her a special breakfast too.

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Wednesday, May 6

It was so good seeing many of you yesterday, and the smiles on your faces! It brought a big smile on my face too. We hope you liked your bag full of goodies and fun stuff to do.

I am working on the recommendations, for the students going to kindergarten and the students recommended for Young 5’s. I will complete the paperwork by the end of this week. It is so important to send me the T Chart I showed you how to make, with the letters your child knows and the letters that still need to be learned. You update the list each day, as they know more letters.

ACTIVITIES FOR TODAY:

-Decorate the card you started yesterday, with some pretty flowers, be sure to use different color crayons or markers

-Cut out pictures of flowers or your Mamas favorite things and glue the pictures on the card

-Be sure to write your name, so your mom knows it is from you. Write

Love, ____________________ (your name on the line)

-Help your mom with the laundry today, help match the socks, fold towels and put your clothes away

-When you make your plan for work play time, have your mom or dad record your story plan on their phone and listen to your story later

-During your work time, see how many different color of toys you have and see which color has the most toys

-See which color has the least number of toys

-Make something out of all the toys, and then tell your family a story about what you made, and they can write your story on paper, after you finish drawing a picture of what you made

Have a fun day and go outside to play… it is a beautiful sunny day:)))

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Wednesday, April 1

Today is also know as April Fools Day! That means that you can think of a silly joke to trick your family. For example, if you are all sitting and having dinner, you can say to you mom or dad, “Oh no, there is a spider on your head.” Then you say, April Fools!

Activities to work on today:

-Practice writing the letters, Uu, Vv, Ww.

-Remember to say the letter sound and the name of each letter.

-Look through a book, and try to find the letters, say the letter and sound when you find each letter.

-Think of a word that starts with each letter, like Uncle, for the letter Uu, Violin for the letter Vv, and Water for the letter Ww. I know you will think of more words too.

-Pick your favorite book and call or FaceTime your grandmother or grandfather, or cousins, and read the book to them. They will love hearing all the words you use to talk about each page. You are all amazing readers!

-Keep writing your name and practice your first and last name. Remember the space between your first and last name, and you can use one finger space, right?

-Please remember to be a good helper at home and do your chores and exercise too.

I miss all of you:)))

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March is Reading Month

The month of March is always a busy month, and a fast month. We celebrate March is Reading Month, with some parents as guest readers. The preschoolers were so excited to see their parents reading a favorite story to their friends. We will have parent teacher conferences, in April, and will share information with the parents. Please remember to continue the learning at home. Kindergarten round up information will be shared, and is also on the calendar.

We had a great March Parent meeting doing an amazing Hungry Caterpillar Project and played Alphabet Bingo For Books. Everyone was a winner!

Please complete the following survey for our GSRP Program.

Spring break is the week of March 28, and schools re-open Monday, April 4.

Please keep working with your children, during this time at home, and be safe and healthy.

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December Fun

December has been such a fun and festive month, as we really got into winter weather.  We learned about the different kinds of clothes we need to wear in the cold winter weather, and learned about the difference between mittens and gloves. We learned about germs too!   We looked on the big map of the United States and found our state of Michigan.  We talked about the shape of Michigan, and that it is shaped like a mitten!

We really hope to have a  great turn out for our winter fair, this week, on Thursday, December 16.  Remember, to attend the time you signed up for, either 8:30 am or 10:00 am.  This will be a fun and festive hour with your preschooler.  We have planned many fun activities,  and you will be able to explore and do some fun activities together.  We hope to see you:)))

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and Happy New Year!

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Thanksgiving Blessings

Dear Families,

We are almost at the end of November, soon to be December. We are wishing all of you many blessings for a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday, and hope you enjoy the time with your family. Ask your child to sing the song, 1 little, 2 little, 3 little turkeys, say GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE.

If the district decides to go online to remote learning, I will email you and reach you on the phone also. Please check your personal email, and also the Dearborn Public Schools website for any updates. No decisions have been made at this time.

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Wednesday, September 22

Today is a rainy day, and the perfect day to sing the song, “Good Morning Mr. Sun”, to your family. Remember, it is the song we sing every morning on the carpet? It starts like this: Good morning Mr. Sun, our day has just begun, we love to see your smiling face, good morning Mr. Sun. Tra lalalalala, tra lalalalala, and repeat this part and clap your hands too! Tell your family what your favorite part of the day was. Remember, to tell your family we walked in the long hallway and saw the school office, the cafeteria and played in the gym, We had so much fun!

Activities for today:

Today, we are going to do our Morning Circle Time together.

-Sing Good Morning Mr. Sun to your family.

-Write your first name and last name, (remember to leave a space between your name),

-Write and say today’s date, which is Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

-Sing the song, Today is Wednesday, today is Wednesday, happy, happy Wednesday, happy, happy Wednesday, how are you, how are you?

-Try to tell your family, all of your friends that sit on the carpet together every morning, try to remember all 16 of your friends. I will give you a clue… we have 9 boys and 7 girls. Remember your two teachers too!

-Yesterday, our number of the day was 1 one, today, our number is 2 two.

-Write the number 2 and the word two.

-Color two objects, maybe your favorite fruit, toy, or shape.

-Find 2 two things in your house that are the same, and two things that are different.

Can you guess what number we will talk about tomorrow?

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Finally… We are all back in the classroom

Welcome to all our families and preschoolers for the new school year 2021-2022. We are so happy to be back in school with all of our students. Just a reminder, be sure your child wears a mask to school, and also keep an extra mask inside their backpack. Remember, we have half days this week and next week, start our full day schedule. We have preschool Monday -Thursday, NO PRESCHOOL ON FRIDAYS!

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