May 18

Monday May 18, 2020

Parents:

Good morning families!

A quick reminder; this upcoming weekend in Memorial Day weekend. Dearborn Public Schools will be closed on Friday May 22 and Monday May 25, 2020. For preschool we already do not post assignments on Fridays but I thought it might be worth a reminder for those of you who have older children as well. This also means I will not be posting any assignment on Monday May 25th.

This week I am using a “theme” along with our lessons. We are going to be learning about community helpers to help us guide some of our language, literacy, communication, math, science and social studies learning. Our letter of the week this week is the letter Mm. A quick quote for all of you parents for the reason why I chose to focus on community helpers this week:

We regularly talk about being a “helper” in our classroom and about doing good things to help others.

Also, remember to make sure your child has SCREEN FREE time EVERY day! Send me a picture or two of your child doing something away from a screen today.

5 to 10 Minutes	Plan for Work Time (playtime): Build your child’s ability to organize their time by having them make a “plan” with you about what they would like to play with. Children do this everyday with us at school. It helps children learn to organize their thoughts. Adults make plans all the time to organize their thoughts (shopping lists are made before going to the grocery store, to do lists are made to help plan your day etc..). Kids will tell you what they are planning to do/want to play with/how they will use toys at home.
1 hr.	Work time/Kids play WITHOUT ELECTRONICS Kids can use toys to pretend play, build, and create.
15 min	Clean Up: Kids clean up the mess they have made while playing. If you notice your child making too big of a mess during play, it’s ok to remind them to clean up what they have already finished using before they move on to the next part of their plan.
5 to 10 min	Recall: Build your child’s memory of events by having your child tell you what they did while they played (ask “tell me how you did that” or “what did you do next?”)
Lunch	Prepare lunch: have your child help you prepare lunch. They can help with cooking/setting table- whatever seems appropriate for the meal time. At school the children normally assist with putting plates and utensils on the table as well as scooping their own food onto their plates and passing the food bowls to one another.

Kids:

Language, Literacy & Communication:

Good morning friends! This week we are going to be learning about different community helpers. Each day we are going to learn about different types of ways to be safe and how people in our community/where we live help us stay safe.

We also have a new letter of the week. This week we are learning about the letter Mm. We have 2 friends in our class who have the letter M as their first letter in their first name. Can you think of who they are? Here is a hint: one is a boy… and one is a girl. (Parents: the answer is Mustafa and Mariana.) Here is a video for you to watch today about the letter Mm.

I also have a story for you to watch today. As we learn about community helpers, we are also learning about staying safe. This story talks about knowing where we live.

Instead of writing today, we are going to focus on using our words to communicate. This means when someone asks a question, we can talk to answer the question.
Some things that are important for you to know are these questions below. Your grown up can ask you these questions, practice the answers with you and send me a video on Remind of you trying to answer these questions.

What is your name? (Parents: your child should reply with their first and last name. If they don’t, ask what is your first name? What is your last name?)

What is your mom’s name? (Again, they should be able to reply with mom’s first and last name… not “mom” or “mama” or “mommy”)

What is your dad’s name? (Here they should say the first and last name… not “dad” or “baba” or “daddy”)

Where do you live? (Here they should know they live in Dearborn and also their address.)

What is your mom/dad’s phone number? (Don’t forget to teach your child the area code too!)

Math:

We are going to practice learning the numbers in our address as well as the numbers in your grown up’s phone number.

First, you are going to need a piece of paper and some crayons or makers.

On your paper, you can draw a picture of your house. Remember to add details like doors, windows and colors! When you think you’re finished drawing your house, go outside with your grown up and have them show you the numbers/address on your house. Write those numbers on the picture you drew of your house. Don’t forget to send me a picture of your house when you’re finished.

Next, we are going to work on learning your phone number. Your grown up can write their phone number on a piece of paper. You can get a pretend phone out and practice finding those numbers on the phone and pretend to call your mom/dad on the phone. If you don’t have a pretend phone (or an old cell phone) you can find the numbers on a computer/laptop keyboard too.

Also, your grown up can draw buttons from a phone on a piece of paper for you to practice touching.. like this: