Hello Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing long weekend! We have been experiencing some outstanding weather for the beginning of fall! I am looking forward to a fun week of learning with your children!

Tomorrow I will be introducing the children to our student teacher from the University of Michigan Dearborn. She will be joining some of our Zoom meetings! Her name is Miss LeBlanc. I am excited to show her what an amazing group of children we have in our Young 5s class!

Tomorrow we will be testing the children on small groups at Oakman. Everyone has been notified of their appointment time. Please be on time for the testing appointment. Please be sure to bring your child’s Chromebook as well as a mask for them to wear. Thank you so much!!!

Take a look at our schedule for the week!

In ELA this week we will be learning the letters Mm, Nn, Pp, Qq, and Rr. We will also be talking about rhyming words as well as counting the number syllables in words! We will be discussing concepts about print as we continue to learn about spaces between words as we count the words within a sentence. We will practice making predictions about the stories we read as well!

In math this week we will compare ways to count to 5 as well as ways to show groups of items up to 5.

In Second Step we will practice good listening skills as we learn and review the listening skills song.

In science we will continue to talk about our incredible five senses as well as make observations about the weather.

Thank you for all you do!

Love,

Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Take a look at some of the great things that have been happening in our learning activities! We are striving to get all of our friends submitting work on Schoology! If you can download the Schoology app on your phone, submitting pictures and videos will be much easier.

Here is the afternoon work from yesterday if you still need to submit….

Here are the videos for today’s asynchronous lessons.

We met our Art teacher today! Thanks for Zooming with us, Mrs. Torres!

Here are some adorable pictures of our friends learning!

Please feel free to call, text, message, or email me anytime! I look forward to the rest of the week with my little friends!

I hope you all enjoy this beautiful sunny day!

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Take a look at the the some of the great work our little friends have been doing! We began our week with learning the letter Hh and learning how to sort items into two groups (ex. big group and small group)

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend filled with lots of laughter!

Take a look at what we will be doing during Week 4 of Young 5s!

Literacy ahead in Y5s:

This week we will be learning the letters Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, and Ll. We will review how to count words in a printed sentence! We will also talk about Rhyming words with the poem, Mary Had a Little Lamb! We will be introduced to what a syllables are in words! In addition to this, we will discuss what is a non-fiction book!

Writing ahead in Y5s:

We will continue to practice writing our name with one uppercase letter at the beginning and the rest of the letters lowercase. We will also practice writing with drawings that have detail and some letters to help us tell about our idea!

Math ahead in Y5s:

We will continue to work on numbers 0-10. We will practice our numbers songs in our fun ways as well as practice showing the number the “math way” with our hands! In addition to this, we will have so much fun as we work on classifying objects into categories and counting those objects! We love being mathematicians!

Science ahead in Y5s:

We will continue to learn about the 5 senses that help us learn all about the world around us!

Second Step (social emotional) ahead in Y5s:

We will work on learning how to become attentive listeners! We will also practice the “Listening Rules Song”. Listening is such an important skill for our little ones to learn to help them be successful in school!

As you can see we have so much learning and fun to look forward to this week as we meet together on Zoom and Schoology!

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hi Families!

The power is back on at Oakman. Please log back into Zoom at 12:25 for attendance and our afternoon lesson. We will also have music with Mrs. F. at 1:00! If you are meeting with me today, our meetings are still on at Oakman in room 106! Please wear a mask.

Thank you for all you do!

Love. Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

As many of you already know, we are experiencing a power outage at and around Oakman. Please check out the video below for a message from me in regards to the rest of this school day! I will miss seeing you all today and meetings are cancelled for this afternoon. Please help your child with the activiies that I mention in the video below. Thank you!!!!!

Today is Constitution Day! We began our morning talking about the importance of rules! Rules keep us safe and help us learn! We have rules at home, outside, and even at school. We have rules on Zoom too! Friends, please talk to your children about the importance of following rules. Maybe you can even talk about some of the rules you have for them at home.

We have such an amazing country! The rules (laws) in the Constitution are to keep us safe and help us learn. Here are some videos to show your children for Constitution Day!

Thank you for all you do!

Enjoy this absolutely gorgeous day!!!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Famililes!

Thank you for another really great day of learning on Zoom!

Today we reviewed Aa, Bb, CC, Dd, and learned the letter Ee! We made uppercase E and lowercase e with playdough! It was so fun!! Ee makes the sounds we hear at the beginning of elephant and the beginning of eagle.

We practiced being good listeners when I read the book, “Little Blue Truck” by Alice Schertle. Here is a version from Youtube! Be sure to listen for the rhyming words!

We practiced counting the numbers of words in a sentence using cups and a cup!!!

We also practiced sorting things by what belongs together!

For our social emotional learning we use a program called Second Step. We have been practicing how to be welcoming!

We are becoming writers too!!!! Let us write and draw and tell our thoughts about what we like to do when w are at home.

Be sure to visit Mrs. Grucz’z Schoology page for Science today!!!!

If you missed today or yesterday’s Zoom sessions, please email, call, or text me for the link and passcode! 🙂

Be sure to check Schoology for the afternoon independent work assignment and post the video or audio recording of your child telling about their work on Schoology for me to see and respond to!!! I cannot wait to see their work.

Thank you for all you do!!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Thank you for another fabulous day of learning through Zoom!

Please be sure to check Schoology for the Second Step lesson, the writing lesson and the Independent Work for the afternoon.

Today we reviewed letters Aa and Bb. We learned letters Cc and Dd!!!!

We practiced being a good listener and revieded the good listener skills we talked about yesterday!

I read the story Harry the Dirty Dog! Here is a version from YouTube.

We talked about Rhyming words!!! (ex. bat/hat; pan/man)

For Math today we discussed things that are exactly the same and things that are different. We looked for objects in our houses that are exactly the same (ex. a pair of socks) as well as objects that are same but different…. (ex. 2 different colored crayons)

We also practiced writing numbers as counting by ones!

Here is the Second Step Lesson:

Here is the Writing Lesson:

Be sure to visit Ms. Torres’s Art Blog for today’s activity.

Thank you for all you do!!!

If you missed the Zoom morning or afternoon session from yesterday or today, please email me or send me a message. I can send you the links to view the sessions!

Thank you for all you do!!!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We had a wonderful start to week 3! Here are some things that we learned today! Please be sure to log into Schoology to see what we did as well as to access our Gym time with Mr. Lesniak.

We learned Aa and Bb.

We made an anchor chart to discuss what it means to be a Good Listener.

We read a book by Mercer Meyer to practice good listening skills.

We began an introduction into rhyming words! Rhyming words are fun to play with. They have different sounds at the beginning but the rest of the words will sound the same. (ex. house, mouse; cat, hat)

We practiced writing our names with one uppercase letter and the rest lowercase letters.

We learned the number 8.

We practiced identifying objects that are the same and objects that are different! We did this with socks!!! We made and cut out 2 socks that were the same and one sock that was different! This was a lot of fun!

Click below to see a fun activity for this evening! 🙂

Thank you so much for all you do! I look forward to seeing the videos and messages on Schoology!!! 🙂

See you tomorrow on Zoom!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We are heading into week 3! This will be our first full week of full day Young 5s! I am so excited for the super things that will happen this week!

Take a look at our schedule! We are beginning our new language arts program this week. We are learning literacy and writing with Benchmark! We are also beginning in module 1 with Eureka Math! In addition to these programs, we will begin Second Step. This is our program to follow for social and emotional skills development.

All of you have appointments to bring your child to Oakman School to meet with me in our classroom! I will ask your child questions about letters, numbers, shapes, and their name! I am excited to see them face to face! Please be on time for your appointment and be sure to wear a mask. Thank you!

I am looking forward to another fun and engaging week!

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof