Snow and Canned Goods!!!

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Hello Families!

I hope you all had an awesome weekend! I am so excited for the week ahead to spend teaching your incredible children!

Tomorrow it is expected to snow!!! PLEASE be sure your child brings a warm coat, hat, and gloves. It would be great if your child wears snow boots to school! Please send their gym shoes if they do.

Also, Oakman School is participating in a food drive for local families in need. PLEASE help us reach our class goal for this worthy cause!!!

Our Young 5 class has a goal to collect 100 food items! We have a big box outside of our classroom for the donations.

Here are some ideas of non-perishable food items to bring in:

*Cans of soup, cans of vegetables, cans of fruit

*Boxes of cereal, rice, or pasta

*Jar of Peanut Butter, Jelly, or Pasta Sauce

Thank you for all you do!!

Be careful coming to school tomorrow! 🙂

Mrs. Mehrhof


Parent Meeting Tomorrow at 9AM!

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Hello Families!

Tomorrow Oakman School will have a Parent Meeting at 9 AM. Please attend this informative session!

Also, tomorrow, Oakman PTA is hosting a family event at Zap Zone in Taylor 5PM-8PM. The cost for pizza, pop, and games is $20 a person! This is such a fun time for the entire family! I will be there at 5PM and hope to see you all!

Have a great evening!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof


Parent Teacher Conferences Tonight!!!

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Hello Families!

Tonight is the first night of conferences! Please be on time for your appointment. I have so many great things to share about your child! You will also be receiving their first report card!

I have stapled reminders around the backpack strap if your child’s appointment is tonight! PLEASE do your best to make the appointment!

Thank you so much for all you do!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof


We ate breakfast in our PJs at school!

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Hello Families!

On Friday’s half day, we ate breakfast in our PJs to wrap up spirit week. I made the students some yummy french toast and scrambled eggs. We talked about the word ingredients and discussed which ingredients I used when making the french toast. The children have been learning about healthy choices for their bodies. We learned about sometimes foods….candy, chips, and donuts… We talked about food we should eat all of the time…..vegetables, dairy, meat…. We also talked about the importance of keeping our bodies clean…washing hands, brushing teeth.

We worked in teams to sort the engineering tools by colors!
We enjoyed the french toast and eggs!
We practiced saying please and thank you!
We learned it is so important to keep our wonderful bodies strong and fuel it with healthy foods!

Thank you for all you do!

Just a quick reminder…..there is NO SCHOOL on Tuesday!

Mrs. Mehrhof


Halloween Spirit Week Fun!!! Brace yourselves…. :)

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Hello Families!

Brace yourselves…. here are some of the cutest pictures!!! (A lot of pictures!!!!)

Tomorrow is a half day and PJ day!!!! Your child can wear pajamas to school!

We recorded our pumpkin investigations like scientists.
We investigated the inside of a pumpkin!
We measured the height of our pumpkin with cubes!
We stacked abc ghost cups!
Pumpkin pulp is slimy and wet!
We each got a pumpkin from the Oakman Pumpkin Patch!
We played hot potato with Halloween music with Ms. Coach!
We had an awesome Halloween!
We used gourds to investigate how to use pushes and pulls to make things move….we also made a bridge!!!
We made a ramp and investigate how gourds move down the ramp. We also raced gourds down the ramp as we talked about the force called gravity!!
We dressed up as what we want to be when we get big!!
We investigated if our pumpkin would sink or float!
Our pumpkin floated!
We used straws and used the force of pushing with air to race spiders from the lowercase letter to the matching uppercase letter!
We identified letters as we played Alphabet Stew!!!
We used tongs to retrieve spiders from the spider web to spell our names!
We matched numbers and quantities with spiders!
We stirred Alphabet Stew and put the letters on the alphabet pumpkin patch!
We stacked ABC ghost cups!
Thank you PTA and Mr. Abu-Rus for an awesome Halloween party!
We used chocolate chips and orange frosting to make jack-o-lantern cookies!
We found many seeds inside of our pumpkin!
We hunted through fall leaves for Halloween shapes!
We have some CCRRRAAAZZZYY hair!!
We really have some CCCRRRAAAZZYYYY hair!!!
We named our Jack-O-Lantern, Jack!
We practiced using pictures to retell a story sequence for “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything!” by Linda Williams
We practiced using pictures to retell a story sequence for “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything!” by Linda Williams
We sorted fruity cereal by color!
We used the cerea; to create color patterns as we made bracelets!
Happy Halloween!!
We used gourds to identify the quantity on a 10 frame of the number our bean bag landed on.
We painted with water!!!!
We played Halloween BINGO!!!
We went trick or treating in the gym!!!!
We made a spider pumpkin!!!
Our friend demonstrated the understanding that all living things need food and water as she pretended these animals were her pets!
We painted to decorate our spooky spider pumpkin!!!
Look Closely!!!! Our friend is holding “Flat Stanley” He is hiding all over the school. When we find him, we do the exercise written on the back and return it to Ms. Coach as part of the Fuel Up 360 Challenge!
This is a read aloud version of “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” by Linda Williams.
Happy Halloween to all of the Oakman Lions!!!!

I hope you all had a great week!!!! It has truly been so much fun and today was soooooo exciting!!!!

Thank you for all you do!!!! Remember half day tomorrow and Pajama Day!!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Happy Halloween!!!!


Halloween Excitement is in the air!!!

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Hello Families!

Tomorrow your children can wear costumes for Costume Day of Spirit Week!

Please remember the following:

  1. If the children are wearing costumes to school….they must come dressed in their costume and be wearing a warm jacket with GYM shoes!
  2. No hand held toys are allowed
  3. No masks can be worn inside the school.

PLEASE send in the orange form and the money for the Trunk or Treat! This will take place in the AFTERNOON!

**PLEASE send a bag or container for your child to collect their treats!!!

If it is raining, we will do Trunk or Treat inside the school.

OUR CLASSROOM PARTY will be in our room at 10:00-11:00. If you plan on coming to help run a station, please let me know! Please do not bring any young siblings with you. Thank you!!!

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for all you do!!!

Have a spooktacular Halloween!!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof


Tomorrow is CRAZY WACKY WILD Hair Day!!!

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Hello Families!

Tomorrow we will have our 3rd day of Spirit Week. Please send your child to school with the wackiest and craziest hair! This is going to be so much fun!!!!

I have the cutest pictures that I will blog later tonight.

Also, please send in the orange paper for the Trunk or Treat!!!

Let me know if you are planning on joining us on Halloween. I am looking for 4 parent helpers 10 to 11 on Halloween (Thursday).

Thank you for all you do!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof


Tomorrow is Dress Up as What you Want to be When you Get Big Day!!!

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Hello Families!

Today was such a fun start to spirit week!

Tomorrow we are going to dress up as what we want to be when we grow up! The children are asked to dress up for their dream career!

My dream career is of course, a teacher!!! But, in the spirit of spirit week, I am going to dress up as a baker!

Be creative! Some children said they want to dress as doctors, teachers, moms, and even a veterinarian!

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Please take a look at the Trunk or Treat Paper I sent home on the backpacks. 🙂

Thank you for all you do!!!

Time to take the cookies out of the oven….. 😉

Mrs. Mehrhof


Tomorrow is Picture Day and our 1st PTA meeting of the year!!!

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Hello Families!

Tomorrow is Picture Day! All children will get their picture taken. If you want to buy the pictures, please fill out the picture order form that was sent home and send in the correct amount of payment.

PLEASE join us for our first PTA meeting of the school year!!! It will be upstairs at Oakman School at 8AM. Your children can eat breakfast in the cafeteria while you attend.

Also, I sent a link on remind text to fill out a parent survey. Please remember to do so. Thank you so much!

Thank you for all you do! I am so excited to meet with you all in the morning and see the 16 gorgeous little people who will be coming to school for Picture Day!!! 🙂

Mrs. Mehrhof

Dear Parent/Guardian, 
Oakman Schoolis using this Parent Survey as a means to elicit your beliefs and opinions to help target areas for the school system to improve and areas to continue to be effective. The online survey will be available until 11/15/19. In order to complete the survey, please click on this link:

 Parent Survey Dearborn Schools Fall 2019

Please be assured that your responses to this survey will be anonymous and your honest opinions are appreciated. Thank you in advance for supporting our improvement efforts.

أولياء الأمور الكرام ، 

مدرستنا وجميع مدارس ديربورن في عملية تطوير و تحسين مستمرة و دائمة ،يعتبر خلالها الأهل  والأوصياء جزء لا يتجزأ و جوهري لسيرها. نستخدم استطلاع رأي متطور و خاص بالأهالي كوسيلة للاطلاع على آرائهم التي من شأنها المساعدة في استهداف المناطق الفعالة والمؤثرة على سير العملية التطويرية للمدرسة. رأيك مهم بالنسبة لنا،لذا نرجو منكم الاجابة على الاستطلاع  لإتمام هذه الدراسة. يتوفر استطلاع الرأي عبر شبكة الإنترنت. من أجل إكمال الدراسة، يرجى الضغط على الرابط التالي: 

استطلاع رأي الأهالي والمجتمع في مدارس


Another Fun and Busy Start to the Week!

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Hello Families!

PLEASE remember to send in the picture form filled out with the payment for Thursday’s picture day! All of the children will get their picture taken. 🙂

Take a look at the things we did today…be sure to read the caption to see what learning we are doing! 🙂

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

We traced our hands and used fall colored tissue paper to create fall trees and leaves. We also wrote an opinion sentence stating our favorite color leaf.
We practiced number formation for the number 8.
We used adorable Halloween erasers to practice counting with one to one correspondence to 8 in a scattered formation.
We finger painted the grassy area for our tree to stand in!
We made number 8. We said our verbal pathway from Eureka Math, “Make an S, and do not stop. Go right back up, and an 8 you’ve got!”
We practiced identifying informational books!
We practiced identifying the main topic of an informational text.
We talked about nouns! We learned a noun is a person place, or a thing. We also pulled nouns from the mystery box!
Jack Hartmann song about Nouns!