Hello families!

We had a fun day! We had some more guest readers! We also sorted addition and subtraction problems! We started a basket raffle to raise money for a bike rack. If your child would like a ticket for a basket of their choice, the tickets are 50 cents each!

Conferences are Thursday! These are by appointment only. I will contact you about your appointment time.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Here is just one of the many baskets to choose from!

Here is another example of the awesome baskets!

Miss Raneem read to us today!!!!

She read about visiting the doctor!

We had a friend from Mrs. Patterson’s class read to us too!

We sorted math problems by addition and subtraction by identifying the symbol!

We sorted math problems by addition and subtraction by identifying the symbol!

We enjoyed working on math concepts during math workshop!

Dr. Chochol read to us!!!!!

Dr. Chochol read “How Rocket Learned to Read” by Tad Hills.

Hello Families!

Happy 26th week of Young 5s! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! I am excited for the exciting things we will be doing this week at school! Please be sure to read for 15 minutes each day and record the titles and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper for our March is Reading Month reading contest.

Wednesday, March 21st is Parent Teacher conferences. This is by appointment only. I will call you and schedule your child’s appointment if you I need to meet with you on this day. Not all students will be receiving on conference on this day.

Wednesday is also the first day of Spring!!!! Yay!!!!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the main topic and supporting detail of informational texts. We will practice the following literacy skills:

• Identifying letters and their sounds while writing the letters.
• Identifying blends at the beginning of words. (ex. bl in black and fl in flower)
• Producing pairs of rhyming words. (ex. dish/wish)
• Identifying long vowels in words when super e is at the end. (ex. rope, kite)
• Reading emergent level texts and knowing where to begin reading on the page.
• Blending the beginning sound with the rime in words from the -ap family. (ex. nap, rap)
• Stretching for the sounds in three letter words and identifying the letter that makes the sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of the word..
• Identifying the sight words (yellow) and (they).
• Counting syllables in words.

Please review: All upper and lowercase letters and practice writing them! Please review the following sight words: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I, it, in, said, for, am, make, here, can, is, up, do, big, little, yes, have, jump, she, did, he, red, so, not, go, green, will, him

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing/writing numbers and their quantities 1 to 20. We will start a new math unit on measurement. We will work on measuring the length of items using non-standard measurement.

Science: We will continue a new science unit about Ecosystems. We will first discuss what living and non-living mean as we identify what makes something living.

Social Studies:  We will begin a unit called “Where am I”. We will learn about position words such as up, down in, out, beside, in between. We are also working with a program called Second Step. This program helps us learn about rules, social skills, and how to handle our emotions. We will learn about how to handle when we feel disappointed. We practiced identifying the feeling, talking about it, and taking belly breaths.

Writing: We will focus on Opinion Writing. We will write about our thoughts and feelings about a topic. We have been practicing using finger spaces between words in our writing. (ex. I like…… because….)

Homework Everyday:

• Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. Write numbers 1-10.
• Use objects at home to practice hands on addition and subtraction up to 10.
• Read books for 15 minutes! Record the title and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper.
• Draw a picture and label the drawing
• Write sight words in shaving cream or sand with parent supervision
• Practice letter formation
• Make and play a memory match game with sight words on cards.
• Play one math game and one ABC game on ABCya.com

Thank you for all you do! Have an incredible week!  ~Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Yesterday we were visited by a silly leprechaun… (so we pretended)! When we got to school we discovered he came and danced around our room with green paint in his shoes! He had a party inside our dollhouse! He led us on a hunt to find my pointer! And he turned me into a bearded leprechaun! It was a very fun and busy day with the silly leprechaun tactics, science, and guest readers!

Mrs. Awada read us a book about how to trap a leprechaun!

We made leprechaun traps!!!!!

We hid a plastic gold coin to trick the leprechaun inside our traps!

We worked in teams to make our traps!

We painted rainbows so the leprechaun would want to come inside our room!!!

We had a friend from Mrs. Patterson’s class read one of my favorite books, “Caps for Sale” by Esphyr Slobodkina.

The leprechaun left shamrock clues that rhymed around the school for us to find the missing pointer!

The Leprechaun made himself at home inside of our dollhouse!

Our traps did not trap the leprechaun!

We walked in and saw all of the little green footprints everywhere!

Firefighter Mike read us “Curious George visits the Fire Station” by Margret and H.A. Reys as well as a book about firefighters!

Mail Carrier, Dolores, read us “Never Mail an Elephant” by Jared Lee!!!

We sorted pictures of living and non living things! Keys are non-living things. They do not grown and change, nor do they need food and water.

People are living! We grow and change and need food and water to live!

We cut our pictures from magazines to sort into living and non-living groups as we worked in teams!

Thank you for all you do!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and the lovely sunshine!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Please remind the families who have children who will be entering Kindergarten or Young 5s at Oakman for the 2018-19 school year to come to our Kindergarten Round-Up in the morning! It will take place in the cafeteria at 9:00 AM! It is crazy how fast this year is going! I am so so so proud of the amazing things my current Young 5 friends are doing! Since your child is already in Young 5s, you do not need to attend the Kindergarten Round-up. You are invited to if you choose to however. You will see what expectations your child have for next year. 🙂

If you have a child or know a family who has a child who will be entering Pre-School applications for the GSRP program can be picked up on Friday!

Thank you for all you do! Tomorrow is Crazy Hair Day!!! I’m looking forward to seeing all of the crazy and creative hair-dos! 🙂

Mrs. Mehrhof

We had a guest reader from Mrs. Patterson’s class!

We went to the library and checked out new books! Many of the children chose to get a Dr. Seuss book!!!! How exciting!

Ms. Logel took time out of her day for us, again!!! She came as a guest reader and read “If You GIve a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff!

Hello Families!

You can help your child nominate their favorite teacher at Oakman School by clicking on the red and filling out the form below. All nominations are due on Friday! We have many excellent teachers at our school!

You can nominate your favorite teacher by completing an online registration form HERE or download a form and turn it in HERE.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello families! Please take a look at the pictures of what we did today and see the captions to learn more about what you see in the picture.

Tomorrow is PJ day! Your children can come to school in their pjs. Please be sure they wear gym shoes.

We are learning to identify the author and the illustrator of a book. We learned the author writes the words and the illustrator draws the pictures.

We used a magazine article about Dr. Seuss to identify characteristics of the books he has written and illustrated.

We learned Dr. Seuss uses silly characters. We are pointing the silly characters we see in the Dr Seuss books we have in our classroom.

We learned Dr. Seuss used u shaped pupils in his characters’ eyes. We are looking for evidence of that!

We found his name on the front of the book!

Dr. Seuss wrote 45 books! Fox in Socks is one of them!

One Fish Two FIsh Red Fish Blue Fish is another!

We learned Dr. Seuss used many crazy machines and vehicles in his illustrations! We looked for evidence of that too!

We learned Dr. Seuss used many many rhyming words in his writing. We found rhyming words in Hop on Pop!

We used the back of our article to work with a buddy to find the characters that looked like they were illustrated by Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham”!….. One of our class favorites!

We also wrote “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back”!

We wrote “Hop on Pop”! Parents, this is a great book for your child to read to you! There are many words they can blend. They will feel so confident as a reader after trying this book! I highly recommend it!

We had 4th graders read to us today as our guest readers!

We had a 1st grader read to us too!

We read Dr. Seuss books to our toy buddies!

We read Dr. Seuss books to our toy buddies!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Happy 25th week of Young 5s! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! I am excited for the exciting things we will be doing this week at school! Please be sure to read for 15 minutes each day and record the titles and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper for our March is Reading Month reading contest.

Monday is Hat with Words day!

Tuesday is PJs day!

Wednesday, your child can dress up in a costume as their favorite character! and it is a Late Start! School begins at 9:30!

Thursday is Crazy Hair Day and Kindergarten Round-Up at 9:30!

Friday is jersey day or wear green for St. Patrick’s Day!!!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the features of narrative stories. (ex, characters, setting, problem/solution). We will practice the following literacy skills:

• Identifying letters and their sounds while writing the letters. (ex. /th/, /sh/, /ch/)
• Producing pairs of rhyming words. (ex. dish/wish)
• Reading emergent level texts and knowing where to begin reading on the page.
• Blending the beginning sound with the rime in words from the -un family. (ex. fun, run)
• Stretching for the sounds in three letter words and identifying the letter that makes the sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of the word..
• Identifying the sight words (get) and (him).
• Identify the author and illustrator’s roles in books

Please review: All upper and lowercase letters and practice writing them! Please review the following sight words: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I, it, in, said, for, am, make, here, can, is, up, do, big, little, yes, have, jump, she, did, he, red, so, not, go, green, will

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing/writing numbers and their quantities 1 to 20.  We will also practice finding the sums for addition problems up to 5. We will also continue learning about subtraction using objects.

Science: We will continue a new science unit about Ecosystems. We will first discuss what living and non-living means as we talk about living things need.

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “Who am I?”. We will continue to talk about ways we measure time in terms of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We will also continue to talk about ways we can learn about the past. We are also working with a program called Second Step. This program helps us learn about rules, social skills, and how to handle our emotions. We will learn about how to handle when we feel disappointed. We practiced identifying the feeling, talking about it, and taking belly breaths.

Writing: We will focus on Opinion Writing. We will write about our thoughts and feelings about a topic. We have been practicing using finger spaces between words in our writing.

Homework Everyday:

• Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. Write numbers 1-10.
• Use objects at home to practice hands on addition and subtraction up to 10.
• Read books for 15 minutes! Record the title and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper.
• Draw a picture and label the drawing
• Practice letter formation
• Make and play a memory match game with sight words on cards.
• Play one math game and one ABC game on ABCya.com

Thank you for all you do! Have an amazing week!

~Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We had a fun Friday! Today the children listened to Mr. Abu-Rus and I read aloud, “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss! He read the part of the character that would not eat the green eggs and I read the part of Sam I Am. The children helped with the parts of the the story they knew. They are getting so great at rhyming words!!! Then, Ms. Logel visited and shared the pictures she took from her trip to Africa. The children loved each one! They asked many questions! Thank you, Ms. Logel and Mr. Abu-Rus for sharing your day with us!

In the afternoon, we enjoyed a tasty snack of green eggs and jam!!! 🙂 This is a fun way to end our week together. only two of my students did not like the green eggs! The rest of us did!

The children brought home a new Minion reading log today. Please continue to read with them and record the title of the book and the minutes read for each one. Thank you!

I hope you all have a great weekend! Enjoy the pictures from our fun day together!

Thanks for all you do!

We are making green eggs in our classroom!

Green eggs and jam!

Green eggs (15 scrambled eggs with green food dye!:) )

Green eggs (15 scrambled eggs with green food dye!:) )

We like eggs and jam!!! We do! We like them, Sam I Am!!!

We like eggs and jam!!! We do! We like them, Sam I Am!!!

We like eggs and jam!!! We do! We like them, Sam I Am!!!

We like eggs and jam!!! We do! We like them, Sam I Am!!!

We sang songs while Mrs. Mehrhof whisked the eggs!

Thank you, Ms. Logel for sharing your safari pictures with us!

Hello Families!

I hope you all had a great day! Today we did more literacy activities with the book, “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss! Tomorrow, we will eat green eggs and jam!!! (Thanks for the jam idea, Mr. Abu-Rus 🙂 ) We will graph our opinion about the green eggs and jam!

Tomorrow I will be testing the children on counting to 100 by 1’s. Also, the Minion reading log is due, signed by you. Please send in this reading log for Mrs. McMahon to collect. She is keeping track of the minutes read to see who will win a chance to go to the Minion party at the end of the month. You will be receiving a new Minion reading log tomorrow.

Here are some pictures from our day!

During math workshop we practiced using shapes to build pictures! These are called tangrams.

Our friend from Mrs. Gartha’s class came and introduced a new math game that reinforced number recognition, counting with one to one correspondence, and turn taking!

We practiced addition with objects too!

Our friend used the funnel in the sand table and his imagination to create a tornado to knock down the trees! I love the creativity that comes out through play!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof