Hello Families!

Happy 16th week of Young Fives! This is our last week of school for the year 2017! I have enjoyed seeing all of the growth and accomplishments your children have been making! I pray 2018 to be full of more amazing accomplishments and lots of lots of laughter, love, and learning!

Wednesday, Dec. 20th is a Late Start! We will begin school at 9:30.

This is our last week for our Sock Drive. Please consider donating children’s and adults’ new socks for the homeless. The collection will go on until December 22nd. Our class goal is to collect 30 pairs of new socks!!!! We have 15 pairs of new socks so far!!!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying main idea and key details of informational texts. We will learn about reindeer! We will still revisit some of the components of narrative literature as I read some of my favorite holiday stories!  This week we will continue to practice counting the number of syllables and having fun with rhyming words. We will continue practicing taking three sounds and blending them together to make words. So, if I had the sounds, m-u-g… I would blend it to read and say mug. This is one of those emergent reading skills that I talked with many of you about at conferences. I will also begin to introduce long vowels. We will begin with long a like in ape and cane.We will learn the letter Xx. We will also learn the sight words up and make. Please practice writing these letters at home. Below is an example of how to write the letters. Please review: All upper and lowercase letters! Please review the following sight words: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I, it, in, said, for, am, look, here, can, is

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing/writing numbers and their quantities 1 to 12. We will also continue to practice addition using concrete objects. (ex. I have 2 bears and I add 2 more, how many will I have.) We will also begin learning more about 2D shapes!

Science: We will talk about the different types of weather, (rainy, snowy, sunny, partly cloudy, and cloudy) We will sort warm weather and cold weather clothing.

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “How do we get what we need and want?”. We will discuss what is meant by a want and what we can do to earn and get the things we want. 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.

Writing: We will work on informational writing. We will write facts about reindeer. I will also introduce the children to the RAN chart. This is a chart to help children read and analyze non fiction text. We will also use the internet to research information about reindeer!

*Please continue to read with your child over the Winter Break! On Friday, your child will bring home the reading graphs, more books, a new math game with a dice, and a small packet to review. Please have fun working with your child! Please take the time to help your child visit starfall.com and ABCya.com (Pre-K and K). These are great websites that offer educational and fun games!

Thank you for all you do! I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Blessed 2018 New Year!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

The permission slips and money for our field trip in January are due tomorrow. Children are $17.00 and adults are $12.00. If you would like to be chosen for a chaperone on the bus please be sure your have your background check on file in the office today.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Today we learned the letter K!

We also practiced our new math game called Roll and Build up to 12! In this game your child rolls two dice. They add the numbers on the dice together and find the numeral to match the sum on the mat. Then… they use unifix cubes to build the number!!! In this game we practice recognizing quantities, counting, recognizing number to 12, and one to one correspondence in counting… and its fun to build with the unifix cubes as well as take turns playing a game with a friend!

We are practicing Roll and Build up to 12!

We are practicing Roll and Build up to 12!

We also worked in our color teams to add pictures of things we need onto our color team’s house! We used magazines to cut out pictures of clothing, healthy food, and a place to live… we didn’t see any pictures of water. 🙂

We are practicing finding pictures of things we need to live in magazines!!!

We are practicing finding pictures of things we need to live in magazines!!!

“We need clothing and shoes!”

“We need healthy food, like vegetables and fruit!”

“We need a place to live!”

We liked working in our teams!

Please help us reach our class goal of collecting 30 pairs of new socks for the homeless!!!

Also, I really need all permission slips and money for our field trip no later than Wednesday (two days from now). Thanks!!!!!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families! Happy 15th week of Young Fives! I am looking forward to a super fun week!

**Please send in your child’s permission slip to attend the field trip to Sesame Street Live along with the money for your child as well as any adults who might be attending. I can take two adults on the bus with me. Any other adults will have to follow the bus in a car and pay for parking at the Fox Theater.

We will also continue our Sock Drive this week. Please consider donating children’s and adults’ new socks for the homeless. The collection will go on until December 22nd. Our class goal is to collect 30 pairs of new socks!!!!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the components of narrative literature!  This week we will continue to practice counting the number of syllables and having fun with rhyming words. We will continue practicing taking three sounds and blending them together to make words. So, if I had the sounds, m-u-g… I would blend it to read and say mug. This is one of those emergent reading skills that I talked with many of you about at conferences. I will also begin to introduce long vowels. We will begin with long a like in ape and cane.We will learn the letters Kk and Qq. We will also learn the sight words is and make. Please practice writing these letters at home. Below is an example of how to write the letters. Please review the letters in their name as well as the letters Mm, Dd, Gg, Aa,Nn, Ii, Ss, Hh, Oo, Ff, Vv, Zz, Pp, Tt, Rr, Uu, Ll, Ww, Jj, and Ll. Please review: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I,it, in, said, for, am, look, here, can.

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing/writing numbers and their quantities 1 to 12. We will also continue to practice addition using concrete objects. (ex. I have 2 bears and I add 2 more, how many will I have.) We will also begin learning more about 2D shapes!

Science: We will talk about the different types of weather, (rainy, snowy, sunny, partly cloudy, and cloudy) We will begin graphing the day’s weather in December.

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “How do we get what we need and want?”. We will continue to look at what are the things we need and how do we get what we need. 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.

Writing: We will work on Opinion Writing! We will will draw, write, and dictate about how we think or what we feel about a topic. ( ex. My favorite animal is……)

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Today we were invited to the library to be introduced to “Hour of Code” with Ms. Bazzi’s third grade and Mrs. Hansen. We used the Chromebooks too!!! You can access so more coding games as well as a ton of other awesome websites through Mrs. Hansen’s blog! I encourage you all to subscribe! Click here to access Mrs. Hansen’s blog! Here are some pictures of today’s experience!

We are learning how to use the Chromebooks too!

Thank you, Mrs. Hansen for inviting us!

Our third grade partners were so helpful!

We are looking forward to the next time we visit our amazing library at Oakman School… (We will visit the library every Thursday after lunch for storytime with Mrs. Hansen!)

We also meet with our Book Buddies from Ms. Earle’s second grade class!!! We LOVE our book buddies! They always come so excited to work with the your children! To end our time with book buddies, a 2nd grader will read to the whole group! But…. last time, three of our Young 5s read to the WHOLE group!!! They practiced reading the pictures of familiar books.  We were all impressed!!!

We are reading the pictures to retell a familiar story! This friend even changed his voice for the different characters!

Look at the excitement in his face!!!!

What a great job this friend did in remembering the story! We are building comprehension!

You can see the joy of reading on his face!!!

We even read the stories using the names of the characters!!!

Look how proud he is to read to the group!!!!

Please do not forget to send in new socks for the Oakman School Sock Drive to support the work of Rudy the Sock man and his efforts to help out the homeless!!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Enjoy these super cute pictures of some of the great things taking place in Young 5s!

We are sorting items that can be recycled and items that should not be recycled with kindergarten and preschool!

We learned that paper towels and tissues cannot be recycled but metal cans, plastic, and paper can!

We can recycle and help take care of our earth!

Look at the items we are sorting!

After reading My Lucky Day, by Keiko Kasza, we wrote our opinions about what we think Bear would make pig for dinner when pig visits him.

“I think Bear will make macaroni for dinner.”

“I think Bear will make pizza for dinner.”

“I think Bear will make hot dogs.”

We have been learning about the sun! We made models of the Sun and Earth to show how the Earth goes around the Sun. We also sing a song about it! Ask your children to sing it to you as they rotate Earth around the Sun.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello families!

Please consider donating new socks for the homeless. Rudy, and 11 year old boy has made it his mission to collect new socks to give to homeless people. He is also a remarkable speaker who visits school to teach children how terrible bullying is! He is an outstanding young man. We teachers, are excited to help him with this worthy cause!

Click on the link to see the flyer that will be sent home tomorrow! Our class goal is to collect 30 pairs of socks!

Oakman Lions DPS

Also….. please be sure your child comes to school everyday with a warm hat and gloves! It is sooooooo cold outside! If your child came to school today without hats and gloves they came home wearing hats and gloves that were donated to our school by some very generous people. Please feel free to keep these and use them. Thank you for your help!

Have a relaxing night and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We are focusing on letters Jj and Yy this week. We are also working the sight words can and here. 🙂

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Attention: Families with Preschool age children who are 4 years of age by December 1, 2017.  There is an immediate possibility of free full-day preschool beginning in January 2018 in the Dearborn Public Schools (next month). The family must be eligible based on risk factors and not currently enrolled in a GSRP program.  If interested, families may pick up an application at the Cotter Early Childhood Center, 13020 Osborn or call Nadia Berry at 313-827-6150.

Please respond immediately as slots are limited. Families must live in the city of Dearborn.

انتباه : إلى من لديهم أطفال بسن مرحلة الحضانة / الروضة و سوف يبلغون من العمر أربع سنوات في الأول من كانون الأول ٢٠١٧ . هناك فرصة فورية للتسجيل في برنامج حضانة روضة بدوام يومي كامل مجاني مع بداية كانون الثاني ٢٠١٨   في مدارس ديربورن الرسمية ( الشهر القادم). سيتم قبول العائلات تبعاً لعوامل الخطورة و عدم كون الطفل طالباً في برنامج الاستعداد لبداية عظيمة. بإمكان العائلات المهتمة الحصول على طلب التسجيل من مركز كاتر للطفولة المبكرة ، الواقع على ١٣٠٢٠شارع أوزبورن. أو الاتصال بالسيدة نادية بيري على الهاتف رقم ٦١٥٠ – ٨٢٧- ٣١٣.

نرجو منكم الاتصال بنا بأسرع وقت ممكن فالاماكن محدودة .

نرجو منكم تمرير هذه الرسالة لجميع أولياء الأمور مع أطفال بعمر الرابعة.

Thank you for all you do!

Kandi