Hello Families! Happy 12th week of Young Fives!

This week, as we reflect on what we are thankful for, please let me express how thankful I am to be your child’s teacher! I am thankful to be a part of the Oakman School family! I am thankful for the welcome you have shown me! I am truly blessed to be called teacher by 13 of the sweetest and most adorable children I have ever met! They are forever a part of my heart! Thank you for your support, your kindness, and your warm smiles each day!

Thank you so much for your generous canned food donations! We passed our goal by collecting 116 food items!

There will be no school on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week! Please enjoy the long weekend with your beautiful children!

Tuesday, Nov 21st is our Thanksgiving Celebration at 2:00!!! If you signed up to bring food, please bring it in by 1:45. Families are welcome to stay and enjoy our Thanksgiving Celebration with us! We are very excited for this event!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the components of narrative literature! We will also practice how to tell/write about an event in our lives for narrative writing.  We are up to 9 minutes of stamina where we are working independently on our Daily 5 choice!!! This week we will practice counting the number of syllables. In addition, we will practice identifying the ending sound in words. We will learn the letter Rr and the sight word look. 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, and, Zz, Pp, Tt, Rr. Please review: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I,it, in, said, for, am.

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing numbers and their quantities 1 to 10. This week we will practice writing the numbers 1-10 using playdough and turkey feathers! We will focus on representing numbers and quantities with a 10 frame. We will also talk about basic 2D shapes.

Science: We will continue learning about the 5 senses as we investigate claims we make about the world around us. We will also continue to learn about the sun and how it warms our planet!

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “How do we get what we need and want?”. We will begin 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. We will continue talking about the history of the first Thanksgiving.

Writing: We will work on Narrative Writing! We will will draw, write, and dictate about an event. We will also write about what we are thankful for! 🙂

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Tomorrow there is no school for Y5s and Kindergarten students. However, please consider bringing your child back to Oakman for the Family Movie Night at 4:30!!! We will watch The Emogi Movie! The cost is $2.00 and includes a bag of popcorn. There will be other food items for sale! I hope to see you all there!

Also… we passed our goal of collecting 100 cans!!!! We collected 116 food items for the can drive! Thank you so much for your generosity!

I sent home a dice and a math homework today! Please look inside your child’s math bag and reading bag!

Thank you for all you do!

We did it! We collected and graphed our canned goods all the way to 116!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I am sending home one dice in the math bag. It is for the homework with the turkey. Your child can roll the dice to tell them which color to use as they color the parts of the turkey.

Please return the dice inside of the baggie that I put in the math bag. These belong to the school.

Please supervise your child with the dice while they are doing their homework .

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We are at 82 canned goods! We need 18 more cans to meet our goal!!! Friday is the last day for collection! Please continue to help us with this cause!

Today we learned about the letter Ee. Your child has letter Ee homework in their folder!

I also sent home the school pictures!!!! These are soooooo cute!!!

Here are some super cute pictures from today!

We are learning about the Sun and its major importance to us and our earth! We are creating a sun by adding torn pieces of paper to the yellow circle! This is great fine motor exercise!

We learned the Sun is made of hot gases! We are pretending the little torn papers are the hot gases as we glue them on our Sun!

Here we are sorting balls by color…another great fine motor task as we use the tweezers!

If you do not have a background check on file, please see the office with your ID if you plan on attending field trips or volunteering in our classroom. Thank you!!!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We are planning to go on our first field trip!!!

We are going to go to the Fox Theater to see Sesame Street Live!!! We will go on Jan. 31st. I am able to take 4 parents with me on the bus. If you do not get chosen to ride the bus, you can certainly drive separately and hopefully carpool with other parents. There will be more information to come soon!

I am blogging about this now because it is super important that you visit the office with your ID (ex. driver’s licence). We need you to fill out a background check form. These take time to get processed…so… please start it soon. If you have any questions about completing the form, the secretaries in the office can help.

Thank you again for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!
Tomorrow is a late start! School will begin at 9:30!

Please remember there is no school for Young 5s or Kindergarten on Friday.

Thank you to all of you who have brought in canned goods. We are now at 42 canned good items. Please continue to help us reach our goal of 100 cans by Friday!

Friday, after school is a Family movie night! I will be there! I hope you will be too! I will finish counting the canned goods on Friday! The children are really excited to meet the goal of collecting 100 cans!

We practiced identifying beginning and ending sounds in words.

We practiced counting syllables too! Please enjoy this video! It is one of our favorites!

I introduced a new math game. This math game helped us practice counting and recognizing numbers and quantities. It also included a recording sheet where we practiced writing our numbers!

We are practicing a new math game as we take turns using a spinner!

We are counting objects on the spinner as we match the quantity with the number it represents.

We are also using a our new math game to help us practice writing the numbers too!

Thank you to all of you who have signed up to bring food for the Thanksgiving Celebration next Tuesday! We are still looking for someone to bring in cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and green beans. This event is open for the family. Please email me to let me know how many people will be coming to our Thanksgiving Celebration.

I hope you all have a great evening! See you tomorrow!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Today we learned the letter Bb! Please check out this video with your child!

I also sent home new graphs for reading this week!

We have 22 cans! We need 78 more to reach our goal! Please consider bringing in more cans for this worthy cause!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!
We will have a Thanksgiving Celebration on Tuesday, November, 22nd at 2:00 PM. Please join us for food, fun, and a Thanksgiving presentation by our Young 5 Oakman Lions.

I will be sending home a yellow paper for this event today! Please check you child’s folder and return the back to me by Wednesday so I know who would like to come and who would like to bring something from the list.

We are so excited to share this special celebration with you…our families…and friends!

With much gratitude,

Mrs. Mehrhof

*Here is the list of food items we are looking forward to enjoying at our Thanksgiving Celebration!

Mashed potatoes _______________________________

Mashed potatoes _______________________________

Warm green beans ______________________________

Warm green beans ______________________________

Warm corn ____________________________________

Warm corn ____________________________________

Bread rolls and butter ____________________________

Bread rolls and butter ____________________________

Pumpkin pie and whipped cream ______________________

Pumpkin pie and whipped cream ______________________

Cranberry sauce _________________________________

Cranberry sauce _________________________________

Small bottle waters (at least 13) _____________________

Hello Families! Happy 11th week of Young Fives!

We will be collecting canned goods for families in need! Our class goal is 100 cans!!! Please help us meet or even beat our goal!!!!

There is no school on Friday, November 17th for Y5s and Kindergarten only! Thank you!

Wednesday is a late start! School will begin at 9:30!

After school on Friday is Movie Night at Oakman School! Please bring your children back to school for a fun night for the whole family!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the components of narrative literature! We will also practice how to tell/write about an event in our lives for narrative writing.  We are up to 9 minutes of stamina where we are working independently on our Daily 5 choice!!! This week we will practice counting the number of syllables. We will also practice segmenting c-v-c words and and blending the sounds together with short i in the middle. (ex. bit/ b-i-t/bit) In addition, we will practice identifying the ending sound in words. We will learn the letters Ee and Bb and the sight word am. We will review said and for. 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, and, Zz, Pp, Tt. Please review: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I,it, in, said, for.

Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing numbers and their quantities 1 to 10. This week we will practice writing the numbers 1-6 using dice! We will focus on representing numbers and quantities with a 10 frame. We will also talk about basic 2D shapes. We will also practice graphing data!

Science: We will continue learning about the 5 senses as we investigate claims we make about the world around us. We will also continue to learn about the sun and how it warms our planet!

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “How do we get what we need and want?”. We will begin 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. We will also begin talking about the history of the first Thanksgiving.

Writing: We will work on Narrative Writing! We will will draw, write, and dictate about an event. (ex. One day I …. ) Please continue practicing drawing people and pictures with your child. This helps them feel more confident when they are writing at school. We will also write about what we are thankful for! 🙂

Thank you for all you do! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me anytime!

Have a beautiful week! ~Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello families!

We are collecting canned goods for families in need! Please begin bringing these in today. our class goal is to collect 100 cans!!! We have so much to be thankful for. Let’s help those who are in need. Thank you and God bless you for your help, concern, and generosity!

Mrs. Mehrhof