Hello Families!

PLease enjoy these super cute pictures of the great things we’ve been doing at school!

We are mixing the batter to make pancakes for letter P!

We are taking turns telling about a time we felt scared after reading, “Bear Feels Scared” by Karma Wilson.

We are patiently waiting to eat our pancakes!

We are practicing showing the quantity to match the number for our Ten Frame Turkeys!

We are practicing showing the quantity to match the number for our Ten Frame Turkeys!

We are practicing how to accordion fold the legs for our turkeys!

We are mixing the batter for our yummy pancakes!

We love wearing our PJs to school!

Look…. we are being silly with our pancakes!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Tomorrow is the first day for Parent Teacher Conferences. These conferences are by appointment only. If you forgot your appointment time, please feel free to see me, call, or email.

It is at conferences where you will receive your child’s report card and look at recent assessments. 20 minutes is allotted for each conference appointment, please feel free to write down questions to ask during this time. It is not necessary for you to bring your child to conference. However, if there is a babysitting issue, please feel free. The main thing is that you are at your conference. Thank you!

Also, we are going to start lining up on the yellow line at door #4 (same door as drop off) at 3:30. Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Tomorrow is pajama day! Your child can come to school in their pajamas! Please be sure they still wear gym shoes with their pjs! We will also make pancakes together! Pajamas and pancakes…what better way to practice the sound for the letter Pp! 🙂

Please check the poster outside of the door is your parent teacher conference time is on Thursday, Nov. 9th.

I will be sending home reminders tomorrow! 🙂

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hi Families!

Just wanted to send some super cute pictures of what we have been doing. Please click on the bottom of this post to read what we we will be doing and learning this week. (I blogged earlier this evening 🙂 )

We are building with our friends! We make a tall tower! Look how proud we are!

Check out our writing opinion writing. It is posted outside of our door!

We are practicing identifying uppercase and lowercase letters as we make them out of playdough!

We are playing our version of Duck, Duck, Goose… Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Bat!

We are practicing showing the quantity for a number using a ten frame.

We are practicing showing the quantity for a number using a ten frame.

We are using our imagination as we play with our friends!

We are using our imagination as we play with our friends!

We had a fun Halloween!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Happy 10th week of Young Fives! As we say goodbye to October and hello to November we are also starting a new card marking! I cannot believe how fast this year is going! Your children are such a joy in my life! Teaching them is a pleasure!

There is no school on Tuesday, November 7th for all students!

We will have a Pajama Day on Wednesday, November 8th! Please remember, your child needs to wear gym shoes with their pajamas. Thank you!

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.  Your child can read a book by: 1. Reading the pictures, 2. Reading the words, 3. Retelling a familiar story. We will continue to build independence during Daily 5. We will practice Read to Self and Work on Writing, and Word Work!  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. (ex. cat/ c-a-t/cat) We will learn the letters Zz and Pp and the sight words for, and said. 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 Tt. Please review: a, the, see, to, like, my, you ,I, it, in.

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 begin to learn about the sun!

Social Studies:  We will begin 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.

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.

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

Have a extraordinary week! ~Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Tomorrow is a half day of school! Dismissal will be at 11:45!

Today’s homework is in your child’s folder (the reading and math bags are also part of their homework). We are working on letter Vv. Please help your child find and color the uppercase and lowercase Vv’s. On the back of the paper, please practice writing numbers 1-10. Thank you!

Tomorrow is the last day of the first card marking! We will begin the second card marking on Monday! You will soon be receiving your child’s first report card!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Please remember your child has homework everyday…even if there is no worksheet in their folder to complete. It is an expectation that you are spending 15 minutes each night working on things in the reading bag and 10 minutes each night working on things in the math bag. Thank you so much for your dedication in working with your children each day! 🙂

I tested the children on counting to 100. Please help them count by 1’s to 100 each day. Our classroom goal is that each child will be able to count to 100 by the end of December! That would be so awesome!

FRIDAY is a half day of school! Dismissal will be at 11:45.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Thank you to all of you who volunteered at your party, our trunk or treat, and/or gave candy! Since I have been a teacher, this has been my favorite Halloween at school! We had such a super duper fun day!

We started our say with a Halloween/Fall concert performed by the 4th graders! This was awesome! Oakman Elementary is blessed to have such a talented and devoted music teacher! Thank you, Ms. Essian!

After we had our party! We painted pumpkins! We decorated pumpkin cookies! We played Alphabet Stew, and Spider Math Spin!

After lunch, Officer Mockbil visited us to talk about Halloween Trick or Treating safety.

In gym class, we got a surprise visit from a Ninja Turtle! (Mr. Abu-Rus) 🙂

Then… we went to Oakman Elementary’s first Trunk or Treat! Wow!!! This was awesome! The kids loved it and go so many goodies!

Then… we went to Oakman’s pumpkin patch!!! We picked out our very own pumpkin!

At the end of the day, Mrs. McMahon came and read us “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson! She had us all smiling with the many voices she used as she read this adorable story!

Please enjoy these pictures of our very Happy Halloween!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Thank you, Officer Mockbil for visiting us!

Only a super amazing principal would dress up as a Ninja Turtle to put a smile on his students’ faces! Thank you Mr. Abu-Rus!

We loved Oakman’s Pumpkin Patch!

We are naming letters we match the lowercase and the uppercase!

We are painting 2D shapes on our pumpkins!

We are matching the quantity with the number during Spider Math Spin!

We are matching the quantity with the number during Spider Math Spin!

We are matching the quantity with the number during Spider Math Spin!

We love painting too!

Thank you, Mrs. Mehrhof’s mom for making us these yummy pumpkin shaped cookies!!!

Way to go, Ms. Essian and the 4th graders! Great concert!

We worked the little muscles in our hands as we picked up little chocolate chips to decorate our pumpkin cookies like a jack-o-lantern!

Some of us gave our pumpkins painted on hair too! We love to add details!

Look at our pumpkin cookies!

Counting spiders is fun!

We are naming letters!

The Trunk or Treat was incredible!!! Thank you, PTA, Mr. Abu-Rus, and Mr. Ali!

Mrs. McMahon entertained us with a funny Halloween story!

Hello Families! Happy 9th week of Young Fives!

I am looking forward to another amazing week of learning in laughter at Oakman School! 🙂

Tuesday, Oct. 31st is Halloween! If your child is wearing a costume on this day, they should come to school with their costumes already on and a warm coat! They MUST wear gym shoes!!! They ARE NOT allowed to bring accessories for their costumes or masks. Please feel free to send a candy bag or container for the trunk or treating. If you are participating in the trunk or treat at 1:30, please let the office know so you can sign up ASAP!

If you are coming to our in-class fall party, PLEASE remember, NO OTHER CHILDREN/BABIES. Our party is from 10:00-11:00 AM. Please let me know if you are coming ASAP. Thank you!!!

Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the components of informational books as well as understanding how to tell/write about our opinion.  Your child can read a book by: 1. Reading the pictures, 2. Reading the words, 3. Retelling a familiar story. We will continue to build independence during Daily 5. We will practice Read to Self and Work on Writing, and Word Work!  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 begin segmenting c-v-c words and and blending the sounds together. (ex. cat/ c-a-t/cat)We will learn the letters Ff, and Vv and the sight words in, and it. 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, and Tt. Please review: a, the, see, to, like, my, you , I.

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 begin to look at the forces of Push and pull. These are see, hear, smell, taste, touch. We are also investigating claims about sink and float with our book buddies!

Social Studies:  We will continue a unit called “How to Get  Along with Others”. This week we will continue to learn what it means to be fair when making group decisions. Please continue to help your child with this concept of being responsible at home. We will continuously review what it means to be responsible at school and at home. (ex. help wash dishes, help feed the pet, help set the table, help make their bed, help pack their healthy afternoon snack.)

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 our opinions on different topics. (ex. I like ____ because_____.) Please continue practicing drawing people and pictures with your child. This helps them feel more confident when they are writing at school.

Thank you for all you do! Have a “boo”-tiful week! Happy Halloween!!!! ~Mrs. Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Check out these pictures of the Pumpkin activities we have been doing!

We have been reading informational books about pumpkins. We used our new sight word, like, to write our opinion about pumpkins. We counted pumpkins seeds. And…conducted two science investigations with pumpkins! Not to mention, we are learning to recite the poem, “5 Little Pumpkins”!

Yesterday, our book buddies, from 2nd grade, joined us as we investigated the claim that little things float and heavy things sink. After investigating, we discovered our little pumpkin AND our Big heavy pumpkin floated! This was so exciting! We recorded our claims and observations with out book buddies!

Today, we investigated the claim that there are seeds inside of our big pumpkin! The children decided we needed to cut it open to discover the evidence needed to support our claim. We discussed science safety as well as the tools needed to cut open our pumpkin. The children wore safety googles and used magnifying lenses.

After we discovered our pumpkin has seeds inside, we wondered about the tiny pumpkin too! The other day, we read an informational book that said the bigger the seed, the bigger the pumpkin. We wanted to investigate that claim. So….I cut open the little pumpkin! And….it’s true!!! The seeds we so little!

We are using the magnifying lens to see what is inside of the tiny pumpkin.

The tiny pumpkin has tiny seeds!

Look closely and see the tiny seed next to the big seed!

Scientists at work!

The guts of the pumpkins were pretty squishy!

We are counting seeds!

Science is fun!

Book buddies working together to record their claim about pumpkins floating!

Book buddies working together to record their claim about pumpkins floating!

The tiny pumpkin floated!

We cut, glued, and put pumpkins in number order 1-5!

We cut, glued, and put pumpkins in number order 1-5!

We love our Jack-O-Lantern!

We love our Jack-o-lantern!

We love our Jack-O-Lantern!

We love our Jack-O-Lantern!

We made a jack-o-lantern mask after tracing triangles!

We traced triangles to make eyes on our jack-o-lantern!

We made a jack-o-lantern mask after tracing triangles!

Thanks for all you do! And…thank you to Mr. Abu-Rus for joining us in our discussion about our science claim and investigation today!

Mrs. Mehrhof