Mar 16 2017

What we have been doing!

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We have been doing a lot of great things in kindergarten!

Thank you to all of the special guests who have come to read to us this month. If you are available to read to our class, please email me to let me know. We would love for you to read a book to our class!

So…today I read a book about three leprechauns causing lots of mischief. We talked about what a leprechaun is as well as what the word mischief means. We will finish the book tomorrow. 🙂

The children listened to another story while eating their snack about children who made traps to catch a leprechaun. They right away wanted to try making their own traps for the sneaky leprechaun that may…or may not visit our classroom tonight. 😉

The children were given materials and they worked in teams to design and engineer their leprechaun traps. I was so amazed at the traps they worked together on building! We set the traps up around our room. We will see what happened overnight tomorrow at school.

I will send home progress reports tomorrow was well. You will see your child’s instructional reading level. This is the DRA level they are at in which they can read with minimal help. By the end of kindergarten the expectation is that all students will be instructionally a 3. You will also see how your child is doing no other skills such as counting, number recognition, sight words, and rhyming.

Again…I cannot stress the importance of utilizing the online tools of MobyMax and MyOn. 15 to 20 each night will only help your child grow stronger academically and in turn increase their confidence in the classroom!

We have also been practicing ways to make numbers less than 10. This is what you have been seeing coming home for homework. Thank you for helping your child with these assignments.

Tomorrow is wear GREEN to school day for Fun Friday!!!

We made leprechaun traps!

We worked together to create leprechaun traps!

Enjoy the pictures of our leprechaun traps!!! I will blog more pictures and what we have been doing this week tomorrow. Til then…have a wonderful night and fantastic Friday!

Thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Mar 13 2017

Week of March 13th

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 25th week of Kindergarten! Please help your child login to Clever to access MyOn. Here, they have so many online books to choose from for reading. Many of the books are read aloud to them as they follow along! This is a super awesome resource to get your child reading more books. We are having a contest to see which class has the most minutes spent at home on MyOn! Please help us be one of the winners!

Tuesday, March 14^th is Bring a Furry Friend to School Day! Your child can bring a stuffed animal to read their favorite books to tomorrow!

Wednesday, March 15^th is a Late Start! School starts at 9:30AM.

Friday, March 17^th is the day to wear GREEN! Every Friday in March will feature something fun or silly your child can wear to school.

Homework: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the March calendar. If this was misplaced, you can find it on your teacher’s blog.

Spelling: Here are the words for this week. Please be sure to help your child practice EVERYDAY! The test is on FRIDAY! Your child will be tested on three word family words and three sight words. * We will also give your child a “cold word” to spell. This is a word that follows the pattern of the word family. (an ex. is bit)

*This week’s word family is –it. Students will write three words that have a different beginning sound with the rime –it.

fit hit kit as well as one mystery –it family word. This is a “cold word”. (ex. bit)

fit
hit
kit
do
are
will

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice asking and answering questions about a story using characters, setting, and story sequencing. We will identify when we do not know a word. We will practice asking questions to gain understanding of this unknown word. We will practice using illustrations in the book to help better understand the story. In addition, we will practice decoding words with controlled r. (ex. ar says Arrrr like a pirate) Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: her help girl New words: went want good

Math: We will practice composing numbers less than and equal to 10 in more than one way. (ex. 7=3+4, 2+5=7, 1+6=7)

Science: We will continue a unit about living and non-living things. We will continue to distinguish between what is living and what is non-living. We are currently studying snails and fish!

Social Studies: We will review and test the children on the concepts from our unit “Where am I?” The children will be tested on position words, reading a map, understanding maps and globes, and describing places in their environment, as well as identifying needs that are provided by the earth.

Writing: This week we will review and practice opinion writing. We will write about our favorite animals this week. We will also write our opinions and provide two reasons why we like our animal. Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.

Thank you for all you do!

Have a wonderful evening!

Be safe driving if you need to go out! 🙂

Mrs. Mehrhof

Mar 6 2017

This week (Part 2)

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 24th week of Kindergarten! This is our first full week of March is Reading Month!!! I am hoping everyone spends more time reading lots of great books! Please help your child login to Clever to access MyOn. Here they have so many online books to choose from for reading. Many of the books are read aloud to them as they follow along! This is a super awesome resource to get your child reading more books. We are having a contest to see which class has the most minutes spent at home on MyOn! Please help our class be one of the winners!

Friday, March 10^th is Jersey Day! Every Friday in March will feature something fun or silly your child can wear to school.

Homework: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the February calendar. If this was misplaced, you can find it on the blog

*This week’s word family is –en. Students will write three words that have a different beginning sound with the rime –en.

men pen ten as well as one mystery –en family word. This is a “cold word”. (ex. den)

men
pen
ten
he
yes
play

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice narrative reading strategies using books from the amazing Dr. Seuss. We will identify when we do not know a word. We will practice asking questions to gain understanding of this unknown word. We will practice using illustrations in the book to help better understand the story. In addition, we will practice identifying opposites. (up/down, in/out, off/on) Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: away down find New words: help her girl

Math: We will practice composing numbers less than and equal to 10 in more than one way. (ex. 7=3+4, 2+5=7, 1+6=7)

Science: We will continue a unit about living and non-living things. We will continue to distinguish between what is living and what is non-living. We are currently studying snails and fish!

Social Studies: We will continue to practice using position words. We will also practice identifying places in our environment as well as describing them. (ex. I see tables, books, and the gathering place rug. Where am I?)

Writing: This week we will practice narrative writing. We will practice adding details to our writing as well as our illustrations. We will practice writing a story with characters, a beginning, middle, and an end! Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Mar 5 2017

This Week (Part 1) :)

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We had such a wonderful week last week! I am looking forward to another super week with my super duper students!

Tomorrow we will have a PTA/Parent Technology meeting at 2:00PM. These technology meetings are so beneficial to those who attend. I hope all of you can make it!

And….tomorrow, at 9:00-10:00 you are all invited to Miller Open House!!! Please visit our classroom to see your awesome little readers during Daily 5! We are so excited to showcase the superb learning that is happening in our classrooms!

We are also involved in a school-wide sock drive! Rudy Washington, an amazing 13 year old boy, visited our school to talk about Anti-Bullying concepts! This kid is truly one of a kind! Not only, is he one of the most well-spoken inspirational speakers I have ever heard, he is a singer, a drummer, a pianist, a song writer, a great student, and humanitarian! A few years ago he started a mission to collect socks for homeless people. He and his parents visit the streets of Detroit to pass out love and socks to those in need! Amazing!!! All of us at Miller School would like to Rudy, (also known as Sock Man), with this mission. If you can, please send a new pair of socks with your child to school. Any size and any color will be appreciated!

This is also March is Reading Month! Please see me if you would like to sign up to read to our class!!! We have books in both English and Arabic to chose from! You can also bring in your own book.

We are also doing a school-wide contest on myOn! I am asking that ALL of my students visit myOn as part of their DAILY homework and read 5-8 books each DAY.This would equal out to about 20 minutes of reading! So… the goal is 100 books read by the end of the month for EVERY student in our class!! I will be monitoring this site to see who is participating and how often! I will have prizes for the children who reach the goal of 100 books read by March 31st!!! I am also encouraging all of the students and their families to visit the Dearborn Centennial Library! This is truly one of the best libraries I have been too! The children’s area is simply wonderful…with lots of terrific books and activities!

We are in need of Baby Wipes and tissues! We would really appreciate it if you could donate these items to my classroom.

Here are some pictures from last week!

Highlights from last week: We have water snails! We are learning about living things and what living things need. We are studying the snails and making daily observations as little scientists. We have also finished writing our own narratives in the form of a fairy tale inspired by “The Three Little Pigs. These stories turned out so incredibly cute! The children strengthened their stories with detailed illustrations with talking bubbles coming from the characters! The children also helped me as we used the computer to publish their stories! In addition to these highlights, we have been practicing showing ways to compose and decompose the number 10. Last week your child brought home the Making 10 Rainbow. This shows all 11 ways to make the number 10! We also compared the experiences of the two characters from similar stories! We read “Caps for Sale” by Esphyr Slobodkina. We listened on YouTube to the story “The Hatseller and the Monkeys” by Baba Wague Diakite. This is a West African Folktale. We used a bubble map to compare the experiences between the peddler and the hatseller. The children did a great job! Please feel free to look these stories up on YouTube or at the local library! You’re child will love to re-tell these stories with you!

Well, part 2 will come tomorrow morning! I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow at 9:00! Happy reading this week!!!

Thanks for all you do!!!!

Math Workshop…We are adding objects to find the sum!

We have been writing and learning about what makes something living!

Happy 113th Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Mr. Thorpe took time our of his busy day to read a very funny story to us! Thank you!!!

Mohammad is Student of the Month!

Adam is January’s Bucketfiller!

Bilal is the Student of the Month in Gym! He also got recognized for scoring very high on the NWEA Math!

Rahab got recognized as the Most Improved Student!!! Keep up the great work!!

Abdulkareem is February’s Bucketfiller!

We are learning about snails!

Thank you for all you do!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Mar 3 2017

Meeting today at 3:15

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Please join us in our classroom today at 3:15 to see how to access MyON through Clever. This is such a wonderful resource for your child to practice not only reading awesome leveled books, but also listening to books read aloud to build vocabulary. I look forward to sharing this information with you! See you soon!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Mar 3 2017

Today is Hat Day! :)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Good morning, Families!

Today is Hat Day! Please have your child pick a hat to wear to school today!

If you would like to be a guest reader in our class, please see me! We have lots of books in both English and Arabic to chose from. You can also bring your child’s favorite book from home!

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Feb 28 2017

Mandatory Parent Meeting tomorrow at 9 in the Cafeteria for all Kindergarten! :)

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Feb 26 2017

Week of February 27th

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy 23^rd week of Kindergarten! We hope everyone enjoyed the Mid-Winter Break! We are looking forward to a fantastic week ahead!

This was a week off, but I am looking forward to seeing all of my amazing students!!!

Please remember, the bedroom map project is due Monday at school! Each child brought home paper to complete this activity.

We hope that each one of our students is able to login and access Clever for awesome learning opportunities with MobyMax and MyON. Please see me if you have questions about Clever.

Wednesday, March 1^st is a MANDATORY PARENT MEETING for ALL kindergarten families at 9:00AM in the cafeteria! Please plan on attending with meeting! Thank you!

Thursday, March 2^nd is Dr. Seuss Day…we will read and celebrate the amazing literary works of the one and only, Dr. Seuss!

Friday, March 3^rd is PTA Movie Night at Miller!

Homework: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the February and March calendars. If this was misplaced, you can find it on the blog site.

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tap
cap
me
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have

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice narrative reading strategies using fiction books. We will identify when we do not know a word. We will practice asking questions to gain understanding of this unknown word. We will practice comparing adventures and experiences of characters in the books we read. In addition, we will practice identifying opposites. (up/down, in/out, off, on) Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: him boy dog New words: away down find

Math: We will practice composing numbers less than and equal to 10 in more than one way. (7=3+4, 2+5=7, 1+6=7)

Science: We will continue a unit about living and non-living things. We review how living and non-living things differ as well as how earth contributes to the needs of living things.

Social Studies: We will use the bedroom maps you did with your child to continue to learn about maps and globes and how they are used to represent places. We will also review position words.

Writing: This week we will practice narrative writing. We will practice adding details to our writing and illustrations such as using “talking bubbles”. Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.

Thank you for all you do! We, along with Mr. Awada are looking forward to meeting with all of you on Wednesday at 9:00AM!

Before we left for break…We were visited by the Science Alive animals and their scientist, Mr. Neil! We learned so much about the animals he brought.

We saw a chinchilla, a tortoise, a toad, a 3-banded armadillo, and a Burmese Python!

Enjoy the pictures!!!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Science Alive came to visit us!!! We learned more about living things!

We learned a new game during inside recess…Candyland!

Making conversation with our friends and learning to share during inside recess!

Feb 14 2017

Happy Valentine’s Day and the 100th Day of School!

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families
Today we had a SUPER DUPER fun-filled day! (Well, actually, I think we always do 🙂 )

We celebrated the 100th Day of School and Valentine’s Day today!!!

Please check your child’s backpacks. They have bags that are filled with candy!

Enjoy the pictures from our day!

Tomorrow is a Late Start! School will begin at 9:30 AM.

Thank you for all you do! Happy Valentine’s Day!

And…thank you for all of the Valentine gifts…the chocolate…the flowers…the candy!!!! I am so blessed!

Mrs. Mehrhof

We are making our 100th Day of School snack! We filled a bag with 100 pieces of food. We made 10 groups of 10!

We are making our 100th Day snack and rolling 2 dice to find the sum on our recording sheet.

Some of us came to school as 100 year old kindergarten students! 🙂

We rolled 2 dice to find the sum on our recording sheet.

I love my class! We are 100 days smarter! 🙂

Feb 13 2017

Week of Feb. 13th

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Happy 22nd week of Kindergarten! This week we will celebrate the 100^th Day of Kindergarten and Valentine’s Day!

I hope that each one of our students is able to login and access Clever for awesome learning opportunities with MobyMax and MyON. Please see me if you have questions about Clever. These online tools are great ways to practice for the NWEA as well as strengthen math and literacy skills.

Tuesday, February 14th is both our 100^th Day of School Celebration as well as Valentine’s Day! Your child can come to school dressed like they are 100 years old. They can also bring Valentines to pass to their friends. Please be sure there are enough Valentine cards/treats for at least 27 children. All treats need to be individually wrapped so they can be sent home. Thank you!

Wednesday, February 15, is a late start. School will begin at 9:30.

Homework: Be sure to complete the daily homework assignments on the February calendar. If this was misplaced, you can find it on your teacher’s blog.

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sun
run
and
up
here

Reading: We are practicing many reading strategies. This week we will practice reading strategies using informational books. We will identify when we do not know a word. We will practice asking questions to gain understanding of this unknown word. We will also spend time learning how to blend the beginning sounds with the rime. We will also practice identifying rhyming words as well as number of syllables in a word. We will also practice identifying opposites. (up/down, in/out, off, on) Please practice the following sight words: (These are words your child needs to recognize and read by sight.)

Review: his had but New words: him boy dog

Math: We will continue to practice computation solving addition and subtraction word problems. Please practice simple addition and subtraction problems with your child at home. (ex. I have 8 green beans. I ate 5 green beans. How many green beans do I have left? 8-5=3 green beans)

Science: We will continue a unit about living and non-living things. We will continue to distinguish between what is living and what is non-living.

Social Studies: We will learn about maps and globes and how they are used to represent places. We will be sending home a family project over mid-winter break for you and your child to create a map of their bedroom. We will supply the paper.

Writing: This week we will review informational writing. We will work on writing about a topic and naming 2-3 facts about the topic. Please practice stretching for the sounds and using finger spaces between words with your child each day for homework. These writing skills are very important for moving into first grade.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Mehrhof

Ms. Mehrhof's Young 5s

Dearborn Public Schools

Category Archives: Class News

What we have been doing!

Week of March 13th

This week (Part 2)

This Week (Part 1) :)

Meeting today at 3:15

Today is Hat Day! :)

Mandatory Parent Meeting tomorrow at 9 in the Cafeteria for all Kindergarten! :)

Week of February 27th

Happy Valentine’s Day and the 100th Day of School!

Week of Feb. 13th