Jan 14 2021

Thankful Thursday in Young 5s

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I am so thankful for the amazing work the children did yesterday on the NWEA. I downloaded the report from the NWEA results and was not surprised at the incredible results that I saw! EVERYONE did such a great job, super stars! What are you thankful for today?

Take a look at some at the super work we did today!

In addition to what you see below, we also compared characters from Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny. We compared dad and Trixie.

Knuffle Bunny written by Mo Willems

We followed a writing rubric that was sent to the families and modeled to write a sentence to answer a question about a story.

We practiced word by word matching while reading a Benchmark story on the laptop.

We wrote using finger spaces and a period.

We reviewed the letter Nn and went on a letter Nn hunt!

We reviewed 2D and 3D shapes and the difference between them.

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 13 2021

Wonderful Wednesday in Young 5s

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We had a wonderful Wednesday in Young 5s! Seeing my students is always wonderful! Today all of our friends did their very best as they took the NWEA test!!! Way to go my shining stars!

Thank you for all of the patience and perseverance, families, as we took this test remotely!

You all are so amazing!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 12 2021

A Terrific Tuesday in Young 5s!

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We had a terrific Tuesday learning and laughing! Take a look at some of the terrific things we did today!

PLEASE remember to give your child a good night’s rest and a healthy breakfast before coming on to zoom tomorrow. PLEASE join us on zoom at 9:00. I will be helping everyone and showing a video that our amazing Mrs. Chehab made in English and Arabic to help us all log into the NWEA! We will be testing at 9:30!!!! PLEASE remember, this test will be fun for your child, but they cannot receive help with the answers. Also, this is a test that is required for the children in the State of Michigan. Your children will do a wonderful job! I have no doubt! 🙂

We learned the sight word it. We made letter manipulatives to build the word…and we found it in our Benchmark book!

We composed the number 6 using a number bond!

We also listened to the nursery rhyme, Itsy Bitsy Spider. We identifies rhyming words and then had a challenge! We went on a rhyming word pair hunt in our houses! We found that frog rhymes with dog. We found glue rhymes with blue!

We also identified the setting of the story for A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman. We even drew and told about favorite character from the story.

Don Freeman’s A Pocket for Corduroy

Please practice rhyming words and beginning sounds with your child this evening as a review! Have fun!!!

Rhyming from YouTube

Jack Hartman’s What Letter is It?

Thank you for all you do!!!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 11 2021

Monday Is Marvelous in Young 5s

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Take a look at some of the marvelous and magnificent things we did today!

We composed the number 5

We searched for items that begin with the letter L’s sound.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (YouTube)

We answered the question, “What washed the spider out?”, as we drew and told our answer.

We brainstormed a list of words that begin with letter C’s sound.

We asked questions about the story Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems. We also told our opinion of the story.

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 10 2021

Take a Look Ahead at Week 18!

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing weekend! Take a look at our weekly schedule! We will be NWEA testing on Wednesday morning at 9:30. Please be sure your child is ready and on Zoom for this event! We will have a short parent meeting on Tuesday at 12:45 on Zoom. I am so looking forward to seeing my little angels tomorrow on Zoom!

Have a great rest of the evening!

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 8 2021

A Fantastic Friday in Young 5s

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

We are having a parent meeting today at 12:45 in the same Zoom meeting your children will be on after lunch.

We had a fantastic Friday in Young 5s!!! Take a look at some of what we did in addition to practicing syllable counting with kitchen items, rhyming word pairs, and sharing how to spread sunshine by showing kindness!

We decomposed the number 5 with a story about Doodle and his 5 juicy dog bones!

We reviewed the vowels E, O, and U. We made letter cards for manipulatives to match upper and lowercase letters and identify the letters with their sounds. For a challenge, we can turn the cards over and name a word that begins with the letter’s sound.

This friend represented the decomposition of the 5 dog bones with a ten frame too!

Way to go Amira for reaching level 13 in Reading Eggs!!!!!

Thanks for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 7 2021

Thankful Thursday in Young 5s

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

I am so thankful for the smiling faces that bring me so much joy when I get onto Zoom!

Take a look at some of the great things we did today!

We listened to the Benchmark story “The Spider and the Deer”. We told the event that happened first. We also told our opinion of who our favorite character was from the story.

We practiced writing the letter Uu. We self- evaluated our best uppercase and lowercase letter u by circling it.

We used molded bananas to show how we would use a number bond and share the bananas on “2 different plates” for Tony and his friend.

We did a group writing and illustrating using our new sight word has and telling about the Benchmark story “It Can Pop”.

We also recognized the rhyming words in the poem, “I’m a Little Teapot”.

https://youtu.be/mdu5lLpMH_w

Pink Fong’s “I’m a Little Teapot”

Thank you for all you do!

Please plan on attending a short parent meeting at 12:45 tomorrow. Thank you!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 6 2021

A Wonderful Wednesday In Young 5s

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Today we had 100 percent of the students on Zoom submit assignments on Schoology work!!!! Way to go!!!

Take a look at what we did today!

We listened to the Benchmark poem, A Sailor Went to Sea. We then drew and told about what we noticed in the illustrations that sailor saw.

A Sailor Went to Sea from Super Simple Songs

We practiced our sight words he and has.

We learned about words with the medial vowel short o. Check Schoology for a Google assignment!

We built our sight words for hands on learning!

Mrs. Torres taught us how to draw penguins!

We made letter manipulatives to practice our sight words!

We used number bonds to practice addition with 2 parts and a whole!

Thank you for all you do!!!!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Jan 5 2021

Terrific Tuesday in Young 5s!

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Kandi-kay Mehrhof

Hello Families!

Take a look at some of the great things we did today!

We wrote and told about what makes us smile after listening to the Benchmark poem, “I Have Something in My Pocket”

We decomposed the number 4 in 2 different ways as we told the story of the teddy bears leaving their picnic.

We searched for items at home that begin the sound for the letter Oo.

We practiced writing the letter Ee and evaluated which one was our best work by circling it.

We are learning to decompose numbers less than 5.

We also stated our opinion about our favorite character from Curious George Goes to the Chocolate Factory by Margret and H.A. Reys. We even practiced identifying the setting! (The setting of this story is the chocolate factory.)