Dec 7 2020

We are off to a great start to the week!

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Hello Families!

Take a look at the incredible start we had to week 15!

We are learning about plants being living things and having needs to survive!
We practiced writing the letter Mm and saying words that begin with the letter Mm’s sound.
We stretched for sounds and illustrated the 4 needs of a plant. Plants need soil, water, light, and air.
I introduced the children to the concepts of heavier and lighter as well as a measurement tool called a balance scale. Look below as to how to make a balance scale at home.
To make a balance scale at home you need a dish, play dough, a can, and a rectangular box lid with a lip around it. Use the play dough to secure the can to the dish.

Thank you for all you do! 9 days until Christmas Break!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Dec 7 2020

A look ahead at Week 15

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Hello Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I am looking forward to the learning and laughter we will share this week!

Congratulations to Batoul A. for Student of the Week for Week 14! Congratulations to Amira I. for Students of the Week this week 15! Way to girls! You did an outstanding job being on time for Zoom, submitting daily work on Schoology, and participating with all of our lessons and activities!!!!! Keep up the amazing work!

Take a look at the week’s schedule!

Ms. Mehrhof’s Young 5’s Schedule

Thank you for all you do!

Ms. Mehrhof

Dec 4 2020

Happy Friday!!

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Hello Families!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend with your loved ones! We had an amazing week together! PLEASE be sure to complete the assignments and submit them on SCHOOLOGY. Thank you so much!

We talked about and drew what is heavy and what is light.
We made more flash cards to add to our memory match game for upper and lowercase letters!
We drew and wrote about what we thought the children would do with the little snowflake.
We discussed the difference between heavy and ligh
Jack Hartmann; Heavy or Light
The Little Snowflake by M. Metzger and S. Wellington

Thank you for all you do!

Ms. Mehrhof

Dec 3 2020

What We Did Today!

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Hello Families!

We had another great day on Zoom! Please remember to submit all assignments on Schoology! There are also two Google assignments posted in the Thursday folder for the children to complete and submit. These will be super fun for them!

Take a look at some of the great things that happened on Zoom today!

We practiced non standard measurement with our cubes!
We drew to tell what the main topic of the informational book is!
We drew to tell what animals need to survive!
We drew to tell what the main topic of the informational book is.
We turned and told our parent one fact about Polar Bears. Then we drew and wrote about that fact using the sentence stem, Polar Bears can ___________. This friend wrote “Polar bears can live in the snow.”

We also went on a letter C hunt to find objects that begin with the sound of Cc.

Sesame Street: Letter C

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Dec 1 2020

What we did today….and Parent Meeting at 3:30

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Hello Families!

I have emailed and whatsapped, and posted on Schoology the link and time for the parent meeting today. This will only be a 20 minute meeting. I will be going over some new things!

Today is also Giving Tuesday! Please find time to help your child give of their old clothes or shoes to help those in need. There is a clothing drop-off box in the parking lot at Oakman School. There is a clothing drop off box by the big playground. Another way to give is to make something special, a baked good, or a card….and put it on the porch of a neighbor or take it to your local fire station or police station… One more way to give….. is our time!!! Time is so precious and literally seems to fly by!!! Spend time with those you love……without screens and without phones! Read a story, sing a song together, or simply dance! Giving your time is a great way to build lasting memories your children will cherish in their hearts and minds for years to come.

Take a look at what we did today!

We traced our hands and used cubes to measure how tall each finger is. We then circled the finger that is the shortest.
We practiced handwriting uppercase and lowercase Ee.
We completed a RAN chart and did informational writing about Polar Bears!
We learned….Polar Bears are good swimmers!
We practiced finding the front, back, and spine of a book we have at home!
We are learning to tell facts about a topic!

Thank you for all you do! See you on Zoom!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Nov 30 2020

We are off to a great start to the week!

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Hello Families!

I hope you all know how very thankful I am for each one of you and your amazing children! I am so thankful to be a teacher! I love teaching young children and fostering a love for learning in their precious hearts!

We will have a parent meeting tomorrow on ZOOM at 3:30. It will only be a 20 minute meeting. I have a few things I want to talk about and a learning game to show you all!

Take a look at what we did today! Happy last day of November!

We wrote about what the living things in our poem ate! This friend said the bear ate honey!
We listened to a non-fiction text from Benchmark and practiced asking questions!
We practiced touching each word when we read the poem together.
We blended three sounds together to make words using elkonin boxes and the short vowel sound e.
We compared the height of items using the towers we built with our cubes.
We compared the length of our name trains! Hussain has the longest name train in our class today!

Thank you for all you do!!!

Please let me know if there is anything you and your families might need! We are here for each other! 🙂

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Nov 20 2020

A Look Ahead to Week 13! Happy Thanksgiving Week!

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Hello Families!

Thank you for everything you all do for your children! And I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the kindness that you all show me!

It was nice to meet with all of you and discuss the progress and successes your child is making in young 5s! Thank you for meeting with me during our remote parent teacher conferences.

Here is a look at the week ahead…..

Week 13 of Ms. Mehrhof’s Young 5s

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Nov 15 2020

Look What We Did and Take a Look at our Week 12 Schedule

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Hello Families!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

This Friday we will not have any school for Young 5s and Kindergarten. Teacher will have meetings all day.

Our Schedule for Week 12
Thank you, Veteran’s!
We found 3D shapes!
This friend found items that begins with Gg…..gum and green!
This friend used cups to engineer a tower!
We are learning about ending sounds!
This friend found items that begin with the sound of Hh….hat and horse!
We learned the word wig from our Benchmark poem. We wrote about a wig that we could design for our own head.
We identified characters in the text by drawing them.
We wrote and told facts about lions!
We identified characters in a story.
On World Kindness Day we made thank you notes to email to our custodian, Ms. Cheryl!
We identified the sight words that we have been learning in the message!
We made lion masks to use as we tell our families facts about lions!
We practiced writing our sight words!
We used materials at home to construct 3D shapes!

Thank you for all you do! I am looking forward to another fun week of learning and laughter with my little friends!!!

See you soon!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Nov 13 2020

We Surprised our Custodian for Kindness Day!

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Hello Families!

Happy Kindness Day!!! Please check out the previous blog for videos and songs about Kindness!!! We surprised our amazing and hard-working custodian, Ms. Cheryl for Kindness Day! Ms. Cheryl goes above and beyond to take care and clean Oakman School…..even when there are no students in the building! We really appreciate her! The children and I drew her thank you pictures and sent them as a surprise to her email! She was so excited to receive these and told us how we made her day!!! I am so happy we could do something so small for this kind and dedicated lady!

Thank you Ms. Cheryl!
Thank you for taking care of our classroom when we are not there!!
Thank you for caring about our school!
Thank you for your hard work!
We are grateful for people who care like you do!

Thank you for all you do!!!

Happy Kindness Day to all of you! I appreciate all of the kindness you and your children show me everyday on Zoom! You are such blessings to me!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof

Nov 13 2020

Happy World Kindness Day!!!

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Hello Families!

Today is World Kindness Day!!! Please talk to your children about the power of kindness! Kindness is contagious! When we treat other people with the kindness that we would want to be treated with we find ourselves in a much happier and peaceful place! We are bucket fillers, right? So let’s continue the kindness that we already show and turn it up a notch as we reach out to those around us with extra kindness.

This weekend please do some acts of kindness! If you would like to keep your acts of kindness a secret, or share them that is up to you! But, maybe you can help your child draw a picture of themselves showing how they felt when they showed kindness!

Kindness is a Muscle!
Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol Mc Cloud
Kindness is My Superpower by A. Ortego

Thank you for all you do!

Love, Ms. Mehrhof