Announcements
Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and an amazing Mother’s Day! I know my mother had an amazing Mother’s Day! We cooked her a nice breakfast and dinner. Before we start our activities today, here are some announcements:
Phone Calls and Personal Activities for Tuesday, May 12
Mrs. Askar and I will be calling families who scheduled a Tuesday phone call from 12-3 PM. We will be calling from a blocked phone number, so please do not be alarmed. If you miss our call, we will leave a message. If you would like a call back, please message me on Remind.
I will send your child’s personal activities on Remind on Tuesday morning.
4 Year Old Preschool Registration
If you have a child who is 4 years old OR you know someone who has a 4 year old child, and would like to enroll them in preschool, Dearborn Public Schools offers a Free Preschool Program. If you are interested in this program, please see the following links for more information:
- Cotter Early Childhood Blog: https://cotter.dearbornschools.org/great-start-readiness-program-recruitment-and-enrollment/
- Salina Elementary Blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/salinaelementary/2020/04/30/4-year-old-preschool-registration-is-now-open/
- Dearborn Public Schools GSRP Interest form (NOTE: You are NOT required to upload any documents at this time, but you can if you would like): https://forms.gle/rBcaR3PkgcJ47TKS8
Literacy Activity
Before the school closure, the students were working on rhyming words. Rhyming words are words that sound similar, but are not the same. For example, the words, “dog,” and, “log,” rhyme because they have the same, “og,” sound at the end. These words are not the same, however, they sound similar.
Rhyming words are important because it helps children develop phonological awareness skills. Phonological awareness is a term that means to identify and manipulate parts of oral language. For more information about phonological awareness, click here to access a wonderful article called, “Phonological Awareness: What You Need to Know,” by Kelli Johnson, MA.
For this activity, your child will identify rhyming words. First,encourage your child to watch, “Hickory Dicory Dock”:
After your child is done watching the video, encourage your child to identify the words that rhyme in the song. You can also ask your child if specific words rhyme. For example, you can ask, “Does ‘tick’ and ‘tock’ rhyme?” or, “Does ‘dock’ and ‘tock’ rhyme?”
Math Activity
For a few weeks now, we were working on identifying shapes. The shapes we reviewed were two-dimensional (2-D) shapes. These shapes are flat shapes. Today, we are going to learn about three-dimensional (3-D) shapes. These shapes “pop out” or, have depth.
First, encourage your child to watch Jack Hartmann’s video about 3-D shapes:
After the video is done, encourage your child to find 3-D shapes around your house or in the neighborhood.
Work Time
I encourage your child to engage in play without electronics for at least 60 minutes a day using the Plan, Work Time, and Recall process.
Fun Work Time Activity: Texture Activity
I encourage your child to go around your house and/or outside and feel various textures. Texture describes how something feels. Here is a great and short texture PowerPoint for you to view:
I encourage your child to participate in the Texture Scavenger Hunt activity on slide 3.
Outdoor Exploration
It looks like we will have some nice weather today! As always, I encourage you and your child to go outside for at least 60 minutes today. The Dearborn Public Schools parks and sports fields are still closed. However, today is a great day to enjoy a walk or play in the yard!