Announcements
Happy Tuesday! Here are some announcements today:
Phone Calls and Personal Activities for TODAY, Tuesday, May 12
Today, 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 later this 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
LAHC Healthy Living Resources
Attached are some resources provided by LAHC Healthy Living:
Literacy Activity
For today’s literacy activity, we are going to learn about the letter, “U, u.” First, encourage your child to watch the Jack Hartmann video about the letter, “U, u”:
After watching the video, I encourage you and your child to do the following:
- Find three things in your house that start with the letter, “U, u.”
- Write the letter, “U, u,” both capital and lower case three times. (Please send me pictures of your child’s writing on Remind or email: thompsl@dearbornschools.org)
- Practice saying the letter, “U, u” sound.
For extra practice, click here for Starfall’s letter, “U, u,” activity.
Math Activity
Today, we are going to continue learning the teen numbers. The students will learn about number 13. 13 means ten and three more. Here is a model of the number 13:
First, encourage your child to watch this video about the number 13:
After the video is over, I encourage your child to do two things:
- Count 13 items in your house (examples: 13 forks, 13 coins, 13 steps, etc.).
- Write the number 13 three times. times. (Please send me pictures of your child’s writing on Remind or email: thompsl@dearbornschools.org)
Work Time
I encourage your child to engage in imaginary play for at least 60 minutes a day. To keep the consistency with what we do at school, I encourage you to follow the Plan, Do, Review process. Here is the Work Time process:
- Planning Time (5 minutes): Build your child’s ability to organize their time by having them make a “plan” with you about what they would like to play with. Children do this everyday with us at school. It helps children learn to organize their thoughts. Adults make plans all the time to organize their thoughts (shopping lists are made before going to the grocery store, to do lists are made to help plan your day etc..).
Kids will tell you what they are planning to do/want to play with/how they will use toys at home.
التخطيط لوقت العمل ( وقت اللعب): ساعد طفلك على بناء مهارة تنظيم الوقت بوضع خطة معهم عن لعبهم. هذا ما كان يفعله كل الطلاب كل يوم في المدرسة. هذا يساعد الأولاد على تنظيم أفكارهم. الأهل أيضا يضعون خطط دائما لتنظيم أفكارهم مثل قائمة التسوق قبل الذهاب إلى المتجر, كتابة القوائم تساعد على تنظيم اليوم…..
الأولاد سوف يخبروكم ما هي خطتهم/ ماذا سيلعبون/ مع من سيلعبون/ ماذا سيستخدمون من أدوات في لعبهم. - Work Time (45-60 minutes): Kids play WITHOUT ELECTRONICS Kids can use toys to pretend play, build, and create.
وقت العمل : يجب أن لا يستعمل الأولاد الإلكترونيات . يستطيع الأولاد استخدام الألعاب التي تساعدهم في التخيل و البناء و الإبداع - Clean Up: When Work Time is over, encourage your child to clean up the area(s) they played in.
- Recall (5-10 minutes): Build your child’s memory of events by having your child tell you what they did while they played (ask “tell me how you did that” or “what did you do next?”)
وقت التذكر: بناء ذاكرة الأولاد و مراجعة الأحداث عن طريق جعل طفلك يعيد سرد ما قام به خلال وقت اللعب( اسال طفلك: اخبرني كيف قمت بذلك؟ أو ماذا فعلت بعد ذلك؟)
Fun Work Time Activity: Draw Self Portraits
Self-identity is important for children this age because it allows children to become familiar with themselves and identify their unique features. One activity your child can do is draw a picture of them-self! Encourage your child to look at themselves in a mirror. Talk to them about what they see. You can also talk to them about the many activities they like to do (play, build, learn, write, draw, etc.). After that, encourage them to draw a picture of themselves. They can also draw pictures of the activities they like to do.
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!