Announcements
Hello and happy Wednesday! We are already in the middle of the week! Before we start our activities for today, here are some announcements:
Phone Calls and Personal Activities for Thursday, May 28
Tomorrow, Mrs. Askar and I will be calling families who scheduled a Thursday 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 Thursday morning.
Free Meal Distribution Schedule Change for Remainder of School Year
Here is the new schedule for free meal distributions for the remainder of the school year:
- Wednesday, May 27: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Friday, May 29: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Monday, June 1: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Wednesday, June 3: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Friday, June 5: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Monday, June 8: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Wednesday, June 10: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Cotter and Salina Elementary Blogs
For more information about any updates, I encourage you to view and subscribe to Cotter and Salina Elementary’s blogs:
- Click here for Cotter’s Blog
- Click here for Salina Elementary’s Blog
Literacy Activity
For today’s literacy activity, we are going to work on our phonological awareness skills. We will do this with the nursery rhyme, “Humpty Dumpty.”
First, encourage your child to watch AND sing along to, “Humpty Dumpty.” (It’s okay if your child wants or needs to watch and sing long to the video a couple of times)
Next, encourage them to act out the, “Humpty Dumpty,” nursery rhyme. They can pretend to be Humpty Dumpty. Encourage your child to sing the nursery rhyme as they act it out. I also encourage you to sing it with them or play the nursery rhyme as your child acts it out.
Math Activity
For our math activity today, let’s take inventory of some items at home. Inventory simply means to count items of the same category. This activity helps your child’s counting skills, as well as data-collecting skills.
Here are the directions for today’s activity:
- Encourage your child to count items of specific categories. (Examples include: toys, fruits, vegetables, silverware, clothing items, etc.)
- When your child finishes counting their categories, ask them which items they have the most of.
- Ask your child which items they have the least of.
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: 5 Senses Scavenger Hunt
Outdoor Exploration
Today will be a beautiful day! I encourage you and your child to go outside for 60 minutes today. As a reminder, the Dearborn Public Schools playground equipment and sports fields are closed. This is a great day to go for a walk or play in the yard!
If you’re unable to go outside, here are some indoor activities you can do:
Cosmic Kids Yoga: Click here to access Cosmic Kids Yoga! There are many yoga activities you and your child can do to stretch and relax your mind.
Go Noodle Games: Click here to access Go Noodle Games! They have many ideas for games you and your child can do at home.
Koo Koo Kangaroo YouTube Channel: Click here to access Koo Koo Kangaroo’s YouTube Channel! Koo Koo Kangaroo is a favorite in Room 108! They have a lot of dance videos your child will enjoy!