Announcements

Hello Room 108 families! Before we dive in to today’s activities, I have some announcements I want to share with you all:

Office Hours
Starting today (April 21), I will be utilizing office hours for communication. These times are uncertain and unpredictable. These office hours are to ensure I communicate with you all effectively and in a timely manner. If I update my office hours I will let you all know. Listed below are my office hours:

• Monday: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
• Tuesday: 12:00 PM-3:00 PM
• Wednesday: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
• Thursday: 12:00 PM-3:00 PM

You’re more than welcome to contact me outside of office hours and I will respond as soon as possible. My office hours are going to be the best time to contact me, as I will ensure to have Remind and my email open and ready to communicate.

Daily Activities
Starting today (April 21), our daily activities will be looking a little different. I will be providing the students with one literacy activity and one math activity. These activities should only take about 5-10 minutes each to complete. Because everyone’s schedules are different, please complete these activities on your own time!
In addition to these activities, I encourage your child to engage in imaginary play (at school, we call this, “Work Time”) and outdoor play for at least 45-60 minutes a day.

E-Mail
Sometimes the, “Remind,” app acts up and refuses to work. As another form of communication, you can always e-mail me: thompsl@dearbornschools.org

Additional Resources
During these uncertain times, it is important that every family has access to resources they may need. Great Start Detroit/Wayne County has provided families with access to resources. Please click on this website to access the resources you may need: https://www.greatstartwayne.org/findhelp

Literacy Activity

For today’s literacy activity, the students will practice writing. Like our last writing activity, the students will continue to work on narrative writing. A “narrative” is another word for a story.

Today’s writing prompt is: What is your favorite thing to do at home?

First, the students will watch my video of me modeling the writing activity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7mKxZkTwg&t=4s

Next, your child will write their own story about their favorite things to do at home. They may need help with writing their sentence and labeling their picture. That is okay!!

Last, read your child’s story with them. It is fun for your child to read what they wrote!

Here are the materials you will need for this activity:

• Paper (it can be any paper)
• Crayons (if you do not have crayons, you can use any other writing utensil you may have such as pencils, markers, etc.)
• Pen or pencil

Because my modeling video exceeds the 5-10 minute time frame for this activity, please allow your child breaks in between the activity (I apologize for this).

Math Activity

One important math concept that is important for young children to learn is recognizing numbers. Basic number recognition is important for young children because it helps them with more complicated math activities, such as adding, subtracting, number lines, and more. To help with their number recognition, here is a fun activity you and your child to do at home!

Today, I encourage you and your child to do a number scavenger hunt! Here is how it works:

1. Write each of these numbers on a piece of paper (other paper alternatives can be Post-It notes, the back of can labels, scrap paper from old letters, etc.): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
2. Show your child each of the numbers one at a time. Ask them what the number is (example: “What is this number?”). Try not to tell them what the number is, please allow your child to think about what the number is.
3. If your child does not know the number, tell them. Have them repeat the number back.
4. After showing your child all of the numbers, hide the pieces of paper with the numbers around your house (make sure the paper is visible for the child to see).
5. Encourage your child to find all the numbers in the house. After they find the number, ask them what number they found. (example: “You found a number! What number did you find?”)
6. OPTIONAL: If your child does well with this activity, give them a challenge! Do the same activity with these numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

Work Time

At school, the children engage in imaginary play for at least 60 minutes a day. This is a time for the children to engage with their friends,explore materials in the classroom, and participate creatively in activities that are of interest to the child. To accomplish this, we use a plan, do, review process which we call: “Planning Time, Work Time, and Recall.” You can do this at home! Here is how it works:

• 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؟)

Outdoor Exploration

The Dearborn Public Schools parks and sports fields are still closed. However, you and your child can still go outside for exercise! You can play outside in your yard or go on walks! As long as the weather is good, I encourage you and your child to go outside for at least 45-60 minutes a day. As a suggestion, you can go outside for 45-60 minutes at one time OR spend about 20-30 minutes in the morning and 20-30 minutes in the afternoon.