Ruhnke Review 10/30/2023
651-771-8494 aruhnke@stjeromeschool.org
We are Learning About:
Groves/Phonics: We continue reviewing rhyming, knowing the onset (beginning sound), final sound of a word, the letters and sounds, digraphs (ch, th, sh, wh, & ck), and working on handwriting with each letter/sound. We finished all the lower-case letters, and are now working on the Capital/Upper-case letters. We have begun learning new concepts such as the “Floss Rule” or the “Consonant Blend” rule which is: when 2 or more consonants are next to each other in a word, each letter says its own sound, but they are blended together & it is called a consonant blend. An example would be the word flag. the letters f & l each say their own sound, yet they are a blend of the two letters.
Math: We have started Chapter 4: Addition & Subtraction Relationships within 10. Vocabulary: related subtraction facts, related addition facts, fact family, related facts, bar model, missing addend, how many more, how many fewer, more, fewer, model. PLEASE, if you haven’t already, take out your Addition flash-cards that were on the 1st Grade supply list. Please help your child practice 10 minutes every evening!! We will be taking addition timed-quizzes 0-12 later in the school year (around January/February). We may do some practice quizzes before Thanksgiving!! Chapter 5: Measurement & Length. Vocabulary: length, shortest, longest, compare, measure, unit, estimate, ruler, inch & inches, inch ruler. The students will be ordering objects from shortest to longest or longest to shortest using 1st, 2nd, 3rd. They will be using a small paper clip to measure objects or connecting cubes to measure. They will also be using a ruler measuring by the inch or inches. If your child comes home with any of these items to use for their homework, please make sure that it is returned to St. Jerome each day. We will need them to continue our lessons at school. Thank you. We will begin chapter 6 when we are done with chapter 5. Chapter 6: Place Value to 100. Vocabulary: tens, ones, ten rod, tens number, two-digit number, hundred chart, count by 2’s, count by 5’s, count by 10’s. Students will be breaking down numbers. for example: the number 32 would be 3 tens and 2 ones, or the number 76 is 7 tens and 6 ones, etc.
Religion: We have been going over to the church to practice for our upcoming Mass on November 8th. If your child has a reading part in the Mass, I sent home the reading with a note asking you to practice with your child at home. This is very important so that they will know how to: read carefully, with good intonation, read it smoothly, and use their voice projection and not mumble, so that it will be heard by all. Thank you for your help. Because of our need to practice for our upcoming 1st grade mass, our Chapter 4 Religion lessons have been put on “hold” until the mass is over, November 8th. Chapter 4:“God’s Special Gifts.” The Lessons are: Our Bodies, Our Souls, Our Path to Heaven, Our Guardian Angels
Reading/CKLA: “The Human Body.” Lessons will include: Everybody has a Body, The Body’s Framework, Marvelous Moving Muscles, Chew, Swallow, Squeeze, & Churn, The Body’s Superhighway, Control Center-The Brain. This unit is also where November’s memorization poem comes from!
Star of the Week
October 30, 2023
Isaac A.
November 6
Priscilla L.
November 13
Ophelia L.
A couple of times a month we will have a “Star of the Week” student in our classroom. This entitles the student to be the line-leader, to lead the morning calendar routine, to share/tell all about him/herself by filling in a small poster sheet. This will come home a couple of days, or so, before they are the star. Please have your child fill in the information about themself & color it to make it look nice.
Memory/Sight Words:
Again, this year your child will be working on Memory/Sight words. I will list them here as we do them so that you can work with your child at home, also. We have begun with some review words from last year. We will continue learning more each week. Memory/Sight words are words we find in every sentence we read. Students must know these words to be able to read a sentence. Students should memorize these words, NOT sound them out. Please practice these words every day, both reading them and spelling them.
a, I, and, the, is, was, as, has, to, do, go, no, me, be, we, see, you, are, her, his, or, for, said, of, my, by, like, one, he, she, have, they, were, there, where, from, what, come, some, new, any, many, out, our, saw, how, now, look, old, cold, hold, sold, child, wild, mild, find, kind, mind, bolt, colt, jolt, post, most, two, should, would, could, so, both, put, over, under, after, here, your, once, give, live, shove, again, against, been, does, goes, know, very, every, too, talk, walk, down, into, want, only
Reading Log
The October Reading Log is due on Wednesday, November 1st. Please make sure it is filled in and signed before sending it back to school.
The November Reading Log will be in the conference folder I will discuss with you at conferences. Your child should be reading simple, Level A, B, C, or D books by now. They have to be reading 20-30 minutes daily! PARENTS: Please, Each day write how many minutes they read, then you/parent need to sign (or initial) the sheet. At the end of each month, send the completed sheet back to school with your child. I will then send the following month’s Reading Log home. THANK YOU!
HOMEWORK
In 1st Grade, the students will have homework most nights. This is what to expect:
1. Math. Almost every night your child will have 1-2 math worksheets to do. Please help your child so that they understand what they are doing (if you have trouble with it, look at the sheets we did together in class. This will show you what/how to do the problems on the homework sheets).
2. Daily reading. Your child should be reading 20-30 minutes every day! As I stated above, fill out the Reading Log every day with how many minutes your child read, then sign it (or initial it), and send it back to school at the end of each month. Sr. Audrey, our Reading/Literacy Specialist will be giving your child a book in a bag every day. Your child should read the book at home, then return it to school the next day, and Sr. Audrey will give your child a new book to read. This reading will count towards minutes read on the “Reading Log” also!!
3. Monthly Memorization. This is usually a poem of some sort. Each month (although September & October are together), I will send a memorization piece home with your child. Please work on it each day for 10 or so minutes until your child memorizes it. I will be listening to each student recite the poem at the end of every month. The St. Jerome Pledge came home for the September & October Memorization poem. All students that were at St. Jerome School last year in Kindergarten said it every day , so they should know much of it already! In November, I will send home another poem or memorization piece for them to know by the end of November. Thank you for helping your child learn these!
September & October: Saint Jerome School Pledge. November: “Dr. Welbody’s Heroes,“ December: “Star Light, Star Bright” January: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” February: “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” March: “The Pasture” April: “Rope Rhyme” May: “The Swing”
4. Prayers. We will continue to work on the prayers that your child began learning in Kindergarten. I sent home a sheet with the prayers your child needs to work on. PLEASE don’t throw it away, or lose it! This could be kept on the refrigerator for all to see, and so that your 1st grader and your family can say these payers together daily. This way, not only are they learning the prayers, but they will also be praying to God and with the entire family!! What more could you ask for??!! Here are the prayers your child should practice/say: 1) Sign of the Cross 2) Glory Be 3) Hail Mary. 4) Our Father. 5) Grace (Prayer) before Meals. 6) Angel of God.
Rake-A-Thon
THANK YOU!
Thank you, parents, for you & your child’s participation! Our class had 100% participation so they have earned something exciting! I’m not sure what yet, though. I need to talk with them to find out what they would like: it might be a class party, extra recess, a movie, free time, or something else they may want. Also, the entire school earned a day to play, “TURKEY BINGO!” They earned this by having everyone in the school participate. We had 100% participation in the Rake-a-Thon!!!
Halloween, Tuesday October 31st
Your child should wear their gym uniform, and over that they should wear their Halloween costume! We will parade through the school to show-off our costumes then the students will take them off for some academics. In the afternoon we will have a party! If you would like, you may send in a treat your child will share with the class. There are 24 students and two adults in our classroom. Thank you!
Specialist Schedule
Monday=Phy. Ed/Gym
Tuesday=Phy. Ed/Gym & Music
Wednesday=”The Forge”(Science & Art)
Thursday=Music
Friday=”The Forge” (Science & Art)
Upcoming Events:
11/1 All Saints Day—Holy Day of Obligation. Please join us for Mass at 9:45am
11/2 Conferences 4 pm - 8 pm.
11/3 NO SCHOOL: Conferences 9 am-5 pm.
11/8 1st Grade Mass. The 1st graders will be helping with the mass. Please come and join us at 9:45am.
11/22, 23, & 24th NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING BREAK. Let’s give thanks to God for all that we have.