Ruhnke Review for 11/4/19
651-771-8494 ext.18 aruhnke@stjeromeschool.org
We are Learning About:
Reading: We have been working on our Rhyming, Onset Fluency (beginning sound), Blending words, Segmenting words, Letter Naming-we have learned the letters Aa, Cc, Dd, Ii, Ll, and Tt. When you see words or letters anywhere, point to one of the letters they have learned and ask them what the letter is and the sound it makes. This will help them to remember it. We have also been working on Language Awareness. and we just began Isolating the Final sound in a word. This last concept is very difficult for many students, so please work with your child on this. Say a word, then have your child say what the final sound is in that word. For example, say “game” then your child should repeat the word then say what the final sound is—/m/.
Math: We will continue Topic 5: Numbers Six to Ten. Vocabulary: six, seven, eight, nine, ten, order, number line, forward, backward, graph. When we finish this Topic we will begin Topic 6: Comparing Numbers. The vocabulary for T6 is: greater, less, greater-than, less-than.
Religion: We will learn about All Saints’ Day.
Humanities: We will learn about “The First Intermediate Period in Egypt”
Science: We will continue to learn about Energy: Heat, Light & Sound.
Star of the Week for November 4, 2019
Konrad J.
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 poster. This will come home about a week or so before they are the star. A letter will also be included with the poster explaining all the special things the student will have an opportunity to do.
Reading Log
Reading Logs were due November 1st. If you have not turned in your child’s yet, please send it in on Monday. Thank you. The November Reading Log was sent home on Thursday, Oct. 31st.
Winter Apparel
Now that the weather is colder and most likely will continue to get even colder still, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately especially for outside. We go outside for recess twice a day unless the temperature is below 0 or the windshield is below 0. I always tell my Kindergarten students that they should wear snow-pants and boots, not just when it snows, but also to stay warm! Please make sure your child/children have a warm winter coat/jacket, water-proof mittens/gloves, please, NOT the knit cloth ones since they get soaking wet and then your child puts them on for the afternoon recess and their little hands freeze! Make sure your child has a hat, boots, and snow-pants, also. If your Kindergartner doesn’t have one or any of these items, please let me know & I will get it for him/her. : )
Parent Focus Group
Mrs. Gattman is still looking for parents of St. Jerome School to participate in a Focus Group with the Healey Education Foundation on Tuesday, November 5th from 9:30-11am. They would like to know parents’ perceptions of leadership, enrollment, marketing, and finances. The information will be used to set course for the next years to come. Please call the school at 771-8494 to be apart of this!!
Memory/Sight Words:
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, to, the, in, it, is, at, as, on, and, you, be, of, we, for, if, do, he, she, me, my, us, up
Did You Know?
Did you know that St. Jerome School has a Food Shelf in the office? If you have a need, you may come in and take what you need. If your child/children are coming in, please have them only take what is needed. We have had many students come in and take many items only to deplete the shelf for those that really do have the need. Thank you.
Reminder
School begins at 9:30am. If your child is later than this, they must go to the office to sign in since lunch and attendance have already been taken. They are considered Tardy if they come in after 9:30am. so please do your best to be on time! Students that take the bus are not marked late since they have no control over this. Breakfast is FREE for all Kindergarten students. Breakfast begins at 9am and goes until 9:15, again unless your child is a bus rider, then they may eat when the bus arrives at SJS.
At the end of the day, if you are picking up your child from school, please wait outside for us to come out of the building. We do have a routine to follow right up until the end of the day, and it throws us off when we are disrupted. If you are picking up your child before the end of the school day, you MUST go to the office first to sign them out. Then the office will call me so that I can send your child to meet you in the office. Thank you!
Harvest Meal 2019
The Harvest Meal is an evening shared with other families from our school eating a meal together. It will take place here at the school on November 22nd from 5:30-7:30pm. Every family that comes (and please bring all: parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc.) should bring a dish to share that your family loves—enough for 10-12 people. Let’s celebrate the love and blessings of our St. Jerome community!!
Specialist Schedule
Monday
Art
Tuesday
Art & Library book return & check-out
Wednesday
Music
Thursday
Phy. Ed., Technology, & Music
Friday
Phy. Ed.
Upcoming Events:
11/5 Parent Focus Group-9:30-11am
11/12 Home & School Meeting-7pm in the Library.
11/22 Harvest Meal: 5:30-7:30pm Everyone please come and bring a dish to share with 10-12 people!
11/26 End of First Trimester
11/27-29 NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING Break.
12/1 November Reading Logs are due. First Day of Advent.
12/5 Report Cards go Home
12/19 Christmas Program at 2pm and 7pm.
12/23-1/3 NO SCHOOL-Christmas Break.