651-771-8494 ext.18 aruhnke@stjeromeschool.org

We are Learning About:

Reading: We will continue our new phonics curriculum, “Groves.” This program will be used the entire school year. It consists of Rhyming, Onset Fluency (beginning sound), Blending words, Isolating the Final sound in a word, Segmenting words, Adding words, Deleting words, Substituting words, Letter Naming, & Language Awareness.

Math: We will continue Topic 3: Patterns Please work with your child on Topic 3 Vocabulary: repeat & pattern. Please continue to work with your child on the vocabulary that was in Topic 2. Some had a difficult time with understanding these words: inside, outside, over, under, on, top, middle, bottom, before, after, left, right. Please work with your child so they know & understand these words/terms. Thank you. You can practice doing patterns at home. Use items you find in and around your house. For example: use a spoons and forks-set up 1 spoon, 1 fork, 1 spoon, 1 fork, 1 spoon, 1 fork etc. Or use colors: Use color crayons or markers or find items with color. Put them in a line to make a pattern & ask your child what the pattern is. Right now, our class calendar is green & red apples. 2 green apples then 2 red apples, 2 green apples, then 2 red apples, etc. Then you could do shape patterns. For example: draw 1 triangle, then draw 2 circles, then 1 square & repeat the pattern. When we finish with Topic 3, then we will be on to Topic 4: Numbers Zero to Five. Vocabulary for Topic 4: zero, one, two, three, four, five, count, & number, same as, fewer, more.

Religion: Love Others As God Loves You.

Humanities: The Tower of Babel: Genesis 11.

Science: We will continue to learn about Energy.

Star of the Week for October 7, 2019

Ephraim 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.

THANK YOU!

Thank you for sending your child/ren to St. Jerome School. I look forward to each day with your child to work with them on their academics, spirituality, emotions, life skills, and more! I am so blessed to be here at St. Jerome with your children!! They mean the world to me! THANK YOU!!

Conferences

Conferences are just around the corner on Monday & Tuesday, October 14 & 15 from 4-8pm. I value you as your child’s first teacher & want to partner with you to make your child shine! I am your child’s Kindergarten teacher & I value the time I spend with your child helping them to learn. But, without YOU (parents), I could not do this alone. Together, WE can help your child be the best he/she can be!! I am looking forward to meeting with each of you at Conferences!! Also, I sent a parent survey to each of you to fill out and send back to me by Monday October 7th. This will help me to know what you would like to discuss at conferences. Thank you.

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. Here are the first four Memory/Sight words:

a, I, to, the, in, it, is, at, as, on, and, you

Take-Home Folder

Your child comes home each day with a nice plastic Take-Home folder in their backpack. This folder holds all their beautiful school work they have done, and other important papers. Please take out all papers each day. Look through them & shower your child with praise!! Keep the papers at home (unless it is something that needs to be signed and returned). Then make sure the folder gets put back in the backpack so that it comes to me the next day. Thank you!!

Thursday Folder

This is a white folder/envelope with pink tape around the edges. It comes home every Thursday. It has many papers from the school office that are very important in it. Please take all papers out & read through them. Fill in any that need signing, then put them back in the folder/envelope and return it to school on Friday. Thank you!

Did You Know?

St. Jerome School requires at least 15 hours of volunteer time from each family? It helps keep the school going strong and shares the load. So, if you are ready to volunteer for some of your 15 hours, then contact the office at 651-771-8494 and they can let you know what those opportunities for volunteering are.

Rake-A-Thon

The Rake-a-Thon is a way for St. Jerome School to earn money for books, Field Trips, and materials needed in the classroom. ALL students should participate. Students should collect $$ money from family members-Grandparents, parents, cousins, Aunts & Uncles, friends, neighbors, etc. then bring the $$ money into school. On Friday, October 25th the entire school will go out into the neighborhood and rake lawns for those people unable to do this themself. This is a way we can give back to our community and earn money for our school. We ask that each student bring in whatever amount of $$ money they can-$1.00 or $100.00 dollars-whatever they are able. We are counting on 100% participation! If we get 100% participation, then we will get to play Turkey Bingo with all the students at St. Jerome!! And if our class has 100% participation, then we will get something special just for our classroom! (The Kindergarten students voted to have Ice Cream if everyone from our class participates!!) So, please have your child collect & bring in whatever amount of $$ money they can to help our school. THANK YOU!

Specialist Schedule

Upcoming Events:

10/7 Field Trip to the St. Paul Cathedral for the Rosary Parade.

10/8 2nd Tally Tuesday-Turn in any $$ money you have collected for the Rake-a-Thon. Home & School Meeting at 7pm (Childcare is available). Please Come!

10/14 Conferences 4-8pm

10/15 Conferences 4-8pm

10/15 3rd Tally Tuesday-Turn in any $$ money you have collected for the Rake-a-Thon.

10/16-18 NO SCHOOL. Teacher Workshop & Fall Break.

10/22 Last day to turn in any $$ money collected for the Rake-a-Thon.

10/25 Rake-A-Thon Day!!! Rake yards then Hot Dog Lunch, then Dismissal is at 12:30!

11/22 Harvest Meal: 5:30-7:30pm Everyone come and bring a dish to share!

Ruhnke Review for 10/7/19