Ruhnke Review for 1/17/22

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What We are Learning:

Reading/Phonics: We have been working on our Rhyming, Onset Fluency (beginning sound), Final Sounds, and Middle Sounds, which are quite difficult for many. We also have been working on Blending the letter sounds to make words, Segmenting words into individual letter sounds, Letter Naming & the sound they make. We have learned the letters Aa, Cc, Dd, Ii, Ll, Tt, Rr, Nn, Ff, Pp, Hh, Gg, Oo, Bb, Mm, Ss, Jj, Vv, Ww, Ee. We have also been working on Language Awareness and 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,” your child should repeat the word then say what the final sound is—/m/. Please encourage your child to write the letter(s) the correct way so they will not have to relearn it. Thank you.

Reading-CKLA: We are still listening and learning about Short Stories. Some more of these stories that we have heard and read in class are: “The Breman Town Musicians” & “The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids.” We are enjoying listening and discussing these stories! We still continue to say/sing the Nursery Rhymes we learned since we love them so much! We don’t want to forget them, so please, continue saying/singing them with your child!

Math: Chapter 10: Addition Within 10. Vocabulary: add, put together, in all, part, plus +, equals =, in all, addition sentence, addition pattern. When we finish Ch. 10, we will go on to Ch. 11: Subtraction Within 10. Vocabulary: take away, left, take apart, subtract, minus -, subtraction sentence, subtraction pattern.

Religion: 1. Wrong Choices-Sin 2. God’s Family-Baptism 3. Forgiveness is an Act of Love 4. Prayer 5. We will learn about the Mass.

Humanities: We will learn about, 1. “Early New Kingdom in Egypt,” 2. “Moses’ Birth” 3. “The Ten Plagues in Egypt” 4. “The Exodus”. 5. “The Ten Commandments” 6. “Amenhotep IV & Monotheism” 7. “The Reign of Tutankhamon.”

Star of the Week for January 10th is:

June P.

Star of the Week for January 24th is:

Christopher M.

Star of the Week for January 31st is:

Eh Moo S.

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

The December Reading Log was due Monday, January 3rd. If you have not sent your child’s completed reading log in, please do so ASAP! The January Reading Log will be due Tuesday, February 1st. I will send the February reading log home with your child the last week in January.

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic Book Orders for this month will be DUE January 24th. The fliers came home with your child last week in their Take-Home-Folders.

Allergies:

We have a tree nuts allergy in our classroom. Please do not send any tree nuts in your child ’s snack. Your child may bring these foods to school in their Lunch since we have a separate table for these students to sit at because of any food allergies they may have.

Memory/Sight Words:

Your child will have approximately four(4) Memory/Sight words to learn 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(4 each week) every day for 10 minutes, 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, an, am, by, or, go, no, so, see, all, but, can, not, are, his, her, was, like, love, him, look, did, has, get, got, had, that, they, with, saw, say, sit, any, ask, big, day, may, from, have, one, this, said, your, what, when, how, it’s, were, will

January 2022 Testing

I am assessing all Kindergartners throughout January. Here are some of the things that I am assessing them on so that you can work with your child: 1.Capital/Uppercase & Lowercase Letters 2. Letter Sounds 3. ALL Memory/Sight Words we have learned up through the week I assess them. Check the “Ruhnke Review” for a list of the words. 4. Rhyming words 5. Blending letter sounds to make words 6. Their Reading ability/Level. 7. Numbers—Counting, Writing the numbers & matching numbers to objects. 8. Prayers: a)“The Sign of the Cross,” b) “Glory Be,” c) “Angel of God,” d)Prayer Before Meals—”Bless Us O Lord,” e) “Hail Mary,” and f) “The Our Father.” Thank you for your help!!

NWEA TESTING

Besides the assessing I will be doing in January, the Kindergartners will also be taking the NWEA Reading & Math Assessments. The Reading Assessment will be on January 24th and the Math Assessment will be on January 26th. Please make sure your child has a good night’s sleep the night before and they have had a healthy breakfast (if they eat at home). Thank you!

Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Monday, January 31st from 10am-6pm and Tuesday, & February 1st after school from 4-7pm. A sign-up form should have come home with your child for you to pick the day and time of your choice, and in person or virtual/online, or phone. Please return this sheet BY Tuesday if you haven’t returned it already.

Dress For the Weather

Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for outside recess. They need to have the correct outerwear at school. Students go outside for recess every day unless it is raining, below 0 degrees, or the windshield is below 0. So, PLEASE make sure they have on ALL 5—snow boots, snow pants, hat, waterproof mittens/gloves, and a winter coat/jacket. Miss Eh Blu and I gave every Kindergarten student these items if they didn’t already have them. So, please make sure they are bringing these 5 items to school every day! THANK YOU!!

Catholic Schools Week

Sunday, January 23rd: Please attend Sunday Mass at 9:30am at St. Jerome. Students wear your uniform.

Monday, January 24th: Dress Comfy & Cozy Day!

Tuesday, January 25th: Dress like a Saint Day-Please come dressed as your favorite Saint. They should come in their school uniform if they don’t dress up like a Saint. I will also have something ready for them if they don’t have a saint outfit to wear.

Wednesday, January 26th-Dress Your Best Day-Look good for God-We go to Mass today!

Thursday, January 27th: SJS Spirit Day-Everyone wear any clothing with St. Jerome on it! You may wear the new Blue & White Hat each student was given, SJS sweatshirts, sweatpants, etc. We will go on a field trip to Sunray Bowling Lanes. Please make sure you fill in the “Field Trip” form and return it to the school ASAP!

Friday, January 28th: Service Project Day. Kindergarten should wear the color GRAY today. If they don’t have any gray, then please come in the school uniform. For the service project, Kindergarten students are to bring in child-size socks. Please start sending the socks in right away! Thank you!

Specialist Schedule

Monday=Phy Ed/Gym

Tuesday=Phy Ed/Gym & Music

Wednesday=”The Forge”/Science & Art/Humanities

Thursday=Music & Library

Friday=”The Forge”/Science & Art/Humanities

Upcoming Events:

1/17 NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King Day

1/18 NO SCHOOL-Teacher Workshop Training

1/19-21 I will be out. A Substitute Teacher (Mrs. Foss), will be here for me. Miss. Eh Blu will also be here.

1/23—29 Catholic Schools Week-See schedule of events above.

1/31 NO SCHOOL-Conferences from 10am-6pm.

2/1 Conferences from 4-7pm.