Ruhnke Review for 11/9/20
651-771-8494 aruhnke@stjeromeschool.org
What We are Learning:
Reading: We continue our 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. Please encourage your child to write the letter(s) the correct way so they will not have to relearn it. Thank you.
Math: We are now in Chapter 4: Count and Write Numbers 6 to 10. Vocabulary words: six, seven, eight, nine, ten, count, order, before, after, greater-than, and less-than. When done with Ch 4, then we will go on to Chapter 5: Count and Compare Numbers 0-10. Vocabulary: count, order, 1 more, count forward, count back, greater than, less than, sort, tally mark, tally chart, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
Religion: Actions & Attitudes:The Ten Commandments, Love Others As God Loves You, then we will do a chapter on God’s House-The Church, and The Church Leaders.
Humanities: We have learned about “The Old Kingdom in Egypt,” so now we will go on to learn about the “Call of Abram.” Genesis 12-13, then we will learn about, “God’s Covenant with Abraham.” Then, “Hagar and Ishmael.”
Star of the Week for November 9th will be
Zee Zee P.
Star of the Week for November 16th will be
Lukas H.
Star of the Week for November 30th will be
Evan H.
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 October Reading Logs were due November 1st. IF you have not yet turned your child’s log in, please send it in on Monday or ASAP. Thank you.
Dress For the Weather
Starting on Monday, the weather is suppose to be very cold. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately especially for outside. 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. THANK YOU!! If you would like your child to keep these items at school they may do so. Also, PLEASE send school shoes with your child. They are not allowed to wear their boots in the classroom: They need to have shoes on. THANKS!
Allergies:
We have a peanut (tree nuts) and cherry allergy in our classroom. Please do not send any of these food items 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.
Water Bottles:
Please send a water bottle to school for your child. Since the drinking fountains are not in use (because of Covid-19), if your child has a water bottle, we do have a water-bottle fill station. The ONLY liquid students may bring to school is WATER. NO Kool-Aid, no juice, no flavored water, no pop/soda, no Gatorade, etc. Make sure to put your child’s name on their water bottle!
Memory/Sight Words:
Your child will have approximately four(4) Memory/Sight words to learn each week. We will begin learning them starting next week, September 28th. 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, 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
Scholastic Book Orders:
The November book flyers did not come to me, so I called to have them sent to SJS. They said they will send them out to me, although I won’t receive them for about 7 days. I will send them to you as soon as they come! Until then, if you would like to view the flyers online, just go to www.Scholastic.com and they will be there. You may also order online, and remember to use our class code of: RGVYW. I also recommend the Leveled books A-D. They usually come in a package deal of about 12 books for $15-$24 dollars. Your child will be reading at these levels beginning this school year, and you will need to have these leveled books for your child. The November book flyer is coming home today. All Orders are due by November 23th. If you would like to place an order, the easiest way to do so is online. Use code RGVYW. If you would rather fill in your order using the flyer, please send it back to school in an envelope marked “Scholastic Book Order” with your child’s name on it. Put a check or cash in the envelope for the total $ amount. Thank you!!
Quiet/Nap Time
We are beginning to phase out our quiet/nap time since we have sooo much to do and not enough time to get it all done!
Specialist Schedule
Monday=Music
Tuesday=Phy Ed/Gym
Wednesday=Library & Music Movement
Thursday=”The Forge”(Science & Art)
& Music
Friday=Phy Ed/Gym
Upcoming Events:
11/18 School Board Meeting at 7pm.
11/20 Picture Retake Day (previous pictures will be back by then).
11/24 Turkey Bingo at 2pm!!
11/25-11/29 Thanksgiving Break!!! (Don’t eat too much turkey)!
11/30 Advent Begins.
12/1 End of First Trimester. November Reading Logs are due.