Ruhnke Review for 5/23/22
651-771-8494 aruhnke@stjeromeschool.org
What We are Learning:
Groves/Phonics: We will continue to work on the “Groves” phonics that we have been doing since the beginning of the school year. It has been getting much harder for many! Please help your child to “tap” out short words (no more than 4 letters). The word(s) should have a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern, such as cat, dog, lip, bat, log, mad, fox, zip, mix, bad, tap, mat, etc… If it is a 4-letter word, then it should have a Digraph (th, ch, sh, wh, ck). Examples of words with a digraph are: that, what, shell, chin, duck-the ck digraph is always at the end of the word. Some words have 2 digraphs such as: which, church, and check.
Reading/CKLA: We are continuing to work on the unit about Farms. We are reading and discussing stories such as: “Old MacDonald Has a Farm,” and learning about the different animals on a farm. We will also read & discuss “All Kinds of Crops,” “The Little Read Hen,” “The Seasons of Farming,” and “From Farm to Table.”
Math: Chapter 15: We will move on to Chapter 16: Numbers to 100. Vocabulary: count, count by 1 s, count by 10 s, count by 5 s, count forward, fifty chart, hundred chart.
Please continue to practice addition and subtraction with your child. Without practice they will forget how to add and subtract and, as you know, they will need to know these math concepts for the rest of their lives. Thank you!
Religion: Faith & Trust, After Death There is Life, God Should Come First in Our Lives, God Cares for Us & All He has Made.
Humanities: The Reign of Tutankhamon, Later New Kingdom in Egypt, Davidic Kingdom I & II Samuel, & I Chronicles, Solomon’s Reign I Kings 1-11, II Chronicles 1-9, Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt, Egypt Fall to Rome.
Star of the Week
Every Kindergarten student has had a turn being the “Star of the Week.” So, from now until the end of the school year, each Day there will be a different student as the “Star of the Day!” They will help lead the calendar and morning routine, they will be the line-leader, and they get to be my “helper” for that day!!
Tuesday, May 24th-NO SCHOOL
(for just the current Kindergarten students. All other students, grades 1-8, WILL have school).
There will be no school on Tuesday, May 24th for the current kindergarten students because I will be hosting “Kindergarten Round-Up” for next year’s kindergarten students. Thank you!
SEND A WATER BOTTLE, PLEASE!!
PLEASE send a water bottle to school with your child. Now that the weather is getting warmer, the children keep asking to get a drink, but because of Covid, all drinking-fountains are not in working order. Students get hot and thirsty. Without having a water bottle, it is hard to get a drink, and the school can’t hand out paper cups to 160+ students many times per day. Thank you.
NEXT YEAR
I am not sure if your child has told you, but I am moving to 1st Grade with your children next year!! I am so excited that I will be their teacher again for another year!! I have been very blessed to have such a wonderful group of Kindergarten students this year that I decided to move into the 1st grade teaching position since Mrs. Byers will be leaving to stay home with her new baby.
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, them, then, there, their, use, out, many, come, some, made, make, into, more, could, would, down, find than, about, these, two, time, first, here, just, little, where, went, want, very, way, our, who, why, yes, off, now
Special People Day(sometimes known as Grandparents' Day)
Thank you to all that came to this special day. I am sorry that I wasn’t able to be there, but I saw video of the Kindergartener’s performance and the rest of the school, and it was wonderful!! Nancy Masson did an absolutely beautiful job working with all the students and making this concert as fantastic as it was!! Bravo, Mrs. Masson on your last Music Concert Performance at St. Jerome School!!
Specialist Schedule
Monday=Phy Ed/Gym
Tuesday=Phy Ed/Gym & Music
Wednesday=”The Forge” (Science & Art)
Thursday= Music & Library
Friday=”The Forge” (Science & Art)
Upcoming Events:
5/20 Scholastic Book Orders Due. LAST Book Order of the Year!
5/24 NO SCHOOL-Just for the CURRENT kindergartners (All other students, grades 1-8 WILL have school). I will be having next-year’s kindergartners here for “Kindergarten Round-Up.”
5/30 NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day
6/2 8th Grade Graduation @6pm
6/7 Field Day!! (More Information to come)…
6/9 Last day of school: 11:45 dismissal.