St. Christopher School

Hello Everyone!  4T is studying Advent and getting ready for Christmas. We left Moses in the desert, temporarily, and we switched to the New Testament. Jesus is on his way, and John, his cousin, will be telling the crowds "After me comes he who is mightier than I..." We are preparing ours hearts and souls, as we count down to Christmas. Thursday, December 15th, is the annual Christmas Pageant. On Friday, December 16th, there will be a Penitential Service, and on Thursday, December 22nd 4T will have their Christmas party. 

The assigned book report this month is to read a Christmas book. Directions for the project have been sent home. The choices are a poster or a book conference with the teacher. No vague answers to discussion questions will be allowed!! Please continue to have your child read every night at home.

The whole school got a chance to view the science, ecosystem projects. A dozen of them were brought to Barnes and Noble for viewing, and several others are on display in the case in the lobby. I learned new facts from the oral presentations, and that's always fun for me.

We're starting division in math, and I'm adding a healthy dose of word problems to keep the students mentally sharp. I hold a "math clinic" every Wednesday at 8 am, so send your child in if he/she needs a little extra practice.

In writing, the students have been working on descriptive paragraphs of cities that they've visited. They really are avid travellers, and it's interesting what sights and sounds they remember from their trips. I've also added dictation sentences to the weekly spelling test.

We'll have our second spelling bee of the year this Thursday and Friday. (Lessons 7 through 12) I'm working on adding the 100 most misspelled words for elementary students to the lists at www.spellingcity.com  I'll need a few more days for that, but in the meantime you might like to visit the spelling site to give your student extra practice with the weekly words.

We're metaphorically hiking the Appalachian Mountains into West Virginia and down to Georgia. We'll be enjoying a virtual trip down thanks to National Geographic and our state of the art projector. The students did well on the Northeast states test, and now we're beginning the study of the Southeast.

Questions or concerns?  Send me an email.  Until next time...

Mrs. T