St. Christopher School

Happy New Year!

It's a new year and that means new activities in science.  We've started a unit in physcial science and are conducting experiments in static electricity.  The students will try to recreate the observation of ancient Greek scientist, Thales, who lived 2,000 years ago.  They will charge a "magic rod" and try to pick up feathers, threads, and even try to separate salt and pepper. We'll also discuss and learn about electrons and protons, negatively and positively charged objects, and how static electricity, current electricity, and magnetism are related.

On to reading...Literature and writing are being linked. We're reading " how and why stories," and students are presently writing their own imaginative pieces about nature.

In math we've doing some pre-algebra and are learning about order of operations. Students have also discovered how to figure out their academic averages, finding the mean of a series of numbers. Of course, we're still practicing math facts on a weekly basis.

We've delved into Jesus' Jewish roots and studied and recited the "shema" which is the first half of the great commandment.

I love your kids and love working with them. Keep up the good parenting.

Until next time... Mrs T