St. Christopher School

Check out the fun things we did as we learned letters O through R this month:

* As we learned about the letter O, we studied ocean animals.

* We read a story about acceptance and used jewels to make our own rainbow fish.

* We used chalk, saran, and meat trays to make our favorite sparkly fish. Then we used our sounds to name it.

* As we learned about the letter P we learned about the importance of prayer as well as what things we can pray for. We made prayer pyramids showing when and where we can pray.

* We made prayer magnets for the elderly.

* We also learned about foods that come from pigs and made pig wheels.

* We graphed our favorite pork products.

* We used our sounds to write signs to the big bad wolf from the three little pigs.

* As we learned about the letter Q, we worked in groups to illustrate a bible story about quail falling from the sky for the hall.

* We learned about the question mark and thought of questions we would ask a queen.

* We made a rain mobile with pictures of R things on each raindrop.

* We read Noah's Ark and made a real rainbow on the ceiling in our classroom.

* We made a rain cloud in a ziploc bag.

* We painted what we think is at the end of a rainbow.

In math we've been learning about addition and subtraction. We had a special visit from Mr. Daniels. We acted out the song "Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed," and formed subtraction sentences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 1st- 5th  Catholic Schools week

Feb 2nd- Pajama Day

Feb 3rd- Reports Cards due back

Feb 5th- Box of Valentines due for each child to complete in school

Feb 12th- Valentine's Party (2:00 PM)

* We made angels and stars for our bulletin board as we learned about the meaning of Christmas.

* We made ornaments for our class Christmas tree.

* We made Nativity scenes with the help of our 4th grade buddies.

* After learning about the Three Magi, we made a picture of what we would have given baby Jesus. We used our sounds to write about our gifts to Jesus . Then we decorated it like a present and hung it in the hall.

* We made Mother Hubbard's cupboard and put M things in it.

* We read "Hey Diddle Diddle," and thought of other things starting with M that a cow could jump over.

* We read "Little Miss Muffet" and talked about things that frighten us. Then we read about different kinds of spiders and the different webs they weave.

* We made different nocurnal animals as we learned about the letter N.

Congratulations to the 16 children in Miss Hilton's class who completed practice sheets over the Christmas break and were rewarded with ice cream sundaes!