Sound Needs Vibration AND Air

In our science experiments last week, we discovered that vibrations cause the air around objects to vibrate.  When we struck a tuning fork, we felt the vibration.  When we held it to paper, it made the paper vibrate with its own sound!

The drum vibrated and moved the paper clips on top of it.

Good Vibrations

As part of our science unit on sound waves, the First Graders felt the vibrations of their vocal chords and experimented with blocking sound waves from their ears.

We Feel So Comfortable at St. Johns!

 St. John's students participate in Friday's Pajama Day!

"Sing New Songs of Praise to the Lord!"

St. Johns School prepares for ou Christmas Concert, led by music teacher, Mr. Mueller.

First Friday Faithfulness

At St. Johns, we devote the first Friday of every month to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Each class keeps a banner and picture of the Sacred Heart for an entire month, as a reminder of His love for us, and then we pass it to the next class.  Pictured:  Jett, Corbin, and Savannah process up the aisle in church to pass on the banner to Third Grade.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

The First Graders at St. John the Baptist Catholic School have been very busy these last few weeks:

Jett and Corbin helped mix the dough for our Christmas ornaments...

                                       

Our elf, Puzzles, has been keeping us entertained....

We enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast...

We helped disguise some turkeys to keep them from being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner...

And we dressed in red carpet attire...

We can't wait to see what happens next!

Appreciating the Performing Arts

The St. Johns First Grade had several chances to enjoy the performing arts this week.  

First, they played Vocab Act It Out!, a game in which the students act out vocabulary words for their classmates to guess.

Next, we laughed and smiled while we watched Gabby, Grant, and Anne Marie practice their speeches for the Speech Meet on Saturday.