Hello Everyone,
A big THANK YOU to all who came out for the student-led conferences this past Tuesday. Each child was well prepared to welcome his/her parent into their classroom. I hope you were as amazed and proud as I was to see your child's leadership skills flourish and saw this as an authentic learning opportunity for all of us involved.

 In Math, we were able to work collaboratively to solve some pretty challenging real life questions by applying what we understand about patterns to come up with a solution.

 In Language, we are still working on QAR but took a side step to explore the use of quotation marks. The class was noticing these "strange marks" in our text so it was a perfect opportunity to dig a little deeper.

 We have many students in the class that have many connections to music and musical instruments. Ask your child what we did with the buckets and our note and rest anchor chart.We had a blast! It was loud but was so much fun!

A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER........

• The new lunch orders start this Monday with Subway Day because Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday
• Parent Council is providing a pancake lunch for Shrove Tuesday on March 5th
• Ash Wednesday Liturgy is March 6th at 10:15 am in the gym
• French pathway meeting Mon. March 4th at 4:30 if you have any questions 
• French pathway forms are due on March 7th
• March 4th-March 8th is Francophonie Week. 
• Check your child's agenda for daily updates about the week or check St. Rita website
• Our class is scheduled to do Swim to Survive on April 10th, 17th and 24th. More info to come soon