Hello Everyone,
The push is on to get all our loose ends taken care of before we're out for the summer.

In Math, we have finished off our unit on transformations (translations, reflections and rotations). The class seems to have a good handle on translations and reflections but we needed to go back to revisit rotations. The class is used to doing quarter turns for rotations and were confused when one of our challenges was asking for half rotations. We needed to go back, connect to what we already knew about fractions of a whole (one quarter and one quarter is the same as a half) to move forward with the task at hand. Mission accomplished.

The students were very engaged in making a digital comic strip to persuade others to make a good or even better healthy lifestyle choice. Here is a three panel comic strip. Some conversation starter questions to ask your child could include what his/her comic was about and how many panels did they use to get their point of view across to the reader?

We have had our last official visit to the Learning Commons this past Wednesday. Some students still need to return the last of their books. Please see the photo below of how we do cross curricular lessons with Ms. Sherwin. The students enjoyed being physically active with the drumming paired with doing rotations to hit the drums to the left and right of their own.

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

• This coming Tuesday is the last pizza day of the year.
• St. Rita Annual BBQ this Tuesday June 18th at 5:30pm in the schoolyard. Please see the St. Rita website for more details.
• Numerous assessments went home on Tuesday to be reviewed signed and returned to school.
• The grade 3s will be having an Art Afternoon this coming Friday afternoon in the gym. Painting will be involved. Please note that despite our efforts to keep everything clean, there is a chance of spills or smudges so please dress accordingly.
• Last day of school is Thursday June 27th.