Good afternoon!

We started off the day today by having our school-wide pancake eating contest.  All the students seemed to have a really great time, which was a lot of fun to watch!  When we returned to class we worked on language.  The children created stories, worked with write/right, and created sentences.  In math we continued on with our new data management unit.  The children practiced tallying, surveying and creating bar graphs.  We also had a period today that discussed and celebrated diversity.  We read a story about a girl starting a new school who was told that she was 'different' from the other students because of her interests, looks, and clothing.  The girl eventually realized that it was better to respect your own differences, as well as the differences that other people have.  After we read the story the children wrote letters to the girl expressing their thoughts on how diversity is a positive thing.  Ask your child tonight to tell you what diversity is and how it is a good thing!  The children also went to music, french and P.E classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes, practice weekly spelling words, and math page 123.

Important information:  The final math re-test will take place tomorrow at lunch recess for those children who need one. 

This Friday is the St. Patrick's Day spirit day at St. Jude's.  Please send your children in green clothing so that they can earn house points for their houses.

This Friday is the beginning of March break.  After the completion of school on Friday, children will not come back to school until the 21st of March.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson