We are having our review week this week. We have been completing our Unit 2 Reading Assessments. I will begin report card testing this week also. We will also be reviewing our letters Ss, Ii, Tt, Aa, Mm, Cc, Pp. We will also be introducing the letters Bb and Nn during the weeks to follow, before we get out for Christmas Holidays. In Social Sciences: We are beginning our Christmas Around the World unit. In Language Arts: We are studying the letter Ii. When we introduce a vowel in this Reading Series, we will study the vowel for two weeks. Encourage your child to find words that have the /i/ sound as you read books with them at home. Now that we have introduced two VOWELS....THE VOWELS "A" and "I" ...WE CAN MAKE SOME SMALL WORDS LIKE SIT, PIT, TIP,CAT, CAP, PAM, PAT, TAP, SAP, TAM, MAT, SAT, SAM, ETC. Your children are doing a fabulous job recognizing these words and learning how to sound them out and create new words. We have learned LOTS OF AMAZING WORDS...PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD PRACTICE THESE...I, am, a, little, the , to , have, is , like, my, we, he , for. In Math: We are learning about SHAPES...such as rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, circle, hexagon, square, oval, triangle. We are also discussing symmetry and equal parts. Please remember to send your child's navy blue shirt this week. We will start painting our shirts on Thursday. Thanks again for all you do for our class and especially for your child!!