Hello, parents and guardians.

The kids are working very hard. Many of them are now reading two and three letter words and basic sight word sentences.  We are going to begin very short stories with two to three comprehension questions this month. In math we are doing basic addition within 10 using manipulatives such as cubes and counting bears. You can support at home what I teach in class by having your child practice reading their sight words every night as well as practice addition within ten. You can make it fun by having your child make a small group of six toys and then adding four more or making a group of two dolls or stuffed animals and adding five more. This is so they learn to grasp the concept of "putting together" two smaller groups to make one larger group. It will help when we move on to subtraction. Our science unit is "changing states of matter": What is a solid, a liquid, and a gas? We will be performing hands-on scientific experiments.

Please reach out to me via Class Dojo if you ever have any questions, concerns, or if you need to notify me of anything. Have a great week!

Mrs. Rice