Hello everyone and welcome back to our site.  It has been a while now that we were not able to post anything or keep you up-to-date on things happening in the classroom, but I promise, I will do my best to get you all updated over the next couple of days.  Here are a few things to remember for this week.   *  Our letter of the week is Gg.  This is a letter that has two sounds.  The hard sound of Gg starts with words like gorilla, grape, gorgeous, and gum.  The soft sound of Gg starts with words like giraffe, ginger, gentle, gym, and giant.  Show and Tell will be on Friday so have fun finding something that has the /g/ sound.       * We are still working on Exploring Geometry and Measurement in Math class.  So far, we learned about the 3D shapes cube, cylinder, sphere, rectangular prism, cone, and pyramid.  We sorted these and even got to build with them.  Soon, we will get to make some.     *  Middle Island Clusters begins this Friday, Feb. 3.  All students have been put into a group and for an hour each week, they will learn more about the cluster they chose and how it relates to Middle Island.