We started with our daily language review which focused on capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, proper spelling, and possessive nouns. We finished reading our novel, Dinosaurs Before Dark. Jonathan answered the final set of questions for his follow up assessment. He also completed activities related to the book such as putting words from the book in alphabetical order and writing a paragraph about having a pet dinosaur! Jonathan’s writing was a list of sentences that started with “I would...”. We worked together to rewrite the story to add more details and mix up the sentence structure to create a more interesting story. We continued on in his I-ready text with pages 101 and 102 focusing on finding word meanings in text. We discussed how you can ask questions about the words around the key word, look at the pictures, think about what you know, and determine if your thought on the meaning makes sense. We then practiced this skill to determine the meaning of “hurdles” in one of his literature source texts. Jonathan enjoyed reading the book, The Fox and the Wild by Clive McFarland. After the book, we used the text to go on a noun, verb, and adjective hunt! Finally, we wrapped up the day by decoding a message to reveal a Valentine’s joke!