This morning we began with our daily language review. Today we focused on the pronouns I and me and the order they should be used in the sentence when listed with another person. We then jumped right into our next novel, Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House # 11). We read chapters 1 – 4. We answered comprehension and critical thinking questions after each chapter. This included finding evidence in the text to support the character traits used to describe Annie as well as making a text-to-self connection in finding a time that Jonathan was in trouble and needed help. Jonathan practiced his novel-based spelling words, in which we also discussed the meaning of several words such as reputation, and his bonus words piercing and rhythm. After reading the book, we read nonfiction informational text on giraffes and zebras, as well as looked at photos of vultures to support the understanding of our book. In our shared reading, we are working on reading fluency and going back to reread when something doesn’t sound right. As we have been studying the literary device of similes, we talked about how the books we’ve been reading contain many similes. We read examples from the previous readings of Midnight on the Moon and Dolphins at Daybreak. We discussed what comparisons were being made and how these helps us to see and understand the story better. Finally, for writing today, we continued working on our similes-based Mother’s Day activity.