Sam started class with a quick assessment to show mastery of spelling on her first sight word spelling list, she earned 100%. Then she had an introduction to sentence frames. I posted four pages of sentence frames on her bulletin board to be used each day in correspondence with reading reflection. Each offers multiple ways to express in writing: prediction, summarization, inferring and evaluating. These sentence frames helped boost the level of writing she produced in class today. She read from her current novel and reflected in writing on her daily sheet. At the end of class, she used 8 minutes to research a recipe for her Swedish Holiday project and will post on her blog tomorrow.