I introduced Gracyn to our new story, Penguins. We first did a picture walk and looked for challenging words. She wrote the challenging words on post its. We attached the post its to the pages. Now it was time for her to read the story. She used great strategies and connections to words that were challenging in the story. Next we got to work on her Arctic animal book. We cut the pictures out that she had printed in the last few weeks and attached them to blue background paper. Tomorrow we will put the book together.