Today Gracyn and I explored her new spelling words. Gracyn wrote them each one time. Then she completed the sentence "I am happy when..." She wrote "I am happy when my mom snuggles with me." We went to the computer lab and spent some time in reading eggs. In Science we are learning about animal classification. At the end of our unit Gracyn will select one animal to research and write about. Today we learned about mammals. We learned that mammals have hair or fur, birth live babies, have a backbone, and are warm blooded. We researched various mammals on the computer. She was very excited to learn that she is also a mammal! In reading we read "Polly Gets Out" a level D reader from Raz Kids. We began by first doing a picture walk. It looked like the parrot escaped from its house and has an adventure. We also did a word walk. Then Gracyn read the story. She did amazingly! She read fluently with expression. I asked high order questions and she answered them all with very creative responses.