Gracyn and I began with some follow-up questions to our Magic Tree House book, Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne. Gracyn answered questions about if she liked the book, if it were real or not, as well as if it wasn't a real story, were there any parts that could be real. Gracyn wrote in complete sentences and was thoughtful in her responses. Next, we completed a Christmas themed worksheet which reviewed proper capitalization at the beginning of the sentence and proper punctuation at the end of the sentence. Finally, Gracyn read a level one reader, Merry Christmas Ollie!, by Olivier Dunrea. In this sweet story, Ollie and his gosling friends are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Father Christmas Goose. Gracyn did a great job using prior knowledge and sounding out skills to tackle tricky words. We talked about chunking parts of words together to help us sound out the whole word.