Gracyn and I read a Patricia Palacco book, 'An 'A' From Miss Keller' as our read aloud today. Our focus was on connecting to the character and noticing clues that foreshadow big events. Gracyn's independent reading was 'Olivia Goes to the Library', she chose to read to herself and then retell the story. For word study we did a word sort using the 3 common spellings of the long 'e' sound, cvvc (ee), cvvc (ea), and cvce.