Today, we did a mini-lesson on Show Don't Tell. We then took Amira's brainstorm from her nature walk and went down each image and phrase that she wrote. We discussed what she was thinking when she wrote them, and then elaborated on each one with different tools of description. I modeled by showing her my copy of what I wrote during our nature walk. (I did my own exercise while she was doing hers). We did half of them together, and then Amira independently did the rest on her own. She did a great job and even used figurative language! We will continue on this piece. We also got Amira organized with notebooks and binders so that she is ready and inspired to learn in each of her subjects.