Nico read and discussed Chapters 1 and 2 of "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Mia completed her interactive calendar. Together we read her first Scholastic News Magazine. It was about pumpkins. We watched a short Scholastic News video about a pumpkin patch. We learned how pumpkins grow. She completed a graph showing which pumpkin the children liked best. We planted 4 pumpkin seeds. We watered them and put them in a window. We will check on them to see if we get a sprout. She worked on the Word Family (ig).

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She reread two stories 'Nat and Sam," and "Six Kids." She was able to explain all key details in the proper sequence. She practiced sounding out her r-blends, s-blends and l-blends. She read all her sight words. She practiced making all her short vowel sounds. She explained what a statement is and what punctuation marks are used for a statement. She practiced using the proper punctuation marks for an exclamation sentence and a question sentence.

Saskiia practiced reading all her sight words from her school. She completed all her homework sent by her teacher. We worked on several activities using the L-blends. She read a story from the Wonders Reading Series that focused on L-blend words. She read another story from the same reading series called "Nat and Sam." She took a reading comprehension test pertaining to this story and made a 100%. She practiced spelling her this week's spelling words.

Nico read and discussed an article about Lous Sachar. He looked up and wrote the definitions for the vocabulary words from chapter 1-7. He began reading Chapters1-7.

Mia changed her calendar from September to October. She completed her calendar talk activity. She read all her word family sight words. She read a new reader-"C and K." She wrote her ABCs.

Saskiia practiced reading all her sight words from school. She completed several activities on the (it) word family, the (ig) word family, and the (ub) word family.

Nico wrote a book report on "The Indian in the Cupboard." He worked on and assembled a diorama to go with his book report.

Mia completed her calendar talk activity. She worked on an activity writing and reading the sight word (the). She wrote her ABCs. She explored the sounds of H and M.

Mia wrote her ABC letters. She completed her calendar talk. She put together an activity using the ap Word family. She worked an activity recognizing the sound of H. She read her book "I Am Sam," and read a new book "Cam and Sam."