Avelina discussed and answered questions related to her literature book, "Because of Winn-Dixie." She completed addition and multiplication drills, and learned how to add like fractions.

Braden read, discussed, and answered comprehension questions pertaining to today's story using critical thinking skills.

Alexandra requested that I read her the book "Mouse Soup," which is about a clever mouse who outwits a weasel in order to survive. We discussed the title, author, and illustrator, and I explained how the author of the book, Arnold Lobel, also illustrated it. As I read the book, I finger pointed to the words, prompting her to read some that are sight words and on her emergent reader word list. I also made note of the exclamations of surprise and questions, prompting Alexandra to identify and explain story details including the characters, settings, events and to retell what the story is about. As the book teaches about problem-solving and creativity, we explored these themes in our discussion. At the end of the class, I drew an illustration of the book's cover and included the title and author/illustrator (definitions). Alexandra received verbal praise and a sticker for her hard work and active engagement in class, and she stated that the book was one of her favorite stories.

Braden read, discussed and answered questions pertaining to today's story about the Loch Ness Monster. He listened to and discussed chapter 3 from his summer reading book, "Brave."

Alexandra ate her lunch. She completed her calendar talk and calendar writing. She put together her daily sentence puzzle, her daily sentence scramble. read her sight words, read her emergent readers, and finished her phonics activities.

Alexandra completed her calendar talk and calendar writing activities, changed the calendar from June to July, read her sight words, finished her phonics activities, put together her daily sentence puzzle and sentence scrambles, and read her emergent readers.

Alexandra completed her calendar talk and calendar writing activity, finished her phonics activities, read her sight words, and played her phonics game. She read from her emergent readers.

Braden read, discussed and answered comprehension questions pertaining to today's story about sharks. He completed several activities using Wordly Wise vocabulary words.

Alexandra completed her calendar talk and calendar writing, finished her phonics activities, read her emergent readers, read her sight words, and put together her daily sentence puzzle.

Braden completed a reading comprehension story and answered questions using critical thinking skills and an understanding of how the vocabulary words were used. He read and discussed chapter 1 of his literature book. “Brave.”