Gracyn and I continued our reading of 'The Little Princess', stopping frequently to think aloud and discuss story events. Gracyn made several very accurate predictions about upcoming events in the story. She read a level I story on Raz with excellent fluency and comprehension. We worked on words with silent e and beginning blends as well as the cvvc patterns previously introduced.

Gracyn practiced recognizing the value of digits up to 1,000 and matching it to its value in either written or number form. Then, we filled in a Venn diagram following the given rules. Gracyn used words to write 3-digit numbers by looking at the hundreds digit and then the tens and ones digit together. Finally, Gracyn looked at pictures of hundreds, tens, and ones blocks before writing the total value on a recording sheet.

(SKYPE) Today I gave Gracyn a yoga test. She had to name poses in different positions, do the poses and tell me some benefits of the poses. She did very well and cooperated throughout the test. She then did some practice gymnastics. We took the Yoga Journals out and I showed her different variations of poses that she tried. Gracyn worked hard today challenging herself to advance in her movements.

Gracyn and I continued our read aloud of 'The Little Princess' with frequenct stops to think aloud and share wonderings about the events in the story. Gracyn practiced spelling the words from her word sorts this week. She read a Katie Woo story for her guided lesson, focusing on using context clues and visual clues to read unknown words.

Gracyn and I looked at "African Americans of Character" and watched a short BrainPopJr. video about Harriet Tubman and about Rosa Parks. We reviewed landforms and learned new geographical terms with a matching activity, pairing pictures with definitions. We did the same with bodies of water and flashcards, which Gracyn can color when she returns. These are a great way to review. We had a conversation using geographical terms to describe her location and mine. I showed her maps to reinforce this. We discussed the caterpillar that hatched and watched the animated film of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". We can expand upon this activity as well when she returns. We discussed states, capitals and location. We began learning about the true story of Sacagawea and Lewis and Clark's expedition by following her textbook. This lesson also offers great opportunities to discuss civics, geography and migration.

Gracyn's arts and crafts lesson consisted of following step-by-step instructions on how to draw animals. She enjoyed this so much last week that she wanted to repeat it with different animals. The animals were built on simple shapes and lines combined to create cute pets. She chose to draw a bird in a cage, fish being eaten by a shark, a horse, and a cat in a window.

Gracyn looked at pictures of hundreds, tens, and ones blocks. Then, she wrote the number in chart form and in expanded form. She also solved place value riddles. We spent the remainder of our time solving problems through Skype messages. I would type problems related to any concept covered this year for Gracyn to solve.

Gracyn and I continued our reading of 'The Little Princess' with frequent stops to think aloud and make inferences about a character's actions. Gracyn completed a speed sort with the words we sorted yesterday, long and short /u/ with cvc cvce, and cvvc patterns. We also reviewed beginnng blends. She read a new Raz story at level I. We will complete the quiz tomorrow.

Today Gracyn and I researched some new recipes. We watched Laura Vitale make Snickerdoodle cookies and also Raspberry Cupcakes. Everything Laura bakes on her show looks beautiful.

Gracyn continued working with 3-digit numbers and understanding their place value. She took 3-digit numbers and wrote them in a chart and drew a quick picture . Also, she determined an unknown number by matching the given clues in a word problem. Then, we read How High Can a Dinosaur Count by Valorie Fisher. This book contained short math related stories which were solved as I read.