Our story of the week in reading was 'Bike Hike'. The children enjoyed this story and were able to relate to it. We investigated the long /i-e/ sound with magic 'e' as well as the /ie/ vowel combination making a long /e/ sound. Long /i-e/ and /ie/ were a bit more confusing but we will review them again next week. We also reviewed the short /e/ sound to reinforce what we had previously learned. The children are beginning to expand their writing skills.They are being risk takers by stepping out of their comfort zone ;attempting to use new vocabulary and exploring decoding strategies with confidence. Many children are beginning to self-correct their mistakes and read over what they have written. Way to go!