Photo for Today

Riding my favorite horse on my favorite merry-go-round
is one of my favorite things to do!

Today's Science Lesson

Today we went to the swamp behind my neighborhood. I almost stepped on a praying mantis!

The praying mantis was waiting to catch something. A big spider came out and the praying mantis tried to catch it. After that, the praying mantis tried to catch me! It hopped on my boot and climbed up my leg. It was fast, and even though I like bugs, I screamed!

Then we went even further down to the stream to see if we could find any snakes. I heard the leaves crunch. I screamed again! It was a cat.

I hope you had a nice day too!

Thinking about books

For school, I keep a journal about the books I read. Reading is fun! I keep my journal because I want to remember all the things about the books and all the things that I thought about them. Here are some of my thoughts from my journal about a few books I've read so far:


Abel's Island
by William Steig
Abel is a mouse. He gets swept down a river and then he gets stuck on an island. This is a real adventure story! I liked it a lot. (My favorite part is the end, but I'm not going to tell you that part. You have to read it yourself if you want to know.)

Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
I liked the book even better than I liked the movie because the book explained more about the story. In the book, they did all the spells that guard the sorcerer's stone, but they didn't do all that in the movie.

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
This book reminded me of Harry Potter because Harry did not know about magic. Neither did Lucy, Edmund, Susan or Peter, who are the kids in The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe.

Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Charlotte's Web is about a pig and a spider who have a few major problems. I loved this book. It told a really good story about how even if you are small, you can still do big things.

Please leave me a note in the comments if you think of some other books that I might like. Thanks!

Photo for Today

Skipper likes to eat vanilla milkshakes. He might like other flavors too!

My Dogs

I have two dogs. My Dad says that they will help me to learn things in third grade. I agree because my dogs are funny and smart.

My first dog is Patch.
He is a Golden Retriever. He sleeps, he plays, he eats and then he sleeps some more. He'll help me in third grade because he's cute, he's good for hugging, he keeps my feet warm, and he's good for falling asleep on top off. Kids do need a lot of sleep.

My second dog is Skipper.

He is a mutt. We think that he is part Golden Retriever and part jackal. Skipper will help me in third grade because he can spell. Patch can too. If you say, "E--A--T," they know that it is time to EAT! So you can see, my dogs are smart, and they'll be very helpful. They're good for show and tell too.

Here are some other true things about dogs. Dogs come from wolves. Dogs are mammals. Dogs don't see colors. They only see white and gray. Dogs can smell things really good, and they hear things really good too. That's why people use dogs for hunting, helping, finding things, and rescuing. They also make great pets.

My dogs are not just pets, they are my friends.

Third Grade!

I started third grade this week! This year, I'm doing math, science, history, geography, reading, spelling, music, dance and lots more. I'll be reading, writing, drawing and playing. I hope I go on tons of field trips too. I'll use my website to talk about things that I do and learn and like. I hope I"ll write about things like stuffed animals, dogs, places I go, things that I do, and books that I read. I hope you'll read this so you can come to third grade with me!