Day 6: Biscuit Goes to School

So, she did it again!  After a week of reading her first Biscuit book that she got out of the school library, it was time to return it.  I was a little bit sad because she had completely taken us by surprise by reading it out loud, cover to cover, after she'd had it read to her just once, but also quite excited as I wrote a quick note to her teachers to ask them to ensure that she got another Biscuit book from the library this week.  And they were only too happy to comply. 

Here she is, reading Biscuit Goes to School, her 2nd Biscuit book, after having it read to her only once or twice in the last 2 days.  (She was also very tired and only 1/2 hour from bedtime, by the way.)  Certainly, there's some element of memorization here, and context also plays a big role - she knows to expect certain words here.  There's also recognition - she remembers that some of these words also appeared in the previous book, and she does recognize them here.  But, and this is the part the makes me really excited, she also has begun to sound words out.  You can see it some on this video, where she takes the sound of the first letter and tries to make it work with the others, within the context of the book.

Oh, and this is the last one I'll post, I promise...I'm just getting all of my mental jumping-up-and-down out, now that she's read 2 books on her own!  The next book will be old hat, right?

Enjoy (especially her sweet little greeting to the camera halfway through!), and please ignore the awful, blood-curdling, bone-chilling tooth grinding that she does when she's tired.  Ugh.