Noah, the Reading Fiend!

Last night, Noah brought home a book from school about Balto, the sled dog who helped bring medicine to Nome, Alaska during a diphtheria epidemic. It was 49 pages long and had six or seven sentences on a page, with words like "Anchorage," "epidemic" and, yes, "diphtheria." 2nd grade level, the book said. Noah had never tried reading a book that long or that detailed before. His kindergarten teacher, Ms. Tustin, told him he could keep it a week to read it. Well, guess what: he just sat right down and read the whole book aloud, with a couple of hiccups (I mean, come on, you try sounding out "diphtheria"!) but otherwise all by himself. I was so proud I wanted to burst. He not only did a good job at reading, but more importantly maintained interest in the story and kept a positive attitude.