She did it again - it only took a year of practice and mean old mom making her do it. But it's over and we're really proud of Little Miss Abilene. After she won she showed me her trophy and said, "I deserve this because I cried enough about it." Wow, not really the lesson I wanted her to learn since her tears were from NOT wanting to practice. But she did and she won and they made it all the way to the 3rd grade words. Great Job Little Miss Abilene! LMA also read the Hunger Games Trilogy which brought her reading score to 300% for the year! Great year LMA - hope 3rd grade is just as successful (her winning word)!!!