Danny started his lesson by completing the dictation started yesterday. Danny had two sentences to complete. He needed significant auditory review (at least 10 times) to keep all the words in mind for the sentence: The host got a cold glass of milk for Hal. It took about ten minutes to get Danny to return to the focus needed for the Wilson lesson. Danny is excited to advance in book 2. Today we started a review and the mixed practice section of 2.3. In this lesson, Danny needs to distinguish between words with closed vowel exception and closed vowel. For example, "grind" and "weld." Danny needed definitions for both of these words. A definition, discussion, and sentence were added to the notebook for these words. Danny did not want to draw today for the illustration. Danny reviewed all vowels with keywords. He practiced the consonants and digraphs k,w,n, sh, wh, qu, and b. He practiced the welded sounds and closed vowel exceptions: ank, ong, ink, all, ang, an, olt, old, ild, ost, and ind. Danny read words from the magnetic letters: mind, bind, and hold. He read the mixed list of words: grind, quilt, child, weld, and mild. We completed the lesson today reading the rest of chapter 11 in Because of Winn Dixie. It is the part where Winn Dixie is so afraid of a thunderstorm that he races around the house and jumps on the preacher in the middle of the night. The phrase: "pathological fear" was used in the text. The story explained that the pathological fear is a fear that cannot be reduced by logic and reason. Danny was happy to head off to camp at the end of the lesson.