Dylan read "The Pet Hen'. He benefits from encouragement to sound out words rather than guess from the context. He was pleased when he completed reading the book. In phonics, we continue to practice reading long and short vowel, one-syllable words to reinforce phonetic rules. Today, we began to pre-write a narrative paragraph. We brainstormed ideas and narrowed it down to four. Next week, we will work on the outline and then completed the essay. Dylan enjoys listening to, 'Flat Stanley: The Mount Rushmore Calamity'. He made predictions, drew conclusions and identified character traits. We watched a brief video on the making of Mount Rushmore. Dylan wrote in his journal about the making of Mount Rushmore.