Danny started his lesson reciting the Vowel Team chart. He is getting more familiar with the pairs of vowels and the sounds and key words that go with them. Danny reviewed sounds by playing Quick Drill in Reverse. He practiced sh, wh, w, qu, p, th, f, g, and d. He practiced the welded sounds: onk, ing, ank, ung, ang, old, ost, ind, olt, and ild. Danny used the whiteboard and colorful markers to practice spelling: drift, print, blend, crunch, and slept. He practiced the sight words: front, about, said, only, and out. Danny did the dictation sentences. Some of them were long for him to repeat back to me and it took at least five repetitions for the compound sentence: Ben drinks milk and dips a crust in the pan. Danny got all of his sentences written correctly. Sometimes he had trouble when spelling a word with five sounds. One example for this would be the word "crunch." Danny hears the whole word, repeats it correctly, but wants to skip over the fourth sound when spelling. We slowed down the process to improve the spelling of five sounds by tapping each sound. Danny needed extra practice to place one sound only on each finger as he taps. He was able to master this activity after three practices. We will do the analysis of the dictation on Wednesday. Danny worked hard and his attention span was good.