Christopher started his lesson today reading a stack of word cards from 3.3. He reviewed the vocabulary words: scalpels and minstrels. Christopher practiced writing the sight words on the whiteboard with colorful pens: water, right, talk, walk, and knew. Christopher had to make a correction on knew, but he was then confident in spelling that word. Christopher read the word list on p. 56 and got 14/15. Christopher had trouble pronouncing the word "connect." He had the accent on the wrong syllable. He was easily able to correct this with some guidance. Christopher then read ten sentences and scooped them with a vis-a-vis pen on a transparency to show where phrasing should be. Christopher needed correction on identifying the whole subject or the whole object, or the whole predicate. He had to reread these sentences making the proper adjustments. Christopher played Quick Drill in Reverse and recognized and gave letters for: a,e,i, o, u and schwa. He practiced sh, ch, wh, w, z, and g. Christopher was able to give the letters and sounds for am, old, ung, olt, ost, and unk. Christopher used the magnetic tiles to make the words: plimmut (N), tropics, and enchants. He divided these words into syllables. Christopher built the words: insect, contact, connect, instinct, and conflict. He reviewed the sound at the end of the word is made by the blend, "ct." Christopher worked hard and will move forward soon.