Christopher started his lesson today by doing analysis on his dictation. He underlined the v-e syllable and marked it. He put a long line over the vowel and crossed out the silent e. Christopher needed review in spelling the sight word, "does." We practiced this word on the whiteboard. Christopher also needed review on starting a sentence with a capital letter. It is a habit that he is still working on forming. Christopher did a great job spelling all his new words. He read the sentences and learned to put punctuation at the end of a sentence. Christopher then started a new lesson on nonsense words in 4.1. He began by reciting the vowels with their keywords and sounds. Christopher refers to a chart as he is new to these parts of the drill. Christopher reviewed the consonants and digraphs: sh, z, m, p, and g. He reviewed the welded sounds: ild, ost, ank, an, old, and ang. Christopher reviewed the closed vowel exception sounds by reading the words cold, child, and most. He practiced reading nonsense words; vime, hape, stipes, prumes, and chotes. Christopher is doing well getting the skills of this lesson. He played Ladder and read a large stack of nonsense words. We will continue this lesson next week.