Christopher began the lesson by reading the nonsense word "laxtile." We discussed how these words have one closed vowel syllable and one vowel consonant e syllable. Christopher is getting good at reading these words, even if they are nonsense. We then did research on two vocabulary words. A notebook entry was made in the dictionary for bonfire, and membrane. We discussed the idea that the first bonfires were really bone fires. We discussed the concept of a plague and Christopher was curious about learning about the bubonic plague caused by infection brought about by a flea. We discussed that people enjoy a bonfire at night to sit outside and sing songs. The concept of membrane was introduced by discussing a cell membrane as a lining or barrier that helps keep water in a cell. Each of these words had a definition entry, a sentence, and an illustration made by Christopher entered into the notebook. The lesson continued with Christopher practicing two sight words: however and whenever. I worked with Christopher on the right way to make a "w." He is still having letter formation problems with the letters "p" and "w." Christopher played a game he devised using a spinner to read a large stack of words from Book 4.2. Christopher was asked to read a nonsense word list for charting. He got 13/15, missing two words: inbefe and vilmite. We went over these words after the testing to review. Christopher then read ten sentences with good phrasing. He was proud of his reading today and read with a confident voice. We completed the lesson by reading a short passage from Because of Winn Dixie.