Christopher started his lesson by reviewing the vowel sounds for closed vowel, vowel-conconant-e, and open vowel. He used a chart to refer to in order to remember the sounds and their keywords. Christopher practiced the vowel sound of "y" when it says /i/. He practiced the consonants and digraphs: ch, f, z, and h. Christopher practiced the welded sounds: ang, ing, olt, and ive. We reviewed the concept that "ive" when pronounced in a word like "expensive" is a vowel-consonant-e exception. Christopher practiced marking these sounds up on the whiteboard. I showed him how to mark v-e and then cross it out to show it is an exception. This concept is a review and had been mastered in Book 4. Christopher read the following words that I built using magnetic tiles: fang, chest, bulk, plant, shellfish, transplant, craftsmanship, infect, impacting, segmented, milkshake, and grime. In each case, I wrote the word on the whiteboard. I demonstrated how to mark them up. Some of the times I asked Christopher to mark them up. He showed me that he needs more review of his new concept of the open vowel. He is now needing to keep three syllable types in mind when he analyzes a word. This activity can prove challenging. Christopher will continue to review with games and markups until he is ready to move forward.