Christopher started his lesson by reciting all of the vowel sounds and their keywords. He continued with the sounds for the blend ch, and consonants g, x, and z. Christopher spelled and pronounced the welded sounds: old, onk, ang, olt, ost, and ive. We reviewed the fact that "ive" is an exception to the vowel-consonant-e rule. Next, Christopher was asked to build words using the magnetic board. He used the magnetic tiles to build the words: defrosts, secret, and moment. For each word, Christopher was asked to separate the word into syllables. He was asked to tell me the baseword in "defrosts" and the suffix "s." Christopher continued the lesson working on the whiteboard with a black marker. He wrote the words: describe, progress, result, consult, and project. During this procedure, Christopher was asked to scoop the words into syllables and mark up the vowels. We reviewed the open vowel sound. Christopher reviewed how to mark up the long and the short vowel. Tomorrow, we will move to dictation.