Richard completed a page in his 'All About Me' book about his favorite things at home and school. He enjoyed a letter-sound hunt which involved going around the school finding objects that started with given sounds. Richard did well determining the initial sound of given pictures. We began blending 3 letter words with a short a in the middle. The difference between sight words and words that can be decoded by blending was discussed. Richard will keep a box and a book of sight words he learns throughout the year. Today, he was introduced to the word 'the'. He practiced writing the word 'the' and finding the word in a story. He enjoyed listening to a book and did well making predictions and answering questions about the text.