Wyatt was sick today so I taught Rhett for an hour. I began with a review of the sound deck with auditory and blending drills. I revisited the concept of compound words and Rhett successfully syllabicated and decoded a list of compound words. The new concept for today was S blends (sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw.). I introduced the sounds and example words, and then dictated a list of words for Rhett to write on the dry erase board (Stan, fast, last, must, snack, small, stack, spin, spill, step, speck.) To reinforce the new concept, Rhett read aloud a decodable text, "Jen's Best Gift Ever." S blend words in the book included best, just, and last. I dictated sentences for Rhett to write and edit using the COPS acronym. To conclude, we played a game of Phonics Dice with closed, open, and silent E syllable types.