Kellan started his lesson today reciting the short sounds of the vowels with their keywords. He continued by giving the consonant and digraph sounds of th, sh, ch, j, k, x, y, and z. Kellan built words with magnetic letters. He was able to answer questions about short vowels and the closed vowel sound. Kellen built the words: shock, hush, and mesh. I was able to show him that he knows that the /k/ sound at the end of a one syllable word is spelled "ck." Kellan built the words: quiz lox, chap, whim, and hex. We entered the words whim and hex in Kellan's dictionary with a definition, a sentence with context clues, and a diagram drawn by Kellan. Kellan was interested to see the hex signs made by the Amish Dutch. We briefly discussed the early German colonists who still live as though it is still the 18th century without electricity or cars. Kellan did dictation next. He completed the sounds section, real words, and nonsense words. Kellan did a great job on sight words. He needed extra review on the word "from." Kellan wrote this word on the whiteboard with colorful markers. He also wrote the word in the air with his arm outstretched pointing two fingers to form the letters in the word. Kellan completed the sentence dictation. After dictation, we did the analysis of the test. Kellan reviewed the sound and symbol for /x./ He got a perfect score on his words: gun, chat, lax, bog, and jack. Kellan got a perfect score on the nonsense words and sight words. On the sentences, Kellan learned that he must capitalize the first word of a sentence. Kellan practiced how to make a capital "J" by using the Wilson alphabet chart. Kellan needed correction in writing the nonsense word: quib because he made the letter "g" when he meant to write "q." Kellan circled the sight words and marked up the vowels in the sentences. He read each sentence aloud and spelled words aloud that he was asked. Kellan completed the lesson by reading a story about a fox. Kellan needed work on two vocabulary words: hen, and pen. These words were discussed and Kellan saw pictures of a playpen. We discussed the meaning of hen as a female chicken. Kellan did a great job reading. We discussed the plot line about how Mr. Quin and Viv went in the shed when they saw the fox. We discussed the fact that Mr. Quin had a bad leg. Kellan discussed the possibilities about what might be meant by "bad" leg. We discussed the fact that the two characters may have been frightened by the fox. Kellan showed me how he would try to shoo away a fox. This was a B reading which is meant for more mature children. Kellan did well.