Kellan started his lesson by reciting the vowels and their short vowel sounds with keywords. Next, he recited the sounds wh,x,y,g,j,z,and qu with their keywords. Kellan read the words fox, lox, and fix as a review of the final /x/ sound. Kellan was shown the difference between the end of a word "cks" that sounds similar, but is made up of a digraph and a suffix. Kellan understands that /x/ makes the sound of the one letter "x." Kellan then read the words: kin, fad, gab, whack and shun from the magnetic tiles. We put a definition for kin, and fad in the notebook dictionary. The entry included a definition, sentence, and diagram drawn by Kellan. Kellan found it interesting to learn about "beanie babies" as a "fad" in the 1990s. Kellan played Chutes and Ladders to review a large stack of 1.3 words including words from the A and B set and nonsense words. Kellan was charted using the words on p. 27. He got 14/15. This shows steady improvement. Kellan said "made" for the word mat. Kellan is being reminded to stay with the short vowel sounds in all the closed vowel rule words that he is learning. He has some habits from an earlier time which he is trying to break. Kellan read the sentences from p. 37. He scooped the phrases as he read using a vis-a-vis marker on a plastic sheet overlay. This helps Kellan learn phrasing and have a tactile response to the left to right movement of the word reading. During this activity, Kellan is hearing me tell him that he found the subject and the predicate of the sentence. He is beginning to identify the prepositional phrase. Kellan played Quick Drill in Reverse and practiced all the vowels, as well as consonants and digraphs: wh, th, sh, qu, g, x, y, and z. Kellan is having some confusion between "x" and "z." We will keep reviewing these letters in isolation and in the context of a word. Kellan used the magnetic tiles to build the words: wax, zag, and vet. He built the real words: nick, yap, quiz, rig, and shock. Kellan had trouble with the word "yap." At first he started the word with the letter "e." We reviewed the way y sound glides from the the sound of a a long e but that is not the complete sound. This letter will be reviewed more, also. I assured Kellan that he is making very quick and steady progress. The next session might be the last in 1.3 and then we will move on to 1.4.