I began with a sound deck review with auditory and blending drills. Phonemes for the auditory drill included the long sounds of /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. I was pleased that Rhett identified both graphemes (spellings) taught so far without prompting. Words in the blending drill included late, mate, skit, skite, ball, wall, small, and squall. I revisited phonemic awareness using a PowerPoint slide with manipulative squares as a visual aid; Rhett accurately dropped one syllable of a two-syllable word. I re-taught the signal vowel rule and the soft sound of c /s/. Rhett completed a syllable-sort to demonstrate his understanding of the concept.Rhett read Chapter 1 of a decodable text "The Case of Jake's Escape." He was intimidated at first with the idea of a chapter book, but he read well. I dictated a sentence, "Did Jake escape the yard?" for Rhett to write and edit.