Kellan started his lesson by reviewing the sounds of the vowels with their keywords. Kellan reviewed the consonants and digraphs: sh, g f, z, v, m n, wh. He reviewed the welded sounds for am, an, and all. Kellan reviewed words with welded sounds by reading from the magnetic tiles: fan, bill, and jam. Kellan's lesson was about adding the letter s to a word to make it plural. Sometimes the s can sound like /s/ as in the word snakes, or it can sound like /z/ as in the word "bugs." Kellan learned to read the base word "bug" first, then add the suffix "s." Then he reads the whole word. Kellan read the words: rugs, bugs, pens, sits, and puffs from the magnetic tiles. In some words, the s is not added to make it plural, but to form a different tense of the verb as in the word "sits." Kellan played ladder with three stacks of words from 1.6. He also played a game where he had to classify a stack of words in two columns: one with the s sound /s/ and the other with the s sound /z./ Kellan needed some help to hear these differences, but with practice, he was getting the idea. This activity helps with reading and spelling. Kellan took the chart test on p. 79. He got 15/15. This was excellent for the first test. Kellan read ten sentences from p. 84. He had some difficulty with the word Pam. He said, "Pom." He also had difficulty with the word "den" calling it "ben." This shows that he is still having b/d confusion. Kellan is aware of it and tries to correct it quickly. Kellan missed the word Quin, he said, Quine, and he missed Mr. saying Mrs. Kellan is learning to look for tiny details like these to correct his miscues in reading text. Kellan played Quick Drill in Reverse. He pointed to and named the vowels a,e,i, o, and u. He named the letters for sh, g, f, m, ch, wh, th, j, and v. Kellan spelled the welded sounds: am, an, and all. Kellan built the words Pam, call, and man using the magnetic tiles. He built the words kicks, fills, and maps using the magnetic tiles. Kellan needed a review to recognize the vocabulary word "suffix." We will finish this lesson tomorrow.