Kellan started his lesson by reciting the vowel combinations in the vowel team. I will keep introducing these vowels like "ea" eat "e." These are not introduced in Wilson until later, but it is encouraged to get them into the recitation early to help with reading in other subjects. Kellan built the word "sheds" using the magnetic tiles. He practiced the sight words: over, about, are, for, and this. Kellan took the dictation test for 1.6. He had trouble spelling "tins" at first, spelling it with a "z" at the end of the word. We reviewed the lesson about the suffix "s" at the end of a word and how it may sound like /z/ but is spelled with "s." Kellan had a little trouble remembering that the word "kicks" has a digraph at the end of the word. He was just putting a "k." When this happens, I remind Kellan using the Wilson guidance of the sound of /k/ at the end of a one-syllable word is spelled "ck." Kellan wrote five real words and five nonsense words. He wrote all of the sight words correctly. Kellan wrote three sentences. He is remembering to start the sentence with a capital letter and end with punctuation. Kellan did an analysis on his dictation test. He learned to underline the baseword and circle the suffix. Kellan marked up the vowels, starred bonus letters, underlined digraphs, and circled sight words. He is getting the drill of analysis down now. Kellan read the story Hot Dogs and Pops. He did a good job reading and also making visual pictures as in a movie. Kellan was able to tell me that the boy Sam in the story who sold hot dogs and pops had a business that depended upon a sunny day. Kellan was able to tell me that cloudy, rainy, and sunny are all related to the weather. This is the type of thinking Kellan needs a lot of. He needs to work from the example to the classification. We spent the balance of the period reading through six stacks of words from 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6. While reading the word stacks, we came across the word "tux." Kellan did not know the word. We looked at pictures of tuxedos to help Kellan learn this word. I am preparing Kellan for his test on Book One after Thanksgiving.