Kellan started his lesson by reviewing vowels and keywords, consonants and digraphs, and welded sounds and exceptions: an, ank, am, all, ang, ong, ung, ink, old, olt ild, ost, ind. Kellan wrote the words: sold, find, most, mild, and jolt on the whiteboard with colorful markers. For each word, he learned how to mark up a closed vowel exception by drawing a long sign over the vowel and writing a "c" for "closed" under the vowel and then drawing an "x" through it to show it is an exception. Kellan asked what the word "exception" means and I explained that this welded sound does not follow the closed vowel rule. The vowel is long instead of short. Kellan practiced three sight words: wind, friend, and front. Kellan worked on the word "friend" to get it into his spelling of sight words. Kellan read a word list on p. 49. He got 11/15 correct. Kellan made the vowel short in these words: wild, mild, post, and rind. In each case, the lesson requires that Kellan change the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound. We will keep practicing with keywords until he masters this lesson. Next, Kellan read ten sentences on p. 51. He did not recognize the word "crab." We discussed what kind of animal a crab is, where it is found, and Kellan saw a picture of a blue claw crab and a stone crab. We discussed how the stone crab claw is removed from the animal because the animal can grow the claw back. Kellan was familiar with regeneration by talking to me about how a lizard can grow its tail back again. Kellan wrote a definition today for the word mold. He looked at different pictures with samples of mold and drew a diagram in his Wilson dictionary. Next, Kellan played Quick Drill in Reverse to review all the short vowels. He reviewed the spelling of sh, ch, m, p, qu, r, and z. Kellan reviewed the welded sounds and exceptions: ang, olt, ing, ink, ost, and ild. Kellan used the magnetic tiles to build the words: bliss, lunch, and the nonsense word, "hisp." Kellan is building words with closed vowel exceptions. He built the words gold, kind, and mold. Kellan will continue this activity and take dictation on Wednesday.