Kellan started his lesson by reciting the vowel team. Next he reviewed the vowels, the consonants, and digraphs: th, g, b, wh, p, qu, z, and v. Next, Kellan practiced the welded sounds: old, ind, ink, all, am, an, ost, and ang. Kellan reviewed two-syllable words by marking up the words: distracts, insects, and subjects. In each case, he underlined the baseword, circled the suffix, scooped the syllables, and marked up the vowels. Next, Kellan was introduced to the concept of the three-syllable word. Kellan read the words: fantastic, congressman, Manhattan, basketball, and penmanship. Each of these words was presented on three separate syllable cards so that Kellan could see how the word is constructed and where the word is divided. Three of the words Kellan read were Atlantic, Manhattan, and Wilmington. We spent time looking up maps showing these geographic places and looking at the distances of these cities from Florida. Kellan saw a skyline of Manhattan and saw a map showing the shape of Manhattan. Kellan saw the Freedom Tower, Empire State Building, and Chrysler building and compared the number of feet in height of each. He learned that the Freedom Tower is 1776 feet tall to commemorate the Declaration of Independence. Next, Kellan played Chutes and Ladders to practice a stack of 3.4 words. He practiced the sight words: fillet, buffet, ballet, and control. Kellan read the word list on p. 62 and got 15/15. We will continue with sentences next week.