Kellan began his lesson by reviewing the map of Manhattan to prepare for the reading. Kellan looked at all the bridges and tunnels that connect Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey. Kellan also asked to see bridges in Paris. We started looking at bridges in Europe by looking at London Bridge. Kellan then looked at the ten bridges that cross the Seine in Paris. These, we noted, are low, arch-supported bridges. We discussed the difference in a suspension bridge. Kellan read Trip to Manhattan. He discussed the idea that a family from Wisconsin take a trip to Manhattan and find that there are many ethnic groups. Ethnic was a vocabulary word for this story. We discussed the idea of "melting pot" as a description for New York because it has so many people with different nationalities. We listed Irish, French, Norwegian, Indian, Native American, Dutch, African American, Puerto Rican, Jamaican, South American, Italian, Pakistani, and many more. Next, Kellan began Lesson 3.5. He practiced all the vowel sounds, including the schwa. Kellan practiced: sh, g, f, b, s, z, v, j, and k. Kellan practiced the welded sounds: old, olt, ank, ang, ong, and all. Next, Kellan reviewed scooping three-syllable words: congressman, fantastic, and punishment. Kellan was introduced to two new suffixes for words that he can already read. Kellan learned about the "ing" and the "ed" suffix when it says /ed./ Kellan read and scooped the words publishing, rented, inspected, standing, and grunted. He learned to underline the base word and circle the suffix. Kellan played Ladder to review a fat stack of words from 3.5.