Kellan started his lesson today by practicing five sight words on the whiteboard. Kellan needed a little extra review on the word "their" and its meaning. Next, Kellan took dictation on three sentences. He is remembering good capitalization and punctuation. Kellan is remembering good letter formation. After the test, Kellan did the analysis of his page. He still needs a model to remind him of the vowel-consonant-e construction. Once he got started, Kellan did a good job of marking v-e on long vowel words, marking up short vowel words, digraphs, blends, digraph- blends, and bonus letters. Next, Kellan read the story, The Cactus Plant. This story had several vocabulary words that were discussed. Kellan learned the meaning of the word "thrive" as it was used in context. He also learned "neglect" and "drapes." Kellan discussed the plot of the story centered around a prank that the son did to his mother by hiding her prize cactus plant behind a drape for several days. The mother had to revive the plant when she found it. We discussed pranks, and also the plant's need for sunshine and water to help it survive. Kellan then listened to the story Because of Winn Dixie. We are on chapter seven. Kellan heard the part of the story where the librarian tells that she once asked her father for a birthday present of owning her own library. As an old lady, she is still enjoying the present she asked for when she was an eleven-year-old girl. One episode that was enjoyed was the part where Miss Block was reading a book in her library when a bear came right up to her desk. She was so busy reading War and Peace that she did not look up to see that it was a bear. When she saw the bear finally, she threw the book at him. The bear left with the book. Miss Block was often teased about the bear still reading War and Peace somewhere in the forest.