Liam completed a historical fiction story about a Jewish family that immigrated to America. We discussed characters, theme, plot, sequence of event, and made predictions. He completed comprehension questions about the story, and searched for the similes in the story. He read an expository story about Ellis Island, and we discussed how immigrants were treated and tested when they got to America. He answered comprehension questions about this story. We compared the two stories and talked about how and why they were different, yet similar. We discussed short vowel words and he completed several activities demonstrating his knowledge of vowel sounds.