Reid was in good spirits today, looking forward to Halloween. We began by going through his school notebook. He did not have a spelling list this week, so we started with his reading log, co-reading Chapters 5 and 6 of Whale Watching (Magic School Bus, book 3). Reid read with reasonable fluency and comprehension. At his suggestion, we picked out several practice spelling words: frantic, instrument, and barnacle. We went outside to practice spelling; first, we counted the syllables and then spelled each word while tossing a football. Returning to the classroom, we co-read a reading comprehension passage, Lou Lou's School for Ghouls, followed by comprehension questions. The format is very similar to the Daily Reading Ready Tests that Reid takes in school, so this was good practice. To conclude, we played a game of Crazy Moose, all syllable types.