I began with alphabetic knowledge: sequencing the alphabetic, identifying the vowels, defining a syllable, and building closed, open and silent-e syllables. Cade can now sequence the alphabet in just over two minutes. My goal is under one minute. I conducted visual, auditory, and blending drills with all letters and digraphs. Concept review included VC/CV and V/CV syllabication. Cade is growing more confident in the skill and is quite pleased when he can read the words without syllabicating. For spelling practice, we reviewed the FLSZ spelling rule and the irregular word "are". I dictated the words as well as two sentences with the words, which Cade edited using the CAPS acronym. He read two decodable books from FlyLeaf Publishing: To the Top and Dot Can Dig. Cade decoded well and read with better fluency and expression today. To conclude, we played a game of SLAP! to review CVC vs silent-E words. This skill is not yet automatic for Cade; he often requires prompting to distinguish between CVC and silent-E words.