I began with alphabetic knowledge: sequencing, identifying vowels and consonants, defining a syllable, and building closed, open and silent-e syllable types. Cade sequenced the alphabet in 1:29, a big improvement. He read detached syllables for time (17 syllables in two minutes). I dictated detached syllables; Cade wrote the syllables, matched them to make "real" words, and wrote the words (tantrum, pumpkin, hundred). For spelling practice I dictate FLSZ words: gull, yell, mess, fuzz, and huff. I dictated two sentences for Cade to write and edit ("The gull is on the lake." and "I will yell if she makes a mess.") To conclude, Cade read two decodable books, "Fran Can Flip" and "Ted Can Do Tricks."