We enjoyed an effective and productive session this afternoon. I assessed Cade's understanding of silent-e and we played a few rounds of a closed syllable phonics dice game which included a vowel between two consonants; Cade read four words with ease and won the round. We continued reading the book, 'The World According to Humphrey' and I asked Cade to summarize it for me before reading chapter 3, 'The Two Faces of Mrs Brisbane,' pages 17-24; Cade recorded the time spent reading it in his reading log and participated in guided reading, following along with his finger. I stopped at several points to assess his understanding of words, developments, character analyses, prediction, and inferences. I explained and gave examples of inferences as Cade was unfamiliar with the term, and I described how one can figure things out and form conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. We read the chapter in its entirety and I paused periodically to practice comprehension strategies which included summarizing, predicting, and making inferences. Additionally, Cade was provided with a hands-on activity using clay to make a model of Humphrey; he created an excellent facsimile using the book's cover illustration to guide his efforts. When reading, I pointed out several words to assess Cade's understanding, and commented on the irregular spelling of words such as 'gnaw.' Cade picked out the past tense of the word in a subsequent sentence when prompted to do so. He followed directives well and was responsive to intervention, contextual clues, and strategies to facilitate literacy, fluency, and decoding skills. The session went well and yielded productive outcomes.