We began today's session practicing some blending drills and reviewing closed, open, and silent-e syllables by playing a few rounds of Phonics Dice to help reinforce and consolidate learning. Cade was eager to participate and remained engaged in the activity. We then continued our summer reading of 'The World According to Humphrey.' Cade was prompted to recall the characters and their relationships to one another. He read some sentences aloud during our guided reading exercise but the Lexile level of this particular book is advanced, with high sentence, text complexity, and word frequency so it is rather challenging for him. I will take out 1 or 2 of the recommended summer reading books for his grade level out of the library prior to our next session. Cade was then tasked with a cause and effect exercise. He correctly responded by stating the 'effect' that happened when given a 'cause' from the story. We read pages 25 - 32 in the book, 'The Most important Man in the World,' and Cade recalled many details when queried. He is growing more comfortable engaging in dialogue with me and appears to respond with greater confidence.