I began with a one-minute phonological awareness exercise, asking Libby to drop one syllable from a two-syllable word, "say candy, but don't say can." (Kilpatrick, D2#1, p. 132). Libby struggles with this skill. Next, I conducted visual, auditory, and blending drills with the letters and digraphs learned so far. Libby is not automatic with her letter sounds and blending is an emerging skill. For regular spelling, I dictated words from the blending drill: pet, met, set, wet. Irregular words: and, the, has. Libby read two decodable books from FlyLeaf publishing, "C or K" and "I am Sam." To conclude, I read aloud two chapters from the Kate DiCamillo book, "Mercy Watson Escapes," which was a big hit!