I began with visual, auditory, and blending drills. Libby is close to mastery in identifying the sounds of letters and digraphs taught, hesitating only with ch, ck, qu, and th. She blended CVC words with the initial sound /ch/. I taught the ck spelling rule as a new concept and dictated words for Libby to write: lick, chick, pick. She read her irregular word deck: the, too, his, has, love, is, as, you, and do. I dictated a sentence for Libby to write and edit (The chick is picky.) We concluded with oral reading fluency; Libby read the decodable reader, Can You See 3?