Patrick used letter magnets to spell out the alphabet. Occasionally, he missed a letter. The magnets were color coordinated by vowel and consonant. We sang "Which 5 letters are the Vowels" to the tune of "Old McDonald." We made the short vowel sound as we approached each vowel. (Ex: With an "ah, ah" here, and an "ah, ah" there" etc.) He learned that any letter that isn't a vowel is a consonant, and correctly gave me 5 examples, showing understanding. We went on a short a hunt around the school for items containing the short a sound in the beginning or middle of the word. With assistance, Patrick found happy, apple, laugh, ice pack, napkin, etc. This became easier for him to hear the vowel sound as we found more examples. He recorded his answers in list formation in his angry bird notebook he brought. :) He was excited to meet the assignment requirement, as well as meet the challenge of finding two bonus words. He reread Go Animals Go, and highlighted his sight words in the text. He wrote those sight words on index cards which will be posted in his room on a word wall/jail wall. We talked about the sight words that followed the rules and sound the way they look, and identified which ones did not which we refer to as "jail words." He had fun with this approach and can't wait to make his "jail wall."