Patrick played Hangman Jr. to practice spelling his short e words of the week. He is learning this week that short e can also have the -ea spelling pattern, as in bread. While deciding if his chosen word was a 4, 5, or 6 letter word, I noticed the numbers of letter tiles he used in the game, didn't match up with the amount of letters in the word. While he counts, his tracking isn't always accurate. He either counts faster than his pointing speed or vice versa. He loved the game and was very engaged and motivated to spell and play. He read The Red Hat and completed a graphic organizer containing the characters, setting, and main events. It took a very long time for him to record a sentence for the event category. His writing pace and formation needs strengthening. I noticed he often write an -a in place of o, b/d, h/r, etc.