Today I began by asking Nicholas to print capital letters. I said a letter and he printed it. Nicholas then printed his first and last name with no assistance. He identified the letters in his first and last name. Every session, I take the time to review the name and sound of each letter Nicholas has "studied." Of the 23 letters we have looked at, he did not recognize "W." He calls it "M." He recognized "U," but we need to practice the short "u" sound some more. Nicholas read theses sight words: I is for a it at (stretched the sounds and then said the word.) He has difficulty with "the." Today we added the word "to." We played the game "BANG" with his sight words. I have a stack of his sight words. Each word is in the stack 3 times. The word "BANG" is also written on 3 cards. Nicholas and I take turns reading a card. If the word is read correctly, the player keeps the card. If a "BANG" card is drawn, the player loses all his cards. Nicholas read all of the "environmental print" cards. We added the card for "Ww." Each card has a few of his sight words on it...Example: W is for (picture of Wendy's logo) Wendy's. I introduced the letter "Gg" and the hard sound /g/ as in "goat."