I began with a full review of the 23 letters and sounds Nicholas has studied. He identified all the letters and the sound for each. The letters are presented in both the capital and lowercase form, using our alphabet cards. EX: "Aa" and a picture of an apple. Nicholas then reviewed all of the "environmental print" cards he has studied. Each card says, for example, "V is for for ---and there is a picture of Vaseline." Today we added the card for "R," "Z," and "Y." Nicholas read and/or stretched (sounded out) his sight words: I is for a at it the to... He should practice the last two words. Today, I used a few of these words in a sentence. I then asked Nicholas to use the same word in a sentence of his own. We then played a game with his sight words called "BANG." Nicholas enjoys this game and it affords him the opportunity to practice the sight words over and over. We worked on printing some of the capital letters that Nicholas had difficulty printing from memory before spring break. He printed "M," "G," "V," "W," "F," and "B." He should practice "D" and "E." Nicholas printed his first name and he identified all of the letters. He was a bit confused printing his last name. We worked through this together and he was able to identify all the letters. "Gg" hard/g/ was the last letter we were working on before break. Nicholas drew a picture of a "garden," accompanied with "grass" and "gate." I assisted him with sounding out and he printed, "I se gras and a grdn." ("I see grass and a garden.")