Sophia was very talkative on Friday. This was the first time that I got more than a few words for an answer. Hopefully, this means she's feeling more comfortable with me. I introduced the VCE pattern for long vowel words. I had Sophia read some long vowel words that I made with the letter tiles and then switched between short and long vowel words by taking away the letter, e. She did OK but the reading wasn't automatic. I'll continue to have her read a list of words that contain both long and short vowel words. I also continue with the ipad app, Long Vowels, which adds a fun and variety to the exercise.