I will introduce the game, Sink the Ship, which will provide practice reading -ng and -nk words. I will assess Dylan's fluency rate during the Charting section of the lesson. At the end of the lesson, Dylan will be assessed on his ability to spell dictated real and nonsense words, write a dictated sentence, and mark the different elements in each of the real and nonsense words.

Dylan enjoyed listening to 'Bartholomew and the Oobleck'.He did well making predictions. Focus was on sequence, cause and effect and characterization. In the story, the king demands the magicians make something new to fall from the sky. They make oobleck, a sticky substance that is a liquid until it is squeezed, and then it becomes a solid. Once it is no longer squeezed, it turns back into a liquid. Dylan had a lot of fun making oobleck and playing with it. He predicted what it would look like, and described how it looked, felt, smelled and and sounded. We discussed the science of liquid vs solid. Dylan drew a picture of oobleck as a liquid and also as a solid. We brainstormed adjectives to describe oobleck. Dylan wanted to make a map of the Loxahatchee River. He researched on line to find pictures of fish and eels that he believed to be in the river. He drew a map and then pasted pictures of fish and eels onto the map. He was very pleased with the result.

During this lesson, I will increase the amount of practice of reading words with the-ng and -nk welded letters. The game, Sort It, will be played again which will provide the practice that is needed. Dylan will also read 5 instead of 10 sentences to provide oral reading practice to work on phrasing. Marking the elements in a word will also be practiced.

Dylan continued writing his personal narrative paragraph. Focus was on letter and word spacing and spelling. He enjoyed a game involving consonant blends. With encouragement, Dylan read a story entitled, 'A Fine Sale' which focused on long vowels and sight words. Together, we worked on reading words and matching the word to the picture it names. Dylan was very interested in the book, 'Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventure: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery'. He asked many questions about the historical references. We talked about the sequencing, cause and effect and historical content.

Spiral review included addition and subtraction, skip counting and tally marks. We reviewed telling time to the half hour. Dylan benefits from reminders to read the small hand(the hour hand) first. He practiced reading three-digit numbers. Dylan enjoyed a timed game where he had to determine the correct coin combination.

During this session, letter sounds will be reviewed. A game, Sort It, will be introduced. Dylan will read the word. He'll then identify the elements in the word by placing words with just welded letters in one column, words with digraphs in another and words with both digraphs and welded letters in a third column. Dylan will also be asked to read 5 sentences to practice fluency.

We continued to work on the personal narrative paragraph we started last week. Dylan chose a topic and dictated what happened first, next and last. He also dictated an opening and closing sentence. He began to write the outline in paragraph form focusing on letter and word spacing. In phonics, we focused on the long u sound, both reading and spelling one syllable, long u words. Dylan enjoyed a game involving identifying digraphs. We completed the "Flat Stanley Story' and discussed the similarities and differences between the two "Flat Stanley' stories I read.

Spiral review included addition, place value, subtraction and money. Dylan enjoyed working with the plastic coins. He practiced determining the value of given groups of coins. He asked to add three-digit numbers which he was able to do. Dylan benefited from reminders and practice in reading three-digit numbers.

The emphasis will be on spelling words with the welded letters. Dylan will be asked to first finger tap the dictated words to isolate the individual sounds. He will then use magnetic tiles to spell each word. Dylan will then be asked to identify the different elements in each word. During the dictation part of the lesson he will write the dictated words and mark the different elements in each word. He will also be asked to write 2 sentences. After writing the sentences, Dylan will identify any high frequency words by circling them. Dylan will also be asked to read a short paragraph and answer comprehension questions.

Dylan worked with his brother on drama games. He put voices to characters and used different scenes in which to place the characters.