Lesson One

Introduce sounds: c and d

Review sounds: a, m, n, o, s and t

Build words: cat, sad

Review sight word: the

Read Book 2 (“Sam”) pp. 1-3.

The children already know the from reading “The End,” but this particular child believed that The and the were two different words, so I added the to the sight words list.

Lesson Two

Review sounds: a, c, d, m, n, o, s and t

Build words: sad, man

Review sight word: the

Read Set 1, Book 2 (“Sam”) pp. 3-5.

Lesson Three

Review sounds: a, c, d, m, n, o, s and t

Build words: dot, can

Introduce sight word: O.K.

Review sight word: the

Read Set 1, Book 2 (“Sam”) pp. 6-8.

Suddenly, Daughter A. began picking up a bit of speed. One thing that helped with this is that she finally connected the concept of smooshing those sounds. Smooshing, incidently, is more difficult with some sounds than it is with others. Short sounds, like d, do not easily lend themselves to being dragged along in this manner, so the child has to learn to say the first sound along with the second sound. For instance, in reading the word “dad” the first sound when attempting to smoosh is da..

Lesson Four

Review sounds: a, c, d, m, n, o, s and t

Build word: and

Review sight words: the, O.K.

Read Set 1, Book 2 (“Sam”) all the way through.