New Year, New substep

Well, I started the new year with a new substep.  The only problem with this approach was that I wrote the lesson plan before the break and didn't think to look it over before teaching it.  There we were, Tuesday after a long week and I was grasping for what I was supposed to do.  It's a good thing my student is tolerant of these gaffs!  I pulled out the teacher manual and refreshed my memory but the lesson was less than stellar.  Prior to the afternoon portion of the lesson I pulled out the lesson plan and the teacher manual and did a quick review.  The afternoon session went much better.  We ended up flying through that substep.  There wasn't a lot of material in it and there were no new sounds being introduced.  All we did was introduce the concept of a three consonant blend and six sounds in one closed syllable.  I have already finished the online course through the first substep of step 3 so I knew that we are going to move to two syllable words next.  I knew that I needed to hammer home the concept of one vowel followed by one or more consonant is a closed syllable.  So, I spent this week making sure she was solid with that.  We will be starting this coming week on step 3.  I will be careful to review the online course and the teacher's manual and plan the first lesson VERY carefully so I don't make the same mistake again!  Onward and upward!