this past week

I didn't get much time with my student this past week.  However, we finished up with real words and began nonsense words for the v-e syllable type.  I was not surprised to see that my student had difficulty with decoding these words.  She is still having some confusion about when to make a vowel long and when to put a silent e on the end of words.  I believe we will be at this substep for a bit now.  We're winding down, however and I feel confident we will be on step 4.2 in 2 1/2 weeks which is where I NEED to be by then!  I can see how this step is helping my student with decoding.  I feel good about giving her the tools she needs to be a successful reader in the future.  My only concern now is if I will ever get to use what I've learned with future students.  Only time will tell!