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- Two girls already knew which sounds we were working on because they peeked at Amanda's computer. - Both groups did very well with the sorting activity. - Although the girls were faster at sorting the flashcards (since they already knew which sounds we were working on), the boys got it fairly quickly too. - Prior to the lesson, I noticed how the book I was planning to use didn't contain words with the short i so I used two different books instead. These books were great! Each book focused on one specific vowel and it was full of words containing that vowel. - Students found tons of short i and u words. - From the minute the bears were called to the carpet, I could tell that Joseph was not having a good day. When Amanda and I rushed him to join the group on the carpet, he started crying. He was pulled out by Amanda. I started the lesson without him. He joined us toward the end of the lesson but refused to participate.