Nicholas started out the session a bit tired, but after allowing him 3 minutes to rest, he rallied and sat at the desk to work on his math homework. Nicholas used tally charts to answer questions and problem solve. He did well on this assignment, but had a bit of difficulty understanding he needed to subtract when asked how many more children chose a certain item than another. We reviewed this problem using concrete strategies to enable Nicholas to better understand how to arrive at the answer using subtraction. I explained that the word more doesn't necessarily mean addition. Nicholas listened attentively during my explanation and was able to complete the next problem independently. He also was required to use the > and < signs to solve problems and did well on these when it was explained using information from the tally chart. The last question required that Nicholas add two-digit numbers together, and he arrived at the sum without difficulty although he questioned himself initially. He was so pleased with his performance that he asked me to take pictures of him with his work. We finished up the session reviewing this week’s spelling words; however, Nicholas did not bring home his folder and we needed to rely on his agenda in which he wrote the words. All but one were legible and Nicholas demonstrated greater attention and effort practicing sounding out and spelling the words. We will continue to review these words this Wednesday to prepare for Friday's spelling test.