This afternoon, we began with a review of place value and identifying the specific number in the hundreds, tens, or ones place. Jonathan is now showing full understanding in this area. Next, we practiced working with fact families. Jonathan was given some of the numbers to complete the two addition sentences and two subtraction sentences. He readily completed this task. We then increased the difficulty level by having him fully provide all the numbers for the two addition and two subtraction sentences. Then, he was presented with a written statement to provide a related addition or subtraction sentence for a specific equation. As I told Jonathan, it is not a matter of him being able to solve the equations, our focus on the skills of fact families and related facts was to increase his understanding of the process and the language involved with these tasks. He was also reminded to slow down and focus on the language in the question for at times with the related sentences, he was providing the opposite of what he needed (i.e. subtracting when the instruction was to add). On IXL, we continued some more diagnostic work to find areas to target for enrichment. We’ve identified levels with recommended skills for numbers & operations, algebra & algebraic thinking, and geometry. There are three additional areas requiring further testing to finalize the skill level. Next, we worked through a mixed addition and subtraction Easter themed puzzle. Jonathan solved the equations and then used the numbers and letters to decode the answer to the Easter joke. Again, I reinforced that I knew he could solve the equations, but the focus of the task was the attention required to make sure he was solving the right way by looking at the sign to add or subtract. Finally, Jonathan enjoyed solving some fun “find the number” task cards by working through the clues on the card. This task involved use of the words greater than, less than, odd/even, and rhyming words within place value. Some simple equation solving was involved as well.