At the onset of our lesson this afternoon, Mercer asked if he could show me his score on the SSAT. He was disappointed he did not do better. We discussed the test and looked up some information about it. Mercer is hoping he will get another chance to take it to improve his score. We then went on the computer in the library and Mercer introduced me to a new academic game. It involved a puzzle activity made by the producer of other color activities named, Yellow, Red, Black, Blue and Green, which Mercer said he's already mastered. I watched as Mercer attempted to solve the puzzles using different strategies without requesting clues. Mercer was able to explain the objective of the puzzles and demonstrated good critical thinking skills in his efforts to solve them, many of which involved complex visual-spatial and perceptual challenges.