We began today by viewing the Algebra 2 Savvas website. JPaul worked through 2 examples that were from yesterday’s lesson. He had difficulty with the problems. We rediscussed the concepts using a different approach. I had him slow down and think about WHY he was doing the operations and articulate that to me outloud while he worked. I’ve learned JPaul’s mind works faster than his hands, so he’s balancing multiple steps at once rather than doing one step, writing it down, then moving on to the next step, writing that down, etc. He’s getting lost in the computations. I told him this is a “good” problem to have, because we can easily work on it. I am encouraging him to show his work so that his thought process can be seen. We reviewed his home learning, he showed about 70% mastery. Then we completed 5.2 Notes on Properties of Exponents. The last portion of 5.2 JPaul seemed to enjoy because it was easier for him. We ended the class by having JPaul take a 15 minute mock-quiz. When time was up he asked for 5 extra minutes which I allowed. Of the 5 problems, he got 2 correct, 2 partially correct, and 1 incorrect. Tonight’s home learning will allow him to continue practicing the problems he finds challenging.