Liam was talking to several staff about the main character, Lincoln, on his shirt. As I have him for Social Studies, I used the name Lincoln to transition to the Social Studies subject matter. Liam correctly referenced Lincoln as the sixteenth president of the United States with minimal prompts. I then read him about 'The History of Zombies,' from an Educational site which explained how zombies have appeared in legends and myths all over the world, across time and cultures to afford him a spatial and conceptual frame of reference. I mentioned that one of the earliest known references to zombies is in the 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' an ancient 'epic' poem from the Mesopotamian region of the world - now known as Iraq. This allowed me to introduce and explain another subject-specific term intro our lesson, the fertile crescent. We also defined some words from the passage with which Liam was unfamilar (e.g., lethargic, fertile, wisp, chaos, and preview - the latter of which gave me an opportunity to discuss prefixes of words). After I explained the meaning of 'preview,' and used it in a sentence, Liam made a personal connection. He stated "I saw the preview of Elemental, a pixar show," which was an appropriate association. Liam frequently related words to shows he has watched, but was redirected to follow the thread of our discussion before moving on to another thought or topic. He was invited to bring in pictures of his family members if he wanted to display them on part of his bulletin board, but he opted not to; instead, we can put up the Bio Poem he wrote in class last week.