Today Aiden and I reviewed the Distributive, Associative, and Commutative Properties of Addition and Multiplication. We began with an activity that showed examples of each property type. Aiden was to match the example with the appropriate terminology. This was tricky for Aiden at first. We were able to discuss the differences with concrete examples. We said Associative property is how things are grouped together (think like a group of friends who associate with each other). We said the Commutative oroperty is how terms are positioned (think root word "commute" means to move - so these terms will swap placement). Aiden articulated his way through the each problem, and ended up doing a great job. At the end of the activity, Aiden made a graphic organizer with his own examples of each Distributive Property, Associative Prop. of Addition, Associative Prop. of Multiplication, Commutative Prop. of Addition, and Commutative Prop. of Multiplication. He used different numbers in each problem and showed how the property applies. Now I think Aiden has a good understanding of these properties.