Today we began by continuing with taking notes on older material. I presented to Aiden a "Chapter Highlights" that has key tidbits from each chapter/section with examples. He found that to be helpful, but also requested we take notes. I asked him if it was ok if we use the first 5-10 minutes of class for review, but then the rest of class we focus on new material. He agreed.
We are now in Chapter 5 which starts with writing two-step equations. We looked over the problems we've previously done to make sure Aiden knew what the plan was. Next we pulled some problems from the textbook. Aiden was asked to read the word problem, then choose the correct expression that matches the scenario. He did a great job explaining his choices as well as why the other expressions were set up incorrectly. Next, Aiden was given an expression, and he had to come up with a scenario that the expression could represent. He had me giggling with his ideas. He's hilarious.
He did well today!