Ben had a great class today. I got his attention at the beginning of class at the white board. I told him I was going to write some notes and asked if he would listen and he said sure. I showed him how to write a fraction power into a radical/root, by using an acronym "BOTI" which stands for Bottom--Out, Top--In. I showed Ben the problem 8^(2/3) and we wrote it in radical form. Then we evaluated it. Once Ben saw the pattern, I related it back to concepts Ben has previously learned (negative exponents, fractions, and decimals). Ben did very well today.