Today we started by discussing what it means to be "like terms". I wrote out a few examples of like terms, and a few non-examples as well. Ben picked up on the concept quickly. Then I wrote out a problem with two polynomials and asked Ben to add them and then classify. I showed him how to do it first. We started by collecting terms with the highest degree first, and added them. Then we moved to the next terms, combining them one at a time. I wrote it down while Ben told me what to write. Once we added them, I asked Ben to classify them. He did a great job recalling the names, monomial, binomial, trinomial, polynomial. He needs more practice with the degrees: constant, linear, quadratic, cubic, etc. Ben did an excellent job participating today.