Today Ayden was 30 minutes late so we did not have much time. He began with a warm up 2x table drill for time. He beat his last time! Then he began his new Topic in math- Rounding Numbers. Ayden should be able to round numbers to use mental math. Ayden learned three strategies to make mental math more easy. He learned about compensation, breaking apart numbers to make them easier, and counting on strategies. He completed a couple of problems with guidance. This concept is difficult for Ayden because he still does not know his basic addition and subtraction facts. We will have to do further practice in recalling his basic facts each day. Tomorrow we will continue practicing problems in this lesson. Ayden continued with his Fast ForWord program. He is improving at reading the paragraphs more carefully. I am proud of his efforts.