Ayden began math with a 5X table drill. Then we reviewed his homework and began Lesson 3-6 and 3-7. Topic 3-6 was an easy topic for Ayden, since it involved working with factors 10, 11, and 12. He used the distributive property to solve problems. He used patterns as aids to mastery of fact and multiples of 10, 11, and 12. He has worked on this "breaking apart" method with all other single digit factors. Then Ayden worked on drawing a picture and writing an equation in Topic 3-7. Ayden has learned to create bar diagrams in order to provide another visual cue, and another strategy to solve math problems. Ayden continued his Fast ForWord program. He needs constant reminders to prevent him from choosing the incorrect answer when playing Hog Hat Zone- a cloze passage brain game. I believe he does this because it is a little frustrating for him. He must put forth such strong focus on decoding at times, that he loses sight of the semantics. I remind him that I would rather him to take his time and answer correctly. In Chicken Dog, I have been quite impressed with his improvement in the ability to fill in the blanks with the correct letters (ex s--p, answer oa, to make the word soap.) Here is attention is on decoding and phonemic awareness only. I enjoy working with Ayden, and I know his perseverance will pay off.