Today Ayden had a double session of Math because the internet was down. He explored the 9X tables and copied them down 2X. He now has a set of flashcards to study for next week's test. He has learned different strategies to solving the 9x tables, until they become rote for him. In Lesson 4-2 Ayden made connections between multiplication and division in order to understand how they are related. Ayden used multiplication to find the total number of objects there are in equal-sized groups that the total can be separated into. Ayden understands that related multiplication and division facts can be demonstrated as fact families. Understanding fact families will not only speed up his ability to find a product or quotient, but will also reinforce important multiplication and division concepts. Ayden used counters to demonstrate his ability to write various fact families. He also reviewed his new vocabulary terms, relating to division. Ayden completed his practice homework in class today, which gave me a chance to see that he understands the skills taught so far. Great job, Ayden!