Today Patrick and I reviewed the strategies we practiced for successful addition (find the biggest number, count on, use a number line). We played Make a Number, which Patrick loves to do!!! It is a great game to get his mind working and focused on number combinations. Patrick took a speed test and completed it correctly in 35 seconds. Next, we began subtraction. He seems very nervous about the concept of subtraction. I introduced fact families and we used the same strategies (start with the biggest number, count back and use the number line). We will continue working on speed in addition and subtraction until he feels comfortable and fluent.