Samantha began the session by creating two four digit numbers. She was asked to manipulate the number cards based on place value. Then she had to find the difference between the two numbers. She did a great job on this and seems very comfortable with place value. Samantha then continued to work on geometric models and identifying patterns. She experienced some difficulty with them. We will continue to work on this concept. The final aspect of the lesson involved using money to solve algebra problems. To be continued tomorrow.