Nicholas arrived in a good mood, as usual, and happily announced it was his birthday today, on Halloween. He just turned 7. He enjoyed hearing this tutor sing happy birthday to him, happily sang the part about him being 7 years old today, and enjoyed two treats out of his goody bag. He also presented this tutor with a creative popcorn person he made in school made with popcorn and candy corn (he does not like popcorn), and this tutor graciously accepted it. We then got to work - page 175 in his Go Math workbook. Nicholas was tasked with comparing and ordering objects by length and we made a clue game out it. We ordered three objects by length, comparing the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object. (This is MAFS.1.MD.1 in the Florida standards for first grade math students). We then discussed measurement. This tutor talked about using a ruler to measure objects and Nicholas recognized that a ruler is a tool used to measure length to the nearest inch. We observed the interval markings on the ruler and discussed how they can be counted to determine the overall length of an object. This is MAFS.1.MD.1.a in C-Palms (Florida standards). We ended the academic part of this session by measuring a series of objects in the room. He enjoyed doing so very much and seemed to understand where to place the ruler to measure accurately. As Nicholas worked well and sustained attention (via prompts) today, we concluded the last ten minutes of the session by going on the playground and this tutor went on the seesaw with Nicholas, much to his delight, and watched him have fun on some of the playground equipment. Nicholas was overtly demonstrative and affectionate today, thanking this tutor for the great time he had on his Halloween birthday.