Nicholas arrived in good spirits following the break; he was dropped off by his grandfather. During today's session, Nicholas completed his math homework (page 73 in his Go Math workbook). He practiced counting back 1, 2, or 3 and writing the difference in the answer space provided by each problem. Nicholas has shown improvement, overall, in his computational skills and ability. He has demonstrated both increased competence and confidence when working on the problems, and he is better able to sustain attention to the task for longer periods of time and work on problems with less frustration of late. Nicholas uses his fingers to subtract. Today he became familiar with understanding that the term subtraction may be used in lieu of 'take away,' however he asked to use this teacher's fingers for numbers over 10 instead of using the number line made accessible to him. He also was able to write a subtraction problem involving subtraction with a 2-digit number. Today was a productive session and Nicholas was pleased with his performance.