Nicholas was focused and receptive to learning how to make a ten strategy in Common Core math in order to help him see how counting and numbers are related. We completed his Go Math homework to help build and foster a number sense. Nicholas worked on problems to enable him to understand that two-digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. I explained that tens can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones - using drawings, models, and strategies based on place values and the properties of operation (i.e., commutative). Nicholas and I also looked at two short videos demonstrating these concepts in order to stimulate interest and reinforce his conceptual numeric understanding of algebraic operations. Finally, Nicholas solved a word problem that called for the addition of whole numbers whose sum was less than twenty. He has been better able to sustain attention of late, and appears to learn best when teaching is delivered in smaller chunks and, if possible, supplemented with hands-on demonstration or assistive technology.