Nicholas was in a good mood and worked well on his math skills. He did not write down the assignment in his agenda as "there was too much to write and I had already written down that tomorrow is Picture Day." He was reminded of the importance of writing down the page numbers of all his assignments, so we did extra on the homework packet that was in his book-bag, completing all but the very last page for the entire week. Nicholas seems to have a good handle on equations. We worked on applying properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract, using one to check the other. (Florida State standard MAFS.1.OA.2.3). Specifically, Nicholas worked on choosing numbers to complete equation problems to reinforce prior math skills acquired. He also wrote number sentences to match pictures, wrote related facts about it, and matched addition and subtraction equations to related facts. Nicholas has difficulty writing certain numbers, inverting or reversing the 5 and 6; he will ask for a verbal prompt to cue him as to the orientation of the number. We next moved onto spelling exercises. I helped Nicholas recognize letters by writing them on his back, using my finger. Nicholas had a wonderful time guessing the letters and did well on this task- something which he was frequently proud to boast. This technique was suggested to his mom as a fun and beneficial means by which to help Nicholas remember the spelling of words. It uses a sensory/visual memory 'imprinting' approach, which may prove to be a helpful and effective way for Nicholas to retrieve the correct sequence of letters when spelling a word.