He wrote a summary for Chapter 10 of, "Indian in the Cupboard," and then we listened to and discussed Chapter 11.

Mercer continued exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, converting percents to decimals and decimals to percent.

Mercer was given his display case and instructed to complete all touch-ups.

Mercer was given his display case and we worked together to install the LEDS for the Case.

Mercer reviewed his spelling words and we went over his homework assignment for tonight. He completed an activity using his wordly wise words in context. He wrote a summary for chapter 9 of, "Indian in the Cupboard." He learned to write the letter u in cursive using the words us, truck, and you.

I had taken a book out of the library entitled, "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom," by Louis Sachar. I thought Mercer might identify with some aspects of the protagonist's character. Mercer was more interested in researching a building about which we had discussed at the very onset of our session, the Flatiron building in NYC, as he was interested in its architecture. Therefore, we looked up images of the building and I had Mercer research its history. He found it interesting to note that when it first opened, the Flatiron building’s female tenants were at a disadvantage since the building's designers had failed to include any ladies' restrooms. Management had to designate bathrooms for men and women on alternating floors. This fact provided a diversion and a fortuitous way to reconnect to the book I had taken out for Mercer, (“There’s a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom”). I finished the session by resuming reading the 2nd chapter in the book in the hopes of whetting Mercer's appetite, but for the last part of the session, Mercer joined another student in a game of chess against a teacher during which he demonstrated excellent focus and strategy.

Mercer was given resin and hardener to mix together. Mercer let the solution sit for five minutes and poured it into a plastic container mold.

Mercer played a game of chess against the computer and won.

Mercer continued exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, converting fractions to decimals.

Mercer learned how to write the letter t in cursive using the words quit and tag. He completed an activity using his Wordly Wise words in context. He wrote a summary for chapter 7 of, "Indian in the Cupboard." He learned to diagram an imperative sentence.