Award-Winning Private Elementary Math Tutoring in Antioch, CA

"Mom asked that I review the student's math test with him. We reviewed the areas he missed on the test and talked about what could help him do better. Most of his mistakes were made by rushing through each individual question without answering completely. We reviewed how he understood the problem compared to what he wrote down. What he was thinking was correct but he failed to write his total thinking process on the test. We discussed organizational skills to answer completely and how to relax before taking a test. The only area that was unknown to the student on the test was answering the question regarding factors of a number. We reviewed and told him how to write all the multiplication facts out that equal that number to come up with his factors."

"We covered a variety of areas including arranging decimals in order, doing arithmetic at the right order, calculating part of a whole (percentages), and translating phrases into an equations. The biggest area that the student can work on was doing arithmetic at the right order so I assigned him a worksheet on it. In addition to reviewing these areas, we did problems from the SSAT/ ISEE book. I looked at the middle SSAT level test that he took. I find that at least half of the math problems he missed are not covered in the elementary level test."

"We worked on addition and subtraction problems using the "counting up" and "counting down" method. We then worked on learning her two times table in multiplication. We got up to 2X4. After we finished with math, we did some reading comprehension. I will share my notes on words that she understood and words that were unclear. I am very proud at how hard she worked."

"The student and I had a great session. We started by reviewing her homework from Tuesday and Wednesday. She was very excited to show me some of her new books and read two books to me right away. We reviewed her math homework, which involved finding shapes in a picture. We also corrected her kumon work from that night. At the end of the session, we had a little bit of time left, and she chose to do another reading activity! Overall, I think she did extremely well!"