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"The student and I began going over an 18-page review for her final. She has a number of puzzle problems, rather than normal organic questions, so we went over those in great detail. She said the session helped a great deal."

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"The student and I looked over his reading homework, correcting mistakes he made during after-school care and going over the meaning of certain questions he did not understand. We then worked on a reading comprehension passage that focused on answering questions about main idea in each paragraph and the main idea of an overall passage. The student did well with this, and I explained to him the difference between the main idea of specific paragraphs and the main idea of the entire passage. We touched on how he needs to pay attention to the question to make sure he is answering it correctly, because a main idea question may ask about the whole passage or about one specific paragraph. We finished by working on a math exercise that had him completing subtraction problems using borrowing. He did okay with this, except that he was inconsistent with following each step, and occasionally made mistakes. We will continue to work on this next session."

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"The student and I met for the first time today. She explained that there is an upcoming biology test on Friday. We decided that since there were three major sections on the test, we would spend our first three days focusing on these sections, then I would create a mock test for her to complete on Thursday before we meet the final time. Today, we looked at the first section of the review, which focused on seeds and plant classifications. We walked through each section and answered the review questions, referring to lecture slides when necessary. We made good progress on this section, but there was still a good amount remaining. We decided that the best way to proceed is for the student to highlight the remaining points that she was confused with and we would review those specifically next time. "

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"We went over the previous exam. This test grade was higher than the previous one. After reviewing the exam, we reviewed the process of solving the problems. One specific method we covered was solving problems in variables and breaking down each variable to the simplest components. Doing this method usually results in canceling of variables and allows for easier calculations."

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"The student took a reading diagnostic for fluency, comprehension, vocabulary and phonics. She also completed a writing sample. Going forward she will use 3rd grade materials to improve comprehension of fiction, build non-fiction skills, and improve multiple meaning word vocabulary."

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"Today we covered partial fraction decomp and trig subs for calculus, including a problem involving multiple integration techniques to check for knowledge. The student seems to be doing extremely well and needs little guidance to work through problems. We will possibly be doing circuit problems next session and continuing on calculus concepts."

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"Today we worked on some Algebra 1 background: basics of slope, lines through a point with a particular slope, continuity, limits, and differentiability. We also covered secant lines, and tangent lines as instantaneous rate of change, algebraic means of finding slope of tangent line, and I pre-taught the power rule. The student did most of their homework with the use of a graphing program to show curves, tangent lines, etc."

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"In this session, the student and I worked on some calculus-based physics and his current calculus exercises. His physics course is discussing velocity and displacement which involves the use of derivatives and integrals for calculations. He hasn't covered this material in calculus yet, so we discussed the different differentiation rules needed to complete these problems. We reviewed differentiation/integration for the power function, as well as sums and constants. He also had questions about the notation used, and how to properly display his solutions. After our review, he was able to complete all the exercises, and we moved on to the limit based problems for calculus. He only had a few calculation questions, and he was able to complete his work by the end of the session."

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"In this session, we worked on the SAT reading, writing, and math. For the reading, we went over literature, which the student had a bit more comfort with this time, as the piece was a bit more clear and narrative-based than the one we went over on Tuesday. I again reminded him to use deductive reasoning more carefully and avoid trap answers. For the writing, we went over a few concepts, and then he took a quick test. While he has improved tremendously with grammar, he hesitates and spends a lot of time making editorial changes. In general, this suggests that he should focus a bit more on the most important elements of the passage and note when there are odd shifts in focus. We then went over math, which he was a bit more comfortable with. We went over interpreting linear expressions from graphs and using deductive reasoning to choose the best answer from a list. We also worked on function notation."

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"Student 1 did great work when working on word problems into the hundreds tonight. We also worked on adding lists with four or more numbers, and he did well. I will focus on some spelling and grammar with him next time. I will check in and help him when he gets stuck on a concept. Student 2 and I worked on dividing decimals, and he struggled at first but really seemed to understand the concept by the end of the lesson. Student 3 and I worked on reviewing elapsed time and talked about strategies for solving. We also covered half/quarter til and past."

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"We finalized his summer sessions with a comprehensive quiz to test his abilities acquired through our sessions. He struggled with focus in some regards and I had to steer him back onto task. He seemed much more confident with the material compared to the previous quiz. He learned from some of his mistakes. I showed him a couple of different ways to approach rate and fraction problems. He is a very nice and driven student. He works hard and puts plenty of effort into his schooling. He enjoys challenging questions more than working heavy multiplication problems. He will need to continue to practice his multiplication and organizing his work more efficiently to ensure correct answers."

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