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"Tonight I reviewed through the student's study guide with her in preparation for Thursday's math test. We specifically covered: equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, improper fractions and mixed #s, benchmarks, expression of fractions and mixed #s as decimals, and real world problems involving fractions. We spent some time working on equivalent fractions. She showed some struggle understanding why different fractions may or may not be equivalent, yet she is able to simplify equations. I went through a few illustrated examples of "pizzas" to best describe how 1/4 = 2/8 and how 1/2 = 2/4. After a few interactive examples, she got the grasp and verbally explained why the illustrations and fractions were equivalent. We spent some time reviewing improper fractions and mixed numbers. I reviewed through the shortcuts to calculate the mixed number or the corresponding improper fraction. She needs to take her time and not rush to her answer. Especially with fractions, when she rushes, she arrives at the wrong answer as she may divide instead of multiplying when calculating for the right common denominator. This is something we will continue to work on. The student and I discussed fractions as decimals. This seemed to give her a lot of difficulty, and I went through a few examples, similar to last lesson. I will review these problems with her prior to her test. Finally, we reviewed the real world problems. She needs help most with the language of the problem, rather than that of the math involved in the problem. After explaining the problem to her in another way, she understood what she had to do to arrive at the right answer. The student needs to take her time with these problems and not rush through as some problems contain multiple steps. I left her with all the sample problems and practice work she completed with me during the lesson. Overall she had a great lesson. she just needs to take her time with her problems, not guess, and work the problem out until she is completely satisfied with her answer. She was a pleasure to work with this evening, after a few example problems, she grew the confidence to explain the rationale behind her work. "

"Today we continued studying the second semester of the student's math class. She completed two more homework sections. The topic was plotting lines and slopes. She generally understood the concept, and I just corrected a few things on her homework. We went over a few concepts from the book, and then she took the section quizzes online. She did well on the quizzes. She took her midterm for the course last week and is waiting for results. She will work on two more sections for next time "