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"The student and I reviewed material for her exam (which was Friday). Specifically we covered Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, Vectors, as they apply to real life type problems (word problems). I also showed her a few tricks when it comes to these type of problems, for her test preparation (always draw sketches, write down all givens, fill in any "easy" non givens, etc.). She seems to grasp the concepts well, but still makes "little" errors such as calculations, or simple algebraic errors. With a little patience, and checking her work, this should be corrected. "

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"Along with Math homework, the student also had a language arts assignment. She had already finished her math homework before I arrived, so for the first half of the session we went over the language arts assignment. It consisted of a passage in the beginning followed by 3 questions, all related to a flowchart that they had to make in relation to the passage. She was having trouble writing a flowchart efficiently, so we started by going through each paragraph of the passage and summarizing it. Then we talked about translating that exactly onto a flowchart in an effective way. This way she was able to understand how to write a flowchart, as well as have more practice understanding the sequence of events in a story. Towards the end, I taught her how to make an origami fortune teller. With that we wrote the multiplication facts for the 2's table on it, and made the fortune teller into a practice tool for the 2's."

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"We reviewed what the student has been learning in world geography (Russia) and she worked on English homework (vocabulary)."

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"The student had already finished his homework for the previous class and felt he understood the material for the upcoming quiz/test so we moved on with previewing the next topic. We worked on graphing and manipulating quadratic equations. Because this is a pretty novel topic for him, it was a bit challenging in the beginning. However, by the end of the session, he understood the two sections we went over pretty well and felt confident in working through some of the practice problems. For the next session, I will address any questions he had on the two sections we worked on today and move on with the next sections of the unit. We will most likely also do a review if he has any other quizzes and tests coming up."

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"Today we did more with solving linear equations in one variable, including the variable on both sides of the equal sign. We progressed to multi-step equation solving. We also studied rational vs. irrational numbers. As a number booster, we considered numerical sequences like 2, 3, 5, 8, ___ where the pattern leads to 12. The concepts of dividing and multiplying monomials were introduced. The student performed above average on each of the practice exercises. Errors consisted of thinking -5 + x as meaning -5x, that y/y = 1, not 0 or y, and that x means x to the 1st power and x^0 = 1. We stressed adding like terms as in "-4x -6x is -10x. I left him with additional practice in these areas as well as presenting the concept of solving linear equations with fractional coefficients as in 3/2 x = 4 by multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of 3/2 which is 2/3."

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"Today was our last review before the student starts school. I appreciate that she filled in the review sheet I gave her last time. We reviewed related rates which went well then we went over logarithmic rules. She will need to review the logarithms as much of this is just rote memorization and she will see this again. Most of the lesson was spent on learning about waves. I think she understands the basics which will help when her teacher covers this in class. We did a lot of practice problems at the end and towards the last few she was solving them on her own. Overall, well prepared and worked hard today."

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"In this session we mostly focused on ACT math problems. This time whenever she got a question wrong I made up about 5 more problems which required the same technique but with different wording to make sure she would not get stumped on the exam. We also went over some problems that she was having problems with in her math studies class. Overall I think we made a lot of progress in both."

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"With the student's final on Thursday, we went over a thick review packet of all the material we covered this semester. He had briefly started on it before I came, and we got through maybe a quarter of it today. We went over factoring, imaginary numbers, finding zeros, and simplifying other algebraic expressions. Although he needed a refresher, he seemed to understand how to do most of the problems. I decided to just go over odd problems to get through the thick packet faster, and I did the evens if he was stuck on the initial problem. We will continue this review at our next session."

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"The student and I reviewed her homework. She did extremely well this session. She had four pages of homework, and she rolled right through each page, only needing help on maybe four problems. I think she is really learning to check her own work and is starting to rely less on me and more on what she has learned previously. "

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"We covered exponential growth and decay, converting from half-life to decay rate and vice versa. The student seemed to have a decent understanding of the material and was able to set up equations correctly."

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"We reviewed a homework assignment on composite area of figures and half of one on finding the sector area of a circle. The student did really well with these once I explained the shape and what the formulas are. She had all the easy ones already done on her composite area sheet and they were all correct. Her next exam will be in 10 days, so next week we'll review a bit and make flashcards for the formulas."

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