Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Delmar, NY

"The student informed me that next week there would be a math quiz on Thursday. So, I found the "exit ticket"ù sections of the math module lessons through a copy of the teacher's guide of the math modules of the curriculum. She confirmed that these sections had not been covered during her math class within the past several months, so I used it as supplemental material to the lessons. The first one from lesson 2 focused on the concept of the display of data distribution using dot plots. This exit ticket already displayed a dot plot, and she had to answer a set of questions using the information that could be analyzed. The second exit ticket from lesson 3 focused on the concept of creating dot plots. She had to answer questions using information given from the question's text and a chart with numerical data in order to create an accurate dot plot and analyze the data once she finished the dot plot. For lesson 3's exit ticket, she showed some confusion with the concept of frequency and how tally marks were related to the basic idea of a robin laying eggs. I helped explain how frequency was in connection with the different times robins laid specific numbers of eggs. I emphasized that reviewing supplemental material in preparation for a future quiz would be helpful if similar scenarios and problems were assigned by her teacher. She finished the two exit tickets in sufficient time, and we still had about 20 minutes remaining. After asking if any other quizzes or tests were scheduled for next week, she confirmed that there would be a language arts quiz on the formatting of titles for publications. I was able to provide a worksheet on common and proper nouns based on the topic and online questions regarding title formats for a book, TV show and movie. She did not appear to be struggling with this concept and she will most likely do well on the quiz."

"Today we went over the student's homework for next week. The homework involved calculating the percent change using a formula provided to her in class. She was confident about her answers. I told her how important showing her steps is for upper level math and that I want her to start writing everything she does down on paper. We reviewed how to read/say numbers in the millions place."

"Reading comprehension and time management for the ACT was covered today. The student needs help most with those two topics, which is why we focused on them today. We also covered strategies for the writing section as well as a bit more practice for the English section. She's making progress in grammar, and her reading scores improve when she reads the questions before the passage, as well as when she underlines key points within the passage."

"We covered graphing functions such as y=x2, x3, sqrt(x), and 1/x as well as different transformations that occur when multiplying or adding to these functions. The student had a quiz the next day where she had to memorize the functions. I feel she will do well on the upcoming test."

"The student and I have been working together to help him pass his permit test. So far he has been unsuccessful, but he is getting closer. "

"We worked on specific areas of weakness highlighted by the diagnostic exam for SAT grammar. The student struggled the most with agreement errors, especially when they were separated by an interrupting phrase. He learned how to use an apostrophe correctly in a plural possessive context. We spoke about test strategy; he is focusing on getting the best writing score possible on the December exam. I think that he is very capable of raising his score."

"Student A worked on her school math homework today. She's learning the fundamentals of geometry (properties of quadrilaterals), so I would recommend flashcards and extra practice to cement the concepts. Student B and I did a set of math facts (9's multiplication family), an entire online math section (area of rectangles - 10 out of 10), and read for 20 minutes. Student C and I read all of her Spanish books together, translating most of them into English as well (to work on her comprehension). All three did a great job!!"

"We tried to get caught up on the student's homework. This included inverse equations and log properties. She is fine with inverse solving but needs to keep practicing logs, so we will meet again on Friday to go over her packets and book work regarding logs."

"Today I worked with the second grade student on explaining how he found his answer in math word problems, and on adding and subtracting time on a clock face. We also practiced multi-digit subtraction to reinforce the importance of clearly carrying numbers across place values. I worked with the pre-k student on counting up and down by 10s within 100 using a song, and practiced reading and writing sight words. I also introduced subtraction within 5. "

"The student's homework focused on confidence intervals. Before our session, she understood how to plug in the numbers appropriately, but didn't quite understand what a "confidence interval" was. We talked through the concepts around confidence intervals, and seemed to feel much more comfortable with the problems. "