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"The student and I focused on negations for the passe compose and pronoun usage and placement. She has a good grasp on the material. She has asked that we spend the next several weeks reviewing concepts for the final. "

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"The student and I went over improper integrals covering infinite intervals and discontinuous integrals. We tackled example problems that targeted all the different variations of said topics. We agreed to take on implicit differentiation and trigonometric integration next week. In addition, over the next couple of weeks, we will be working on past AP Calc tests and practice questions to prepare for the test in May. "

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"During today's session I supervised the student's completion of some of his homework assignments. We started reviewing his language arts workbook. The questions were focused on character, plot, and point of view. We then continued with social studies. The student had to complete writing an outline on ancient Greece. This will be used to help him study for his test on Thursday. Included in his assignment were important vocabulary terms. I told the student to study them on his own, and I will go over them with him on Wednesday."

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"I worked with Student T on his first French assignment for the year. Our focus will be much more on French than English this year. He shows great enthusiasm for expanding and using new vocabulary so I am quite encouraged. I worked with Student A on refining the topic for his history paper. I also advised him to read two books, one of which he will be ordering on Amazon (it's a book by Dominic Lieven on Tsar Nicolas II) and the other he should already possess (A Mad Catastrophe by Geoffrey Wawro)."

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"The student and I spent most of our session on Friday working on math. To break up the monotony of focusing on math facts and division, I decided that our focus would be on logical reasoning. We did three types of problems: Guess the number, i.e. "I have a one in the ones place. I am greater than 77 but less than 91;" Lowest/Greatest number possible, i.e. "What is the highest number you can make with the following digits?;" and Find the Order problems, i.e. "Jenny swims slower than Nellie but faster than Wendell. Who swims faster, Nellie or Wendell?" While the first two sets weren't very difficult for him, once he found a rhythm, the find the order problems proved to be appropriately challenging. It was nice to see him utilize his problem solving skills and take the time to solve problems that weren't easy for him. "

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"Today, we covered percentages and shapes. Aside from that, we reviewed the material that was on their most recent quiz in preparation of a future test. The girls both got A+'s on the quiz and demonstrated today that it wasn't a fluke. We worked on harder problems that, from time to time, stumped them. But for the most part, they knew the material. Both girls struggled a bit when the multiplication/division numbers grew large in size (i.e. 254 divided by 11). The girls behaved very well today throughout the session."

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"The student and I spent the majority of our session going over her missed answers from the practice test. Her writing scores have improved dramatically since we started working together, and there was very little to discuss in that section; she seemed to struggle a bit more with critical reading, but I attribute this mostly to testing jitters--she does know the material and is adept at using the strategies we've been working on to parse out critical reading questions. I think as long as the test doesn't psych her out too much, she's very well set up for success in critical reading. Overall, I'm very pleased with her progress and the incredible amount of work she's put in, and I think she's in excellent shape going into the test on Saturday."

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"The student and I covered a portion of chapter 10 in her textbook, on summations, series, and infinite series. She did very well in going over her worksheet on the subject. Her only difficulty was summing series in sigma notation. To do so with ease, a graphing calculator must be utilized. She and I both had graphing calculators, and I was able to show her how to interpret and input sigma summation notation to be input into her calculator. She has the rest of the chapter to go over in her class, and our next session we will be solidifying her understanding of today's lesson, as well as the new information. Her attitude was great, and she has a B in her class now, so progress is being made."

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"We covered systems of equations, inequalities, piecewise functions, absolute value equations, graphing, and word problems. The student had a good understanding of the concepts; he only made minor mistakes. One concept that was a bit harder for him at first was combining functions, but he felt comfortable with it when he worked through the practice problems. Again, he definitely knew what he was doing and was very focused. "

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"After talking about the logistics of the student's upcoming math class schedule, the session turned toward working through a chapter review assignment in preparation for a test on simplifying and evaluating ratios and on real-life applications of arithmetic proportions. The student showed excitement to be working on her favorite subject, eagerly demonstrating her method of solving problems when she was able before asking me for help or alternative approaches, many of which involved time-saving strategies (for base-10 multiplication, unit conversion, long division, and factor simplification) that she was keen to employ herself. She quickly adapted when faced with the more difficult problems, which entailed applications of geometrical laws involving similar triangles-- a subject in which she expressed particular interest in learning more."

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"The student has a math test tomorrow, so we reviewed his study guide. We went over all of the concepts that he didn't feel fully comfortable with: word-to-numbers translations, combining like terms, absolute value, solving systems of equations using substitution and combination, and word problems. I printed out some worksheets, and we glossed over some practice problems. He had trouble ordering the translation problems in the correct order when subtraction was involved, so I showed him when to reverse the order of the numbers written. He picked up on the combining like terms problems quickly. He has made great progress, and I know he can do all of the types of problems he'll run into."

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"We spent the second session finishing his Algebra 1 homework. We have a lot of assignments to get done over the next few days as well as tests to prepare for. We completed numbers 11-33 odd, 37-47 odd, 59-71 odd of pg.1498-1501 Algebra 1 Homework. The student needs to turn in his completed Floor Hockey Packet and finish redoing his paper for Theology on St. Augustine of Hippo. He also needs to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on his Theology paper. Need to check in with his Theology teacher to ensure that worksheets #28, #4NT, #3NT are turned in. "

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