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"Today I decided to challenge him. Normally he does well with information, but he can have a hard time staying focused on the more detailed tasks. I increased the skill level of vocabulary work to an early 6th grade level and showed him that he would be working on harder vocabulary although tasks would be the same. He did wonderfully and was excited to prove himself. He performed better on synonyms and antonyms than he has previously. He has also been showing improvement on recognizing words with two meanings and identifying the proper term (i.e. there, their, they're). He has also started to use the test-taking strategy of elimination. We played a vocabulary game today; however, if there are too many chances he will guess rather than consider the correct answer. When we read aloud, he does very well and barely hesitates on words he's never seen before. With this confidence, daily reading will significantly increase his vocabulary. As always, he performs extremely well on math. Today we worked on adding and subtracting fractions. "

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"Yesterday, the student and I worked on his Science. He prepared to argue both sides for a debate on human cloning. We did research on the legal and ethical arguments. He also has a test on A Tale of Two Cities tomorrow which we reviewed for. "

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"In the past two weeks, I've had twos session with the student. Each time we focused on science and math. he nearly has completed his science study guide dealing with forces in motion. He has read each section from his textbook aloud to me and then completed the study guide examples or questions with guiding questions from me. In math, his class continues to work on graphing equations using the slope-intercept and point-slope methods. He also began studying using substitution with two equations and struggles a bit with it so we'll need more review. I showed him the multiple ways to manipulate an equation in order to help it fit into another one. "

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"We went over long vowels because of the silent e, and how e and a work together in spelling. He also did some problems in his math book."

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"Great first session! The student and I went "back to the beginning" to start to review the basics of intermediate algebra, including distributing, combining like terms, working with positives and negatives, and factoring difference of squares' polynomials. We talked about the importance of making sure you understand what operation is indicated before diving in and trying to start a problem, and how to determine the operation. He was focused and open to suggestions regarding different ways to deal with concepts. He is obviously very bright and more of a verbal/ auditory learner. "

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"Today we covered various math concepts that the student learned earlier this year. They included: algebraic problems, PEMDAS, cross multiplication, square roots and basic geometry. He was willing to learn and was trying hard to figure out the various problems. The only math problems that were too difficult for him to solve were the conceptual geometry problems. We spent a great deal of time covering the basics behind them and putting the pieces together. With practice, he got a better understanding of it. We also studied his vocabulary words for his upcoming quiz. Our session was great, and I look forward to future ones! "

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"We reviewed for the student's upcoming exam: higher order derivatives, intervals of increasing/ decreasing, and intervals of concavity. She was struggling most with certain derivative rules, but we covered those and she did much better by the end of the session."

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"We started the session reviewing the math section. I gave the student some tips on approaching the questions, but after having her try out a practice run, she seemed to master the material enough that she didn't really need help to perform well. We spent the rest of the session going over tips and strategies for approaching the reading section. I showed her how to select the optimal passages first, which questions to concentrate on, and which to skip if needed. We practiced using said techniques on a mock section. I assigned her more readings to practice the strategies."

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"We covered permutations. We went over different concepts covering both permutations and calculations, and the student caught on very fast. She always has a great attitude toward learning math. There were a couple of questions we had in regards to her study questions, and the way the questions were asked, but she said she is going to talk to her teacher and get our questions clarified."

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"We spent most of our time talking about the central limit theorem, sampling methods and experimental design, and probability distributions. We talked about making notecards to study for the test and strategies for taking multiple choice tests. The student has a great attitude and asks very intelligent questions."

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"During this session, I helped the student understand and interpret a passage from Romeo and Juliet. I supported him and gave him suggestions and feedback as he wrote a close-reading essay on the selected passage. We looked at a few sources that "translated" the text into contemporary English, and I also tried to explain some of the language to help him have a good understanding of the section. He will be presenting the passage to his class, so we discussed its meaning at length. We also discussed the interpretive questions that he could present to help the class analyze the text. "

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