Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Fairchild Air Force Base, WA

"We went over problems from a practice test she had taken earlier, which included equations of circles, slope and y-intercept, distance and midpoint formulas, and finding a point after rotation about the origin. She struggled with finding the slope and y-intercept the most, but improved after I made up some practice problems for her. I encouraged her to visualize problems, use process of elimination with multiple choice questions, and to look at finding the easiest way to solve problems. Before leaving, I suggested that she work through the examples in the book since they provide step-by-step instructions in solving geometry problems. Overall, I think she has a good grasp on the concepts and continues to develop her knowledge with practice problems."

"In today's session we covered chapter 19 of the text which discusses the differences of socialism and capitalism, while focusing on a few case countries to illustrate the transformation of socialist and market systems. We discussed Karl Marx and his theory of an evolution from capitalism to communism. We discussed the application of these economic systems within the context of the Chinese brand of authoritarian socialism. We discussed the importance private ownership laws to the foundation of capitalism. Finally we looked at some examples of more democratic socialist nations and welfare states such as Denmark. The student seems to do well with concepts that link the political with the economic. This session produced a great discussion, where he and I were really able to engage with these ideas and discuss the benefits and costs of the system. "

"We practiced the student's spelling words, did some phonics and reading comprehension. His mother is concerned that he doesn't read as well as those in his class. I used modeling as my main strategy. He had a very good attitude. At the end of the session he got all but one correct on a spelling test."

"Today, we reviewed initial consonant r and l blends and short vowel sounds. We also introduced three letter beginning blends. Finally, we worked on reading comprehension with vocabulary and rereading for better understanding. "

"I worked with Student A first. We worked on transformations of graphs for the first part. Something her teacher had said was confusing, but we straightened it out and she understands it now. We then moved on to her homework which dealt with direct and inverse relationships and their graphs. Overall, I think she was overcomplicating things, but when we broke it down and worked through it step by step, she got it quickly. I worked with Student B on similar triangles--proving them similar and solving for corresponding parts of similar triangles. She was having some trouble understanding how to see and set up the proportions to solve, so I gave lots of examples of analogies and drew out a chart showing how each part of the proportion has to have a consistent horizontal and vertical relationship. She understood this once I drew it out and was able to set up a couple of correct proportions and solve for the missing pieces. "

"We covered logarithms and exponents. The student needed help with the basic properties of logarithms, so I wrote them all down for her. She understands exponents much better than she understands logarithms, mostly because she's done more practice with them. We covered topics like change of basis of logarithms, sums and differences, as well as how to move exponents into and out of logarithms. Overall, she was really understanding how the problems worked and how to solve them, and with some more practice she should be okay on this subject. "

"Today the student worked through the round math league sprint test. Some of the problems he needed the most help with this session involved permutations, combinations, and number bases. He also needed a bit of help with a challenging probability problem involving three standard dice. The topic we spent the most time on this session was number bases. I showed him how to convert a number in one base system into a number in another. Nice work!"

"The student and I worked on polynomial factoring. We began the session by going over monomials, finding degree values of terms based on exponents, and determining the leading coefficient. After she mastered this, I went through simplifying polynomial equations by combining like terms. Finally we learned the FOIL method and how to apply it correctly when multiplying polynomials. I ended the session by leaving her with homework on all the concepts we went over. She seems to really understand it, but needs to work on slowing down and being more careful with distributing negatives when combining like terms. "

"I helped the student write an email that was going out to the rest of the support staff regarding a going-away party for her boss. It's a slightly touchy subject because money is involved, and people are going to have to contribute financially. She did great and wrote the vast majority of it herself. She is really focused on improving and remembers a lot of the tips that I have told her. We then went over some basic grammar rules and talked about when to use commas. "

"The students both managed to finish the final drafts of their compare/contrast essays. Student 1's second draft showed improvement with elaborating details, but he will need to continue to practice this. Student 2 is doing better with overall structure, but needs to practice mechanics, namely punctuation and capitalization. Both boys ended up with well-flowing essays. "