Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Glendale, AZ

"The student started reading Much Ado About Nothing in English class. She has an ongoing study guide with questions about each scene and act that she needs to complete as she reads, in order to prepare for the final exam on the play. We worked on the set of questions pertaining to the scene she was reading for homework. I helped her interpret and "translate" the lines into contemporary English so that she was better able to understand and answer the questions in the study guide. She also asked me to give her a brief overview of the characters and general plot, which I did. That helped her to understand the characters' motivations better."

"The student and I covered algebraically solving for variables through inverse operations of multiplication, division, subtraction, addition, and n-roots. He got better throughout the entire process and eventually even starting working ahead. It should be noted that I purposely made some algebra mistakes that he eventually found on his own, so he really is getting the hang of this quite quickly. He just needs to keep practicing and looking at his equation sheet that we write together. "

"We worked primarily with factoring and foiling polynomials. Since the topics we worked with were new to both students, they both experienced some challenges absorbing the new information, but overall they showed great understanding of all the new concepts and didn't seem to struggle with any part in particular. I enjoyed their diligence and interest in the material that was presented to them. I left them with a wide array of practice problems that I suggested they should practice. I think the session was extremely effective, and I think they are off to a great start coming back from their spring break."

"Today, we started on a new topic: roots of polynomial equations. Since it was new information, I had the student take notes as we went through the example problems in the chapter, as this has really benefited her in our sessions. The main concepts were to be able to find the roots of any polynomial equation and work backwards using roots to figure out the polynomial equation. She had been on spring break so there was some memory lapse in factoring/ foiling of equations, but it started to come back as worked on more problems. She found the math to be straightforward with these problems."

"We reviewed the student's completed homework on finance for math. He also revised his English final paper for grammatical and content errors. He is very energetic about his paper and went well above the expectations."

"Today, we worked on his homework problem 8.3 and then on geometric optics. Problem 8.3 was a difficult to derive formula, involving the optical path length, which is rarely or cursorily discussed in the undergraduate level course. It took us a while, but we eventually figured out a solution. Then we began the geometric optics. I recommended making a table of the conventions/sign rules for the different types of optical systems, concave mirrors, convex mirrors, concave lens, convex lens and the spherical lens. We began a homework problem to fill out a table where a few bits of information was given, and the student is to fill out the rest of the table. We will work on it some more next time."

"This was my final day with this student. He is a great guy. His biggest struggle with math is avoidable mistakes, and I think that he needs daily practice to stay on top of his studies. Keep working through the book he has and he will do great in 6th grade. "

"First, I had the student practice single letter sounds with flash cards. We then read the book about dreaming, and he stayed pretty focused. I provided him with a green index card that I'd like him to place under each line of words as he is reading-- to keep his focus on a single line of words from left-to-right. When he accomplishes a task with me, he is able to add a sticker to his green card. To end the session, the student practiced single-letter sounds again, and we worked on 4 multiple-letter vowel sounds: or, ee, ie, and ai. "