Murray Tutoring: Tutors in Murray, UT

Today the student and I worked on a review sheet. I helped him with solving polynomials using FOIL and factoring it. We completed both review work sheets. Good productive session.

Tonight the student and I went over some of his natural log quiz that he got back. He says he improved over how he usually does, which is great! We continued to talk about volumes of revolution, and we kept practicing finding the radii, which he has gotten better at understanding how to do. We reached a problem with different curves that were a little bit more complex to understand (in terms of visualization), but we were able to explain it and he seemed to understand the approach. We'll continue talking about volume next time!

We worked on multiplying factors of 6, 7, and 8. We also used known multiplication to figure out difficult problems by adding or subtracting.

Together, we talked through work for each class, making sure that the student had plans to complete all makeup work, was clear on work assigned during his absence, and hadn't overlooked anything. In addition to the Spanish test, his remaining makeup work consisted of a mini essay for English and a History packet. He also needed to turn in his math binder for a binder check, which he had forgotten to do before the makeup test Monday. He added a reminder in his planner to turn in his math binder on Tuesday. He also emailed his Physics teacher for more details on material they covered in class last Thursday. We looked over grades together, focusing on History and English. These grades should both be higher after he completes makeup work from last week, but we also talked though a detailed plan to make a "final push" between now and the end of the school year in these classes especially, but also in Spanish and in Math. He made a detailed study schedule, including both assigned and makeup work for the next couple of days as well as additional nightly review for the AP History test next Thursday and extra studying for his physics test this Friday. He spent the last part of the session working on a Spanish assignment.

The student covered calculus homework (deriving quadratic equation), then completed a practice SAT in preparation for Saturday. Strategy and time management improvement are evident.

We first discussed scheduling. The goal is to have five weekly sessions until the student's test in November, each one focusing on a section of the test in depth. Today, we worked on the essay. We discussed a good format for him, made an outline, and discussed placement of body paragraphs. I asked him to write me an essay for our next session.

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