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"The student and I reviewed for her exam next Thursday. We mainly worked on trigonometric identities, which were sin/cos/tan(2x) and sin/cos/tan(x+y)/(x-y). Some of these problems were very difficult and time consuming, but we came up with a couple ideas on how to make them easier."

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"The student and I began this session with some review of the exponential function and the natural logarithm. We looked at rules of exponents and logarithms as well as solving some equations using e and ln. We also discussed the formula, e^(ln(x)) = x. We then talked about linear approximations. We discussed using the tangent line to approximate functions around a point and also looked at the geometric intuition behind the formula. "

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"Today we continued our work with graphing equations. We further studied how alterations to basic or "parent" functions affect the function graphically. Once the basic patterns were laid out, the student did very well. She did have some small issues with vertical shifts, but she understands the material and was able to correct herself most of the time. "

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"During this session we worked on long response practice problems for the upcoming AP exam. Today we were able to work on three long response problems involving differentiation, integration, midpoint integration, mid-value theorem and rates. The student had a lot of questions regarding these problems at the start of the session but was able to understand all of the concepts by the end of the session. "

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"The first student and I worked on review material for her final exam. We reviewed place values, working with decimals (basic operations as well as converting between decimals and fractions for certain problems and how to determine when to use decimals and when to use fractions), multiplication/division by multiples of 10, and division with fractions and the equivalent multiplication by the reciprocal. Overall she did well, but she did struggle a bit to recall these concepts. However, after review, she was comfortable with the topics listed above. The second student and I began reviewing for her math final as well. We went over the definitions of the commutative, associative and distributive properties as well as examples illustrating each. We then discussed solving and graphing inequalities. We then reviewed the formulas for area of a rectangle, area of a triangle, and how to find the area of a polygon comprised of various rectangles and triangles. We also discussed definitions of various polygons and touched on graphing on the coordinate plane. Overall very good, She just needs to review past concepts and make sure she is familiar with them. "

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"The student and I focused on solving equations and working with triangles in this session. We started by working on two-step equations involving fractions. She remembered how to solve these very well. She had no trouble finding common denominators, and knew to perform the opposite operation to isolate the variable. I was very pleased with her work here. We then moved on to fractions. I gave the student practice problems that asked her to find the measure of two angles of the triangle, given one angle and two equations to represent the second and third angles. We talked about applying the concept that all angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. Given this, she knew that the two equations + the given angle = 180 degrees. We also worked on finding the exterior angle of a triangle, based on the knowledge that the interior angle plus it's exterior equal 180 degrees. Again, she seemed to have an easy time understanding these concepts, and how to set up the equations. When it came to solving the equation, the student was challenged a bit, particularly with combining like terms. She has a harder time with distributing the negative sign through numbers in parentheses (e.g. 8-(4+x)=8-4-x), and sometimes multiplied instead of adding/subtracting (e.g. 8-(4+x)=32+8x). We discussed thinking of the numbers as individual terms that keep the sign before them (so 8, -4, and -x are the terms in the above equation), and stacking equations to line up like terms. We will continue working on these concepts in the coming weeks."

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"Today I worked with the student on a Social Studies assignment. She was making a Venn diagram between NYC and Jackson, WY (the setting of a book they are reading). Her teacher provided a couple of pages of information, but we then went online to dig even deeper. We're going to continue with this on Wednesday. She also completed her subtraction timed test in under four minutes, which is a huge improvement for her, and she seemed very excited about it."

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"We covered Taylor series approximation. The student has been pretty good with this material, although this section of series were a little tricky to solve. He felt confident about what he has been doing. We went over some tricks to expand the Taylor series. "

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"1. Covered simplifying fractions, which involves finding the greatest common factor, and understanding that when the numerator and the denominator are equivalent, the fraction resolves to 1. 2. He understood the material when I was explaining it to him. 3. He was enthusiastic. 4. I first guided him step by step, and really told him to focus on the process, rather than the correct answer. Then, I told him to simply work out problems on his own, so that he develops autonomy with the material. We use the site for practice problems. 5. I did; I have directed the student to extra videos. 6. The scores are recorded online, and we wanted to get 5 correct in a row. 7. It was enlightening to learn that building patience is probably the biggest boost that he could have to improve his skills."

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"For this lesson we were just getting to know each other. We went over some simple sight words so I could gauge where his reading seems to be. He did well identifying letters from their sounds and spelling the sight words after reading them. He also did well with writing sentences using some of the sight words. I started having him put his finger at the end of his last words and starting the next word on the other side of his finger to help him gauge his spacing better. We also read a short book. He seems to get a bit frazzled with his reading, so we will work on making some fun exercises to improve his reading and confidence, like using matching games and word searches. "

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"The student and I continued with out typical routine. He showed growth in time table memorization and using algorithms. We continued to practice the division algorithm. We got a chance to go over some of his homework. Next session, we will set some time aside for him to take an assessment. "

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