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"We went over polar coordinates and parametric form. Specifically we converted from Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates, and vice versa. She understood mostly everything from that chapter, and any questions she did have I believe I cleared up. I also covered 3D vectors, and how to solve for whether two vectors are skewed, parallel, or intersecting. We went over the cross product and how to determine that based upon two vectors. She understood this concept very well, and we only did one example. "

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"I made up practice problems to get the student ready for her algebra refresher test. The only area she had trouble with was simplification of radicals. We will continue to work on that in future."

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"During the session on 11/23, we focused on Chemistry. The student had an exam the next day on Nuclear Chemistry. We went over a couple of questions from a review packet and then did questions in a prep book. Overall, this session went well. During the session on 11/25, we focused on math. We looked at a homework assignment the student had on functions. We then did a couple of questions on in the prep book. Overall, this session went well. The student received a 97 on his Chemistry exam, which was awesome news."

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"The student and I worked through three SAT reading passages and approximately 25 SAT grammar questions. He expertly applied process of elimination to the reading comprehension questions and was able to re-evaluate answer choices when he "backed himself into a corner" in order to reach correct answers independently. We discussed ways to understand the author's argument and point of view. On the grammar section, we talked about sentence placement in paragraphs, comma placement, unclear antecedents, and verb tenses. This was our final session before the SAT on Saturday."

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"Today, Student 1 and I continued to work forward in his pre-algebra book. I introduced adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers, and after some practice, I gave him some problems to complete for next week. Student 2 and I continued reviewing for her upcoming finals. She was struggling with when to multiply and when to divide, but she understood and solved problems very quickly after some explanation."

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"This was the last session before the test on Saturday, so we focused most of the session on the Reading Passages -- this is the section that both of us felt the student has the most trouble with. We cemented the best strategy, did some times drills, and went through each question to make sure that he is able to analyze and define the question types. At the end of the session, we worked on other areas. "

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"Today, we discussed factoring polynomials of degrees higher than two (i.e. cubic and quartic polynomials). We had an in depth discussion about roots and how to tell how many roots a function has from the degree. We ended the session with a word problem involving the factorization of a cubic polynomial. I explained the general method of solving the problem but left the rest for the student to figure out before the next time we meet."

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"The student completed reading comprehension quizzes today to prepare for standardized testing tomorrow. We worked on looking for keywords in the text to answer questions. We also worked on summarizing the story after reading it to help determine the theme. He learned to always read all of the answers before making a decision of what is the best answer. In math, he completed word problems that required him to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. He is able to complete 3-digit addition and subtraction. He is also learning how to complete long-division problems. He practiced his multiplication facts, which will help with his division as well."

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"The student and I focused on checking division work with remainders and how to add back the remainder after multiplying. We then did some practice with dividing three-digit numbers by two-digit numbers where you can divide the hundreds and the tenths place by the two digit number and then drop down the ones place to the remainder to divide in the two-digit number. In previous long division the number given would not divide into the first two digits so the whole three numbers had to be considered, so this is an alternate way to do long division with larger three-digit numbers. She caught on to this process very quickly because of past division work."

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"For this session, the student read fiction texts geared towards drawing conclusions and making predictions throughout the book. We also continued to work on self-monitoring while reading. I noticed that she self-corrected more words than our last session, but she could use some improvement with adhering to punctuation as she reads. These are skills that we will continue to focus on in our upcoming sessions. "

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"The student and I covered related rates problems in more depth, and finished by working through examples of linearization. We worked a number of problems and had the student work through every algebraic step and explain why that works -- this is good practice for both her algebra and calculus skills. "

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