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"Today, we looked at a mixed review. The student did very well with these questions. One question was a tad bit difficult because it was taught in a lesson that she missed in school. Two others were tricky because they were a step beyond the problems she has been given in school. After a short explanation, she was able to successfully complete them as well. Given that it was spring break, she did not have any questions for me, so we continued by practicing simplifying rational expression. Her assignment for the week is to complete skill builders 20 (even) and 21 all. As always, it was a pleasure working with her."

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"We went over missed problems from a recent quiz and some additional problems from a makeup classwork assignment. We talked about the formulas required. I advised her to spend 5 mins three times per day looking at her formula sheet to help prepare for her exam."

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"The student is working on a unit involving circles. The unit involves proving and solving for the measure of the arcs, angles, tangents, chords and secants. "

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"Today went really well! We started by working on a revision of the student's analysis of the Scarlet Ibis. We worked from the template provided by her teacher, and she did a really excellent job thinking outside the box/wording things. At the end, she said she felt much better about it than she has on previous assignments, which was awesome to hear. She is going to double-check with her teacher, regarding the instructor's preference on some in-text citations. Afterwards, we went over biology definitions, specifically ones regarding competition and symbiosis. "

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"Today we mostly worked on math and reading, but we also worked on a brief review of what the PSAT will look like and how its content will differ from that of the SAT. We also spent some time at the beginning going over his essay from this week and how he could improve it with a better second source and a clearer line of argumentation. In math we concentrated on hard problems from most of the subject areas and paid special attention to how the test can play tricks. We then did a vocabulary review, which went well. We finished up with a timed short passage section and focused on how to keep track of what the questions asked and how to parse the text when the answer is not clear. We ran 15 minutes over today. For review, in addition to the PSAT this week, he will complete a math problem set focusing on a specific technique."

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"We went over the student's homework on applications of derivatives, including local extrema, optimization, related rates, etc. We reviewed several problems from his textbook and the steps that he needs to follow to solve them. He seemed to grasp the concepts but needs to continue doing more practice problems. He was engaged and attentive during the session."

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"We looked together at the student's school website for this week's English and Latin assignments noting both what has been turned in and what is due now. We looked at his English first. He has submitted a paragraph today that he will need to write an outline for later this week. We discussed his next steps in dividing up the paragraph into topics. He had not completed one of the Latin exercises that is to be submitted to his teacher this evening, so he completed the exercise and he sent it in on time. He is proud of how he has been turning in his assignments on time, and I gave him positive feedback on a job well done. We discussed the fact that maybe he can start asking questions during class when he does not understand material being taught. He says the tutoring is helping him understand what is being taught at school."

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"The student had already completed his math assignment for that day, so we started our session by quickly reviewing the distance formula concepts covered in his homework. He does very well when the equation is given directly to him, so we did some graphing in order to better visualize the distance formula and relate it to the Pythagorean Theorem. We then continued with the Pythagorean Theorem using several online tools. We practiced using the theorem with word problems, which he struggled with at first, but as usual, he picked up the ideas quickly. We reviewed his science lesson from this week, and we will be discussing velocity and acceleration in our next session."

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"The student had some final questions before his final exam that he wanted to get out of the way. We discussed price elasticity and implicit differentiation. Implicit differentiation was a bit more straightforward and he knew how to solve the problems. We reviewed price elasticity in greater detail. We were given a demand equation and told to find the elasticity. We also had to comment on the significance of the elasticity. Elasticity represents the stability of an item's price. Anything greater than 1 was considered elastic (e.g. luxury cars). Anything smaller than 1 was considered inelastic (water)."

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"Tonight the student's homework assignment was to regroup with 2- and 3-digit numbers. There were a couple of problems that she needed to correct, so we went over those problems. I suggested that she work on a small whiteboard before doing her work on the homework paper. Tomorrow we will start off with subtracting 3-digit numbers, concentrating on regrouping from the hundreds column to the tens column. She continues to work hard for me and has a great attitude! "

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"The student and I played a game of go-fish using Dolch vocab words. We also read a book together. Wins include finishing the books and the student overcoming a resistance/ confidence-barrier she had at the onset of reading the book. She left happy and satisfied, which is the biggest win for me. "

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