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"Topics reviewed: foiling, distributing, substitution, exponents especially negative exponents, arithmetic sequence. Reviewed an arithmetic sequences and gave a variety of different problems (given a sequence find the distance between two indexes and the n-the term; given the values at two indexes find the equation for the n-the term). Showed derivation of arithmetic sequence equation. Reviewed distribution using properties of exponents. She had some initial struggles with it but was successful for the most part. She still sometimes blanks on basic division and simplifying but she understands the more advanced processes. "

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"Today, we reviewed the 20 vocabulary words that I had given the student. At first, she said she didn't know of them, but upon further examination, she was able to adequately define 14/20 and match 8/20 to their appropriate synonyms. We then worked through synonym and analogy practice problems together. She utilizes the process very effectively. I'm trying to help her see how she can figure out meanings of words using alternate methods - at least enough to get the right answer. She'll take a practice test this weekend."

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"The student had homework on the relationships between categories of numbers. He understands the definition of the different types of numbers. Ultimately, most of the problems were correct. He has been earning 90-100% in his class work. We finished by representing the trig concepts introduced last week in the context of the unit circle. "

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"The student went over a worksheet due tomorrow that he was having trouble understanding. He initially didn't understand how to do synthetic division, but he picked it up pretty quickly after a little work and was doing the subsequent problems himself. From that, we were able to cover the Remainder Theorem and determine how to find real zeros, both algebraically and with a calculator. We had a few minutes left at the end of the session, so I returned to one of his older worksheets to discuss how to calculate the domain and how composite functions work."

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"Today, we continued our work on factoring and expanded to more difficult problems. The student maintained a positive attitude throughout the session. I included strategies to visualize the concepts. "

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"Today the student had school work he wanted me to look at. He had a conclusion science paper draft for me to review. I helped him cut down long sentences, organize the ideas better, and make the grammar accurate. Then, he showed me a history project he was working on, and I worked with him on that-- clarifying his paragraphs and making sure the content and citations were correct. I sent him written reading comprehension exercises so he can practice writing without someone there to help. He needs to work on proofreading his work."

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"In this session, the boys and I worked through an additional collection of practice problems that covered all four sections of the exam. I began with another set of questions for trigonometry, then I transitioned into each section individually. The students are far along in their studies and did not seem to struggle with anything other than questions of the highest difficulty level. As usual, the boys were upbeat and receptive to my explanations. For extra practice, I recommended completing at least a few passage problems for reading comprehension. "

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"The student and I had a good first session of the New Year. His grades weren't quite as strong as he would have liked last semester, but he has hit the ground running this week. He's taking better notes and more initiative in his work."

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"The student was focused and calm throughout the entire session. He worked on subtraction with parentheses, subtraction with regrouping, order of operations and exponents. He and I reviewed the problems that I had left for him to practice last week. He did well on the order of operations set; he only had to re-work a couple of the exercises. He needed help a little bit with the concept of exponents. I reviewed the problems and explained that the base is "raised" to the exponent, i.e. how many times the base is multiplied by itself, rather than multiplying the base by the exponent. I will bring more examples/ exercises on this topic for our next meeting. I left a workbook with him and asked that he complete three pages: multiplying with two 2-digit factors, multiplying money, and multiplication word problems. I enjoy working with this student; he is very polite and accepts feedback nicely. He has a great attitude and works hard."

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"During the session, we spent most of our time outlining the student's overall study plan for his finals, covered some of the literature material (including To Kill a Mockingbird), and spent a good amount of time covering Spanish material as well. "

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"Final session before upcoming chemistry final. Reviewed organic chemistry section specifically stressing functional groups, hybridization and chiral carbons. I gave her a bunch of tips and tricks on how to go about answering these questions efficiently and correctly. She seems more confident and I believe she will do well. "

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