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"I meet the student and his mother for our session. We discussed strategies for being more organized at school. We discussed advantages and disadvantages of using a planner. Much of the rest of our session was spent discussing the student's school, each class he is taking and his interests in sports and baseball. I asked him to experiment with using an online calendar before our next meeting."

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"The student doesn't always seem to take in all the info from class by herself, and tends to think she doesn't understand any of it. But with a simple explanation, she picks things up very quickly. We covered different derivative techniques - power, product, quotient and chain rule. After doing a few problems together and clarifying the techniques, she was able to apply these rules herself at a very high level. I was especially impressed with her almost immediate grasp of the chain rule."

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"The student's class had begun a new unit, focusing mainly on piecewise functions. We used this session to work through his homework and review topics relevant to the new concepts. At first we went over how to graph linear and quadratic functions. He picked back up on this after we went through a few examples together. He was then able to understand the idea that piecewise functions use many functions together on the same graph with limits based on conditional statements. Overall he was able to work through all of the problems on his homework with minimal assistance. "

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"The student had a test on 10/15, so we reviewed the material that would be covered on the exam. To do so, I went through her class notes slide by slide to ensure she understood the material and see if I could offer any additional explanation. I asked questions along the way, and she was very responsive. I believe she will do well on her test as she seems to be a hard worker. Her mother expressed some concerns regarding her grasping concepts versus memorizing information, so I put emphasis on this as we reviewed. I think in time and with practice, she will definitely be able to succeed in her course!"

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"In this session, we reviewed the homework questions and the review sheets provided by the student's professor. We went over different forms of linear equations (point-slope, slope-intercept, and standard form) and how to graphs these equations. We also touched on polynomials. One main habit we focused on in this session was being sure to write out every step when solving a problem. Any steps left out can mean a drastic drop in credit because the professor doesn't know how you got from one step to the next. I think this was a successful session for the material we reviewed."

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"Today the student and I worked on the reading section of the ACT. We began by reviewing grammatical concepts from the English section that will help him with his reading. He seemed uncertain about the rules governing comma and conjunction usage, so I asked him to review them. For the reading test, we went over basic strategy and the structure of the test. We talked about "mapping" questions as the first step to success, and using the information pulled from them to guide his reading of the passage. Next session we will continue to go over this information, as we are taking our time with it - this is a critical part of his ACT prep. "

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"The student read two short stories and answered the reading comprehension questions. He was able to ready with more fluency and stopped at the punctuation, which helped his comprehension of the story. He was also able to answer some of the questions with short sentences by finding the answers in the text. In math, he worked on fractions. He was able to find equal fractions and show them on a graph. He also showed fractions on a number line and was able to determine which of the fractions was greater."

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"Tonight we did some review sessions. We started with Social Studies. I had him review some vocabulary terms from earlier in the school year. His mom had asked for some language arts review, so we covered quotation marks, themes, and colon/semicolon use. He was able to achieve an A on each section quiz. Finally, I had him practice copying cursive and writing his name 6 times. We also checked to make sure there were no outstanding language arts assignments. He is ready for the new week following testing makeups at the end of this week. "

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"The student and I focused on her word recognition today by playing a game in which she had to match pictures to words. We also worked on her spatial reasoning by building different objects with magnetic pieces and ended by playing a game which required to think through logical sequences. "

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"Today the student & I continued to study sequences. Mainly we studied both geometric and arithmetic sequences. Towards the end I expanded a bit more with the Fibonacci sequence because the student's book only mentioned it (did not show any application in examples). I believe he received good conceptual practice today. He has a quiz on this subject in 2 weeks. "

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"Today we multiplied and simplified polynomials. At the beginning of the session, the student said she was fuzzy on these. However, after a little guidance she was doing these very smoothly. The problems got progressively harder as we went through the homework. She kept right along with it and never got confused or discouraged. She did absolutely great with this material. The student did NOT ONCE mis-multiply a negative sign! This is usually where she makes her errors. Today, this was not the case. She was spot on! I am very impressed and excited to see that improvement on her end. Great session!"

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