Rachel and I reviewed together the midterm review that was put together by her teacher.

I asked her to determine the order in which we proceeded so as to give priority to the items she deemed most appropriate.

One theme of this session was to review the algebra required to perform the given mathematical task, but to also provide simple effective ways to check her work. This time I showed her how to check graphically using her calculator. Another theme was pausing to understand what the question was actually asking us. A third theme was going back to basics specifically, multiplying two sets of parentheses (aka foiling or the box method). We also reviewed factoring. I highly recommend that she visit these core skills with frequency in the new year.

We were able to cover every topic that she wanted to review except for imaginary numbers. We ran out of time for this topic. She is to go and speak with her teacher about this prior to the exam for this review.