Brandon was extremely happy to be back at school today, and he manifested his excitement by working very hard in each of his courses. As a ritual, Brandon begins each course by reading through the syllabus, writing down the week's assignments, and checking-off completed items. We did this for each of the 4 courses Brandon is taking this semester, and Brandon posted introductions to each course with little problem. Once we had all of the assignment's written down, we started reading chapter 10 of Business Law, which covered Contracts and Agreements. Brandon and I had a really good discussion on the nature of contracts in different business venues, and I felt that he had a good understanding of the material. Good first day. Welcome back, Brandon!

We reviewed, then finished up the chapter with evaluation of functions with two variables. We worked through the practice module, and I recommended he work through it again on his own. I also suggested that he go back through all of the modules we have covered as time allows. He should also print out the Quick Reference Guides provided at the end of each chapter in the Math Mavericks course.

We also looked at his syllabus for the math course he will be taking this fall, and confirmed that we had covered all of the topics listed.

We reviewed infinite geometric summation, then reviewed evaluation of a function at a constant value. Next, we learned how to evaluate a function by plugging in another algebraic expression, such as "t+2". Afterward, we began Practice #2: Domain of a Function.

We reviewed and then began working through infinite Geometric summation. We finished up with Chapter 5 and started Chapter 6 on Functions.

We reviewed the previous sections as Michael had experienced difficulty with the practice assignment. We also started on Geometric Summation. Next time we will review this and cover infinite Geometric Summation.

We began with a review of the last module we covered yesterday on quadratic summation, then we worked the following practice module which combined simple quadratic summation with coefficients and quantity sums. We also started geometric summations. We practiced the finite sums, and tomorrow will pick up with infinite geometric summations.

Review of yesterday's modules

We went over sequence notation and application again, then we worked on summations of sequences

We worked on splitting the summation of a sum into two separate summations, and moving the coefficient of an arithmetic summation to the front.

We reviewed and expanded upon combined summations including arithmetic with coefficients and constant summations of the form b+ci. We also completed the next module on Quadratic Summations.