Today Hunter views a video on what can go into the carpentry of fixing up an older home. This is a Bob Vila production that goes into many aspects of rough framing such as collar ties, studs, bottom and top plates, window, and door framing. We were even taken into a window manufacturing company. This was a great viewing experience for Hunter.
We finished the review of Chapter 5, Rational Equations and Graphs. I asked Hunter if he wanted to take the time to study in class or at home before taking the test. He declined, so therefore he took the test after the review.
Hunter has had a little difficulty with simplifying square roots. Today, I took some problems from an Algebra book and taught him more of the basics of simplifying radicals. We looked at it from 2 different perspectives: Taking the square roots out, and also factoring completely and then pulling out pairs of numbers as one. He seemed to understand it better after we went over the exercises, but I do want to give him some more practice.
Hunter will be given a 40 question, multiple choice test in a few days. It will cover most of the topics that he has been learning this semester. I started to review him for it today. Topics covered: equations of lines, solving systems of equations, slope of a line, and matrices.
Session Minutes
105
Minutes Student Attended
105
Lesson Comments
Judy, as of today, Hunter has a 76%. I talked to him today about the score he needs to make on his midterm in order to maintain a C, as well as the score he needs to make to raise his overall grade to a B.
This morning Hunter was given a worksheet which highlighted a number of questions and concerns on net neutrality that we researched last week. Hunter will be challenged to conduct forensic research and to record his responses clearly and in detail.
This morning we departed from our topic on car financing and focused our attention on net neutrality. Hunter was particularly interested in discussing this topic which provided us with incentive to explore this controversial topic further. We examined a number of recent articles which shared the pros and cons of this legislation. Hunter will be completing an assessment on Monday based on his research.
