Critical Thinking
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Review and practice for Unit Test: Point-Slope Formula , Graphing Linear Equations from Standard Form, Percent of Change, Word Problems involving mark-up or discount percents and with sales tax.
Lesson Outline
Review and practice for Unit Test: Point-Slope Formula , Graphing Linear Equations from Standard Form, Percent of Change, Word Problems involving mark-up or discount percents and with sales tax.
Assignment
Study for the Unit Test
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's session with Aiden was an important review for his Unit Test on Point-Slope linear equations and Percent of Change , Mark-up/discount problems. Although Aiden is currently feeling underconfident with "basic problems", our additional practice problems can be used as key references/models for his test problems.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Percent of Change Problems, Sales Tax and mark-up/discount.
Lesson Outline
Percent of Change Problems, Sales Tax and mark-up/discount.
Assignment
Handout Worksheet on Sales Tax and Discounts #1,2, 4, and 6
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Aiden was absent from class today.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Percent of Change. Sales tax and tip problems using percents. Handout worksheet involving various
percent word problems.
Lesson Outline
Percent of Change. Sales tax and tip problems using percents. Handout worksheet involving various
percent word problems. Mark up and discount percent problems: Real world examples.
Assignment
Handout percent word problems worksheet: #1,2,4, 6 and teacher created percent change problem.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's session with Aiden was productive and beneficial with strengthening his comprehension and skills with various percent word problems, especially involving percent of change calculations.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Perpendicular Lines, Parallel Lines, and Classifying Equations. Handout worksheet of various linear functions, slopes, and methods for "solutions".
Lesson Outline
Perpendicular Lines, Parallel Lines, and Classifying Equations. Handout worksheet of various linear functions, slopes, and methods for "solutions".
Assignment
Handout worksheet #1,2, 4 5 and 7
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Aiden worked diligently today with various handout practice problems relating to Perpendicular and Parallel lines which clarified his skill and understanding of these essential Algebra problems.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Determining Equations of Lines Perpendicular to a given line through a specific point. Handout worksheet of various problems using Point-lope, Standard Eq. and Slope-Intercept Forms of Linear Functions. Graphical solutions
of a pair of linear functions.
Lesson Outline
Determining Equations of Lines Perpendicular to a given line through a specific point. Handout worksheet of various problems using Point-lope, Standard Eq. and Slope-Intercept Forms of Linear Functions. Graphical solutions
of a pair of linear functions.
Assignment
Handout Worksheet for Perpendicular Lines and Equations: Probs. # 1,2, 4, and 5.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's session with Aiden, the method of determining perpendicular slopes and equations of perpendicular lines was practiced extensively with problems from the text and from a handout worksheet.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Determine the Solution of a Pair of Linear Functions
Lesson Outline
Determine the Solution of a Pair of Linear Functions
Assignment
Handout Worksheet on Solutions of a Pair of Linear Functions: Two methods : Determining the point
of Intersection of two linear graphs with unequal slopes by graphing and through simultaneous equation solving.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's session on determining the solution of simultaneous linear functions by graphing and by
Algebraic manipulation, Aiden was attentive and well-focused .
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Use of the Point-Slope Formula. Equations and Graphs.
Lesson Outline
Use of the Point-Slope Formula. Equations and Graphs. Determining equations of straight lines from a set of data points, and from a given slope through a known point on a line. Numerous practice exercises using the P-S formula.
Assignment
Complete the Point-Slope Formula problems given on the handout worksheet.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Aiden's understanding and skill-level increased during today's session due to various additional practice problems involving the Point-Slope Formula.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying Radicals.
Lesson Outline
Additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying Radicals. Various additional practice examples with rationalizing the denominator with pure numbers without variables. Teacher -created practice problems. During today's session with additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying, Aiden benefited immensely from the additional practice exercises.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's session with additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying, Aiden benefited immensely from the additional practice exercises.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Rationalizing the Denominator practice: Various problems with numbers only, advanced Rationalizing with Variables
Lesson Outline
Rationalizing the Denominator practice: Various problems with numbers only, advanced Rationalizing with Variables. Handout worksheet problems to simplify Radicals. Today's session with Aiden was a necessary and highly beneficial additional practice with a relatively complex method of Rationalizing Radical expressions.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's session with Aiden was a necessary and highly beneficial additional practice with a relatively complex method of Rationalizing Radical expressions.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Rationalizing the Denominator, Review of Circles Equations and Graphs
Lesson Outline
Rationalizing the Denominator, Review of Circles Equations and Graphs. Handout worksheet of 8 practice problems involving the Rationalizing the Denominator method. Aiden was well focused and attentive during our session today on practicing various problems using the Rationalizing the Denominator method.
Assignment
Complete Handout worksheets with Rationalizing the Denominator: 8 Problems
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Aiden was well focused and attentive during our session today on practicing various problems using the Rationalizing the Denominator method.