Laila and I discussed practice tests on Reading and Grammar. Laila did quite well. She takes the test tomorrow. She is ready!

During this session, we went over practice problems similar to the ones that will be seen in the Grid-In section. Topics covered included the rules for filling in the Grid-In section, extended thinking questions, factoring, and simultaneous equations. Laila was attentive and performed well. Her progress is on track for preparing for the Math section of the SAT.

We went over Laila's essay that she had written. I gave her some strategies to improve it although it was very good. We then did practice tests in Grammar and Reading. We discussed the ones that she missed. We talked about some test taking strategies, too.

During this session, we went over concepts and practice problems pertaining to geometry and trigonometry. Topics covered included area and volume formulas, converting from degrees to radians, special types of triangles (such as 45-45-90 and 30-60-90), and determining the lengths of sides of triangles using sine and cosine. Laila was attentive and performed well. Her progress is on track for preparing for the the math section of the SAT.

Laila and I did practice tests in her SAT book. We employed some of the strategies that we discussed last time. We discussed the future employment of some new strategies including time management. She will write a practice response for next session. I will critique it while she continues practicing answering her reading passages.

During this session, we went over concepts pertaining to functions and graphs. Topics covered included function fundamentals, a review of the coordinate plane, the equation of a line, and parabolas. Laila was attentive and performed well. Her progress is on track for preparing for the math section of the SAT.

During this session, we went over concepts pertaining to advanced arithmetic. Topics covered included ratios and proportions, direct and inverse variation, percentages, and averages. Laila was attentive and performed well. Her progress is on track for preparing for the math section of the SAT.

Practice tests

We began preparing for the reading portion of the SAT. Laila completed two practice tests. After the first one, we discussed the ones she missed and talked about employing some strategies. For the second one, she used some of the strategies and said that they worked well for her. We then discussed the one that she missed. She really did well on both tests. We need to work on speed since the test is timed.

Laila brought some problems on projectile motion and other kinematic topics. We used kinematic formulas and trigonometry to resolve given velocity vectors into vertical and horizontal components to solve for time, maximum height, and downrange distance.