Fall Math Lessons

Fall math lessons are offered from the beginning of the school year in August to the end of the first semester. Math lessons are usually 1 instructional hour once or twice a week from Monday to Thursday and up to 1.5 hours once or twice each weekend from Friday to Sunday. Expect to add in study time/testing time on the weekends (and weekdays as your schedule permits). Primarily during the week, I will prepare you for the next lessons until I meet with you again. On the weekend, I prepare students for the upcoming week or for upcoming exams. Most students attend 2 or 3 lessons a week. As math concepts get harder, some students may attend lessons more often.

Students will be separated into groups according to math subjects. After the first few weeks, students will also be separated by teachers at a school and/or by the chapter that they are studying in their classes. For example, students working on chapter 3 will attend separately from students studying chapter 4. I will be following your math teacher’s curriculum in your classroom. I will add in more resources as appropriate for clarity and mastery. Students will test prep at lessons to prepare for upcoming school exams. During finals prep, students may prepare with practice multiple choice finals as well.

For the beginning of fall math lessons, I will either:

Start teaching from chapter 1 in your school textbook. During the school year, you will practice many questions for each of your school exams from my extensive practice and testing resources. Some calculus teachers begin at chapter 2 (skipping the precalculus chapter).
Get you ready for your diagnostic exam – I have a very good idea of what will be on your diagnostic exam. Many teachers give a diagnostic exam near the beginning of school. The diagnostic test may be especially important this year due to the loss of education during remote learning.
Some students will take an exam that counts toward the fall semester grade. This test is usually based on math concepts learned from the previous year or from your summer homework. However, the exam may be different from the summer homework packet.
Some teachers give a diagnostic exam. This exam often does not count. However, this is the teacher’s first impression of your math abilities. Some math teachers may suggest that you change to another class based on the diagnostic test score.

In office COVID-19 policies:

Leave your shoes outside around the perimeter of the porch and under the bench. Wear socks into the office.
All students will wear a face mask during in office lessons. No one will be admitted into the office without a face mask. If necessary, a face mask will be provided for students.
Students with cold or flu symptoms (cough, sneeze, runny nose, etc.) will not be admitted into the office. Please join lessons via Zoom instead.
Common areas and surfaces (bathroom, front door, light switches, etc.) will be wiped down each night and possibly in between groups. Some lights are also operated by Google voice command.
TV screens will be used in the office for better spacing. For more social distancing, students can bring a laptop to lessons.
Students may need to wait outside to be admitted into our office after the group in front of them leaves.

Zoom lessons:

Have your webcam showing your face and upper body.
During 1-minute responses to my math questions, point your cameras to your paper so that I can follow your work.
Email me your work for your school homework assignments. Your work will be reviewed during lessons. I will be following your teacher’s curriculum for mastery in the classroom.
I will work ahead of your teacher on the weekends so that you understand the material before it is assigned. This will improve your school classroom experience.
I will add in test prep generally on the weekends. Students can also test prep on the weekdays before a scheduled school exam.
Have your math book next to you during lessons to take notes.
Have a notebook, pencil, highlighter, paper, calculator, post-it notes readily available.