Overall, Maddi did a great job today. She already has a strong algebraic foundation, which made the new content much easier to pick up. The main thing with this topic is that it is very algebra heavy, so a lot of improvement will come through practice. Maddi understands the concepts and the methods, and the main thing she needs now is more practice to make the steps feel natural and automatic.

In particular, polynomial long division will need some more practice. Maddi understands the process, but we want to get to the point where she can work through the steps naturally without having to stop and think about what comes next. Next week, we’ll spend more time practising long division and potentially introduce the factor theorem, which should be the next topic Maddi is covering at school this week. Great work today, Maddi!

Overall, Maddi did very well, particularly on the probability questions. She showed a strong understanding of the concepts and was able to apply the appropriate methods confidently. She made a few more mistakes on the statistics practice test, mainly because these questions tend to be much more wordy and technical. We spent the remainder of the lesson working through these questions and discussing how to approach them more carefully.

My biggest piece of advice heading into tomorrow’s test is to read every question carefully and pay close attention to the wording. With statistics especially, even a single word can completely change the meaning of a question or what it is asking you to find. Other than that, I think Maddi is in a good position going into the test. Good luck tomorrow, Maddi!! You've worked really hard and you've got this! Next week, we'll move on to polynomials, which is the next section Maddi will be covering at school.

The questions we managed to complete during the lesson went quite well. Maddi demonstrated a good understanding of the probability concepts and was generally able to apply the appropriate methods once she identified what the question was asking.

We weren't able to finish the entire practice test during the lesson, so I'll send Maddi the remaining questions along with an additional statistics focused practice test. She can complete as much as she can in her own time and send me her answers, and I'll go through and grade them before our next lesson. One area I'd particularly recommend Maddi gets a little more practice with is Venn diagrams, as this is still one area where she could use some extra reinforcement. Other than that, I think she's in a good position heading into her test. For our final lesson before the test, we'll focus on any last minute questions or areas of uncertainty that come up from her practice. Great work today, Maddi!

Maddi did really well today and was able to complete most of the questions independently, only needing a little prompting to remember some of the specific features of different graphs and plots. I was particularly happy with this, especially since it had been a while since Maddi last worked on some of these topics. The fact that she was able to recall and apply most of the concepts from last year shows that her foundations are quite strong.

At this stage, Maddi mainly needs to continue practising so that she can quickly recall the different features and requirements of each type of graph or plot under test conditions. With only two weeks left until her test, we'll use the next two lessons to work through comprehensive practice tests, with one focusing on statistics and the other on probability. This should give Maddi a good opportunity to consolidate everything and identify any final areas that need more attention. Great work today, Maddi!