Algebra Workshop to Supplement Students Taking Alg 1 in School / Homeschool

Your learner is going to love this!  It's a work session with other students where the goal is to really understand and master linear algebra through weekly practice of the concepts, exercises, and techniques.  SAT prep and word problems that are application based are included.

Here is a schedule of topics. I can also cover topics students are struggling with in class.


Solving for x          :       Refreshing/strengthening skills needed for 2nd semester
Functions		:	Range, Domain, and Functions
Functions		:	Piecewise and Step Functions

Functions		:	Transformations
Functions		:	Absolute Value Functions and Exponents
Exponents		:	Simplifying Radicals
Exponents		:	Laws of Exponents
Exponents		:	Multiply Monomials & Binomials	
Exponents		:	Perfect squares and Multiplying trinomials
Factoring		:	Factoring using GCF		
Factoring		:	Factoring Trinomials		    
	
Factoring		:	Factoring Trinomials - Special Cases
Factoring		:	Difference of Squares and Difference of Cubes
Functions		:	Introduction to Polynomials				
Functions		:	What is a Parabolic Function (Quadratics)		
Functions		:	Plotting Quadratics
Functions		:	Standard, Vertex, Factor Forms
Solve for Roots	:	Zero Product Rule					
Solve for Roots	:	Completing the Square	
Solve for Roots	:	Quadratic Equation


Before I show you how your learner can be proficient with linear algebra in just 2 months, let me begin by sharing how other parents have seen their learners grow under my teaching:
Here are some reviews from classes here on Outschool to show what I mean...

From CT - 
Love this teacher! My kids are requesting more of her classes. Thank you teacher Kitty! 
Energetic and patient teacher. I accidentally signed up my younger son with his older brother and she made the class interesting for both of them and they asked to join another class of teacher Kitty.  Thank you !

From William-
Wonderful class. The class speed was just right, and our daughter was able to follow along relatively well. She benefited greatly from this opportunity to reinforce her understanding the solving quadratic equations. Thanks!!!

From Dillon-
This the second linear equation class my son took from Teacher Kitty.  My son felt he learned a lot on this subject and took very useful notes, and gained a lot more confidence than when he just started learning it.  

From Mary -
I am really pleased that our first lesson at Outschool was such a fantastic one. Kitty is really good and my son loved that he could understand her clearly (initially worried as he is not American or in America ) I observed that she really took her time to explain terminologies and she gave the class more time to really grasp the lesson. My shy son eventually came out of his shell and contributed to the class. We are looking forward to more classes with her.

Your learner is going to love this!   Learners in this class will focus on  the following topics: 
Systems of Linear Equations - Graphing and Substitution, 
Systems of Linear Equations - Elimination, Linear Inequalities
Plotting Linear Inequalities, Systems of Linear Inequalities

Each week we follow the same routine so that learners can jump in at any time in the cycle: 

- First 5 minutes - Warm up and Pre-lesson assessment - 
Leaners will watch the teacher review the concept as they participate by responding on chats. This gives the teacher a way to find out how the students are understanding the material before asking them to do it on their own.

-2nd 10 minutes - Several problems relating to a chosen topic from the list above (these are rotated) are worked out by the teacher

- Next 20 minutes - Boom!  We're off and running.  
Line after line after line...If it's a graph, we study it, manipulate it, determine key parts of the graph, and write an equation to that graph. And along the way, we will learn many tricks to increase your learner's knowledge. Often we will apply it to real-life analysis.   
Students rotate working through the questions interactively - the teacher does the writing and is very generous with guidance and helping students feel okay if they don't understand it yet.

Last 5 minutes - Recap
We always end by recognizing what we learned.  Students walk away with a list of concrete deliverables they gained - vocabulary words, concepts, approaches, and pitfalls to avoid. We always do a check with the learners to see if the session was a net gain to them.

Sessions are highly interactive, as I take time to ensure mastery and understanding along the way. Every problem that learners get stuck on is met with optimism and encouragement. These are opportunities for everyone to learn.  
 
I want to share with you my experience in teaching math and SAT Prep.  I've been teaching math for sixteen years and I've been a personal SAT tutor for seven years. My students have typically raised their scores between 100 and 300 points as a result of my tutoring.
 
My secret to getting these results is making sure that the students truly understand the underlying concepts when practicing their problems.
 
I want to do the same for your student. 
 
Thanks for having your learner study with me.  I can't wait to see him/her in class!