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What is the ARC.
Your learner has not shown up for two sessions so the next step is…
What is contact your learner.
What's the slope of the line passing through (3,9) (5,4)?
What is slope: -5/2
This is the name of the type of lake that forms when a meandering river is cut off
What is Oxbow lake.
English classes often bring tutors in at this stage of the writing process.
What is peer conferencing (or peer editing).
This is how many hours you track for one mod.
What is .75.
If your learner is struggling to remember terms, you can use these.
What is: flashcards or Quizlet.
What is a system of numerical notation where each number, expressed as 0 or 1, represents a power of 2
What is a Binary System.
This type of plant vascular tissue conducts sugar and other organic molecules throughout the plant
What is phloem.
A good way to help your learner compare and contrast ideas is to use this type of diagram.
What is a Venn diagram.
People who welcome learners to the ARC.
What are "liaisons."
Your learner always wants to walk around the library or check her phone during tutoring sessions. What does this learner need?
What is breaks.
The y-intercept of the equation y-2=2(x-1).
What is 0.
This cell process is often called “cellular drinking.”
What is pinocytosis.
If your learner is an English Language Learner, they might need their phone for this.
What is google translate.
Praise that is based on evidence of something the learner has done well.
What is "targeted praise."
You have been assigned a consistent learner and you have trouble reading their notes and the teacher does not post notes on Google Classroom. The best way to figure out what happened in the most recent class is to:
What is: have your learner read the notes to you.
These two quadrants are the quadrants sin^-1(x)
[inverse sine of x] exists in.
What are Quadrant I and IV.
This property of elements in the periodic table is the tendency of an atom to attract shared electrons to itself.
What is electronegativity.
If your learner is always behind on assignments, you should support this type of learning habit.
What is: Time Management
When you are working with a learner, this is a good way to refresh your memory about the content material of a class.
What is review the learner's notes.
You are working with a learner on math and each time you try to help them with homework, you find that they are unclear about concepts from previous units that are essential for doing this work. You should:
What is: review the concepts from previous units
or
reach out to the teacher for review materials
The derivative of the natural logarithm function, ln(x).
What is 1/x.
What is the chemical formula of silver sulfide?
What is Ag2S.
You have been assigned to work in a math classroom to help any students who are struggling with daily homework. You find that you can't get to all of the students who need help. You should...
Talk to Ms. McAndrews and/or the classroom teacher about getting a second tutor in the room.