Algebra 1 Quiz Online Tutoring - Online Tutors

Algebra 1 Quiz Online Tutoring - Online Tutors Definition: - In arithmetic we use numbers but in algebra we utilize the letters and sign to represent a mathematical problem. For example: - Sum of 9 pencils and 7 books is $ 200, we can represent this in algebraic equation as 9 x + 7 y = 200 where x = price of one pencil y = price of one book. Lets work for few Algebra 1 quiz: Quiz 1: Write the value of 6^3. Solution:- 6 ^ 3 = 6 * 6 * 6 = 216 Therefore, the value of 6^3 =216. Quiz 2: - In which quadrant (3, -1) lie. Solution: - (x, y) is a coordinate where x is the value of abscissa and y is the value of ordinate. So coordinate = 3 and abscissa = -1 for the point (3, -1) Hence for x = 3 we will move to the right, the positive x axis and For y = - 1 we go down, the negative y axis. Hence (3, -1) lie on the 4th quadrant. Quiz 3: - Find the value of a for the following linear equation: 5 a + 10 = 15 Solution: - 5a+10=15 5 a= 15 10 5 a= 5 a = 5 / 5 a =1 Therefore the value of a= 1 Quiz 4: - Find the value of the following algebraic expression for k = 2 2k+5 Solution: -We need to substitute the value k = 2 in the given expression 2k+5=2(2)+5=4+5=9

The Distributive Property - Online Math Tutoring

The Distributive Property - Online Math Tutoring The distributive property is also known as distributive law. Distribution the name signifies that the distribution of value to the values inside the bracket. It is very useful in algebra because it makes the expression easier. Distributive property of x, y and z isx (y + z) = xy + xz Where x has distributed to both the numbers y and z inside the bracket. Example: - Apply the distributive law and find the value of the expression. 3 x (2 + 5) Solution: - We can distribute 3 to both the values 2 and 5 as 3 x (2 + 5) = 3 x2 + 3 x 5 = 6 +15 = 21 So value of the given expression is 21. Example: - Apply the distributive law to the following expression 9y (10 y^2 + 3 y) Solution: - We can distribute 9y to both the values 10 y^2 and 3y as 9y (10 y^2 + 3 y) = 9y *10 y^2 + 9y * 3y = 90 y^3 + 27 y^2 Example: - Use the distributive property for the binomial product. (2y + z) (y z) Solution: - (2y + z) (y z)= (2y + z) y (2y + z) z = 2y^2 + yz 2yz z^2 = 2 y^2 yz z^2

Music volunteering with Tutorfair - Madlenas story

Music volunteering with Tutorfair - Madlena's story Madlena is a professional violinist  and one of our most committed music volunteers, and spent a term at Westminster City School dedicated to the orchestra. She focused on getting Noah, a violin beginner, up to speed so that he could perform in the end of year concert. And a fabulous concert it was too! Here's Madlena, to tell us about her life in music and fulfilling experiences at Westminster City. I still have a slightly vague memory of my first Violin lesson â€" I was 4 years old, sitting in the living room with my mom and the violin teacher. I remember his big curly hair and the “surprise” in his hands â€" the violin. He made the lesson like a fairytale. He told me the story of Princess Violin and helped me take in my hand her magic wand â€" the bow. After 30 minutes I was feeling so enthusiastic to bring the violin home with me, to make other sounds and play more with it. Somehow, my first teacher managed to light my fire for music and here I am now - playing the violin for 21 years since. All this years I have been playing as a soloist, quartet primario as well as an orchestral musician. However, almost two years ago, I realized that I wanted to share my passion for violin and to involve other people into the art of music. So, I started my journey as a violin teacher! After graduating last year from National Music Academy in Sofia I moved to London. The city is enormous and this can be frustrating in the beginning for a traveling tutor. Actually, it turned out to be an incredible experience - month after month I was being reached by pupils of different ages, stages and cultures. In the meanwhile, I decided it was a good idea to gain more work experience in group teaching, as I was giving mainly individual lessons to my pupils. Here is where Tutorfair came to rescue. I signed up with them 7 months ago because I liked their approach to both tutors and pupils. Their team is friendly-like, enthusiastic and always ready to help the tutors with every need the latter may have. Actually, they are mind-readers as well! I was offered the opportunity to do music volunteering with Tutorfair, in the orchestra classes at Westminster City School, just when I was looking for opportunities to work in a school environment. I accepted with great enthusiasm and actually, the time spent in the school turned out to be far better and amusing than I expected! On my first appearance in the music room at the school I was a bit nervous. In front of my eyes were staying children playing all kinds of musical instruments â€" drums, violoncello, trumpet, trombone and yes! - there was one violin player. I wasn't only going to help a group of violinist, but a whole orchestra!   Then I met Sarah and later â€" Elliot, two great teachers/conductors of vocals and violin. They were great to introduce me and bring in the details of the program. I am happy to say that with their help I managed quickly to become part of the team, as we soon started sharing opinions regarding the orchestra program. We agreed on Ode to Joy of Beethoven's 9th symphony as a music piece for the upcoming concert.   And then the amusing part begun! Already feeling relaxed and having on my back 11 years of orchestra experience, I started to get to know the children. Like most teenage groups of schoolmates, they were often a bit noisy, talkative and easily distracted. It was a challenge for me to find the way to keep their attention and most importantly, not to be just stern, but to make them enjoy the time spent in classes. When I teach, I always keep in my mind the image of my fairytale lesson. It helps me remember that every child is unique and that it is my duty and pleasure to find the exact way to make the child have a good time with the instrument. When something is fun and interesting you want to do it again and again, right? Keeping that in mind, I was talking with Ioan, Jordan, Azhy and Noah about violin stance, dynamics, bowing and fingering, but also showing them how to lead their groups and how to seek carefully for a good quality of the sound; and all that presented in a child-friendly way! I took care to teach them the complex ability of playing together and how to simultaneously listen to the other players, as well as watching the conductor. Wow, that isn't easy at all! I started to click more with some of the children, finding the way to their mind and heart. With Noah, for example, we were clapping together in order to feel better the rhythmical patterns we were about to play. With the drummer boy we were often talking about favorite jazz and rock bands and the personal style in their playing. This got him very interested and eager to show me what he had practiced and later mastered. At the end of the school term, the orchestra took part in the final evening concert. It went great, the children looked beautiful and played very well! And in a way, I felt proud! After my experience in the school I became even more passionate about teaching violin. I realized that there isn't a big difference between teaching one or six children together, if you always strive to give a proper attention to the individual likes and dislikes of the pupil. Above all, it's most important to make them happy with the instrument! Some of them may continue playing the violin for years, some of them may stop at some point. But what counts in the end is the memory of the violin experience that will remain in their minds. For them, one day to stroll down memory lane with a smile â€" that's my goal!

Why I volunteer - Alliyahs story

Why I volunteer - Alliyah's story Alliyah volunteers through the Tutorfair Foundation's “Tuition for all” programme, where tutors help students who are struggling at school and cannot afford private tuition. Here, Alliyah shares her uplifting story of overcoming her fear of tutoring to discover the rewards and fun that come with volunteering alongside the Tutorfair Foundation. I distinctly remember how terrified I was on my first day of tutoring. The expected anxiety of ‘what if the students hate me?’ was tirelessly running through my mind the whole day. But as I left the session that day I left with a smile on my face. They didn’t totally hate me! Success! I looked through their work like a proud mother, excitedly planning the next week's session in my mind. That’s not to say tutoring was always easy, it had its rough moments. It also involved a LOT of effort and motivation, because if I wasn’t motivated my students wouldn’t be, and if I wasn’t prepared with resources and backup resources then my lessons were likely to spiral out of control. Personally, I don’t want to be a teacher. I think it takes a special kind of patience and selflessness to teach high school students. But despite this, I’m proud of my Tutorfair experience. I conquered a huge fear; I took time out of my packed schedule and enjoyed planning/teaching. It was the rare moments when one of my students would look at me and say ‘miss, you make me want to learn’ or see that spark in their eye when they accomplished something they may have struggled with before. Little moments like that make the experience very rewarding. Tutorfair also provides you with a lot of personal support, as well as training. We had a program manager who was with us every step of the way, emailing us with helpful resources or just general words of encouragement. For a first time tutor like myself it was an invaluable form of support! I would recommend tutoring with Tutorfair to anyone, not just those interested in teaching. The programme requires you to take responsibility for lesson planning, allowing you to study your students carefully, their ability and the little things they struggle with. In this situation you are the responsible adult, and your students expect you to provide them with support. That in itself is a maturing experience. So yes, tutoring can be scary, and tiring, and sometimes emotionally draining. But it can also be rewarding and fun and character building. I had never tutored before, but I’m glad I chose Tutorfair. I felt safe and supported during the new venture I was undertaking. Alliyah R - Paddington Academy Volunteer - English

How to prepare for a teacher job fair - without getting stressed out!

How to prepare for a teacher job fair - without getting stressed out! There are lots of ways to go about looking for that dream teaching job abroad - from applying for vacancies online to attending a teacher job fair. Whether you’re a newly-qualified teacher or a seasoned educator, a teacher job fair can do wonders for your job search - they’re a great way to gain exposure to a wide range of hiring schools all around the world and make personal connections with school heads. With so many of our awesome teachers bound for the Atlanta, Bangkok and New York job fairs over the next few months, we thought we’d quickly cover some of the main things you can do to prepare for the fairs and (hopefully) avoid any last-minute panic. To make the best impression possible and maximise your chance of landing a job from all the great opportunities on offer at the job fair, all Teach Away fair attendees should set aside time to take the following steps: Do your homework Step 1: Pinpoint some of the regions where you’d most like to teach in. Find out as much as you can on what it’s like to live and teach in each country in that particular region - everything from the typical salary and benefits packages and the travel opportunities it offers to the standard and cost of living. Step 2: Check out the different schools attending on the Teach Away fairs page and jot down a quick list of those that interest you most. It’s worth broadening your focus to schools in locations you might not have previously considered. Don’t be quick to overlook a great school if it appears to be in a region you’re not as interested in on first glance. As the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover! While schools will be holding presentations at the fair, it’s still a good idea to research the hiring schools in advance, either on Teach Away or their school websites, to find out more about their history, mission, values and strategic goals. Take notes on the hiring schools you plan to target during the interview sign-up period, and bring your notes with you to review and refresh your memory on day one of the fair. That said, when do you arrive at the fair and see the full listing of vacancies on day one, you’ll greatly improve your chances of getting a job offer by focusing on the vacancies that most closely match your experience and subject expertise - rather than the school or country you’re most interested in. Get organized Not being prepared for the fair is a surefire recipe for failure. Ensure that your resume is scannable and easy to follow. Print off multiple copies to take with you (we recommend 20-30 copies) and bring a notepad and a pen to take notes throughout the fair. As you’re preparing, you should research some calming techniques to steady those nerves. And before you head to the fair, don’t forget to take Teach Away’s Culturally Responsive Teaching course. This 90-minute online course will not only teach you what you need to know in order to to better support students from a broad range of cultural backgrounds. It will also help you formulate more considered, insightful responses during your interviews, which will in turn help you market yourself as a culturally competent educator to potential hiring schools. Dress for success (and comfort!) Plan to bring appropriate interview attire - leave the t-shirt and sweatpants at home! It’s best to follow a more conservative business or business casual, dress code, such as a suit jacket with pants or a skirt. You may already have some professional clothing you can recycle for the fair. If not, consider either borrowing some interview appropriate clothing from a friend or colleague (or taking the opportunity for some retail therapy, which can be a great stress-relieving activity!) Some other pro tips for you when figuring what to wear to the fair include the following: Opt for lightweight clothing that won’t make you overheated and avoid fabrics that have a tendency to wrinkle. Steer clear of pants or skirts that are uncomfortable to sit for long periods of time. Darker fabrics can be a lifesaver (if you’re unlucky enough to spill something). Make sure your footwear is comfortable - you’ll probably be on your feet for several hours at a time! Nail your “elevator pitch” During the interview sign-up period (often jokingly referred to as speed dating for teachers), you’ll get a chance to meet with prospective employers and promote yourself, your strengths and your teaching experience to each of them for a few minutes at a time. Each fair attendee will have a finite amount of time to shine, so it’s well worth preparing a memorable, yet succinct, 60-second pitch about yourself. Your pitch should clearly state the skills and accomplishments you could bring to benefit this school as well as what makes you truly unique as an educator. You can even record your pitch on your phone. Play it back a few times and really listen to what you’re saying to ensure you’re sending the right message to hiring schools. The intention shouldn’t be to memorize your pitch word for word and risk sounding overly rehearsed or robotic. Instead, you want to be confident that you’ve covered the high-level points you want to drive home to prospective employers. As you’re fine-tuning your pitch, it’s also a good idea to go over it with an objective person (perhaps a former teaching colleague) for some constructive, honest feedback. Take this opportunity to practise how to greet and shake hands with interviewers, too! Get your portfolio ready Bring a well-organized, current teaching portfolio (preferably digital/online) with you to each interview. Your portfolio is an invaluable tool that you can use to your advantage during the interview to back up what you’re telling hiring schools about your teaching philosophy and style, as well as your classroom skills, experience and achievements to date. Familiarize yourself with each section so when you are in an interview and asked a question, you can quickly show them a tangible example to support your answers. We hope you found these fair preparation tips helpful! Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments below. We look forward to seeing you at the fairs soon!

A Whole New World of Learning in the Outdoors - Aloha Mind Math USA - ALOHA Mind Math

A Whole New World of Learning in the Outdoors USA Learning begins at home and extends itself into the outside world. Educational opportunities exist everywhere, while watching the birds fly in the sky, by observing the caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, or by taking a walk on the beach and watching the blue ocean. The outdoor presents innumerable opportunities for learning, asking questions and wondering how the earth evolved. Here are fun and simple ways to expose your children to fantastic learning experiences: Bird Watching Introduce your children to bird watching and see how their affinity and love of nature evolves naturally. The experience of watching colorful birds from around the area, listening to bird calls, observing their behavior, and snapping pictures on cameras make this experience fun and educational. Children tend to observe from the sky to the ground and everything around them. Enroll them into a bird watching camp or simply head to the outdoors with a pair of binoculars, sun hat and the camera. Trekking Go Trekking with your children to the woods nearby or to the hiking trail. Be well equipped with a map, binoculars, sun hat, camera and a picnic basket. Encourage children to explore with their eyes, ears, nose, and their senses. Get a close-up look at plants, flowers, trees, under logs and rocks for insects. Silently listen to the sounds of birds, water, and small animals. Always carry a map to help you around the area. Stop by for a nice picnic at a lake or pond and enjoy your afternoon together. Outdoor Sports Camps If your child shows an affinity towards outdoor sports, enroll them in sports camps whether it is basketball, rugby, tennis, swimming, skateboarding, kayaking, canoeing, surfing, snorkeling. There are plenty of sports and activities on the land and water that are both exciting and adventurous. Enroll your children at a reputed institution and make sure the coaches are certified and the infrastructure is safe. This is a good way to introduce children to new sports and find out if they have some hidden talent. Exploring the outdoors not only is a great exercise for children, but is educational beyond measure. The amount of information they absorb is simply amazing, and exposing them to such experiences makes their learning about life outside that much better.

?? How to Find and Encourage Your Childs Natural Talents

?? How to Find and Encourage Your Childs Natural Talents How to Find and Encourage Your Childs Natural Talents As parents, we all want our children to be successful in life. We want them to find what they are good at and pursue that, perhaps even picking up a few accolades along the way. But most of all, we want our children to find something they love doing. But how can we help our children discover their natural gifts? Additionally, how can we nurture our child’s unique abilities so they can shine? Early Signs of Talent Your little one might love dressing up in her fancy clothes and singing along with her favourite pop artist. However, she might not recognise her penchant for performing. You might even notice your preschooler building elaborate structures with blocks. Your preschooler likely doesn’t recognise that she has abilities related to math and engineering. Maybe they insist on helping with making dinner every night. It is unlikely, however, that they see themselves as a budding chef. You might observe your children engaging in these activities and not think of them as talent eit her. After all, that little singer might be off-key, or the block structure might have collapsed with just a tiny bump from an elbow, or your newly mopped kitchen floor is now covered with spilt flour and milk. However, your child’s abilities and talents need time and opportunities to develop. Even the most accomplished athletes, musicians and artists didn’t come into the world with fully-developed talents. They needed practice. They needed opportunities to experiment. And yes, they even needed opportunities to experience failure and then to grow from those experiences. Talent is Not Hereditary While you might have been the star football player on your school team or earned that prestigious first chair position in the community orchestra, your child may struggle as an athlete or have little ability to match a pitch. As much as we’d love to see our children follow in our footsteps, it’s more important to help them forge their own path. Provide Opportunities for Exploration a nd Allow for Failure Everyone needs opportunities to practice a skill for that skill to become a refined talent. Olympic gymnasts who make their complex acrobatics look easy likely spent 10 years or longer practising several hours a day to perfect those skills. They became bruised, experienced injury, fell, and perhaps even got frustrated enough to want to leave the sport, but ultimately, they persisted in practising and refining. Perhaps more important is to give your child room to learn from their failures. Maybe their cake didn’t rise. Help your child work through the process, recalling each step to try to determine what caused the fallen cake. Perhaps she didn’t get a spot on the football team. Ask her what she thinks she needs to work on to land a spot next year and have her develop an action plan to work towards her goal. It can be tempting to take our children’s “failures” personally. After all, we may have spent a small fortune in lessons and given up several hours to watch our child’s meet only to see him or her place dead last. Rather than chastising your child on that last place, focus on the positive. “Wow, you really nailed that roundoff back handspring on the balance beam! I know you’ve been working hard on it all season” can be more encouraging to your child than “what on earth happened today?!” Rather than lavishing praise on your child for earning a gold medal or a blue ribbon and expressing disappointment when awards aren’t earned, let your child know that you love to watch her play or perform. That takes the focus away from participating in an activity simply to collect trophies and accolades and instead shifts it to participating for enjoyment, learning and growth. Encourage a Growth Mindset Encouraging your child to set goals, learn from setbacks, and using those setbacks to develop new goals is important in nurturing your child’s unique abilities. It teaches your child that setbacks are part of the process and a re opportunities for growth. Children with a growth mindset are more likely to believe they can improve and succeed even if their previous attempts didn’t end as such. In contrast, children with a fixed mindset tend to believe that their skills will never improve regardless of their effort. The Process is Important Dr Anders Ericsson, a cognitive psychologist and faculty member at Florida State University, has spent years studying the role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expertise. Dr Ericsson’s research is in contrast to the idea that the most successful people are simply “blessed” with extraordinary ability. However, as Dr Ericsson’s research illustrates, nobody is born with expert ability and skills. Every expert and every person with the exceptional talent required intense and deliberate practice. This is not to say that you need to force your child to sit through three hours of piano practice a day or all will be lost. It’s actually quite the opposite. Rather than the quantity of practice, have your child focus on the quality of practice.How can we encourage our child to engage in deliberate practice? Establish goals that are reasonable and measurable. Rather than allowing your child’s goal to be “I want to be a better gymnast”, encourage specific goals like “I want to be able to perform a standing back tuck on the floor in one year” or “I want to earn at least a 9.0 on all events by the end of this season”.Focus on improvement during practice and not simply practising because you have to. Sometimes this means practising the same skill 100 times. Sometimes it means playing a single measure of a piano piece over and over, increasing speed each time.Ask for immediate feedback on performances. Have your child ask a coach, teacher, or mentor about how the performance went and how close your child is to achieving his goal.Move out of your comfort zone. This is incredibly important for skill and talent development. Someti mes, growth is uncomfortable. Sometimes, the risk of failure is high. But moving beyond what is easy and comfortable is the best chance to grow and learn. Mental Health is Essential! As your child begins really refining his or her talents, it can be easy for them to get caught up in the stress or pressure of performing or winning. The hours of practice, day after day, for years has the potential to lead to burn-out or high levels of stress. It is essential to help your child learn to protect his or her mental health. Pursuing other hobbies and activities is healthy. It is even ok to miss a practice and take the day to relax, recharge, and catch up with friends. Read our expert’s guide to children’s anxiety here. Striking a balance between nurturing talent and participating in other activities is important. The pressure to win and succeed can be detrimental to a child’s mental health. While it is important to encourage learning, growth, and deliberate practice, it is just as im portant to encourage balance and self-care. Above all, the most important part of helping your child discover and nurture his or her special abilities is to enjoy the journey. The road to success can be filled with potholes, certainly, but your child’s journey is unique. Along the way, he or she will likely meet tutors, mentors, and coaches that will change your child’s life. Perhaps you will find one here. Above all, your child will develop their passion and drive. And as a parent, these are some of the most important dreams we can have for our children.Author Bio: Patrick Bailey is a professional writer mainly in the fields of mental health, addiction, andliving in recovery. He attempts to stay on top of the latest news in the addiction and the mental healthworld and enjoy writing about these topics to break the stigma associated with them.