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you didn’t "get it" in school… So we need to try something different ... Welcome to Mr. Mac's SAT Prep course The idea is to get you to be your own teacher. Tell yourself when and where to study. Suggestion: Carry your SAT TEST Book with you. Everywhere. 1. Sign up at www.number2.com and spend at least 30 minutes each week in that course. 2. Visit www.freevocabulary.com and print two pages a week. 3. Read EVERY QUESTION in the SAT workbook. Put a question mark on the questions you can't do in 30 seconds and bring those questions to class. 4. Sign up for WORD TO CELL PHONE and WORD TO EMAIL.. send your email and cell phone text address to mistermath@COMCAST.NET 5. Call the teacher. Hey, why not? 954 646 8246... It's my job to motivate you. Some of you have a learning style that needs to be heard... you need to perform and you need to hear the words performed. 6. Send the teacher an email to indicate that you have received the CD. mistermath@comcast.net About Mr. Mac I’ve been a tutor for math and SAT prep since 1986. I live in my car, driving from class to student to class. I hope you will send your suggestions to improve the presentation of this information. I recommend that you learn about multiple learning styles à mathForArtists.com has a list of learning styles. This booklet comes with a CD – there are videos on the CD -- watch and learn! REMINDERS Type the web sites carefully. Some of the links are on my web pages (look at www.teachersTOteachers.com and click on SAT). Be nice... call me if you can't find these web sites: 954 646 8246. www.sat-secrets.com is another interesting web site. STEP BY STEP 1. For a good review of math and even word study, visit www.number2.com. It’s helpful for studying words. 2. Learn new words every day. Get dramatic. Create situations and they’ll help you remember. “That man is vindictive. He said bad things about my brother and he’s lying. He just wants to hurt my brother.” 3. Look at every problem in the book. Skip the ones you know. Focus on the ones you don’t know and put a question mark. You have 30 seconds for each problem. 4. Review the pages - look at every word at least four times. 5. www.freevocabulary.com – it’s a list of 5000 words. You can cross off 2000 – you cross out a word when you can read it and give a synonym. VICARIOUS. Hmmm ... watching the race on TV was a vicarious experience for the man with the broken leg. He wanted to participate but he couldn’t so he enjoyed it vicariously, from a distance.” That’s called “giving a synonym” or putting the word in other words. Put the word in your own words if you want to cross it off. 6. What is your learning style? If you work well with other people, then don’t study alone. Talk about the problems. When it comes time to doing the test, you’ll remember the conversations you had about similar problems. If you like studying alone, then put in the time to really, really know the problems. 7. Know your math. The test does not cover Tan, Cosine and Sine. No trigonometry. Focus on geometry, probability, number sense, and algebra. Got that? Nctm.org has a good review of math. Do a search “math review.” (Ask me for some videos that youcan borrow. There are some fabulous teachers on tape...) 8. Pay attention! Success with the test comes from looking at a lot of problems. You want to see as many problems as possible ahead of time so that there are no surprises. “Oh, yeah, I saw that before. But I never learned how to handle it.” 9. Get exercise – at least three times a week. Breathe deeply. Sweat. You should be out of breath or breathing hard at least once a day. Our brains work better after six or eight weeks of aerobic exercising. “I don’t want to perspire” or “I’ll have to change my clothes.” “I don’t have time.” No excuses. Make time to sweat. 10. Eat properly and get the right amount of sleep – every day. One good night of sleep after 10 days of partying won’t do it. This is a commitment. If you follow these points, you’ll improve your score. 11. Want to get a word sent to your cell phone or receive the word by email? Write to mistermath@comcast.net and I’ll send you the word a day. Then send the word to your parents’ cell phone and ask them to use the word of the day in their daily life. To find your cell phone’s email address, contact your cell phone provider. There might be a charge for each message sent to your cell phone. YOU CAN DO IT… 12. Visit other web sites about SAT. Reminders www.freevocabulary.com Learn new words every day. www.number2.com TeachersToTeachers.com Don’t study alone Word to Cell Phone You want to say, “I saw that before!” Get exercise Eat properly and get enough sleep. Skip the problems that you know. Look at every problem in the practice book. So you want to prepare for the SAT? Some tips from an SAT tutor: Many students are very good at class work (which extends over many days or weeks). The SAT is a fun test for people with a VERY SHORT attention span, since you only need to focus for less than 2 minutes per question. If you are a studious person, you might find the test’s scattered format a bit unnerving. Don’t worry – you will do well in college. If you like going step by step, that’s the skill that you need in college (and this short test called the SAT does not test how well you perform over 16 weeks). If you are a visual learner, you might also have a tough time dealing with some of the SAT problems. Don’t worry… just don’t get distracted by some of the extra information. http://www.sat-secrets.com Sign up for the free email newsletter www.collegeboard.com Sign up for the free email reminders Signup for a word a day at www.wordsmith.com Get a book of questions and do A LOT OF THEM. One of the books is the 10 SAT tests (published by the College Board). Good books to study: 500 SAT Words, and How To Remember Them Forever! by Charles Gulotta Good book… 100 SAT MATH TIPS by Charles Gulotta. www.number2.com sign up and do all of the review sessions. Do a SEARCH on google.com about “SAT preparation courses” and you will find several companies that offer FREE reviews online. That’s how I found number2.com… www.teacherstoteachers.com my web site click on Learning Styles to see how learning styles affects your way of performing on multiple choice tests click on word to phone to sign up for the word of the day that can be sent to your cell phone or email account. To sign up, send your cell phone number and name of the provider (such as ATT or Verizon)… or your email address. Since the word-to-email is sent by a bulk-mail program, you will need to set your email account to accept both analyst@comcast.net and mistermath@comcast.net as recognized senders. Click on SAT LINKS to see some helpful places and then go to >> BBC (it should be BCC) for a Broward Community College course outline …. www.freevocabulary.com 5000 words that have appeared on the SAT http://pcfiles.serveftp.com/v_list.html more words.. with word roots.. Try some challenging math problems www.mathForArtists.com Read some interesting newspapers and magazines online: economist.com, nytimes.com, the-times.co.uk. S. McCrea, Tutor mistermath@comcast.net , www.teacherstoteachers.com http://www.flashcardexchange.com/card_set.php?id=218958 flash cards In addition to studying for the SAT, try this: look for books that promote lateral thinking. Here are two examples of lateral problems… The Island A guy named Charles is dropped by parachute onto an island that measures one mile by two miles long. The island is covered with trees. There is a strong wind blowing from the north. Charles has a camp in the middle of the island. A fire starts on the north end of the island. There are 400 foot cliffs on all sides of the island. How does Charles survive? The Elevator A guy named Fred lives on the 8th floor. In the morning he walks to the elevator, goes down, walks to work. At 6 p.m., he walks into the elevator, goes to the 6th floor and walks up two flights to his apartment. Why? Send an email to me with your explanation. If you have a better explanation than my explanation, I’ll post it on my internet site. The NCTM Challenge: Can you describe how to solve the problems on nctm.org’s web site? If so, you could win a box of candy. Send me an email message and get ready to perform your understanding of the problems. In other words, SAT tips are helpful AND your success in life depends on emotional intelligence. DO a search of “emotional intelligence” and “life skills” and learn about Daniel Goleman. Questions? Send an email to mistermath@comcast.net. Go ahead, now, study those word lists and do some more math questions … Steve McCrea Put your ideas on DVD and video-on-CD Get your book in print with "print-on-demand" Box 30555 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303 TELEPHONE 1+ 954.646.8246 www.stevemccrea.com www.teachersTOteachers.com www.LookForPatterns.com TRANSLATE http://world.altavista.com/ Friends www.internationaloasis.net Clients www.pat-harris.com www.ResolveToHeal.com www.scottsolochek.com Ask to become a MENTOR ON VIDEO www.MentorsOnVideo.com The three questions 1. what do you remember learning in Middle School that you continue to use today? (what continues to be relevant?) 2. What do you find useful that you could have learned in Middle School but didn't? (A suggestion to middle school teachers) 3. What are you reading today that you find useful? (give an example about how you are continuing to learn and take time for reading books and articles). Your replies to these questions will be shown to middle school and high school students. The idea is to increase relevance and to help students see that adults can be mentors… Are you a mentor? If you want the Mentor Kit and Quotations to Inspire Mentors, please write to s2314@tmail.com to learn more. www.DoubleMoonShot.com Are you ready for the Flat World? Connect with other cultures www.oocities.org/talkinternational1/bibbi BuildingInternationalBridgesByInternet Contact me analyst@comcast.net mistermath@comcast.net globalcooling@comcast.net Plant trees www.treesftf.org Quotes from Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind "A designer gives to the world something it didn't know it was missing." -- Paola Antonelli, curator of design, MOMA "Design is shaping our surroundings to serve our needs and give meaning to our lives." -- John Heskett, Toothpicks and Logos: design in our everyday life. Design is utility enhanced by meaning. Three forces are shaping our world: Asia, automation and abundance. Daniel Pink recommends that we ask three questions about our work: 1. Can someone overseas do it cheaper? 2. Can a computer do it faster? 3. Does my product offer meaning to a customer in an abundant society? 3.3 million white collar jobs in the USA will shift to low-cost countries by 2015. Nations like Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom will see similar job losses. -- quoted in Pink's A WHOLE NEW MIND From Lee Brower (empoweredwealth.com): An Opportunity Filter (a series of questions to filter out opportunities from distractions) Is the project in line with our values? Will the project increase our abilities and will it use our unique talents? Does this project make sense financially? How will this project benefit society? Is this project a gateway opportunity or is it just a single transaction? From Daniel Pink (danpink.com): Asia, Automation and Abundance Can someone overseas do it cheaper? Can a computer do it faster? AM I offering something that satisfied the nonmaterial desires of our abundant society? I'm working on www.4Sigmas.com and www.FourSigmas.com Get the BIG PICTURE www.bigpicture.org Here’s the link: http://www.chroniclewebs.com/met/metOnNpr.mp3 www.DoubleMoonShot.com Listening to Mr. Friedman Some clever quotations to inspire us > You never grow old until you've lost all of your marvels. Merry Browne Don't wait for inspiration to find you -- go out and hunt it down. Jack London > Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them. Josie Bissett > Sometimes you just have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. Kobi Yamada > If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. Lou Whitaker > Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting. Anonymous Take the everyday and make it strange. Take the strange and make it everyday. – Steve Powers ESPO, graffiti artist To SUBSCRIBE visit: http://www.gophercentral.com/sub/history.html http://www.afsc.org/iraq/movie.htm http://emrooznet.varamincity.com/swf/863.swf I wonder what it says... from zamani.mehdi@gmail.com http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/ make interesting shapes... like MC Escher. |
| Testimonials "I got a 310 in Math and I need to get 400 to get my diploma." REMEDY: Come to the class and study just MATH. Make it a study hall. Find time during the course to put a "?" next to each problem that you don't understand. Then find another student or ask me (the instructor) to help you. I just need to improve my essay writing. REMEDY: Write. Write a full essay and send it to me to review. You don't need to come to each course, but it is a good practice if you show me your outline and then sit for 30 minutes and actualy write an essay. READ the newspaper...the persuasive essays (opinions and editorials). sun-sentinel.com miamiherald.com nytimes.com I just need to improve my reading. REMEDY: study lots of words. Lots of words. Lots of words. Your reading will improve. READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST. Be prepared to skip some questions if you take too long looking at them. This is a study hall as well as a "tutorial" -- the instructor attempts to speak to each student at least once during each class. BRING QUESTIONS TO CLASS. Identify the problems and we'll try to answer them. |
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