We look one grade below the mark.
The class is Grade 9 MTH1W. Two 45-minute live sessions a week. You get it in writing.
How a week works
Weeknight: the lesson. Then a practice sheet at home. The weekend class starts with a quick problem that shows where each child got stuck, and works on exactly that. Then you get a written note.
- Weeknight lesson45 minutes, live on Google Meet. That week's Grade 9 lesson, including the earlier-grade repair in weeks 1 to 4.
- Practice sheetOn screen or printed, with an answer key. Your child checks their own work. Nothing is marked or scored.
- Weekend class45 minutes. It opens with a short live problem that shows where the thinking stopped. The rest of the class works on exactly that, using activities prepared in advance.
- Your written noteFrom the teacher's notes, read and approved before it reaches you. What they got stuck on, what the teacher saw, and one question to ask at home. Never a score. See a sample report.
Then we walk backwards
When a child is stuck on this term's unit, we check whether the idea underneath it is solid before concluding anything about the unit itself.
Ratios and rates
This is the MTH1W work the homework asks for. When a child is stuck here, we check the idea underneath it before reteaching the top.
Adding and subtracting fractions
Unlike denominators. This is what the test was on and what the mark was for. It is where a parent notices something is wrong.
Equivalent fractions
You cannot express halves and thirds as sixths without it. If this is not solid, the Grade 6 failure is a symptom — and teaching Grade 6 harder will not move it.
The report tells you where the trouble started, not just where it showed up: often an idea from an earlier grade that nobody checked.
Grade 9 starts after Thanksgiving
Grades 5 to 8 are now reserving for January. Reserve a place. Grades 10 to 12: register your interest.
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