HELPING  YOUR  CHILD  WITH  HOMEWORK

Helping your child with homework is an opportunity to improve your child’s chances of doing well in school and life.

• Each child will be responsible for completing assigned homework Monday through Friday.
• Please see that your child reads for at least 20 – 30 minutes each night.
• Please read with your child as often as possible.                                           

FOR HOMEWORK YOUR CHILD WILL NEED:

Pencils, a pencil sharpener, erasers, crayons, markers, a highlighter, glue, scissors, a stapler, paper clips, tape, a ruler, a calculator, index cards, writing paper, a dictionary, and if possible a thesaurus and an atlas.

If possible, keep these items together in one place.

SOME  HOMEWORK  GUIDELINES:

• Plan a daily homework time.
• Select a quite place for work to be completed.
• Be available to offer assistance.
• Look over completed assignments to ensure that work was completed carefully and as neatly as possible.
• Sign or initial all assignments and your child’s Student Planner.
• Review all papers sent home in your child’s Homework Folder and discuss marked papers with your child.
• When your child has a test, please study the material to be assessed with your child in reasonable amounts each night prior to the test in order to avoid last minute cramming.
• If your child shows signs of frustration, let him/ her take a break.  Encourage him/her and let him/her know he/she can do the work.
• Remember to praise your child for working to the best of his/her ability.