Parent PartnershipHomework Help

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“Parents will always be the first and most important teacher for their children.”

Expect your child to succeed Read every paper/handout your child brings

home…if they are not coming home, communicate with the teacher to create a plan

Keep the teacher syllabus to review expectations throughout the year…if you have internet, check the teacher web page

Communicate with the teachers: email, phone, PASS, planner

Attend back to school night, parent conferences, open houses

“Commit to staying involved in your child’s education.”

Make school a priority – schedule appointments, vacations, etc. outside of school hours. Research shows that arriving late to school decreases the students ability to be successful as it disrupts their learning schedule.

Provide a structured place/time for homework that has supplies (paper, graph paper, stickies, colored pencils, pens & pencils, scissors, rulers, dictionary, thesaurus, etc.)

Sit with your child as he/she works, check for completeness & accuracy.

“Show them you take their learning seriously.”

Keep a calendar organizing school activities/deadlines/report cards with family events.

Time Management – help active students align their homework load with activities

Set Goals for each grading period and review

Help make sure everything is organized & neat with supplies for the next day before bed

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Use a planner Get study buddy phone #’s Use dividers for each subject in the binder Pencil Pouch Keep all work until the end of the grading

period

We must be preparing our children for jobs that don’t

even exist today.

Use Time Wisely

Break large assignments down into smaller

Allow more time for HW than you think you need

Before you start make a list of what to do with hardest/most important first

Strategies

When studying for a test…use review sheets and chapter review questions.

Talk to your parents Before you read…look over headings

and words in bold/italics Test Taking – look over entire test to

develop a plan Check your answers and use all time

given

Common Misconception

“My child has no homework.” - Whether there is work to produce or not there is always homework!

Elementary Study spelling words ( 5 to 10 mins) Practice Math facts (5 to 10 mins) Read 15 to 20 minutes

Nightly Expectations

Secondary Study notes (Sci/SS) 10 to 15 mins each Math usually gives nightly review Lang Arts – read for 30 minutes, complete

reading logs, study vocabulary, book reports, computer comprehension test

Check PASS and planner Organize binder & ensure supplies are

stocked

Homework Expectations:

K thru 8th Grade

Liberty Homework Policy Teach personal

responsibility and time management

Provide additional review and reinforcement

Inform parents about what their children are studying

Provide a time and place free from distraction

Sign the daily planners, paper’s, (whether complete or not), review the child’s work and provide encouragement. If HW is not complete, provide a written explanation with signature.

Communicate

Minimal and Maximum Minutes

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Parents should insist that the students dedicate at least the minimal amount of time to some academicStudy at home. Reading is the recommended activity for that time if the homework from school is not enough to take up the minimum amount of time.

Parents should also teach their children that if they do not finish their daily work in class that unfinished class work is in addition to the actual homework and is not part of the expected homework time.

Regular school attendance and student’s personal responsibility will ensure that this doesn’t happen often.

All students, K-8, receive homework four nights per week, Monday through Thursday. Homework is directly related to the daily instruction. Daily work and or make-up work not completed is not considered homework but must be completed by the next day.

Standards of neatness and accuracy are to be maintained regardless of the subject matter.

All students are expected to read out loud or be read to for a minimum of 10 minutes each night as part of their homework.

Grades 6-8 refer to planner page 21for missing work and assignment headings expectations

Kindergarten Expectations Target Skills   Reading/Language Arts • Distinguishing beginning sounds and rhyming words • Practice identifying title, author, characters, setting, plot and author’s purpose for writing the

story, narrative • Capital at the beginning of a sentence and period at the end of a sentence • Sequence of events • Recognize sight words: I, see, my, like • Introduce sight words: a, the, to • Action words • Cause and effect   Spalding • Review the sounds for letters: a-z • Introduce phonograms: th, sh, ow, ee • Written Phonogram Test on Friday: b, h, g, qu, s   Writing • Top line, midpoint, and base line • Practice writing phonograms: z, w, • Using sight words to create sentences   Math • Tell time to the hour • Identify more and less • Identify and Write (from memory) numbers 0-10 • Counting backwards from 10 • Counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s   Integrated Science /Social Studies • Life cycle of a pumpkin/From seed to pumpkin • Bats

Resources

Elementary - ask about HW hotlines Secondary – Study Buddies, Study Island Public Library – get a card Web Sites: www.classzone.com www.glencoe.com www.aplusmath.com

www.khanacademy.com www.hippocampus.com

school webpages – check regularly ASK…. Don’t be afraid…many teachers offer

help before/after school or at lunch

Resources for Elementary ABC Ya online activities for K-5

Go to this sight to practice everything from spelling words, sight words, to math.  Simply click on the grade level of your choice then choose what you want to do.  Try entering your spelling list to create your own word search puzzle!

Cool Math 4 Kids This is an awesome FREE website loaded with math games for children.  Find addition games, subtraction, and harder stuff for older kids too!

Virtual Manipulatives This website is great for challenging mathematical thinking.  You'll notice that the level listed is PreK-2, but I had a hard time with some of the games!!  For an easy start, try the patterns game.  For an extra challenge, try the 99 circles where the children have to choose combinations that add up to 99.

Game goo This is a fun way to practice phonics and reading. 

 

Multiplication.comMany games are available to assist your child in learning and memorizing their times tables

https://www.ideal.azed.gov/p/content/public_page/AIMS_Resources (This is the official site for State of Arizona Dept. of Education practice "AIMS" tests.) ixl.com/math/grade-3 (This site has great practice for ALL skills tested on AIMS.) dadsworksheets.com. factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html learninggamesfor kids.com playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathfact.htm interactive math games - all levels

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Some Great Science Websites

http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml

http://www.tryscience.org/

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

http://www.answersingenesis.org/kids

Arizona Department of Education This is an excellent link that will give you access to AIMS practice tests, resources, standards, statistics and much more.  We teachers use it all the time. PhET Awesome science simulations. Space Powerpoint Just for fun. Lots of great space pictures from the hubble telescope.Stem Cells Interactive demo of how stem cells work. Stem Cells 2 Stem Cells 3 That's a Fact! Fun videos that explore Creation vs. Evolution.Weather Bug Videos Awesome weather phenomenon videos.Williams Class Extra resource for review and learning.

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High Expectations Principles

Commit to be actively engaged in your child’s education at every stage – from birth through postsecondary.

Set completing college or other postsecondary program as the ultimate academic goal for your student.

Make student academic success a family priority. That means school comes before extracurricular and social activities.

What are your hopes and dreams for your child’s future?

What can you do to create a high expectations environment in your home?

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