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Supporting Homework at Home

Understanding homework purposes, types, and its impact on students. Learn effective strategies, recommended time frames, and how to create a supportive homework environment for children of different ages. Discover tips on helping students with homework and fostering a positive approach.

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Supporting Homework at Home

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  1. Supporting Homework at Home Presented by: Maddie Bushey- 3rd & 4th Grade Guidance Counselor Meg Lutz- 5th & 6th Grade Guidance Counselor Melissa Jeffers- Itinerant Autistic Support Teacher

  2. Adult Homework

  3. Turn and Talk What do you find are your biggest challenges?

  4. Types of Homework • Homework assignments typically have one or more purposes. The most common purpose is to have students practice material already presented in class. • Practice homework is meant to reinforce learning and help the student master specific skills. • Preparation homework introduces material that will be presented in future lessons. These assignments aim to help students learn new material better when it is covered in class. • Extension homework asks students to apply skills they already have to new situations. • Integration homework requires the student to apply many different skills to a single task, such as book reports, science projects or creative writing.

  5. Students shouldn’t have trouble connecting the purpose of homework to classroom learning.

  6. Homework We need to work through the process, instead of focusing on the product

  7. School Structured Inflexible Clear time constraints School work is a social experience Externally regulated Home Unstructured Flexible No clear time constraints Isolated experience Internally regulated Consider how environments differ….How does it or doesn’t it support what the child has to do?

  8. The right amount of homework depends on the age and skills of the child Recommendations Kindergarten – second grade students can benefit from 10-20 minutes of homework each school day Third – sixth grade students can benefit from 30-60 minutes of homework each school day If parents are concerned about the amount of time it takes their child to do homework or if they are concerned about their frustration level, contact the teacher to discuss concerns and come up with a “homework plan”---teachers need to decide what that should be for the student based on their needs Exactly How Much Homework Should They be Doing?

  9. When is the Best Time to do Homework? • The best schedule is one that works for your child and your family • Work together to determine the best time • Something to think about…. • Some kids might prefer to get up 45 minutes earlier in the morning to do homework before school instead of doing it the night before—kids are exhausted at the end of the school day

  10. Homework Strategies.. Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available. Help your child with time management. Be positive about homework. When your child does homework, you do homework.

  11. Homework Strategies (continued) • When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. • When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. • If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. • Stay informed.

  12. Homework Strategies (continued) • Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework. • Watch your child for signs of failure and frustration.

  13. What type of Learner is your Student? • White boards • Modeling (think-out-loud) • Texture • Standing options • Fitness Balls (seating options) • Clipboards • Pencil Kinesthetic Options

  14. What type of Learner is your Student? Visual Outlines • Long term mapping • Weekly planning • Daily outline

  15. Prioritize and Plan it “What we didn’t do yesterday, causes most of our troubles today” • Not every assignment has the same weight • Plan study time based on a student’s base- line attention span..(it may be very low) • Introduce choice-making gradually

  16. #1 Homework Tip… Celebrate Success!!!!

  17. Teachers + Parents + Students = Success Children do better and have better feelings about going to school when parents and families take interest in their academics and work hand in hand with teachers.

  18. App’s • Help Keep Track of Homework • Help Create Flash Cards • Other Applications You have found beneficial?

  19. Thinking Ahead for Summer…. • Local Reading Activities through public libraries and the local newspapers • Consider transition books (such as Summer Bridge Activities) • You Tube • Routine – allowing children have a say in the time • Chart progress • Transition in Aug – should be easier

  20. Martin MeylinA New Beginning….

  21. Changes • Setting • Electronics • More classes/more teachers • 60 minutes – on average – daily homework

  22. Starting over…… • Developmental….

  23. Parent Resources • Planner • EdLine • Powerschool • Teachers and Guidance Counselor

  24. Acknowledge Move forward Negotiable/Nonnegotiable Whole Child Student Changes

  25. Resources Reminder • Summer Reading • Applications

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