Parent Partnership

1. Parent Partnership Homework Help

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4. “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

5. “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.

6. “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

7. StudentsTo Do • 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

8. We must be preparing our children for jobs that don’t even exist today.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Homework Expectations:K thru 8th Grade

14. 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

15. Minimal and Maximum Minutes Kdg. 10 15 1st 15 30 2nd 20 45 3rd 30 60 4th 30 75 5th 30 90 6th 30 90 7th 45 90 8th 45 90

16. Parents should insist that the students dedicate at least the minimal amount of time to some academic Study 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.

17. 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.

18. 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 21 for missing work and assignment headings expectations

19. KindergartenExpectations • 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

20. 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

21. Resources for Elementary • ABC Ya online activities for K-5Go 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!

22. Cool Math 4 KidsThis is an awesome FREE website loaded with math games for children.  Find addition games, subtraction, and harder stuff for older kids too! Virtual ManipulativesThis 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 gooThis is a fun way to practice phonics and reading. 

23. Multiplication.com Many 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.htminteractive math games - all levels

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25. Arizona Department of EducationThis 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. PhETAwesome science simulations. Space PowerpointJust for fun. Lots of great space pictures from the hubble telescope. Stem CellsInteractive 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 ClassExtra resource for review and learning.

26. The World is Changing…. Every Day !

27. 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?

28. Jobs of the Future 85% of High Growth, High Wage Jobs in Arizona Will Require Postsecondary Education Fewer than 2% of these jobs will be available to adults who have less than a high school diploma.

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