Act III: How to Help Your Act III: How to Help Your Child With HomeworkChild With Homework

Act III: How to Help Your Act III: How to Help Your Child With HomeworkChild With Homework

A FDLRS ActivityA FDLRS Activity

Reflection Think of when your child has

homework. Think of one positive thing that you

do that helps your child complete their homework.

Guidelines for Homework

• 10 minutes x the grade level– Kindergarten 2-5 minutes. – 1st grade x 10 minutes= 10 minutes– 2nd grade x 10 minutes= 20 minutes– 3rd grade x 10 minutes =30 minutes– 4th grade x 10 minutes = 40 minutes– 5th grade x 10 minutes = 50 minutes

Types of Homework • Practice: meant to reinforce learning and help

the student master specific skills. • Preparation: gives exposure to material that

will be presented in future lessons. Helps students learn new material better when it is covered in class.

• Extension: asks students to apply skills they already have to new situations.

• Integration: requires the student to apply many different skills to a single task; such as book reports, science projects or creative writing.

Homework Tips • Make sure your child has a quiet,

well-lit place to do homework.• Have needed materials• Help your child with time

management. • Keep interruptions to a minimum.

Homework Tips

• Do more challenging homework first.

• Provide a small fidget• Give help, not answers

Homework Tips

• Watch your child for signs of failure and frustration

• Reward completion of homework.

• Take breaks

Homework Tips • When your child does homework,

you do homework.• Stay informed; curriculum,

homework policies.• When asked to participate in

child’s homework, participate.• Be positive about homework.

What works for you?

Questions/Comments

This activity was made available by the Florida Diagnostic Learning & Resources System

The FDLRS network provides diagnostic and instructional support services to

district exceptional student education programs statewide.

How to Help Your Child With How to Help Your Child With HomeworkHomework

How to Help Your Child With How to Help Your Child With HomeworkHomework

Permission to use this information is authorized Permission to use this information is authorized from: from:

The U.S. Department of EducationThe U.S. Department of Education Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs,

Educational Partnerships and Family Involvement Unit, Educational Partnerships and Family Involvement Unit, Homework Tips for Parents, Homework Tips for Parents, Washington, D.C., 2003.Washington, D.C., 2003.

www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.htmlwww.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html

Parent Homework Role-Play

Before the parent night training, select groups of teachers and parents to role-play a scenario where a parent helps with homework.

It is helpful to have the parents and teachers write their own script. They tend to be harder on each other than you would. Have them accentuate the negative but have some positive, too.

Make sure that your players have a microphone so that everyone can hear them.

Identify props that will be necessary and have them available the night of the training. (table, telephone, backpack..)