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Helping Your Children Get
Organized |
While these
tips were specifically designed for math, most of them apply
to all subject areas.
- Provide
a regular study place. If possible, have the following
materials readily available:
- Many children need
assistance in organizing and maintaining a notebook.
Help them develop a system for organizing and
maintaining a notebook and notes.
- Help your children
develop a system for writing down assignments, as well
as keeping track of progress. Some schools provide
student planners or assignment sheets, but that does not
mean children use them consistently. Check to make sure
that they are being used consistently and appropriately.
- Help your children
develop a system for taking meaningful notes.
Frequently, note taking is taught during class, so it
may just be a matter of seeing if your children are
taking and using notes. If these skills are not
taught in class, give your child some suggestions about
what works for you when you have to learn something new
or keep track of important information.
- Encourage your
children to identify study buddies or another math
student they can call to work with on assignments, get
clarification, find out about makeup work, etc. Some
parents have established study teams and times, so that
students have planned opportunities to study together
after school.
- Encourage
and expect children to get work done on time, to stay
caught up, to get help in a timely manner, and to
correct errors in work, even if the corrections do not
count as a grade.
You may want to help children go over incorrect or
incomplete work and talk about how the work could be
improved.
- It is
expected that middle school students know the basic
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts
as well as whole number computation. If your children
are not proficient with these skills, help them master
the needed skills. Flash
cards, timed skill sheets, internet games, even calling
out facts for your child to recall while driving to the
store will keep skills sharp or build skills in areas of
need. Remember, the teacher is not the only person
your child will learn from.
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