Kelly Edwards Elementary

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Kelly Edwards Elementary

• Homework Reading

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Why Do Teachers Assign Homework?

• review and practice what they've covered in
  class
• get ready for the next day's class
• learn to use resources, such as libraries,
  reference materials and computer Web sites to
  find information about a subject
• explore subjects more fully than classroom time
  permits
• extend learning by applying skills they already
  have to new situations and
• integrate their learning by applying many
  different skills to a single task, such as book
  reports or science projects.

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• help students to develop good study habits and
  positive attitudes
• teach them to work independently
• encourage self-discipline and responsibility
  (assignments provide some children with their
  first chance to manage time and to meet
  deadlines)
• keeps families informed about what their children
  are learning and about the policies and programs
  of the teacher and the school

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What's the Right Amount of Homework?

• National organizations of parents and teachers
  suggest that children in kindergarten through
  second grade can benefit from 10 to 20 minutes of
  homework each school day. In third through fifth
  grades, children can benefit from 30 to 60
  minutes a school day.
• Amounts that vary from these guidelines are fine
  for some children and in some situations. For
  example, because reading at home is especially
  important for children, reading assignments might
  push the time on homework a bit beyond the
  amounts suggested here.

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Set a Regular Time for Homework

• What works well in one household may not work in
  another. For instance, one child may do homework
  best in the afternoon, completing homework first
  or after an hour of play and another may do it
  best after dinner. However, don't let your child
  leave homework to do just before bedtime.

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Pick a Place

• Your child's homework area doesn't have to be
  fancy. A desk in the bedroom is nice, but for
  many children, the kitchen table or a corner of
  the living room works just fine. The area should
  have good lighting and it should be fairly quiet.

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Remove Distractions

• Turn off the TV and discourage your child from
  making and receiving social telephone calls
  during homework time.
• Some children work well with quiet background
  music, but loud noise from the CD player, radio
  or TV is not OK.
• If you live in a small or noisy household, try
  having all family members take part in a quiet
  activity during homework time. You may need to
  take a noisy toddler outside or into another room
  to play. If distractions can't be avoided, your
  child may want to complete assignments in the
  local library.

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Provide Supplies and Identify Resources

• Have available pencils, pens, erasers, writing
  paper and a dictionary. If possible, keep these
  items together in one place. If you can't provide
  your child with needed supplies, check with
  his/her teacher, school guidance counselor or
  principal about possible sources of assistance.

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Set a Good Example

• Show your child that the skills he is learning
  are an important part of the things he will do as
  an adult. Let him see you reading books,
  newspapers and computer screens letters, e-mails
  and lists using math to balance your checkbook
  or to measure for new carpeting doing other
  things that require thought and effort.

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Be Interested and Interesting

• Take your child to the library.
• Read with your child often.
• Talk about school and what they are learning.
• Attend school activities.
• Get to know your childs friends.
• Keep in contact with your childs teacher it
  shows your child that his home and school are a
  team.

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Monitor Assignments

• Be Available For Assistance
• Look over Completed Assignments
• Help Your Child Get Organized
• Give Praise

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• Out-of-school reading habits of students has
  shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent
  reading can expose students to more than a
  million words of text in a year. 

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Checklist for Parents of Toddlers

• Here are some ways you can help your child get
  ready to read during the ages of 2 and 3.
• I read with my child every day, even if its only
  for a few minutes.
• I encourage my child to bring his favorite books
  to me so that we can read together.
• I point to pictures and name them out loud, and
  encourage my child to point to pictures while we
  read.
• I watch to see if my child sometimes makes eye
  contact with me when I read aloud. That tells me
  she is paying attention to me and the story.

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? I talk with my child throughout the day about
things we are doing and things that are happening
around us. ? I try to be patient when my child
wants to read the same book over and over again.
? I encourage my child to play with
bookspick them up, flip them from front to back,
and turn the pages. ? Sometimes I listen when
my child pretends to read a bookhe holds the
book, goes from page to page, and says words,
even though theyre not the words on the page.
? I give my child paper and crayons so she can
scribble, make pictures, and pretend to write.
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Checklist for Parents of Preschoolers

• I help my child hear and say the first sound in
  words (like b in boat), and notice when
  different words start with the same sound (like
  boat and book).
• I help my child hear words that rhyme (like
  moose, goose, and caboose).
• I introduce new words to my child, like bow and
  stern, which mean the front of a boat and the
  back of a boat.
• I talk with my child about the letters of the
  alphabet and notice them in books, like c for
  canoe.
• I point out signs and labels that have letters,
  like street signs and foods in the grocery store.

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I encourage my child to find the joy and fun
inreading. Usually, I let my child choose the
books we read. I let my child pretend to read
parts of the book when we read together. I talk
with my child about stories and make connections
to things that happen in our own lives. I ask
what, where, and how questions when I read
with my child to help her follow along and
understand the stories. I help my child write
notes or make books (like an alphabet book), even
if his writing only looks like scribbles or
marks.
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Reading to and with children

• Take turns reading a book with your child.
• Ask your child to compare a book to another
  familiar book. How are the characters alike or
  different? Do the stories take place in similar
  settings? How are the illustrations the same or
  different?
• Ask your child what type of mood the story or
  chapter in a book creates. Ask how the author
  created that mood. Was it with words? Pictures?
  Drawings?
• If your child has read more than one book by the
  same author, ask how the books are similar or
  different.

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Ways to talk with your child about books

• Ask your child to predict what might happen next
  while reading a story. Be sure to ask your child
  to give reasons for the prediction.
• Ask your child why a character might have taken a
  specific action. Again, ask for the reasons
  behind the answer.
• Ask your child to compare a book to another
  familiar book. How are the characters alike or
  different? Do the stories take place in similar
  places? How are the illustrations similar or
  different?
• Ask what part of the story the child liked best
  and why.
• Ask whether the child liked the ending of the
  story and why or why not.

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• Read with your child every day. You are your
  childs first and most important teacher.

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