Research shows parental involvement is a key factor in improving students' academic performance. Setting aside time to go over what your child has learned, practicing skills at home, and showing up to school translates into your child's overall success.
Reading-Writing
Math
Student Dedicated Every Day – Student Driven in Every Way
Encourage your child to take on small chores (age appropriate) fosters high expectations and independence.
Ask questions about their day [Who did you play with at recess? Or what is something you learned today?] .
Read and/or write spelling words (No Excuse -Non-Negotiable Word List) while driving to various activities.
Tell your child you love them and are proud of them.
Have your child dressed appropriately for the weather.
Teach them how to resolve conflict appropriately.
Teach them manners. “Please” and “Thank You”
Teach them to tie their shoes.
Make good memories.
Discuss and review papers together. Check and clean out RED FOLDERS Read every night.
Check and clean out RED FOLDERS Read to them. Read for fun. Practice Math Facts - Flash cards
Read to them. Practice math facts. [2+6=8, 0+4=4, 2+3=5] Practice handwriting.
Have them Practice writing their name. Practice reading No-Excuse Words K-1 Ask your child about a book they’re reading.
Practice buttoning pants and jackets. Have supplies (pencils, crayons, scissors, ruler).
Review the alphabet chart. Have aplace for your child dohomework & read.
Review sounds. Check over your child’s homework each evening.
Review recognizing numbers up to 20. Practice reading & writing No-Excuse Words K -2
Practice writing numbers up to 20.
Practice counting to 100.
Make sure your child has a place to read or do homework that is free from distractions.
Practice math facts daily f or no more than 5 minutes a day while in the car, cooking or using flashcard.
Go over the homework with your child. Check to see that it is complete. If they need more help than you can provide let the teacher know, and they will go over it with your child the next day.
Read with your child every day. Your child still needs to read aloud. They benefit from hearing you read fluently and with expression too, so take turns.
Encourage your child to work neatly. . If they have written sloppy on the whole page, focus on one piecelike writing their name neatlyand expect it to be done that way the next day as well.
Check the red folder nightly. Items in the “Keep at Home” side of the folder are to be removed, kept at home, or thrown away.
- Practice Addition Facts and traditional addition problems requiring
the student to carry #’s to next place value column.
Example: 43 398 3064
+ 67 + 429 +5472
- Practice Subtraction – regrouping correctly across place value
and subtract across zeroes using traditional subtraction problems.
Example: 91 429 $10.00
- 87 - 398 - 8.98
- Multiplication Math Facts through 12’s with fluency
- Fluency with multiplication math facts is when a student can
provide the answer automatically without processing or counting, usually within 1-3 seconds.
- Use Flip Cards focusing on 2-3 unknown facts until mastered,
and then add 1 to 2 facts at a time to currently mastered fact pile. Practice only 5 to 10 minutes at a time.
- Draw pictures, write the facts down, close your eyes and see the numbers,
close your eyes and write the numbers in the air, race each other,
practice on and off throughout the day at random times: in the car,
while taking a bath, while helping cook dinner, while taking a walk etc.
- To maintain fluency/mastery of multiplication math facts through 12’s - students
may play computer games geared towards fluency in multiplication math facts.
4. Telling Time
- Practice telling time using an analog clock
(traditional clock instead of digital).
- Practice using time language.
Example: quarter past 3:00, half past 12:00, 15 minutes until 4:00, 10 minutes after 2:00
- Practice elapsed time.
Example: Debra left school at 3:45. It took her 10 minutes to walk home
She played at her friend’s house for 45 minutes. She ate dinner for 20 minutes,
took a bath for 30 minutes, and did her homework for 35 minutes.
What time was it when Debra completed her homework?
“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.” ~Jane D. Hull
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