Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
- How can I help my child improve in reading?
- How can I help my child improve in Math?
- How can I help my child with writing?
- What can I do to get my child to read more?
- What can I do to get my child to do homework?
- What is the best way to reach you?
How can I help my child improve in reading?
1. Make sure your child reads something he or she enjoys every day.
2. When reading for understanding, have your child read each passage twice.
3. Have your child read orally to an adult every day.
4. While watching tv or movies, discuss the plot, setting, and characters. Include identifying the
story clues that give away the information you are discussing.
5. Encourage your child to get a picture or movie in his or her head about what is happening in
the story. Have your child describe what he or she sees.
6. Review all story vocabulary every night. Make sure your child can read the word, define the
words, and use them in a sentence.
How can I help my child improve in Math?
1. Review your child's homework with him or her each night. Have your child correct all errors.
2. Help your child study and memorize the math facts.
3. Your child should correct all errors on tests.
4 Have your child make up his or her own question samples for difficult problems.
How can I help my child with writing?
1. Try having your child write a topic sentence on a strip of paper. Have him or her proofread,
edit, then revise. Then have your child write at least 4-5 detail sentences about the topic
sentence on separate strips and follow the same procedure.
2. Encourage your child to use an essay organizer. Be sure that all
information is organized correctly before writing a final draft.
3. Allow your child to write the final draft using a computer.
4. Encourage your child to complete at least two Writer's Workshop stories every month. Your
child should choose a topic of interest.
5. If poor spelling is discouraging your child from writing, encourage him or her to write it
without worrying about the spelling. Then have your child circle all words he or she thinks may
be misspelled. Then, give your child a list of the correctly spelled words to correct from.
6. Be sure your child journals after reading. Encourage him or her to draw picture of what he or
she will write about before writing.
7. Have your child tell you a story before writing.
8. Break the task down into each part of the organizer at a time and give positive feedback for
each section.
9. If your child can write a basic essay already, insist he or she revise each essay to include
bigger words, more complex sentences, and more detail.
What can I do to get my child to read more?
1. Allow your child to pick books he or she enjoys to read each day.
2. Take note of the author of any book your child likes and try to find other books by that author. It
is easier and often more rewarding to read a book written with a familar style.
3. Set bedtime a half an hour earlier. If your child is not ready to sleep, you can
allow him or her to read in bed for a half an hour.
What can I do to get my child to do homework?
1. Pick a specific time and place to work on homework. If possible, give your child input into this
schedule.
2. Require your child to spend a minimum of 30 minutes on homework. If finished, the time can
be filled with reading or studying.
3. Consider breaking up the time into two work periods with a break time in between.
4. Do not allow TV until all homework is complete.
What is the best way to reach you?
You can reach me by e-mail (link on this site or the district site), by phone at school or at home, or
stop in before or after school.
