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Homework Help for StrugglingStudents: Creative Strategies forStudent Success

Homework Help for StrugglingStudents: Creative Strategies forStudent Success


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Importance of Parental

Involvement


Involvement Statistics

School age children spend 70% of their time,including weekends and holidays outside of school.

The most effective forms of parental involvement arethose which engage parents in working directly withtheir children, on learning activities at home.

The most consistent predictors of childrensacademic achievement and social adjustment areparent expectations of the childs academicattainment and satisfaction with their childseducation at school.

(What Research Says,2002)

Statistics School age children spend 70% of their time,

including weekends and holidays outside of school. The most effective forms of parental involvement are

those which engage parents in working directly withtheir children, on learning activities at home.

The most consistent predictors of childrensacademic achievement and social adjustment areparent expectations of the childs academicattainment and satisfaction with their childseducation at school.

(What Research Says,2002)


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Involvement


Involvement Statistics Continued Sometimes it is important who is involved:

32% of children with high-involvement fathers,in grades K-12, got mostly As compared to17 percent of those with low-involvementfathers.

11% of children in grades K-12 with high-involvement fathers were suspended orexpelled compared with 34% of those with

low-involvement fathers. (Riley andShalala,2000)

Statistics Continued Sometimes it is important who is involved:

32% of children with high-involvement fathers,in grades K-12, got mostly As compared to17 percent of those with low-involvementfathers.

11% of children in grades K-12 with high-involvement fathers were suspended orexpelled compared with 34% of those with

low-involvement fathers. (Riley andShalala,2000)


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What is the Secret to

Success?

What is the Secret to

Success?

Copyright TheSecret.com


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Renewing our ThinkingRenewing our Thinking

Activity- What is in the Way?Activity- What is in the Way?


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Scenario #1Scenario #1

taken from:

http:www.justin.turnthecrank.com/graphics

/cubs_fan_int...

March 12,2008


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Outfielder goes to catch the fly ball andit is taken away by a fan Questions to follow:

What was in the way of the player?What was the consequence of the fan

interference?What can be put in place to change that fromhappening?

Outfielder goes to catch the fly ball andit is taken away by a fan Questions to follow:

What was in the way of the player?What was the consequence of the fan

interference?What can be put in place to change that fromhappening?


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Outfielder goes to catch the fly ball and it istaken away by a fan Questions to follow:

What was in the way of the player? Fans hand and overzealousness

What was the consequence of the fan interference? The play was not counted as fan interference and the run

counted. Cubs lost the game ultimately.

What can be put in place to change that from happening? League rules changed to include a more holistic

definition of fan interference. interference is aninfraction where a person illegally changes the course ofplay from what is expected.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference_(baseball)

, accessed March 12,2008)

Outfielder goes to catch the fly ball and it istaken away by a fan Questions to follow:

What was in the way of the player? Fans hand and overzealousness

What was the consequence of the fan interference? The play was not counted as fan interference and the run

counted. Cubs lost the game ultimately.

What can be put in place to change that from happening? League rules changed to include a more holistic

definition of fan interference. interference is aninfraction where a person illegally changes the course ofplay from what is expected.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference_(baseball)

, accessed March 12,2008)


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Car Crashes Questions to Follow:

What was in the way?What was the situation leading to the accident?What can be put in place to change the outcome?


What was in the way?What was the situation leading to the accident?What can be put in place to change the outcome?


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What was in the way? 1st crash- tree, 2nd crash-other car

What was the situation leading to the accident? 1st crash- ice covering the road days before, driver swerved

out of control late at nigh and hit tree. 2nd crash- bottom car was parked beneath an exposed level

parking garage. Car on top over accelerated and toppledover the edge of the lip and landed on the bottom car.

What can be put in place to change the outcome? Pay attention to icy conditions and dont over accelerate on

the top level of parking garages


What was in the way? 1st crash- tree, 2nd crash-other car

What was the situation leading to the accident? 1st crash- ice covering the road days before, driver swerved

out of control late at nigh and hit tree. 2nd crash- bottom car was parked beneath an exposed level

parking garage. Car on top over accelerated and toppledover the edge of the lip and landed on the bottom car.

What can be put in place to change the outcome? Pay attention to icy conditions and dont over accelerate on

the top level of parking garages


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AnalysisAnalysis

Chris, Why did we do this? A round about way of looking at the common

sense notion of knowing what is going onLook at how your children are struggling and

remove hindrances from their successLook into the context in which they are struggling

and that will help you identify ways in which youcan help

Chris, Why did we do this? A round about way of looking at the common

sense notion of knowing what is going onLook at how your children are struggling and

remove hindrances from their successLook into the context in which they are struggling

and that will help you identify ways in which youcan help


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What gets in the Way?What gets in the Way?

Typical Places to do homework Tips #1 and #2- set a specific time and place for homework to

be done

What distractions are there? Tip#3- remove those distractions What needs to be supplied?

Tip#4- have supplies and resources ready to help Be positive example-show them how to get a job done

Tip#5- set a positive example of completing a task What questions need to be asked?

Tip#6- show interest in what they have to do for school. Askquestions and show genuine concern for their success

Typical Places to do homework Tips #1 and #2- set a specific time and place for homework to

be done

What distractions are there? Tip#3- remove those distractions What needs to be supplied?

Tip#4- have supplies and resources ready to help Be positive example-show them how to get a job done

Tip#5- set a positive example of completing a task What questions need to be asked?

Tip#6- show interest in what they have to do for school. Askquestions and show genuine concern for their success


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New Way of Thinking about

Homework Success


Homework Success #1 help them get organized

Be your childs advocate at home with learning howto grow up with expectations from work andorganizing their time to get those things done Strategies include:

Having a child only homework/assignment calendar centrallylocated in home to record those daily assignments and checkthem off when done

Teach child how to prioritize their assignments: Scienceproject of building a volcano may be fun, but it is due in 3weeks. The daily math homework however is due tomorrow

Come up with an easy color coding system to help themorganize: daily activities, personal goals, sports schedules

#1 help them get organized Be your childs advocate at home with learning how

to grow up with expectations from work andorganizing their time to get those things done Strategies include:

Having a child only homework/assignment calendar centrallylocated in home to record those daily assignments and checkthem off when done

Teach child how to prioritize their assignments: Scienceproject of building a volcano may be fun, but it is due in 3weeks. The daily math homework however is due tomorrow

Come up with an easy color coding system to help themorganize: daily activities, personal goals, sports schedules


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Color Coded CalendarColor Coded Calendar

Help them get organized by using thetraffic lights colors as a code

Red green yellow- can be used to showamount of time needed to finish a taskgreen being quick and red being slow)

Can also be used to show amount of effort

needed to complete the task( green beingdaily ten math work because it does nottake a long time, where a 1 page reportmay take hours so it is coded red)

Help them get organized by using thetraffic lights colors as a code

Red green yellow- can be used to showamount of time needed to finish a taskgreen being quick and red being slow)

Can also be used to show amount of effort

needed to complete the task( green beingdaily ten math work because it does nottake a long time, where a 1 page reportmay take hours so it is coded red)


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Homework Success


Homework Success #2- Ask and Answer Questions

Ask more of their understanding of the

assignment and its requirements Monitor if they have the right ideaExample- if they are saying that 2+2=5, it isa lot different than 2+2=22 knowing wherethey are informs how you can approach theproblems they are facing

Maybe do the assignment yourself so thatyou can see what they have to do and wherethey have to go to find the answers

#2- Ask and Answer Questions Ask more of their understanding of the

assignment and its requirements Monitor if they have the right ideaExample- if they are saying that 2+2=5, it isa lot different than 2+2=22 knowing wherethey are informs how you can approach theproblems they are facing

Maybe do the assignment yourself so thatyou can see what they have to do and wherethey have to go to find the answers


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Utilizing Your ResourcesUtilizing Your Resources

Use what you have at school Parent-Teacher communication is the #1 tool at your disposal

Key distinction is ongoing dialogue vs multiple conversations

Principal contact should come after ample effort with the teacher Not first step Ask for modification after you try working with the current

homework load If it is too much or is not accomplishing the goal, you can more than

likely change it most teachers are going to be parents andunderstand the difficulty you face, or they are at least human

Use those organization skills to look at lesson plans ahead oftime, here they are at the Springtown ISD website on theintermediate school page, and schedule your students timeahead of time.

Use what you have at school Parent-Teacher communication is the #1 tool at your disposal

Key distinction is ongoing dialogue vs multiple conversations

Principal contact should come after ample effort with the teacher Not first step Ask for modification after you try working with the current

homework load If it is too much or is not accomplishing the goal, you can more than

likely change it most teachers are going to be parents andunderstand the difficulty you face, or they are at least human

Use those organization skills to look at lesson plans ahead oftime, here they are at the Springtown ISD website on theintermediate school page, and schedule your students timeahead of time.


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Final CommentsFinal Comments

There are many different angles you can come from tohelp your child. This is not a situation that there is aneasy fix.

Parents and Caregivers have the primary job of shapingchildrens development and preparing them for outsidethe school walls, not necessarily fixing them

Even if you are merely helping your child to organize acalendar for homework, you are giving them a valuable

and marketable skill for life after high school We can not do everything for them, but we can at least

love them by doing something

There are many different angles you can come from tohelp your child. This is not a situation that there is aneasy fix.

Parents and Caregivers have the primary job of shapingchildrens development and preparing them for outsidethe school walls, not necessarily fixing them

Even if you are merely helping your child to organize acalendar for homework, you are giving them a valuable

and marketable skill for life after high school We can not do everything for them, but we can at least

love them by doing something

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