Become a Homework Helper
You may not always have a lot of time or know exactly what your student is learning, but there are ways you can help.
Check your student’s planner to see which assignments have been assigned. Students should use the planners every day to keep track of their assignments. If needed, have teachers add comments, sign the planner each week and include your student’s grade.
When your student is working on homework or gets stuck, here are some questions you can ask:
What are you working on?
Let’s look at this together.
What do the directions tell you to do?
What words or directions don’t you understand?
Tell me what you’ve done so far.
Let’s look in your book or notebook for some notes and information that might help us.
What did the teacher say when he or she gave you this assignment?
Who can you call to get help?
Can you go before or after school to get help from your teacher?
Sometimes students need help, but don’t know how to ask for it.