Ways to help your student at home:

Showing Interest in His/Her Progress

• Talk to your student about school.

• Be aware of your student's classes and his/her performance in each. Praise your student's strengths, and help him/her find ways to improve in areas of weakness.

• Ask to look at your student's binder.

• Review and sign your student's planner to see what kinds of work/homework and behavior is happening at school.

• Find out who your student's friends are.

• Be enthusiastic and supportive. 

Encouraging Good Study Habits

• Provide a quiet place free of noise and distractions where your student can study and do his/her homework.

• Show that you care by asking your student what topic(s) he/she is studying in a particular class.

• Be positive and give praise when your student takes notes.

• Be an audience for your student-listen as he/she recites or shares what he/she is reading.

• Ask questions to help your student clarify or think more deeply about what he/she is reading.

• Volunteer to help your student prepare for tests by asking the questions he/she has written from lecture or textbook notes.

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