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For parents and teachers
 
 
Four Tips for Helping Your Child With Written Homework Questions

When your child struggles with homework, time spent doing daily assignments can become a nightmare for the whole household. Parents can try different approaches to managing homework, but sometimes they feel ill-equipped to find strategies for reducing a child’s frustration. If your child is intimidated by upper elementary or middle school reading assignments that require written responses to section or chapter questions, try the following tips.  

1. Pay attention to headings and subheadings of each section. These titles organize subject matter into a logical framework. One strategy is to teach your child to write a short outline using headings and subheadings. When it comes time to answer the written response questions, the outline provides a framework for finding the answer in the textbook. If your child struggles with studying for chapter tests, divide the study time into time increments for each of the main topics in the outline. 

2. Vocabulary words are sometimes just key words for understanding the reading selection. In other instances, vocabulary words are actually key concepts, facts, theories, or generalizations that connect various ideas together. Your child can practice turning a definition for a vocabulary word into his or her own words. If more explanation is required, connect the concept or term to related ideas or images.

3. When a difficult question is asked in the textbook, brainstorm with your child how the question relates to one of the main topics or ideas covered in the section. Main ideas make great additions to the chapter outline. Some key information that supports main ideas will be included in the summaries at the end of each section and in the chapter review. Look for all clues that help your child to answer difficult questions. 

4. When the outline is not enough to remember a body of facts, steps, or concepts, consider an alternative method for remembering information such as a mnemonic device, flash cards, or a graphic web for linking information together.

Parenting a struggling student in upper elementary or middle school while study habits are developing takes a lot of patience. You can help your child manage homework time by breaking each assignment into chunks and by finding the right strategy completing each written assignment. As you work with your child, he or she will develop more confidence in self-regulated learning. Positive results will be worth your careful time investment.
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