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Helping Your Child at Home

Here are a few suggestions on how you can help you child become a better learner and show your child that you care about him/her and value learning.

• Encourage your child.
• Express your pride in your child's efforts and accomplishments.
• Ask your child about his or her day.
• In the blue Monday folders, your child will bring home completed papers and assignments for you to review. Ask to see these graded papers.
• Ask to see your child's agenda planner each day.
• Establish a time and place for studying. Set aside a quiet place where your child can read and do homework.
• Read with your child. It's okay to read the Accelerated Book choice with your child. Perhaps you and your child can take turns reading a page or a chapter. It's important that your child sees you reading. Remember: the best way to communicate the importance and value of reading is to read. Be a reading role model.
• Be an effective reading tutor by asking your child to find specific details in a passage, to paraphrase a paragraph, or to describe a character.
• Discuss homework assignments with your child. Offer praise and help when appropriate.
• Make certain your child has a good attendance record. Missing school often means children fall behind in their work. They become anxious and frustrated when they are unable to keep up.
• Make sure your child gets eight or nine hours of sleep each night.
• Keep your child healthy by providing
  •         -regular medical checkups and booster shots;
  •         -a balanced diet (remember the free breakfast program we have in our school);
  •         -regular exercise; and,
  •         -clean hair and fresh clothes.
• Please stay in touch with me. I am happy to celebrate your child's successes with you and discuss any problems your child is having. Together, we can make this a productive and successful year for your child.

                                          contact me at dhoyme@canby.mntm.org

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