What You Need to Know

Helpful Habits and Routines

Develop a schedule for practicing close reading and metacognitive strategies (remember that at-home learning is not just checking a worksheet or reading assignment off a list!)

Practice following written instructions

Read with your student to ensure close reading practices

Write down questions as students encounter them so they know where they are stuck

Check FACTS and Google Classroom frequently

Use graphic organizers or mind maps as you study

How to Help Your Student at Home

Be available to your students but do NOT rescue them during productive struggle. Refrain from providing answers; instead, ask questions to help them think through solutions that are based on evidence. 

Review student conclusions and compare with data

Have discussions with students

Encourage students to visit teachers during office hours

Reinforce metacognitive strategies (see below!)

Check teacher lesson plans regular to know what students are learning in class 

When students get stuck or overwhelmed - check FACTS or Google Classroom. The directions may be there! 

Ecourage students to email their teachers

Classroom Connections

Activities and reading completed at home are designed to help students understand concepts. This will help students to make reasonable hypotheses when we do more extensive experiments in class. Simulated programs are used at home, which help students practice things we introduce in class but cannot always experiment with at school. Recall activities are meant to give students daily exposure to content. This helps them remember it and apply it correctly when we do labs.

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