Homework Support
Parents are not expected to take the place of their students’ school teachers. Instead, parents should play a support role. This means that parents should do their best to:
Show your child you are engaged in their learning
Help students own their learning, do not do the work for them
Establish routines and expectations
Communicating with your child's teacher
Although there are several other roles a parent can play during distance learning, focusing on these four roles will avoid feeling overwhelmed. Below is a list of guides, links, and videos that you can use to help you with these four roles and other suggestions for learning at home.
How can you show your child that you're engaged in their learning?
This can be done through check-ins, asking questions about their day, reading while they're reading, and a number of other ways. Here are some ideas on how parents can show their child that they are engaged in their learning.
Check-in.pdfConsistently asking your child about their day will give them conversations to look forward to about their day. Here are some questions you can use to get those conversations started.
It's difficult to be with your child at all times when they're attending an online class. This article from Edutopia describes how you can determine if your child is focused and how you can help get them back on track.
This article from PBS discusses the role of parents in student's learning to show your children that you're engaged in their learning.
Reading with Elementary School children
Help Students Own Their Learning
As much as we want to help our child get through obstacles, it doesn't help anyone if an adult does the work for them. Here are some guides, videos, and links to help you when your child needs help with homework.
How to help with homework.pdfHelping with homework doesn’t mean doing the homework. Here are some suggestions on how to guide your child with homework
An article from HealthyChildren.org on how to ensure your child is getting the best from their online education without too much screen time.
Help your child combat homework anxiety by making homework a team effort. A video from Parents.com
An article and video from Parent24.com on how to help your child with homework without doing it for them.
Establish Routines and Expectations
Although parents are not expected to take the place of their students’ school teachers, some strategies teachers use can help you during distance learning. Some of these strategies include setting routines and expectations. Having these set up will not only help you during Distance Learning, but you can use these strategies in several aspects of home life.
Create a schedule.pdfERUSD's guide to creating a schedule
While setting high expectations is the goal, there are some effects of unrealistic expectations. This video discusses the effects.
Creating Structure and Rules for your child from the CDC
Communicating With Your Child's Teacher
Whether it's keeping up to date with teacher communication or asking for help, getting in touch with your child's teacher will be important as the school year progresses. Below are some tutorials on effective forms of communication.
Five Ways to Start Communicating.pdfFive helpful ways to start communicating with your child's teacher
This training playlist on vimeo guides you on how to use Aeries to communicate with teachers
This article from Edutopia can help with communicating with teachers and setting goals.
Guardian in Google Classroom.pdfHow to become a Guardian in Google Classroom