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Now that we are back in school full time we will have Homework. Homework should be listed in your child’s homework/agenda that all 3rd graders have. Most of the time it will just be to "Read 30 minutes and Respond in the Reading Log". There is a Choice Page glued into your child's Reading Log with lots of options for 'Responding' such as writing about it, drawing a picture about the setting, or making a cartoon showing sequence... They are encouraged to choose books on their 'Independent Reading Level' but it is a free reading choice. If they pick a book or story above that level sit with them and help them read.
THINGS YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD WITH AT HOME-
Help your student by doing the following:
(1) when coming across an unknown word ask them to break words into syllables (write the word on paper or a white board, draw lines to separate the syllables; still having trouble? you say the word and have your child ‘clap it out’ or use the ‘hand under your chin’ method to separate the syllables (your child will know); once they know the word, re-read the sentence;
(2) Read the whole story two or three times (first for decoding and second for comprehension and fluency); you may even want to time your student, make it a game trying to shorten the time on each reading to improve fluency. Don’t forget to correct phrasing and breathe at those periods.
STUDY FOR A TEST - Occasionally there is a Social Studies, Science, or Math "Test" listed . Help students learn "how" to study for a test. (See Ideas below) Please help them with this increase in responsibility.
Ways to help your child study for tests:
These strategies will help in the classroom, and doing homework or studying for tests at home:
1. Work on visual skills.
2. One child teaches the other child or child teaches parent (orally explaining how to do the task)
3. Use games that use visual memory. (like the 'Concentration' game, matching spelling word to
spelling word; vocabulary for science or social studies to the definition/picture.)
4. Card games ("Go Fish"; Make card games matching 3 similar items to get a set. ie: We study several
ancient civilizations in 3rd grade, so match 3 Egypt information cards/ or get a match of 3
addition cards that have the same answer.)
5. Active reading (draw a picture of what was read and write a sentence or 2 about it)
6. Chunk information (study or learn only one set of information from a study guide per night)
7. Multisensory (use all modalities, use mnemonics to remember, make songs)
8. Make connections (with previously learned information or things she is familiar with- Make a story
about the new material)
9. Routine (in the classroom and for homework; practical strategies for accommodating slow processing
speed at school/home: Keep things at the same time, same day, same place. Establish a clear routine
and schedule to increase speed at home; the more automatic or routine something is, the more likely
it is to be completed efficiently.)
10. Slow down directions- speak slower but keep tone up. (Give them in smaller steps or 1 direction at
a time unless a visual list is made).
11. Use timers, schedules, analog clocks to develop work time concepts.
12. Use a 'Phonological Loop' strategy when teacher/parent is giving oral instructions, or introducing
new information student. (Teacher says it 2 times; students say it 2 times; student writes it 1
time) Great for introducing new phonetic concepts.
13. Use an 'Orthographic Loop' strategy to help with phonetic or sight word writing, including sentence
dictation. (teacher says it 2 times; student writes it 2 times, student reads it 2 times).
Source:
Understood.org
Reading Horizons Method
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