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There is no assigned homework for Intervention Classes.

We encourage daily reading and math fact practice.

Highlights of an intervention classroom include:

Reading Tips:

Have your child read aloud to you every night. Choose a quiet place, free from distractions, for your child to do their nightly reading assignments.
As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat.
When your child reads aloud to you and makes a mistake, point our the words he or she has missed, and help him/her to read the word correctly.
After your child has stopped to correct a word, have them go back and reread the entire sentence from the beginning to make sure he or she understands what the sentence is saying.
Ask your child to tell you in their own words what happened in the story. Encourage them to say what happened at the beginning, the middle, and the end.
To check your child's understanding of what they are reading, occasionally pause and ask your child questions about the characters and events in the story.
Ask your child why he or she thinks a character acted in a certain way, and ask your child to support their answer with information from the story.
Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what they think will happen next.

Math Tips:

Play card or board games that involve counting or looking for patterns. Use dice or cards to make a game out of practicing math facts.
Have your child measure ingredients for a recipe you are making. To practice fractions, have them halve, double, or triple a receipe.
Count out loud with your child. Count the stairs as you climb up and down; count the steps as you dance. For older children, practice skip counting.
Play with shapes. Pick a shape to look for wherever you go with your child. Some days, look for flat shapes like rectangles, squares, triangles, or circles. Other days look for cylinders, spheres, and pyramids.
Notice what is the same or different about objects. Group objects and ask which one doesn't belong? Which is the tallest, longest, heaviest? How much taller, longer, heavier?
Track or graph scores or stats for a favorite sports team. Keep track of the weather. Use the information to look for patterns and make predictions.
Since children love to collect items from the beach or a park, encourage themt to collect and sort items by size, color, shape, and texture.
Ask your child to count the change at the grocery story and to estimate the total cost when you are out shopping.
Source: https://www.kusd.edu/docs/math-at-home.pdf

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