What can I do to support my middle schooler with Social Studies?

• You may want to consider reading the texts and sharing your own experiences related to the topic. Engage in conversations by asking probing questions about your student’s learning experience such as:

  • What new information did you learn about? 

  • What does this new learning remind you of?

  • What do you wonder about?  

  • How might I help you find out more?

  • What questions do you have? 

• Read your student’s writing, or have your student read his/her writing aloud to you. This might help you as a parent or guardian begin to understand your student’s thinking, while helping your student clarify their own thinking by talking through the writing process with them.

• Ask your student what they are doing for research around a topic.

• Support your student with independent reading (i.e., encourage your student to go to your school’s media center or public library, encourage time and space for independent reading at home).

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