This Friday, in their take home packets, most of our Parkside students will have homework. There's lots of good reasons for homework and there's lots of advice for parents and students about how to manage homework, but I'm not going to talk about either of those things.
What I want to share is: what to do when the homework is TOO HARD, or TOO FRUSTRATING!
The most important thing is communicate with your child's teachers! Sometimes you just need to know a little bit more about what is being asked or what the expectations are. Sometimes you need a trick, for example a different way to study the spelling words. Sometimes you can do the paper in a different way. For example, some kids are writing on their own, some kids really benefit from dictating and then reading what they've dictated. While some kids can read the practice story, some kids should be looking for a particular letter and circling it each time they find it and then only reading those words (with help).
So if you, or your child are frustrated by the homework, communicate with the teacher. If your child has an IEP be sure and let the IEP teacher know about the problem. He or she will have lots of resources to help homework time become a happier time.
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