Suggestions for Parents

• Make sure your son/daughter gets plenty of rest and eats a nutritious breakfast each day.
• Teach your son/daughter to budget time and energy so that homework can be completed to the best of his/her ability and turned in on time.
• Ask your student to describe his/her homework responsibilities to you every day.  You can check your student's assignment book to view the assignments he/she has written there.  Sixth grade students are required to write their assignments for each class in their assignment books, and seventh and eighth graders are encouraged to do so.  
• Discuss your student's assignments with him/her.  Have him/her show you work that is finished or is in progress. 
• Praise your student for demonstrating a strong work ethic and putting forth his/her best effort.
• If your student has no homework assigned, encourage him/her to read in the book that has been selected for Accelerated Reader.  Part of each student's quarter grade in Language Arts is based on the percentage of his/her individual AR point goal he or she achieved during the nine-week period.  The goals are based on each student's reading level and thirty minutes of reading per day.  Students are required to read silently from 11:00 -- 11:15 A.M. each day; they also need to read at home in order to achieve their AR goals. 

To be continued....