How much help do you give in homework?

[Anonymous]

DC is in first grade and the math is too hard. She can not do it independently. Do I help her so she gets it right or have her do it incorrect or leave it blank for her teacher to know what needs to re taught? I am leaning towards the latter.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

In first grade, I worked with mine. In later years, I left it undone.

[Anonymous]

I will teach concepts they need to know in order to help with homework. I'll review work - last night for example, my upper elementary girl asked me to double-check if she circled all nouns and underlined all verbs and she hadn't. So I went over what makes a noun and what makes a verb and handed her story back to her.

I'll help with breaking down big projects into smaller steps.

[Anonymous]

Ask the teacher. That's what I've done in the past. You could help your dd and make a note on a sticky note on which ones she struggled with and put the sticky note on the worksheet so the teacher will see it. Or circle the ones she didn't understand.

[Anonymous]

What math are they doing? My first grader hasn't done any math yet in a Moco school.

[Anonymous]

I think some kids need to have things modeled for them--show her how to solve on problem and have her do the next. Some things may need reteaching by you. Not helping and having her not able does not build confidence or success. You can still send a note to the teacher explaining that your daughter was not able to be successful on her own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some kids need to have things modeled for them--show her how to solve on problem and have her do the next. Some things may need reteaching by you. Not helping and having her not able does not build confidence or success. You can still send a note to the teacher explaining that your daughter was not able to be successful on her own.

This is very true. It's a teaching strategy. I can't remember what it's called but it's something like, I do, we do, you do it. So the teacher first demonstrates a skill for the class, then they do it together, then the students do it independently. But for students, it takes practice, which is the learning process.

[Anonymous]

It's a shame there are no textbooks or workbooks that explain things, so parents can go over the ideas with their kids together. It's like worksheets pulled out of space.

The teachers have said to leave things blank but I would rather help my kids learn what they need than leave it up to the teachers, especially if it's not happening in class. Unfortunately I can't because I never have any idea what they are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a shame there are no textbooks or workbooks that explain things, so parents can go over the ideas with their kids together. It's like worksheets pulled out of space.

The teachers have said to leave things blank but I would rather help my kids learn what they need than leave it up to the teachers, especially if it's not happening in class. Unfortunately I can't because I never have any idea what they are doing.

Hi pp,
Last year at my child's school there was a website that went along with the material being taught, and it was the same as the worksheets that came home. It was called Pearson success net and it was pretty much an interactive version of the textbook that they used in school. I would log my child in to that website when he didn't understand his homework and I would watch the videos with him. Sometimes it was helpful, other times it was still confusing, the way they teach it. Ask your child's teacher if there is anything like this available. Try blackboard too, sometimes there are links on there to help out.

[Anonymous]

If my son had just a little trouble and needed just a prompt or reminder, I helped him. That meant once I explained it, he could do the rest of the similar work on his own. If he struggled more than that, I marked on the paper that my son couldn't do it, so that the teacher would know.